# Misinterpreted thread titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**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:** [March 26, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/381 "2026-03-26T22:17:33Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Sorry. I thought OnlyFans was well known enough that you’d all parse it correctly. I am amazed that it got over 90% in the poll. I don’t do porn, so I guess that is why. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/382 "2026-03-26T22:36:22Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > They live in a different spot in all our memory banks. Speak for yourself. There are lots of English expressions that are sometimes compound words and sometimes two separate words. I don’t really keep track, either for ordinary expressions or for brand names. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/383 "2026-03-26T22:41:07Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > Sorry. I thought OnlyFans was well known enough that you’d all parse it correctly. > > I am amazed that it got over 90% in the poll. I don’t do porn, so I guess that is why. I don’t do porn, either. But it’s such an interesting example of how porn can be done that i feel like it comes up in discussions about porn. Like pornhub comes up, because they publish a lot of data, and some of their data is really interesting. (Like where and when people use their porn.) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/384 "2026-03-26T23:07:07Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I am amazed that it got over 90% in the poll. I don’t do porn, so I guess that is why. It’s a punchline to a lot of jokes these days. “Oh yeah, for that go see their OnlyFans page”. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/385 "2026-03-26T23:18:27Z")
I learned about it ~8 years ago when my then- next door neighbor turned me on to her channel. Which was not a turn on for me. To hear her tell the story it paid far better than her day job teaching 2nd grade. Not riches, but it kept her in nice cars & high living. Now? I have zero clue. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/386 "2026-03-27T00:40:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I learned about it ~8 years ago when my then- next door neighbor turned me on to her channel. Sounds like she was looking for a co-star 😏 Too bad. Could’ve been your side hustle in retirement. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > it paid far better than her day job teaching 2nd grade. Now _those_ kids are going to have awkward “hot for teach” moments when they hit puberty… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/387 "2026-03-27T01:36:50Z")
Side hustle: I was married then. Not now. Interesting idea. Kids: More there than I’m gonna share in a public forum. Not good. This was not a mentally well woman. Overall: sorta funny, sorta not. Not your fault, but a tragicomic situation overall. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/388 "2026-03-28T01:55:31Z")
[Bill Nye – OHenry, MTwain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-nye-ohenry-mtwain/1028834) I thought that this was going to be something that Bill Nye the Science Guy said about those authors. In reality there was _another_ Bill Nye who lived closer to when those two authors did and the thread is about who influenced whom amongst other things. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/389 "2026-03-28T06:28:43Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I thought that this was going to be something that Bill Nye the Science Guy said about those authors. I thought it would be about him winning the short story writing and humor awards named after those authors. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/390 "2026-04-20T09:26:24Z")
[Religious mode and scientific mode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/religious-mode-and-scientific-mode/1029345/18) I always think this is about the windows calculator app. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/391 "2026-04-21T16:32:08Z")
[I Pit Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851/390) I keep thinking they’re pitting the TV show, or the TV character. Damn you, you’ve misled a generation into thinking they can make an improvised device out of random materials laying around. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/392 "2026-04-21T17:34:51Z")
Of course the words Magiver and MacGyver look a bit different. But it is an easy mistake to make. I suppose we could say that Magiver MacGyvered up his own spelling. And botched it as is his usual practice. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/393 "2026-04-21T17:42:02Z")
Yeah and here’s the problem. Good Lord. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/394 "2026-04-21T21:55:38Z")
Even though I know better (because I follow the thread), I keep seeing “[They are trying it again- Ten Commandments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-trying-it-again-ten-commandments/1003134)” and thinking they’re remaking the Charlton Heston film. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/395 "2026-04-21T22:06:33Z")
Starring You Know Who as Moses as God’s chosen one leading his people to the Promised Land. Ugh. 🤮 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2026, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/396 "2026-04-22T01:27:47Z")
Which was itself a remake. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/397 "2026-04-29T00:31:56Z")
[Comey Indictment for Seashell Post - Anything to Worry About?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comey-indictment-for-seashell-post-anything-to-worry-about/1029631) I assumed he’d made a post on some new social media app called “Seashell.” ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/398 "2026-05-02T22:29:24Z")
[Hot new trend? Bomb threat zoos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-new-trend-bomb-threat-zoos/1029733) I thought there was some new thing called a “bomb threat zoo” that was like a zoo that puts bomb threats on display. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2026, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/399 "2026-05-03T00:17:41Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Of course the words Magiver and MacGyver look a bit different. But it is an easy mistake to make. > > I suppose we could say that Magiver MacGyvered up his own spelling. And botched it as is his usual practice. I’d be a millionaire if I got $100 each time I saw it misspelled as “McGuyver”… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/400 "2026-05-03T13:12:19Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > [Hot new trend? Bomb threat zoos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-new-trend-bomb-threat-zoos/1029733) > > I thought there was some new thing called a “bomb threat zoo” that was like a zoo that puts bomb threats on display. That is a cryptic thread title, and the OP doesn’t totally clear it up, being not much more than a link. Shouldn’t it be “Zoo bomb threats” rather than “Bomb threat zoos”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=21)