# What were you THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5848
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5848 "2025-11-24T22:05:36Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I always check to see if there’s already a thread on a topic about which a recent article has caught my eye, and which I think may be interesting to other Dopers. You’re doing it all wrong. Here’s the classy way to do it: > [@Because Some Assgaskets Will Get Pissed If I Bump the Thread (Update on 20 year old murder thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-some-assgaskets-will-get-pissed-if-i-bump-the-thread-update-on-20-year-old-murder-thread/1023813): > > 19 years ago, a Doper gave an account of waking up and finding out that the police had murdered his elderly neighbor in this thread: [My 90 year old neighbor is shot down by the po-pos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-90-year-old-neighbor-is-shot-down-by-the-po-pos/381392)[The Intercept has just released a podcast episode about that event](https://theintercept.com/2025/10/08/collateral-damage-episode-one-dirty-business/) and how corrupt the Atlanta Narcotics Unit responsible for the murder is. (Notice I didn’t use the past tense.) Anyway, folks here might find both the OG thread, and the podcast episode interesting. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._