# 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:** 7750
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/7750 "2026-07-30T01:28:22Z")
> [@ASL\_v2.0](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > Here’s the first post > > > > [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other/](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other/) [600499 / 8705](tel:600499 / 8705) > > > > I have broken the link to the specific post in case there are other reasons posters prefer not to create a live link. > > Oh, this is about **Whack-a-Mole**? I can’t make up my mind with him. Is he a braindead poster who really doesn’t know any better, or an exceptional (and extraordinarily long-lived) troll? Because that’s kind of his schtick. Put forward a really stupid idea, and then lure (troll?) people who actually know something about a subject into playing metaphorical whack-a-mole with his arguments. Like, he’ll just alternate between the same two or three really bad arguments. You knock down one, another pops up, you knock it down, and then he cycles back to an old argument that you’ve already knocked down, but he puts it out there as if he is oblivious to the shellacking he already took over it. > > The fact that he actually named his character after his style of argument, and that’s it’s not the style of argument one should be proud of making seriously, has me leaning towards troll myself. Yawn/stretch. Anyway, I learned my lesson 6 years ago, almost to the day! > [@In the World Wars (I & II) should battleships have been used more aggressively?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-world-wars-i-ii-should-battleships-have-been-used-more-aggressively/912230/96): > > Okay, Whack-a-Mole, which is it? Are the battleships you have in mind going to just be replicas of the WWII-era ships, or are they going to be upgraded to have missile systems and advanced communications and computer systems on par with missile age warships? Although I guess I didn’t really, _fully_ absorb the lesson until 5 years ago: > [@August Can't Take It Anymore: August Mini-Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-cant-take-it-anymore-august-mini-rants/947770/97): > > Whack-a-Mole, you are now on my ignore list, where you will remain. You were on it before, after a while I took you off, but this time really is for good. My posting experience was improved by not wasting my time on you, and I suspect it will be again. I may occasionally unhide one of your posts, particularly in the pit (where I engage with the other trolls and other particularly dim posters), but as a parting shot, I might suggest that if YOU ASK A QUESTION, seeking OTHER PEOPLE TO EXPEND ENERG… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532)._