# 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:** 47
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/921 "2023-12-06T03:28:15Z")
Although it’s been around for a few years, I keep reading the “Topic Playlist” game title in Thread Games, as “Toxic Playlist.” ---
**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:** [December 7, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/922 "2023-12-07T23:57:15Z")
[Trombone, stimulants, and ingredient lists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theobromine-stimulants-and-ingredient-lists/994163/3) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/923 "2023-12-08T17:05:56Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > Now there’s a scary thought! Yes, but it would be preferable to laying in the floor clutching your chest. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/924 "2023-12-08T20:11:51Z")
[First official broken home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-official-broken-bone/957818/11) I would think it would have to Adam and Eve’s. It’s pretty hard to move past fratricide. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/925 "2023-12-10T03:03:04Z")
> [@What were you THINKING?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532): > > Continuing the discussion from [Trolls R Us Resurrections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trolls-r-us-resurrections/950518/10844): After clearing the title with Miller, here’s our Trolls R Us Companion Thread! Our Goal: If you have a beef with a poster, or a poster’s post that is absolutely Pit-worthy, but not worth it’s own thread, no need to clutter up the Troll thread unless you think they’re an actual troll. Perhaps it’s a long time poster (without a Pit thread) who’s put their foot in their mouth. Perhaps they’ve said something that for anyone else, you’d c… well, not really mis-reading it … but my mind likes to play games with me [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xacdDrylrek/maxresdefault.jpg "German Coastguard We are Sinking/ What are you Thinking About") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xacdDrylrek&t=10) ---
**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:** [December 10, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/926 "2023-12-10T14:59:51Z")
[What stories about fairy persons of the dead would you recommend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stories-about-ferrypersons-of-the-dead-would-you-recommend/994366) ---
**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:** [December 10, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/927 "2023-12-10T17:53:38Z")
I didn’t misread the words quite like you did, but I initially misinterpreted the _meaning_ as stories about people who worked on ferryboats who’d died at work. Talk about your niche literary genres! ---
**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:** [December 10, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/928 "2023-12-10T19:45:25Z")
[I got into a fight with AL today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-into-a-fight-with-ai-today/994345/13) (I capitalized the L for clarity). Damn sans serif fonts. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/929 "2023-12-10T21:11:05Z")
well, to be honest, there was at least one AL (caps) in this fight - so you are not completely off base ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/930 "2023-12-11T00:51:47Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > [I got into a fight with AL today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-into-a-fight-with-ai-today/994345/13) (I capitalized the L for clarity). > > Damn sans serif fonts. There’s a thread for that. > [@I wish this site used serif fonts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965): > > I keep reading about some guy named Al. He seems to be in a lot of threads. More recently, there’s a thread with two guys named Al having a fight, in a site owned by a third guy named Al. I’m just surprised Al Gore isn’t involved yet. [AI Trump vs AI Biden in AI-Generated Debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-trump-vs-ai-biden-in-ai-generated-debate/985914) ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/931 "2023-12-11T05:37:26Z")
[Language: if wheels had it, would we know?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/language-if-whales-had-it-would-we-know/62392/119) The squeaky wheel says “grease me! grease me!” ---
**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:** [December 11, 2023, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/932 "2023-12-11T06:18:43Z")
According to a post in ATMB, don’t ever post anything from a guy named Al, because it could be bullshit. Some guy named Al Qaeda was one of the worst, but Qaeda doesn’t seem to be very active on social media any more. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/933 "2023-12-12T00:33:33Z")
[Nevada Fake Electors Executed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nevada-fake-electors-indicted) Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/934 "2023-12-12T00:41:03Z")
Serves them right! ---
**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:** [December 12, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/935 "2023-12-12T20:46:33Z")
[Tesla Cyberfuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tesla-cybertruck/843866) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/936 "2023-12-12T22:19:58Z")
> [@Did you ever or do you now possess a pogo stick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-or-do-you-now-possess-a-pogo-stick/991919): > > Questions for Pogo Stick owners (past and present): Are they fun? Do you (did you) play with it a lot? Were you any good at Pogo Sticking? What qualifies as an amazing Pogo-related achievement? Yes, once, but I was saved when the priest’s exorcism cast me out again. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/937 "2023-12-13T12:28:38Z")
This isn’t a thread title, but I didn’t want to start a new thread for this, and it sorta fits. I was going into a store in a mall a couple of days ago, and I looked up and saw a sign I’d never noticed before. It said **MYTH READING SALON** A Salon for reading myths? Why had I never heard of or noticed this before? I LOVE Myths. A couple of seconds later my mind re-adjusted things. I hadn’t gotten the letters wrong at all, but the sign really read: **MY THREADING SALON** That made a lot more sense. Bjt I was bummed out, nonetheless. We could use more Myth Reading places. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/938 "2023-12-13T13:41:59Z")
[Telling James Apart – Need Help Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telling-jams-apart-need-help-fast/994446) I don’t think it’s all that difficult, myself. Some people say actors [James Franco](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&sca_esv=590380016&q=James+Franco&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir3vXOxIyDAxX1FjQIHeADBR4Q0pQJegQIDRAB&biw=1518&bih=910&dpr=1.2) and [Theo James](https://www.google.com/search?q=Theo+James&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwj0iZDRxIyDAxX258kDHbu8AGEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=Theo+James&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzINCAAQgAQQigUQQxCxAzIICAAQgAQQsQMyEAgAEIAEEIoFEEMQsQMQgwEyBAgAEAMyBQgAEIAEMgoIABCABBCKBRBDMgUIABCABDIFCAAQgAQyDQgAEIAEEIoFEEMQsQMyBQgAEIAEOgYIABAHEB5QtQtY5S1g7S9oAHAAeACAATSIAdQCkgEBN5gBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1nwAEB&sclient=img&ei=9LN5ZfS_GPbPp84Pu_mCiAY&bih=910&biw=1518&client=firefox-b-1-d) look alike, but I don’t see it. Now, Scottish actor [James McAvoy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McAvoy#2010%E2%80%932019) and deceased Irish philosopher [James McEvoy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McEvoy_(philosopher))? I get them mixed up all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/939 "2023-12-13T15:05:41Z")
Now making sure to link to the top of the thread instead of a post… [How to fix college football](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-fix-college-football/994525) First, you find an indiscreet coach, or a player with a coke habit, and then… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/940 "2023-12-13T16:45:46Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > This isn’t a thread title, but I didn’t want to start a new thread for this, and it sorta fits. I had a similar experience once. Went past a sign for a McDonald’s, extolling the virtues of a Big Mac: “It’s the lawyers”. Mild concern that I might be the victim of local cannibalism, so looked again. “It’s the layers.” Whew! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=48)