Why is the forum lock icon the same as one thats marked "read"?

Shouldn't it have its own icon?

It does have it's own icon. Lex just needs to fix the key at the bottom of the forum so that it shows the accurate locked icon.
You'll know the locked icon if you see it, it has the panther "Stop!" logo.

Stop! Take some time to think! (You can't post in this thread anyway)

...should definitely be the tooltip for that icon.

I don't have any control over the icons at the bottom, but I think you guys are able to figure out which thread is locked and what's not. If not, then I guess you'll find out when you try to post and you cant.

And why would we take some time to think if we couldn't post, anyways. I mean, if I couldn't post, I wouldn't think about it, I would just skip it.

I messaged one of the techs, he said he'd fix it.

Woot, my post meant something. Thanks Lex and Lauren.