The human brain is truly amazing… We aren’t able to do much when we’re born. But the next thing you know, a little person is saying their first words. Then using full sentences. And later, reading and writing. Think about reading for a minute. We’re basically decoding random markings into meaningful messages. And we get to a point where we can do this fast. And without thinking. Like you might have done just now.
But sometimes we come across something so confusing we need to stop. Go back. And read it again. Until it hopefully starts to make sense. Unfortunately, some things will never make sense. Like a few of the signs posted in the r/dontdeadopeninside online community. It’s a space dedicated to “signs/media that read as nonsense if read normally: from left to right”. It has over 714 thousand members sharing the funniest, most bizarre signs they’ve ever come across. Keep scrolling for a list of our best of all time signs posted by the community, and let us know which ones really left you confused.
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Will There Be Blood Or Not!?
Well, according to trump the racist, when he institutes his mass deportation of immigrants, it will "be very bloody". Go ahead, downvote me..
Jesus Scares
he might be a bit less scary if we stopped putting largish sculptures and wood carvings of his slow tourtured final moments of life as he hangs from a cross bleeding in agony above each doorway in the catholic schools. Like we get the idea. He died. It's not halloween though so chill out on the corpses
I agree 😆 I'm not a religious person, but I get the sentiment and I like art and historical buildings. There are so many stories of Jesus in the bible, so many to tell and show: why is it exactly the suffering on the cross that became the iconic picture?
Load More Replies...Gandhi said "I like your Christ but your followers are not very much like your christ" or words to that effect.
Load More Replies...This reminds me of that comic where the aliens landed on earth, get out of their saucer and see a full sized crucifix with Jesus. One alien says to the other " Let's get the f**k out of here!"
Who Else Is Donating To End Children?
I don't know... If it is donating to end some adults, I can get behind that.
Load More Replies...There’s a whole science behind reading. And researchers from various fields continue to study it. Some want to understand how we make sense of words. Others are looking for new ways of teaching people to read. One of the things they’ve found is that the human brain is not prewired to learn to read naturally. It’s something we are taught or must learn. During reading, various parts of our brain work together to make words come to life - and make sense.
“The ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning,” is how Oxford Owl describes reading comprehension. The University Of Oxford’s homeschooling site breaks it down like this: “It relies on two, interconnected abilities: word reading (being able to decode the symbols on the page) and language comprehension (being able to understand the meaning of the words and sentences).”
We Buy Men Used 29 And Up
I’m 44 and kind of just going through the motions of “life”.
Load More Replies...Don’t Save A Life Be Afraid To Give Blood
I have the Red Cross is listed as Nosferatu in my contacts
Load More Replies...There is a slogan for Canadian Blood Services "Blood, it's in you to give". No, it is in me to keep me alive! Yes, I know what it really means, but it still bothers me.
Are they saying 'Dont save a life be afraid to give blood' cause that sounds really convincing
This is why you have someone who wasn’t involved in creating it look at it before you commit to it.
We Stand With No Standing Ukraine
I don't know why you got downvoted, your comment really funny.
Load More Replies...The two need to work together like a well-oiled machine. Meaning, if you can decode words, but don’t understand their meaning, you won’t be able to comprehend a text. And if you can understand what the words mean, but you can’t decode them, you also won’t be able to comprehend text.
You Don't Matter. Worry
This reminds me of one of the taglines the show Millennium had in the opening: “Wait. Worry. Who cares?”.
Load More Replies...That one would likely have been solved by using proper capitalization.
Helped, yes. Solved? Probably not. Depending on where you live, you were taught to read left to right, top to bottom. Capitalization would have no impact. People would think "Why did they capitalize a word in the middle of "You don't matter"?
Load More Replies...there are so many people on earth that there must be some people who don’t matter, we just don’t know who (not meant to sound rude, sorry if it does)
Abort Jesus
I’ll Take One Of Each
Automatically did that and now that song is stuck in my head.
Load More Replies...There are many factors that can impact our ability to understand text. Dyslexia is one of them. The Mayo Clinic defines it as “a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding).” Researchers have found it’s caused by disruptions in how someone’s brain processes writing so they can understand it.
