# 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:** 7004
**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 26, 2026, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7004 "2026-03-26T17:45:29Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > If you are old and/or infirm the number of spoons you have is limited If you are infirm. Old is not necessarily infirm. Yes someone with very limited energy should pace themselves and dole out their supply wisely. That’s the current guidance for ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) btw. Do but don’t overdo. And it is completely possible to be old and not infirm. I won’t share how. Don’t want be seen as bullying after all! Oh. If anyone is interested I brought up the subject of the different impacts of occupational physical activity and recreational in that thread. No need to hijack more here. > [@Why don’t you lift weights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144/1162): > > @enipla’s post got mentioned in the “What were you thinking?” Pit thread, and discussion there, @thorny_locust’s belief that physical activity done as work gets dissed, and this one, for example: got me thinking about the healthspan disconnect between occupational physical labor and recreational physical labor. So did some digging. Not “sneering” here. The idea that “I lifted heavy things for a living and don’t want to now.” is of course a valid reason for not wanting to lift weights as a for… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._