# 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")\
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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:** [November 9, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/866 "2023-11-09T18:25:22Z")

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How about **[Parents that totally failed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-that-totally-failed/992871)**.

What’s doubly embarrassing is that I’d already read the title correctly _and posted to the thread_ just an hour before I totally misread the very same title. D’oh!!

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