# 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:** 5
**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:** [July 22, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/81 "2024-07-22T15:08:29Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Girl accused of smothering cousin over iPhone There’s an app for that? ---
**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:** [August 25, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/82 "2024-08-25T18:22:40Z")
[Is there any way to rearrange Gmail by “sender”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-rearrange-gmail-by-sender/1006206) How about: - “Seemingly” drab - Yes: “bad” gremlin - My “single” bread ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/83 "2024-08-26T13:49:40Z")
[Is your will straightforward?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-will-straightforward/1006208) I used to think it was. I’m offered a choice of cereal or eggs for breakfast. I choose cereal. Boom, free will exercised. Pretty straightforward. But then I wonder-- was I influenced by nostalgic memories of being served cereal as a kid? Did I choose cereal because I was convinced by the media that cereal is a healthier choice? Is there something in my genetic makeup that causes me to prefer cereal? Did I exercise free will, or was I captive to outside circumstance? Does free will exist at all?!? ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/84 "2024-09-07T21:58:28Z")
With the “a brush with Nazism” thread, I keep envisioning a hairbrush that wants to kill all the Jews. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2024, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/85 "2024-09-07T22:09:06Z")
LOL!! (Yes, discobot, this is a full sentence.) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/86 "2024-09-11T18:31:58Z")
> [@Dismalest movie ending (SPOILERS!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dismalest-movie-ending-spoilers/1007047): > > I just caught the last 15 minutes of the movie [Cell](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775440/), (though I’ve seen it a few times). Dayum, that ending is grim. The film in general is pretty meh, but the final scene is a really well done bummer. You think John Cuzack has triumphed and he and his son are on their way to join Samuel L Jackson, only to be presented with an aerial view of the giant, circling horde of the infected. We slowly zoom in on John C., empty eyed and head bobbing in unison with the crowd while the song " You’ll Never W… I had been seeing this thread for awhile now in CS, and simply assumed there was a film out there named “Dismalest” (if there isn’t there should be) that I hadn’t heard of before. Out of mere idle curiousity just clicked on it… OP of course actually meant the generic description “most dismal” instead, with his first example being the film _Cell_. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/87 "2024-09-12T17:59:05Z")
[Help a moderator please? Go fund me for Rico online now, all help appreciated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-a-moderator-please-go-fund-me-for-rico-online-now-all-help-appreciated/1006886) My brain keeps interpreting “Rico” as the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, and thus it looks like one of our mods is facing RICO charges and needs help paying for a lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/88 "2024-09-14T13:17:09Z")
[A friend tells me he voted twice for Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-friend-tells-me-he-voted-twice-for-trump/1007087) My first thought was: in the _same election_? 😲 ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/89 "2024-09-14T13:49:14Z")
Yeah, me too, in which case I though it would be about the OPer’s moral struggles about whether or not to turn his friend into the authorities. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/90 "2024-09-14T22:22:57Z")
I had those exact thoughts. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/91 "2024-09-19T20:40:24Z")
[The CPAP racket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cpap-racket/1007480/14) I totally thought this was going to be a complaint about the noise CPAP machines make. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/92 "2024-10-04T12:19:13Z")
[2 weeks after a book being published, why is there no price crash on Ebay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2-weeks-after-a-book-being-published-why-is-there-no-price-crash-on-ebay/1008444/) My first thought: “I don’t remember any announcements from two weeks ago about a new book called _How to Cause a Price Crash on eBay_….” ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/93 "2024-10-04T12:27:15Z")
I had a similar double-take, but thought the book in question was Melania’s tell-all. Which left me wondering what she could possibly say that would tank all of eBay. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/94 "2024-10-04T12:34:50Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > [The CPAP racket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cpap-racket/1007480/14) > > I totally thought this was going to be a complaint about the noise CPAP machines make. A novel misinterpretation! (As opposed to thinking it’s about a “CRAP machine”) ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/95 "2024-10-09T22:07:08Z")
[Parental status under a candidate’s name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parental-status-under-a-candidates-name/1008572) I thought this would involve some kind of scheme whereby the local family court could somehow register you as your adoptive child’s parent under the name “Kamala Harris” or “JD Vance.” ---
**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:** [October 10, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/96 "2024-10-10T17:22:09Z")
[It’s Penguining Time: “The Penguin” show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-penguining-time-the-penguin-show/1008631) Aw man, I thought this would be a live feed to some actual penguins… (They’re so cute!) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/97 "2024-10-12T19:26:04Z")
I made a joke in the thread, but for 1/10 of a second I did misinterpret [Mild pitting of Beck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-pitting-of-beck/1008691) as being about the musician rather than Beckdawrek. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/98 "2024-10-12T20:04:47Z")
My brain suddenly said in it’s best Edgar G Robinson voice “Mother of Mercy, is this the end of Rico” ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/99 "2024-10-12T20:12:15Z")
I’m hoping I’m misinterpreting the title of the thread “I blew up a Toastmasters group last night” 😲 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2024, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/100 "2024-10-13T01:26:58Z")
Yeah, back when it first started I was constantly misinterpreting that one too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=6)