# 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:** 52

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### 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: [January 28, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1021 "2024-01-28T19:12:55Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> Help me make some award-winning child

And now this thread popped up today, which I read as:

[Problem child-Actually need answer FAST](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/problem-with-chili-actually-need-answer-fast/996772/1)

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### 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: [January 28, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1022 "2024-01-28T20:28:47Z")

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As I said, the finishing process can be lengthy and gruelling. 😵‍💫

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### Author: ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1023 "2024-01-30T02:49:20Z")

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How far can I legally defend myself against Ronald Reagan?

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### 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: [January 31, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1024 "2024-01-31T12:02:52Z")

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[How can I legally defend myself against a Road Ranger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-can-i-legally-defend-myself-against-a-road-rager/996823)

Look, pal, you don’t **have** to eat at a truck stop if you don’t want to. If you do, it’s your own damn fault!

[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Road_Ranger_LLC_Company_Logo.jpg/220px-Road_Ranger_LLC_Company_Logo.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2d/Road_Ranger_LLC_Company_Logo.jpg/220px-Road_Ranger_LLC_Company_Logo.jpg)

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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: [January 31, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1025 "2024-01-31T17:52:05Z")

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[Instant Pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instant-pots/996921)

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### Author: ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1026 "2024-01-31T21:15:28Z")

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[Amelia Earhart’s phone found on the sea floor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amelia-earharts-plane-found-on-the-sea-floor/58693)

🤯

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### 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: [February 1, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1027 "2024-02-01T12:06:20Z")

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[How do you perform coitus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coitus/359237)

Well, there are gazillions of how-to videos on the internet…

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### 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: [February 1, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1028 "2024-02-01T17:30:29Z")

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> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> [How do you perform coitus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-coitus/359237)
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> Well, there are gazillions of how-to videos on the internet

Yes, but many of those how-to videos are showing advanced techniques, performed by highly-trained professionals, and probably shouldn’t be attempted at home 😉

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### 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: [February 2, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1029 "2024-02-02T14:11:34Z")

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[Count to infinity in pickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-infinity-in-pictures/682824)

Gawd, what a horrible dream. 🤯

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### Author: ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1030 "2024-02-02T15:50:18Z")

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**[Funniest AI Logos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-ai-legos/995150)**

I clicked on it expecting to see a sign for a massage therapist with six fingers or something.

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### Author: ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1031 "2024-02-04T03:30:36Z")

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Do apes really need to update?

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### 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: [February 6, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1032 "2024-02-06T22:55:22Z")

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[Unique flying “monster” fossil found on Isle of Skype](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unique-flying-monster-fossil-found-on-isle-of-skye/997178)

I thought it the Isle of Teams now.

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### 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: [February 8, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1033 "2024-02-08T01:30:13Z")

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At least it’s not the Isle of Lync! 😉

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### 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: [February 8, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1034 "2024-02-08T13:36:37Z")

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**[Wife-enabled products that do or don’t need to be wife-enabled](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wifi-enabled-products-that-do-or-dont-need-to-be-wifi-enabled/997145)**

If the wife isn’t very bright, look for products with very simple controls if you expect her to use them.

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### Author: ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1035 "2024-02-08T13:41:23Z")

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I read it as, “products that the wife will or won’t give you permission to use.”

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### 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: [February 8, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1036 "2024-02-08T20:20:04Z")

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[Need some houseplant advice re: moose loss pole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-houseplant-advice-re-loose-moss-pole/997311)

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### 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: [February 9, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1037 "2024-02-09T20:41:55Z")

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[Is anyone else giving up on observing Lent this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-giving-anything-up-or-observing-lent-this-year/997326)

Yes, I made a New Year’s resolution to give up Lent this year.

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### Author: ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1038 "2024-02-09T23:17:53Z")

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By all the Gods, you totally got me on this one! My first thought when I saw the link was “Noooo! Did I totally fuck up the title of the thread?!?”

Touché!!

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### 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: [February 11, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1039 "2024-02-11T03:01:57Z")

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[Gun Control (again…but tropical): Hawaii Supreme Court Declares Second Amendment Infringes on the ‘Spirit of Aloha’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gun-control-again-but-topical-hawaii-supreme-court-declares-second-amendment-infringes-on-the-spirit-of-aloha/997343/41)

You don’t need guns to hunt down pineapples.

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### 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: [February 12, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1040 "2024-02-12T02:56:22Z")

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[Thought experiment: Trump gets the nom but gets decapitated before the election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-trump-gets-the-nom-but-dies-becomes-incapacitated-before-the-election/997433)

Yikes!

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