Confusing headlines

[Qwynegold]

Residents driven
‘crazy’ by
construction stuff
socks in shaking
toaster

(Without the linebreaks this is a lot more understandable…)

I just don't get it. Why are there socks in toasters?

[bradrn]

Residents driven
‘crazy’ by
construction stuff
socks in shaking
toaster

(Without the linebreaks this is a lot more understandable…)

I just don't get it. Why are there socks in toasters?

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Residents [driven crazy by construction] [stuff socks] [in shaking toaster]

Presumably, the socks muffle the toasters when they shake.

[Raphael]

I've been meaning to post about it in the linguistic pet peeves thread for a really long time now.

We have a linguistic pet peeve thread? Where?

[zyxw59]

Beijing home price slide fans China property sector alarm

[Raphael]

Beijing home price slide fans China property sector alarm

So there's some kind of water slide, that people can slide down on, and there's a mechanism that catches the kinetic energy of the people sliding down the slide, and that mechanism powers a device that sounds an alarm whenever there's trouble in the Chinese property sector?

[Man in Space]

One of the best headlines of the year (found it via someone on Mastodon):

Frome the Globe and Mail

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politic ... onsulting/

Ottawa paid nearly $670,000 for KPMG’s advice on cutting consultant costs

Is it advice on slashing the costs of consultants generally or advice on the cost of consultants who specialize in downsizing?

[Qwynegold]

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Residents [driven crazy by construction] [stuff socks] [in shaking toaster]

Presumably, the socks muffle the toasters when they shake.

I feel like it's necessary to read the whole article to understand the headline. Is it the residents' own toaster that shakes?

[Qwynegold]

I've been meaning to post about it in the linguistic pet peeves thread for a really long time now.

We have a linguistic pet peeve thread? Where?

It must've been on the old forum.

[Moose-tache]

Wikipedia, desperately in need of a comma:

The Jena Band [of Choctaw Indians] was isolated until the 1950s on Whatley and Bowie lands, having limited contact with area whites because of Choctaw determination to maintain their community and discrimination.

[Richard W]

Wikipedia, desperately in need of a comma:

The Jena Band [of Choctaw Indians] was isolated until the 1950s on Whatley and Bowie lands, having limited contact with area whites because of Choctaw determination to maintain their community and discrimination.

Move it on a generation, and you'd think they were trying to maintain discrimination against their freedmen!

[Raphael]

Found this on Bluesky - a sign at the University of Aberdeen:

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Don't Be Tempted To Cheat
Do you know what academic integrity is, and how to avoid it?

[zompist]

At the post office today, I saw a sign reading

SHIP GREEN WITH
READYPOST PACKAGING

But at first I only glanced at it, and my brain said "Did that say shitpost?"

[Linguoboy]

From the Beeb: Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36

[Linguoboy]

This one from NPR is kind of a crash blossom: New 'Washington Post' CEO accused of Murdoch tabloid hacking cover-up

[bradrn]

Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

(I actually didn’t find this one very confusing, but apparently some other people did.)

[Raphael]

Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

So the tiger moth took part in a jam session, and one of the songs it played was called "Bat Sonar"?

[bradrn]

Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

So the tiger moth took part in a jam session, and one of the songs it played was called "Bat Sonar"?

No, that would be stupid.

[Man in Space]

Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

So the tiger moth took part in a jam session, and one of the songs it played was called "Bat Sonar"?

I want to make this a song title now.

[Glenn]

Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar

So the tiger moth took part in a jam session, and one of the songs it played was called "Bat Sonar"?

I want to make this a song title now.

It would probably be a very high-pitched song…

[fusijui]

I just saw a pretty good one, I think: Biden inches away from Netanyahu as Israeli PM fails to heed US on Gaza.

1) Biden is moving away from Netanyahu, slowly and gradually;
2) Biden's position is right next to Netanyahu, nearly touching.