Never Comeback Give Up Robert
For anyone who doesn't know, that is Robert Kubica he has raced in many different series including F1. He got in a horrible accident while racing a rally stage where the guardrail went through the front his his car, almost tore his arm off and nearly killed him. Thankfully he survived and so did his co-driver. He did make comeback to F1 and raced with Williams with a mangled arm, the car wasn't competitive but he did outperform a rookie George Russel. He also had a colossal collision with the barriers at the Canadian GP in 2007, one of the most insane accidents I've ever seen someone walk away from. He must have nine lives lol.
He never raced for Ferrari, never was in any way linked with them. He made miraculous comeback though.
I was wondering about that. I’m out of touch with F1, but I’d think I’d have remembered if he’d driven for them. Years after the fact he revealed that he had a “pre-contract” (whatever that means) with Ferrari F1 for the 2012 season.
Load More Replies...Maybe don't go rally racing when you've just signed a Ferrari contract.
7 Surprising Black Ways To Use Beans
Do NOT put black beans in my brownies. The murder mittens WILL come out!
Jokes aside. If I catch someone drinking a black bean smoothie, I'm calling the police.
You should call hazmat because there will be a toxic spill to clean up
Load More Replies...I now expect that _someone_ will soon start Trump-etting about Mexicans entering the USA, stealing black ways to use beans...
I would be surprised if anyone on Earth made a black bean smoothie.
If you put black beans in brownies, I'm just going to assume you're a serial kiIIer.
Guaranteed Reduced Quality
Like free trial software in the goode olde dayze, first "reduced functionality", then "enhanced reduced functionality" so you could save one file.
You are not doomed if you have dyslexia. Some super famous people have revealed they’re dyslexic. Kim Kardashian recently spoke about her daughter North’s diagnosis. She’s one of many to speak out and break the stigma attached to learning disabilities.
Anderson Cooper is an Emmy Award winning news anchor and journalist. A big part of his job involves reading words on a teleprompter. But as a kid, Cooper struggled to read. He’s spoken publicly about his struggles. And said he would carry a book around with him but “would just pretend to read it, because I had trouble reading and making sense of words, in particular, letters.”
The State Of Washi Wangton
I love Washi Wangton. I'm never calling it [Washi Wangton] again.
They Are, In Fact, A Particular Sub-Species Of Rock
It Doesn’t Look Good Either Way
there's litterally no way this makes any logical sence unless it's in a pharmacy
"Free d***s 4 kids under 11" still leaves so many unanswered questions.
so you pay for the kids with dr*gs or you get 4 kids free with the dr*gs…?
I got it... free d***s for kids under 11. 12 and up u gotta pay to ride the magic dragon
Cooper admitted even those who knew him well had no idea he had dyslexia. “I think it’s a sign of probably how well I tried to hide it when I was a little kid,” he said. “I remember at the time being concerned that other people would find out about it.” The news anchor has credited teachers and reading specialists with helping him to overcome his difficulty and excel in his career.
Say To Sliders Drugs To No Yes
How is it confusing? Just say sliders to d***s!
Load More Replies...I'm high right now and NO, it still makes no sense.
Load More Replies...This general style of rearranging the words went from very mildly creative to very annoying the second time it was ever used. Possibly the first. It boggles the mind why so many businesses create an advert like that, look at the mock up or finished product and think, "Yeah, that looks great. Let's use that!"
person: hey want some dr*gs? me: SLIDERS person: is that a yes? me: NO
Don't Never Drink And Drive. Drive High
technically speaking, stoners are safer drivers than drunks, because stoners drive at about 5km/h and think they're speeding.
Driving impaired is driving impaired. And it kills. Just dont
Load More Replies...With the double negative they are technically telling you to drive both drunk and high.
Wet Men Paint At Work
As an actress, Keira Knightley’s job also involves a lot of reading. But she too revealed she once struggled with dyslexia. She told the Guardian that she overcame her reading difficulties with the help of Emma Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility screenplay script.
