HN needs subheads! They could be slightly more tolerant of pulling out salient details or interpretation, and even wiki-rewritable by users over a certain karma, with a version history. They'd make the 'original title' policy more tolerable, and be a massive timesaver for readers, when they provide the necessary counterbalance (in details or qualifications) for whatever sensational or dry choice was made in the title. (Popehat writeups could win with a good subhed; 'trick' titles would lose when the subhed offers the necessary clarification.)