No, but when troubleshooting running the latest version is helpful.

Are you also using a default unmodified style?

ROFL!!!! .......no

Do you see the same issue on the default style?

Yep, same behavior, just a different color.

I mean, if you reply to a topic, using the default style, and wait for you new reply to pop into the view. Does it still occur?

If you navigate away, or the new post doesn't showup on the page. Then you haven't read it.

Which, of course, doesn't make sense at all.

Yes

If you define clicking on a post reading it, then that would justify your logic, however, I read it when I posted it, so for me, when I refresh the forum view or any other page that lists that topic, it only makes sense that it should show as read to me. It should only show unread to others who have not seen it. It is also described that way in the JIRA.