# 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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**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6833 "2026-03-22T15:39:35Z")

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That’s not the way I read it, although I grant the wording is unclear. That poster seems rather to be acknowledging that they sometimes fall short of the new and welcome zeitgeist here, due to having been active in the before times and sometimes forgetting to remember that those times are gone.

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