# What were you THINKING?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532>\
**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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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/8112 "2026-08-26T21:03:05Z")

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Meanhoo, in other nooz, the _Der Trihs Experience_ has been temporarily (?) shuttered:

> [@Poster Der\_Trihs suspended for 3 days and may extend to more pending Mod Loop discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poster-der-trihs-suspended-for-3-days-and-may-extend-to-more-pending-mod-loop-discussion/1032572):
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> @Der_Trihs is suspended until Aug 28, 2026 at 6:00 pm. He has received 6 warnings in the last year. This is mostly for political hijacks and/or at least pulling focus with extremists rants. Besides the warnings, there were a lot of modnotes that clearly didn’t work to help him. Yesterday’s was way off-topic and a rant. Apr 16 Leave birthrate alone thread: Hijack and a lot of whining after it via PM. Blew through a modnote to get this warning. Mar 16: Nov 30 2025: Sep 10: Aug 31: …

He has chronically been on and off my ignore list, most recently on, and yes it is just as much for his incessant victim complex whining as for his content. Single note on the piano.

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