Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Tue May 26, 2026 11:54 am
And I kind of wonder whether it's somehow clear from the context about which boss we're talking.
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Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Fri May 29, 2026 11:39 am
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Fri May 29, 2026 11:44 am
I didn't know that 'Next' was a company extant today -- and the only company with a name of that sort I knew of was NeXT, a computer company founded by Steve Jobs after he left Apple which ultimately was bought out by Apple.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Fri May 29, 2026 11:55 am
Oh, now it makes sense! Thank you!
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2026 9:39 am
Whey protein is running out as food companies put it in everything
Not an intrinsically confusing headline, except that I keep on misreading ‘whey’ as ‘why’…
Not an intrinsically confusing headline, except that I keep on misreading ‘whey’ as ‘why’…
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2026 1:57 pm
That happened to me too when I first saw it.
Of course, the ambiguity of "running out" leads to the impression that the whey protein is escaping from a factory or something.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 10:05 am
Not a headline, but a great one spotted by a coworker in a textbook footnote:
Multiply lux times 93.02 to obtain foot candles
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 10:55 am
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 8:48 pm
A Drug Against War by KMFDM
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2026 5:43 pm
I'm American, but didn't try root beer for the first time until I was about 20 years old. I thought it was good, but when I buy soda, there are other flavors I prefer more.
But Coca Cola, (and to a lesser extent Pepsi), you couldn't pay me to drink it!
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2026 8:07 pm
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2026 8:35 pm
I moderately prefer Coca-Cola to Pepsi but will not decline the latter if it is the only available option. I prefer Red Bull to both, and enjoy(ed) some level of infamy at both my current workplace and my prior one for my consumption thereof. (I cannot stand most coffees, and regardless of that most coffees set off my Crohn’s, though soft drinks do not.)
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2026 8:51 pm
I drink significant quantities of coffee but require my coffee to include either generous amounts of creamer or half and half plus sugar. However, I find if I drink too much coffee I get slightly unpleasant psychoactive effects akin to a very mild mixed episode...Man in Space wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2026 8:35 pmI moderately prefer Coca-Cola to Pepsi but will not decline the latter if it is the only available option. I prefer Red Bull to both, and enjoy(ed) some level of infamy at both my current workplace and my prior one for my consumption thereof. (I cannot stand most coffees, and regardless of that most coffees set off my Crohn’s, though soft drinks do not.)
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2026 5:06 am
I'm one of the three people in the world who like both coffee a nd tea a lot. Sometimes I make myself one mug of each at the same time. But this is getting off topic.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:58 am
I’ve sent myself into caffeine intoxication twice, both times in college, both times regretted. A “feeling of impending doom” seems to be a common symptom thereof, which I can confirm firsthand.Travis B. wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2026 8:51 pm I drink significant quantities of coffee but require my coffee to include either generous amounts of creamer or half and half plus sugar. However, I find if I drink too much coffee I get slightly unpleasant psychoactive effects akin to a very mild mixed episode...
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2026 1:51 pm
Hm. I think there were occasions when I wasn't feeling kinda bad and wasn't sure whether it was too much caffeine or caffeine withdrawal syndromes.Man in Space wrote: ↑Fri Jun 12, 2026 2:58 amI’ve sent myself into caffeine intoxication twice, both times in college, both times regretted. A “feeling of impending doom” seems to be a common symptom thereof, which I can confirm firsthand.Travis B. wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2026 8:51 pm I drink significant quantities of coffee but require my coffee to include either generous amounts of creamer or half and half plus sugar. However, I find if I drink too much coffee I get slightly unpleasant psychoactive effects akin to a very mild mixed episode...
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2026 7:19 am
Not a headline, but I have found a nice garden path sentence in one of my own posts I made not long ago:
Before you reach the second comma, it seems as if I stated that they are meant to exist in the real world was the reason why I like the style of the ancient IE languages ever since I learned Latin in school, which is of course nonsenseWeepingElf wrote: ↑Thu Jun 04, 2026 5:30 am And because they are meant to exist in the real world, I like the style of the ancient IE languages ever since I learned Latin in school, and I find it easier to build an a posteriori than an a priori language, I have decided that my Elves would speak an IE and thus a posteriori conlang.
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2026 6:57 am
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2026 7:58 am
Re: Confusing headlines
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2026 12:07 am
This just popped up in Firefox, via Rolling Stone:
Afroman Sues Officer Who Raided His Home, Sued Him, and Lost
In other words, the officer raided Afroman's home, then unsuccessfully sued Afroman, and now Afroman is firing back. My first reading, I figured it was a typo--"Afroman Sues Officer Who Raided His Home" X "Afroman Sued [someone] and Lost".
Afroman Sues Officer Who Raided His Home, Sued Him, and Lost
In other words, the officer raided Afroman's home, then unsuccessfully sued Afroman, and now Afroman is firing back. My first reading, I figured it was a typo--"Afroman Sues Officer Who Raided His Home" X "Afroman Sued [someone] and Lost".