# Misread thread titles

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**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")\
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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:** [May 17, 2024, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1186 "2024-05-17T20:48:58Z")

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Sorry for the double post, and also sorry for the non-humorous entry (the spirit of this thread is mostly humorous) but: every single time I see this one, I really do think for a moment that the person has died. The brackets are probably why; they look like a death date.

> [@Real Time with Bill Maher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-maher-last-friday-2023-10-06/991367):
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> Was gonna post this in Cafe Society, but he’s just pissed me off so much that it goes here instead. Sorta like I stupidly did in P+E, Maher ripped into Biden about building a new section of border wall without bothering to acknowledge, not even once, that Congress had been repeatedly asked to rescind the money for the wall, but those jagovs refused to do so. Bad enough that the MSM hasn’t made this clear enough, which should be headline-worthy, but I expected a bit more from Bill, who not only…

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