# What were you THINKING?

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**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")\
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Boy, fortunately, I can’t see anything fraught with [describing a group of people like vermin who need to have pest control called on them.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-metal-things-on-concrete-benches/1025500/31) Er, sorry, not vermin,

> [@What are these metal things on concrete benches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-metal-things-on-concrete-benches/1025500/58):
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> wild rabid pigs. This accounts for the disdain the productive members of society have for them

Not at all a collection of extremely gross things to say over in that whole thread. Not at all one step away from just going full mask-off and talking about “useless eaters.”

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