# Misinterpreted thread titles

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**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\
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**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:** [June 3, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/212 "2025-06-03T23:52:45Z")

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And now this:

[Got charged at by a black bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-charged-at-by-a-black-bear/1019176/6)

Even though it’s silly, the first place my mind went was to think the bear said the OP owed it money. I guess there was a slight misreading there, too, as my brain omitted the “at” and just read it as “got charged by…”

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