# 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:** 1 **Showing post:** 1711
### Author: ![colinfred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colinfred/32/21338_2.png) [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred) #### Post date: [August 25, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1711 "2025-08-25T21:50:56Z")
**Talk to me about general euthanasia for the elderly.** Well, that’s a strong suggestion… > [@Talk to me about General Anesthesia and the Elderly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-general-anesthesia-and-the-elderly/1022469): > > That’s it. That’s what I want to know. Is anesthesia generally safe? Or generally risky? Is it generally true that the older/less healthy you are going in the more likely you are to have a poor outcome? If someone over the age of 80, with existing cognitive issues needed a knee replacement, would your recommend an epidural as opposed to general anesthesia? (Opinions welcome, horror stories not particularly appreciated. This is both hypothetical and not, I mean, my mother is the person w… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093)._