# 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:** 6964
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/6964 "2026-03-25T23:50:17Z")
I stated it in the thread and I’ll repeat it here: IMHO in particular is full of OPs asking questions that are none of anyone’s business, that are “presumptuous” to ask, and _that no one is under any obligation to respond to._ But when people are curious IMHO is a place ask, and if people answer there are, _sometimes,_ some interesting conversations sharing divergent perspectives. You don’t want to participate in a particular conversation? You presume that “no one wants to hear”? You are OFFENDED that someone would raise the question? No one is making you open the thread. No one @gnoitall will shame, nag, or bully you into sharing anything you don’t want to. The OP expressed clearly in the thread: > [@Why don’t you lift weights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144/39): > > There are lots of people who tried it for a while and stopped doing it. There are lots of reasons why. Most of us had plenty of negative experiences at the gym. I wanted to hear about people’s experiences. > [@Why don’t you lift weights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144/56): > > I can’t say I care deeply if you do it or don’t, but am curious as to the many good reasons one may have stopped doing it or the experiences some folks had. > > One of the bad things about exercise is, like diet, the tendency to become dogmatic … You don’t want to share, don’t. Obviously though @wolfpup it was a resounding _success_ as a conversation starter. The thread is nearly five and a half years old. Over 1100 posts. Has a few more active participants to be sure (guilty). But a decent variety along the way. Yes it evolved past only that question. Conversations in IMHO tend to do that. DrP is really quite a fund of knowledge about weightlifting. And very supportive of anyone exercising however they want to, even as his preferred activity is made very clear. I’ve not created a thread with legs that strong. Posting five and half years in? That you haven’t read past the title apparently but that you find the very question “insulting” and object to being “challenged” … yeah that’s a “what were you thinking?” post. At first blush anyway. Less so after the motivation to share what they do do becomes more clear. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._