# 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:** 710
**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:** [January 1, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/710 "2024-01-01T19:00:17Z")
I do see one of our posters has started a “books read as a youth” (10-20) thread, and think moving the Heinlein/Changing standards discussion there would be appropriate. > [@What books I read as a kid should I revisit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-books-i-read-as-a-kid-should-i-revisit/995439): > > Primarily inspired by the discussion in the “what were you THINKING?” pit thread, I wondered if I should read Heinlen as an adult. I read most of his stuff as a kid, but have never gone back to it. Which got me thinking about all of the other stuff I loved as a kid, but never went back to. I know we’ve had a few did/didn’t hold up type threads, but maybe there’s room for another. To put things in context, “as a kid” to me is from about 10 to 20, which is the 1980s, and as an adult is about the… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._