“My mum, who worked with her on Sense and Sensibility, got me a copy of the screenplay Emma had written," said Knightley. "And I was – am – dyslexic and the way she got me over it was to say: 'If Emma Thompson couldn't read, she'd make sure she'd get over it, so you have to start reading, because that's what Emma Thompson would do'."
Took A Wee While To Design This Masterpiece
Bararapa, bararapa bararapa bararapa bararump bararump ba Ra Ra.
Since I knew the song lyrics I had to look again to see why it is so confusing my brain just went in autopilot after i recognized it.
But I would walk five and hundred I would walk miles five hundred just to be the man who walks a more to thousand fall down at miles your door.
But I would walk five and a hundred I would walk miles five hundred just to be the man who walks a more To thousand fall down at miles your door
This does not do the song justice. And it never had much justice to begin with
So I Fart Old Dust
Screw The Other 7 Coralines
Maybe all their children are named coraline? Makes it easier to yell at them
George Foreman named all 5 of his sons George Edward Foreman.
Load More Replies...And every one was a Henry--wouldn't have a Willie or a Sam--I'm her eighth old man I'm Henry--Henry the eighth I am!
Sometimes, the issue doesn’t lie with the reader. No matter how good we normally are at reading or comprehension, some things are just hard to read. Like a few of the signs on this list. The Sign Research Foundation actually did a study on this very thing.
They found that the number one reason people couldn’t decipher a sign was because the letters were too small. 83% of respondents surveyed gave that as their main gripe. While 71% blamed the placement of the sign. Just under half had an issue with the font used.
I Hate To Do This To A Fellow Climate Activist But
Maybe they spelled it wrong and it's "There's planet n*b" They likely knew that BP would censor k**b. /J EDIT: Good lord, BP even censors it without the K
Load More Replies...Sshh I think that's where New Zealand really is and we don't want anyone to know.
Load More Replies...Where exactly is planet Noob? I found some of it's occupants wandering around planet Earth
Push Animal For Heat Heat!
W Fart Free Water
We fart free water. I wonder if they are related to the poor soul who farts old dust?
The vision of Adam farting in the tub is forever etched in my mind. So wrong. Yet so funny
Load More Replies...Many marketing, PR and creative experts will agree that signage is vital to your business. And there are some tips to take into consideration when planning yours. These include keeping signs visible and legible. Living by “less is more” - short messages are easier to read. You should also avoid clutter. Use clean, crisp and easy-to-read fonts. Pay attention to the colors you use. And our personal favorite: don’t write a bunch of rubbish on your sign!
Asia Rden Ensb Vgio Ocko
Holy carp that took me a while to work out - it's either Asia Book Cover Design or Asiard Enens I Boo V Gock
It's a spiral. It reads ASIAN BOOK COVER DESIGN. It even spells it out in white as Book Cover Design from East Asia. It is design, just not very good design. ;-)
There are hard to see symbols between each letter that show you the direction to read the words.
Load More Replies...I love word searches!!! Ok I see Asia, boo, den, are, ads, and rev!
I first saw this on my old laptop and I didn't see the connecting lines until I used the bigger monitors. I thought it was an eye chart
How you come up with that ? You made it more confusing for me
Load More Replies...Stand Hong With Kong
Does anyone know where Hong is? Probably sitting somewhere I am sure
Nothingnothing Right Inleft In My My Leftright Brainbrain
This kinda makes sence actually. Nothing right in my left brain, nothing left in my right one. Fancy way of saying half my brains empty, the other half rotted away. I kinda like it tbh
Proof of the brain of the person who made this sign
Load More Replies...Sign by my house in Santa Barbara, Calif.: "Nirvana Road Not a Thru Street."
Smash Immigrants Welcome Racism
Do I even want to know what this deleted comment said?
Load More Replies...Doesn’t Sound Like Fun
When “Don’t Dead Open Inside” Actually Makes Sense No Matter Which Way You Read It
No Daniel Craig No
No, daniel Craig, no! Stop it! Bad boy!
Load More Replies...No Daniel Craig! No! Time in his time to final outing to. Die, James Bond, DIE!
Always Forgotten. Remembered Never
What is supposed to be going on under the shirt for their heads to be contoured like that??
