# 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:** 5961
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/5961 "2025-12-10T01:03:59Z")
“_Mostly_ harmless” He’s a bit more credulous and incautious than I’d prefer, which isn’t completely harmless, especially in this day and age, but I agree that Aceplace57 isn’t intentionally harmful or dangerous. I generally also put Coriolanus in the same category, [though by his own reporting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-age-96-passed-away-one-of-my-brothers-is-a-psychopath/1018313) there is some mental dysfunction in at least part of his family, and his stated (possibly overstated/exaggerated) response was also quite dark. So maybe just a smidge less “Mostly” on the mostly harmless, but overall seems to be slightly less credulous than acey. For all that, I don’t think either are particularly bad posters or jerks, _especially_ not in comparison to far to many people I see daily IRL. Just some minor worries about things they’ve said here over the years, and again, I have to make allowances for when they may be speaking from a moment of personal pain, panic, or enthusiasm. Heck I’ve posted some thoughts/worries/etc. that in hindsight seem panicked, or extreme beyond actual circumstances. So I am guilty of the same from time to time. 🤷‍♂️ --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._