# 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:** 6
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/101 "2024-10-13T03:06:49Z")
Mine is a very niche, but quite boring, misinterpretation. There is a circle of subreddits that modify comics, and when someone forgets to include the original comic the new one is based on, someone _used_ to always say “original?” But that got old so now, the done thing is to use some uncommon word that starts with “o” and has more than 2 syllables. At first it was “oregano” because it looks closest to “original”, but now any long “o” will do. Now, some of _those_ words are in turn ruined for me. So I am starting to read [Exercise for osteoporosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exercise-for-osteoporosis/1008682) as “Exercise for original? What does that even _mean?_” I believe I am now suffering from what the kids these days would call “brain rot.” ---
**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 13, 2024, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/102 "2024-10-13T11:43:17Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I believe I am now suffering from what the kids these days would call “brain rot.” The internet will do that to you. And me. And everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/103 "2024-10-14T10:28:25Z")
Over in IMHO we have # [Reusing, recycling ideas that work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reusing-recycling-ideas-that-work/1008536) Am I the only one who thought, _Hmmm - ideas that have been shown to work, now adapted for a different purpose…_ j ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/104 "2024-10-15T20:55:51Z")
> [@What's the best TV these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-tv-these-days/1008834): > > In the vein of: 30 Rock Parks and Rec Brooklyn 99 The Good Place I miss being invested in those shows. Thought it would discuss various big screen jobbers and which ones have the best resolution, are they 4K compatible, best color balance and video game potential, and so on… Hint to **Pavelb1** : Use your prepositions! [“on” in this case, tho that might mean disclosing which zoo animal is perched there] ---
**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 15, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/105 "2024-10-15T21:01:06Z")
I had teh same reaction to that thread title vs content. FYI I believe **Pavel** ’s native language doesn’t use much in the way of prepositions. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/106 "2024-10-30T21:12:14Z")
[Ikea Heights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ikea-heights/1009450/1) When I saw that thread my thought process was something like “Ha, that sounds like the name of a neighborhood surrounding an IKEA store. But surely that can’t actually be what this thread is about. It must be about the height of IKEA bookcases or something like that.” But no, my first thought was basically correct. ---
**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 31, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/107 "2024-10-31T19:52:17Z")
[Help me replace my window’s computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-windows-computer/1009420) You have a smart window? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/108 "2024-11-04T16:24:01Z")
[What will be Wednesday’s headline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-wednesday-s-headline/1009623) I keep seeing this post pop up in the ‘Latest’ column and thinking it’s a Cafe Society post that has something to do with a new season of the show ‘[Wednesday](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13443470/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_Wednesday)’. Oh, to be living in a more innocent world where a ‘Wednesday’ post _ **was** _ more likely to have that meaning. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/109 "2024-11-04T16:37:29Z")
here’s hoping that we can return to those lovely times. lurch (ted cassidy) is always number one on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/110 "2024-11-13T16:57:29Z")
Classic misread thread title time. Poster wants to know if you can force the safety bars to go down over railroad crossings even without a train: [Can you really trip the crossing guards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-trip-the-crossing-guards/340326) Posters of course think that it’s going to be about forcing people administering traffic at school crosswalks to fall down. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/111 "2024-11-13T17:27:26Z")
Note that thread about railroad gates dates from 2006. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/112 "2024-11-13T19:28:23Z")
I was half-expecting that [Is Columbia a manifestation of Liberty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-columbia-a-manifestation-of-liberty/1010209/2) would have something to do with the recent protests at that one university in Manhattan. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/113 "2024-11-16T14:12:36Z")
[Best course with slow leaking tire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-course-with-slow-leaking-tire/1010310) Start out perhaps with an amuse-bouche of sushi rolls or bagel bites, followed by Oreos for dessert? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/114 "2024-11-18T16:42:56Z")
**How to avoid the youtube posting bug** Masks, vaccine, and avoiding contact with carriers. Pretty standard, actually. ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/115 "2024-11-18T19:35:15Z")
Not the most amusing misinterpretation, but I interpreted “[EV and PHEV owners: do you time your charging?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ev-and-phev-owners-do-you-time-your-charging/1010378/9)” as “Do you measure how much time it takes to charge?” but the actual question was “Do you charge at a specific time of day?” ---
**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:** [November 18, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/116 "2024-11-18T19:48:18Z")
Agree that was a poorly chosen title. Lots of context in the author’s head that wasn’t in what was written. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/117 "2024-11-18T20:38:30Z")
Sorry bout dat. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/118 "2024-11-18T21:08:20Z")
I actually couldn’t tell what the thread was about so clicked on it to find out. Your ambiguous title worked! ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/119 "2024-11-22T07:23:32Z")
[Is this UPS activity unusual?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-ups-activity-unusual/1010478/37) I was expecting something like “I had a power failure and it took over 30 seconds for the UPS to take over”, or “The battery status light keeps flashing”. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/120 "2024-11-24T14:30:18Z")
> [@Spanish Court: Croquette-eater was unlawfully fired](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-court-croquette-eater-was-unlawfully-fired/1010716): > > To give more information on this weird story, an employee in a supermarket was fired for eating a croquette. The Court found that this was common practice if the food was not going to be sold the next day. I’m just happy that justice was done and that their legal fees were paid. Also, croquettes are delicious. Image that came into my mind was of someone trying to eat a croquette ball. I had zero idea there was a food of that name. > [@You all ever deal with a cat abscess of the leg or body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-all-ever-deal-with-a-cat-abscess-of-the-leg-or-body/1010267): > > Before I ruin everyones dinner with my own experience today…I’m curious as to others. Image of a cat-shaped growth on my (human) body. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=7)