Read a chapter and a half of the first book. Noped out. Too much teenage angst for me
Enjoy Mouth Popcorn Your Watering
I don't think popcorn grows even if you do water it. No popcorn tree for you.
Your is correct, actually. It’s supposed to read ‘enjoy your mouth watering popcorn’; supposed to be read in order from the left most letter of each word. Though I’ll admit the intended way is not the most obvious!
Load More Replies...Left No Turn Right Only Turn
Sounds like the directions given to you when you are driving and they are pretty sure they know how to get to the destination.
Jesus Christ
Can somebody call me an ambulance, I just had a stroke trying to read that! /s
Il call you a stroke as I just had an ambulance
Load More Replies...I'm not saying I'm wonder woman, I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and wonder woman in the same room together.
Sounds like a rap, "I'm not saying I'm-I'm just saying no has bo me ever dy and seen wonder woman in the same room together!"
I'm not I'm just no bo dy wonder woman me and saying I'm saying has ever seen wonder woman in the same room together
Cuth Pube
How do you figure that? I’ve been staring at it for a few minutes trying to make it make sense
Load More Replies...Please The Beans
You If Going Lost You’re Me Together Get Can’t Know Don’t
Supposed to be, "You can't get lost if [you] don't know [where] you're going"?
Ok, but then where does "together" and "me" come in? Maybe it's "You can't get lost if you're together and don't know where you're going"
Load More Replies...Shosple Colupis
Don't Forget High School Buy A Yearbook
You and just about everyone I know. I mostly went to my highschool reunion for the free booze.
Load More Replies...The Nofarts Joker
That sounds like part of a newspaper headline. "Pope: Jesus loves bad guys, the no farts Joker."
Load More Replies...According to the bible, Jesus loves everybody. A bit some Christian’s have conveniently forgotten
Load More Replies...Why do that to a perfectly good Challenger? Someone running around our town has a newer body style Mustang with a c**p ton of stickers adhered randomly on it.
Some incel on reddit: "Im so sick of Jesus only loving jerks 😫"
I Am Dond
Dip Dip
Put your hand up on my hip! When I dip you dip we dip!
Load More Replies...Who put the bomp in the bomp ba bomp da bomp, who put the dip in the dip da dip da dip?
Who put the shoop in the shoop de shoop, who put the ram in the ram-a-lam-a-ding-dong?
Load More Replies...They left out the comma: when I dip you, we dip dip. Makes perfect sense now
In Czech: "Sama Doma" Means Home Alone, "Sado Mama"...you Probably Know
BTW, it's supossed to be show for middle-aged ladies.Gues they need to spice up their lives
Eggmnnaeet
Honk If You My Is Think Truck
It does once you notice the faded "sexy" at the end.
Load More Replies...He meant to write “Honk if you think my truck is sexy” the sexy is in the far right, faded
Apparently I’m not neurotypical, because I think I *should* honk if I do my is think truck.
Honk Ha Against Te
They were third-oughly disgusted by them being three steps down from Do.
Load More Replies...Go Citd Wals!
They Must Have Added The Arrows After Realizing How Steamy It Was Originally
I'd 1000% rather be slow and accurate than fast and sloppy (no, I'm not talking about sex, but also that too)
Load More Replies...For The Life Of Me, I Can't Figure Out What This Says?
It’s supposed to say “Pinghe Teacher Hotel”, but I had to google that too
Cloudy Meat With A Chance Of Balls
Say No To 100% Hygiene
Jokes aside, from a biological point of view, being a little unclean helps strengthen the immune system
Sophisticated Ho
Aliectass
My ADHD brain just changed “@ss @ss in” for 5 minutes straight and proceeded to giggle maniacly after
We Are Fried. Hiring Chicken
They're already fried! They're getting desperate!
Load More Replies...Stolen From My Friends Snap Story
If You Were In A Car, Would You Know What Accident To Do?
Of course I know what accident to do: brake just slightly to late and hit the car in front of you.
Loho Veme
South Mouth
Well I mean, some people do refer to the labia as "lips"...
Load More Replies...South mouth... Never heard it called that before, but it's kinda genius!
