# 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:** 4
**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:** [June 5, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/61 "2024-06-05T15:00:15Z")
Disappointed it wasn’t about somebody’s 2 inch tall green fashion plate poodle… ---
**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:** [June 6, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/62 "2024-06-06T14:10:36Z")
> [@Useless trivia about IATA airport codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-trivia-about-iata-airport-codes/1002489/40): > > What was Newark’s code before it went to three letters? EW? > [@Useless trivia about IATA airport codes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/useless-trivia-about-iata-airport-codes/1002489/43): > > I keep seeing the thread title and thinking this is one of those “Am I The Asshole” threads…or “I _Am_ The Asshole” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/63 "2024-06-09T17:13:33Z")
[How do you get stereo from a pancake speaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-get-stereo-from-a-pancake-speaker/1002677) For some reason I imagined one of those financial seminars at IHOP and OP is looking for advice to ensure the door prize is a stereo. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/64 "2024-06-09T22:57:32Z")
I wasn’t sure what that style speaker is called. Pancake? Skillet? Hockey Puck? Cow Pie? /shrug/ I was hungry and went with pancake. 😉 It’s an unique shape for this post boomer. I’m used to boxy shaped speakers. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/65 "2024-06-11T06:20:57Z")
The “Dragon vs Starliner instrument panel” thread makes me think dude\_roberts is back: “Who would win in a fight, a dragon or a Starliner instrument panel?” ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/66 "2024-06-14T01:24:38Z")
[I pit Elmo and his Tesla heist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-elmo-and-his-tesla-heist/1002838) I trying to figure out how Elmo the muppet heisted Tesla. The thread doesn’t seem to have anything about Elmo in it. Is “Elmo” a typo for Elon? Is it a epithet for Elon? I can’t figure it out. (I didn’t read the whole thread.) ---
**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:** [June 14, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/67 "2024-06-14T18:58:17Z")
“Elmo” is the standard pejorative nickname for Elon Musk and has been used all over the internet for a couple of years now. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/68 "2024-06-17T12:42:12Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O3_gyOZTbQI/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/O3_gyOZTbQI/maxresdefault.jpg) ---
**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:** [June 25, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/69 "2024-06-25T15:27:34Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > In the “Misread thread titles” thread I keep posting stuff where I technically read all the words correctly, but my brain interpreted it completely differently from what the poster intended. So I figured it’s time to start a separate thread just for that. > > [A Few Questions About Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-vegas/978263/12) > > I keep reading that as “A few questions about [Chevy] Vegas”, as in the much maligned 1970s subcompact cars. Maybe I read too many car blogs, and I just saw a posting on [barnfinds.com](http://barnfinds.com) this morning for a Pontiac Astre (A badge engineered Vega). They (the OP) meant Las Vegas and you see Chevy Vegas. Now I’ve got sorta the opposite problem. Here they (the OP) meant people who don’t eat animal products and I see “people who live in Las Vegas”: > [@Vegans who are judgmental and vocal to you about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-who-are-judgmental-and-vocal-to-you-about-it/1002905): > > I had another thread that got locked. For the record, I didn’t mean to imply every Vegan was judgmental, (and that the one’s who are are vocal about it). I’m just wondering if the ones that are are justified in being that way, and telling you about it. I wasn’t even taking a stance, because I’m honesty curious about what both sides have to say. I don’t know if I have to take a side for an “argument” to be made, but I’d much rather not imply that I’m taking a stance. I certainly didn’t mean to … How _dare_ you criticize my home town! Besides, your tourist shirts and dirty crocs are tacky; at least dress up better than at Wal\*Mart to come here and pay my taxes! Damned proles ruining everything! And _quit_ bogarting the crab legs!!1! ---
**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:** [June 26, 2024, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/70 "2024-06-26T20:29:10Z")
I thought this thread would be a polemic against people who dine on too much broccoli: > [@Diners, Please! Enough with the Broccoli!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-please-enough-with-the-broccoli/1003373): > > I frequent a few local diners and chain restaurants. I’ve noticed of late that the vegetable of the day is broccoli. Plain steamed giant hunks of broccoli. It’s the vegetable of the day every day, Oh, sometimes it’s paired with its cousin cauliflower, or it’s the main player in a limited mix with a slice of zucchini or a carrot stick or two. But the broccoli is there, stolid, glaring, unwilling to alter even a bit in the name of taste. I’ll give TGI Fridays a pass. There the side dish is … ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/71 "2024-06-30T14:18:42Z")
