# 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: ![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, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/374 "2026-03-26T13:17:50Z")

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[Interesting obituary: Loenid Radvinsky, who made only fans what it became](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-obituary-loenid-radvinsky-who-made-only-fans-what-it-became/1028785/1)

Without reading the actual post itself, I’ve sat here for 5+ minutes trying to parse this title grammatically and semantically, and I simply and utterly cannot.

- Did this person make “fans” that blow air on you? And that’s all that was made, no air conditioners or space heaters?
- What is the antecedent for “it”?
- “It” became _what_?

OK so diving in… Oh.

“Only Fans” was apparently a porno website that “became” a big deal for porn connoisseurs-so why not capitalize it in the title?

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