Reminds me of the South Park episode in which they change the function of mouth and butt....
This Sign At A&f
Ly Paer Soils Ca
Redshe Neckshed
I still can't understand what the original was, what is a "She Shed"?
It's supposed to be the feminine form of man cave, but I hate it so much
Load More Replies...Hot Sharp Water Needles!!
That's what happens when you turn the shower on too hot in the morning...
Spread Cream Not Cheese Disease
“It’s the C H E E S E T O U C H” (wimpy kid reference if you don’t know’
Load More Replies...Please Do Not Take It Home. Leave Litter Here
Husband read it as 'please do not take it home. Leave litter here' and asked what is wrong. I told him and asked why did he think it was correct. His thought it's probably some recycling plant so people are advised to leave the litter.
Idiot Anti-Vaxxers Who Got Fired From Hospital Job
"Stand up for down for our standing rights" If you need to fight for standing rights being taken away then how are you standing?
Have You Guys Heard Of The New Samsung Aix Gay?
Hoho Pepe
Family Dollar, Dollar Tree……wait 🤔
Love Is Watching & Watching Someone Someone Die Is Hard
Does make sense ... ain't to hidden, at best, this might be hided ... a nice one, but a tad besides of this listicle's.
Load More Replies...Free Artificial Colours, From Flavours & Preservatives
This Jesus Cowboy
Wife relegated to second place behind a dead guy he's never even met
In northern germany, we sometimes use a slightly different grammar in referring to peoples' stuff. "Diesem Jesus-Cowboy seine Frau liebt seine Kinder." is a correct sentence, that would, then, refer to a Cowboy resembling, by whatever means and way (looks, behaviour, self-description of behaviour, or looks, or both, ...), Jesus, who has a wife who loves his kids.
Definitely some song lyrics. "This Jesus Cowboooyyy, His wife loved his kids."
Noki Parng
*inhales* Everything Everything Everything Everything Everything Everything Everything
Anel Nasa
You Give Chances Kid Voice Are
It’s red blue red blue yellow yellow orange pink orange pink orange pink “If you give a kid a voice, chances are they will have something to say”
What it is supposed to say: "If you give a kid a voice, Chances are they will have something to say." What it says now: "If you give chances they will a kid are have something a voice [child] to say."
If you a a give kid voice chances have they have to will something say
The Tim Hoe Use
The Love Is Sweeter Of Than Any Jesus Candy!
There is nothing on earth or in the heavens more disgustingly saccharine than candy corn.
Don't Dead Open Inside
Well If You Insist
This Is This Is Meme
We Hold That All Man, These Truths, And Women To Be, Are Created Self-Evident... Equal
"And when I meet Thomas Jefferson, i'm 'a compel him to put women in the sequel" Angelica Schuyler
The difference in color makes this one fairly easy to read. It really shouldn't be here.
Feed Animals School Kids Parties Groups
It's the same message however you read it "feed animals school kids" or "feed animals kids parties".
Black Matter Lives!
Probably some of it could be called "alive". We can't know because (as the name implies) it's all but impossible to observe.
Load More Replies...Satan Jesus Is Is Defeated Lord! [oc]
I've seen some of these before, but all are amusing. This is why our society has - and needs - graphic artists.
At a school near to where I live there is a sign on the main door saying "Automatic door" The another sign immediately below it saying, "Push" Then another sign immediately below that saying, "Pull".
I habe kitchen mat i bought. Thought it was cute but after having it a while and staring at it, it has "freshly" on top, "made" on bottom and "coffee" in the middle in bigger letters. I know I'm supposed to read "freshly made coffee" but all i see is "freshly coffee made" haha
I've seen some of these before, but all are amusing. This is why our society has - and needs - graphic artists.
At a school near to where I live there is a sign on the main door saying "Automatic door" The another sign immediately below it saying, "Push" Then another sign immediately below that saying, "Pull".
I habe kitchen mat i bought. Thought it was cute but after having it a while and staring at it, it has "freshly" on top, "made" on bottom and "coffee" in the middle in bigger letters. I know I'm supposed to read "freshly made coffee" but all i see is "freshly coffee made" haha