**Jackmannii** in the other thread thought this one said “Prom”… [Tennessee’s New Pron law–How does it affect me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennessees-new-pron-law-how-does-it-affect-me/1003371) …while I thought it had to do with pronouns, maybe the newfangled gender-neutral singular “they” or such. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/72 "2024-06-30T14:23:44Z")
That was my first reaction too. Probably some anti-woke-pronouns thing, but maybe it’ll be about porno. Once I opened the thread to find out which I haven’t had the problem of _still_ misunderstanding the thread every time I see it. Which often happens to me when the first impression is really strongly in the wrong direction. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/73 "2024-07-05T04:00:02Z")
[Stick free peanuts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stick-free-peanuts/1003706) I took this to mean that someone never had peanuts that weren’t on a kebab or something… ---
**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:** [July 5, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/74 "2024-07-05T11:04:51Z")
I admit I opened that one because I could not come up with any sensible meaning to the title. > **Mr Bear** : Hey Mr. Rabbit! Do you have a problem with peanuts sticking to your fur? 🤪  ---
**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:** [July 5, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/75 "2024-07-05T22:12:55Z")
I took it to mean the OP was trying to find peanuts that didn’t have a bunch of sticks and stems and whatnot mixed in. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/76 "2024-07-19T15:56:11Z")
> [@Can you explain the appeal of white vinyl fencing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-explain-the-appeal-of-white-vinyl-fencing/1004461): > > In our area (suburb of Chicago) over the past years it has been increasingly common for people to install 6’ tall privacy fences made of white vinyl. [Examples here.](https://northlandfenceinstalls.com/vinyl-privacy-gallery/?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADfYp92rz6-4eLVwVZNs3n3wuZjpO&gclid=CjwKCAjwnei0BhB-EiwAA2xuBlVAGlT8nunD26JLqU48cpqvnjnfcKHR1kdkwwxuiocjB6WEXyOCWhoCn3IQAvD_BwE) I’m a firm believer that anyone can do just about anything they want with their property, but these fences just look so ugly and cheap to me, especially in a residential setting. -Is it just a matter of taste? The people putting them up think that is exactly the look they want? -Is it just price? In my area, I see the fences go … Here I was trying to figure out what style or technique “white vinyl” was, and if it would help you win your match, a la Bonetti’s Defense or Capa Ferro… ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/77 "2024-07-19T16:35:33Z")
Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa… ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/78 "2024-07-19T16:37:22Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Here I was trying to figure out what style or technique “white vinyl” was, and if it would help you win your match, a la Bonetti’s Defense or Capa Ferro… Was this seriously your initial response? Or did you think it gave you an opportunity to post in this thread? I used to fence, and am quite aware that fencing can apply to sport or barriers. But if I saw a reference to Oympic fencing, I woul dnot assume they were referring to barriers. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/79 "2024-07-19T16:49:33Z")
This is twice today where you seem to have taken offense at my reply, in two threads where yes quite a few of the established norms are that some posts can be tongue-in-cheek and all in good fun. In this case the first keyword I glommed onto was indeed “fencing”, but it did take just a second or so to figure out which kind you were referring to. Yeah then I came here with it. So what? In the other case, I thought you, the OP, would have _heartily agreed_ with and chuckled along with my misreading, and was rather mystified that you felt the need to explain yourself in a totally pointless manner. Lighten up. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/80 "2024-07-22T14:26:33Z")
Not a thread title, but a headline on ABC News’ website that puzzled me: Girl accused of smothering cousin over iPhone That must’ve been one hell of a conversation… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=5)