# Misread thread titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093 "2017-09-11T22:38:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**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:** [August 27, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2063 "2026-08-27T19:37:40Z")
[Mass of an Election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-of-an-electron/1032569) Is that just the mass of all the paper ballots, or all the election materials, or of the vote counting machines…? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2064 "2026-08-27T22:07:39Z")
[Mass of an Electron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-of-an-electron/1032569/7) I misread as “Mass of an Erection” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2065 "2026-08-30T14:37:21Z")
[Is there a generational difference in southern marmots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-generational-difference-in-southern-manners/1032678) Yes. Nowadays the young ones just want to hang out at the beach and work on their tans. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2066 "2026-08-31T16:21:29Z")
[Maui: Shadow Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maul-shadow-lord/1028513) I’m picturing a Star Wars / Hawaii 5-0 crossover. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2067 "2026-08-31T16:24:25Z")
Or Star Wars / Moana. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2068 "2026-09-14T18:50:40Z")
What? Cats are luxury items? Ok, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2069 "2026-09-14T18:57:32Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > Cats are luxury items? Just ask them. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2070 "2026-09-14T19:07:59Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Just ask them. And you will get smug indifference… ---
**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, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2071 "2026-09-14T20:26:18Z")
Add up what they cost to own & maintain. Yup, luxury. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2072 "2026-09-14T20:52:57Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > What? Cats are luxury items? Ok, I guess. Have you seen what vet bills are like lately? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2073 "2026-09-22T01:42:41Z")
[Who wants 30 man eggs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wants-30-min-eggs/1033210) I think your biology is confused. And even if it wasn’t, the idea of Man Eggs Benedict is distinctly unappealing. ---
**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 22, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2074 "2026-09-22T10:00:20Z")
I’ve heard of a hard-boiled detective, but that’s ridiculous. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2075 "2026-09-22T11:32:19Z")
[Fucking pullovers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-plovers/1033166) Why can’t Brits just call them “sweaters,” like God intended? ---
**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 22, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2076 "2026-09-22T21:08:12Z")
[Your Hoopoe of Necessity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-hooptie-of-necessity/1033229) [![](https://www.birding.in/images/Birds/rajiv/hoopoe.jpg) ](https://www.birding.in/images/Birds/rajiv/hoopoe.jpg) For good luck or such I’d imagine. [Yes, it is on my life list after seeing some in S. Africa] ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2077 "2026-09-23T20:05:44Z")
**Anybody else suing in a quartet?** No, I’ve been part of some class action suits, but the classes were always more than four people. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2078 "2026-09-27T10:22:26Z")
**[Fleecing the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fleeing-the-united-states/1033327)** I thought this was a thread about the Orange One and the current regime. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2079 "2026-09-27T14:23:24Z")
I mis_interpreted_ it as being one of those periodic threads about how and when people are thinking of openly emigrating, rather than a thread about the logistics of secretly leaving. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2080 "2026-09-27T15:09:25Z")
Yeah, I do a moderator cringe every time I see that thread in FQ, but it’s about how one specific person actually did it, which is a fair factual topic. ---
**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 27, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2081 "2026-09-27T16:40:19Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I mis_interpreted_ it as being one of those periodic threads about how and when people are thinking of openly emigrating, rather than a thread about the logistics of secretly leaving. We have a thread for that too. 🙂 > [@Misinterpreted thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360): > > In the “Misread thread titles” thread I keep posting stuff where I technically read all the words correctly, but my brain interpreted it completely differently from what the poster intended. So I figured it’s time to start a separate thread just for that. [A Few Questions About Vegas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-questions-about-vegas/978263/12) I keep reading that as “A few questions about [Chevy] Vegas”, as in the much maligned 1970s subcompact cars. Maybe I read too many car blogs, and I just saw a posting on [barnfinds.com](http://barnfinds.com) this morning for a Pontiac A… ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2082 "2026-09-27T16:51:38Z")
[Challenge us with a non-ferrous line from a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/challenge-us-with-a-non-famous-line-from-a-movie/962142) \*This is gold…All my life I’ve been in love with its color… its brilliance, its divine heaviness." [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=105)