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 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.”
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]
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.”
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’.
Oh, to be living in a more innocent world where a ‘Wednesday’ post was more likely to have that meaning.
Not the most amusing misinterpretation, but I interpreted “EV and PHEV owners: do you time your charging?” 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?”
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”.