# 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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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6804 "2026-03-21T16:25:09Z")

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> [@Chuck Norris (hospitalized 19 March 2026), died 20 March 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-norris-hospitalized-19-march-2026-died-20-march-2026/1028578/33):
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> If the as-yet undisclosed cause of death is sexually transmitted AIDS…
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> (bonus points if they flew in Haley Joel Osment to break the news to him)

(From the Chuck Norris thread)

Color me confused by this. What would be the relevance of Norris being a homophobe to his theoretically having sexually-transmitted HIV? And what does Haley Joel Osment have to do with it? Please enlighten me. But please don’t tell me this was intended as a joke.

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