# Misread thread titles
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093
**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:** 27
### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/521 "2022-10-09T14:14:50Z")
[Freud met an online girlfriend. What’s the probably it is legit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-met-an-online-girlfriend-whats-the-probability-it-is-legit/970599/77)
It won’t be legit unless Freud’s mother approves.
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/522 "2022-10-09T17:00:45Z")
[Why does my Windows 7 PC hate being left alive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-windows-7-pc-hate-being-left-alone/972744)
It may just be its time. You need to learn to let go.
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/523 "2022-10-11T17:37:15Z")
[Grilled adventure series for young kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-led-adventure-series-for-young-kid/973078)
It’s never too early to teach kids the fun and adventure of barbecuing and grilling.
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/524 "2022-10-12T19:02:13Z")
[Rugby has a new legal problem, potential jail time for contempt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudy-has-a-new-legal-problem-potential-jail-time-for-contempt/972151)
I momentarily thought referees were going to be sending rugby players to jail or something.
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [October 12, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/525 "2022-10-12T23:01:29Z")
[Rudy Giuliani’s pubikini - This, I gotta see!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rudi-gernreichs-pubikini-this-i-gotta-see/470091)
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### Author:  [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/526 "2022-10-14T12:53:08Z")
[Chess: How great a materiel disadvantage for a grandmother to be at even odds against a novice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chess-how-great-a-materiel-disadvantage-for-a-grandmaster-to-be-at-even-odds-against-a-novice/973137)
Never bet against a wise matriarch.
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### Author:  [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/527 "2022-10-16T01:06:55Z")
[Enabling cookies in Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enabling-cookies-in-safari/973300)
This is part of that whole “come to the dark side, we have cookies” deal, isn’t it?
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### Author:  [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/528 "2022-10-17T00:27:41Z")
[Online food means using your smart phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-food-menus-using-your-smart-phone/973150/19)
The only way to buy!
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/529 "2022-10-17T13:10:33Z")
Videos where the daushound owner is the stupid one.
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/530 "2022-10-17T13:55:47Z")
That durned word gets me, again:
[Ground-Up Cannibals Exposed To Air And Sunlight For ~72 Hours; Still Potent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ground-up-cannabis-exposed-to-air-and-sunlight-for-72-hours-still-potent/973336)
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/531 "2022-10-18T13:31:47Z")
[Videos where the dachshund owner is the stupid one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/videos-where-the-dashcam-owner-is-the-stupid-one/973343)
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/532 "2022-10-18T14:21:31Z")
See post two posts above you
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/533 "2022-10-18T14:39:08Z")
Darn, now there will be an asterisk on my “Devotee” badge. 😪
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### Author:  [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/534 "2022-10-20T20:26:23Z")
Another one that I mis-parsed rather than misread:
[Just Stop Oil protesters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-stop-oil-protesters/970406/33)
I kept reading it as a command to stop oil protesters. I only just realized that “Just Stop Oil” was the name of the organization doing the protesting (I hadn’t really read the thread before).
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/535 "2022-10-20T23:17:21Z")
Your mis-parsing is the better idea!
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### Author:  [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/536 "2022-10-21T22:06:19Z")
[NFL 2022 Week . . . . . . Seven Wonders of the World](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-seven-wonders-of-the-world/973539)
I like football, but not THAT much.
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### Author:  [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/537 "2022-10-22T18:44:08Z")
[Most disappointing gifs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-disappointing-gifts/973593)
That cat just sits there!
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/538 "2022-10-26T16:54:36Z")
**Cat Design: Real vs. Toy Copies**
The toys never have the right proportions
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### Author:  [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/539 "2022-10-28T12:09:42Z")
[Best cites for vampires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cities-for-vampires/973735/5)
Well, there’s Montague Summers, Bram Stoker, Sheridan le Fanu…
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### Author:  [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/540 "2022-10-28T12:25:15Z")
Just happened this week: “How high can I get in New York?”
Need I explain the misinterpretation? LOL
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