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When you see the fast fashion giant Zara proudly selling “Dude With Sign” shirts for their summer collection, you know the Dude has gone mainstream. And how couldn’t he? With a whopping 7.5 million followers, New Yorker Seth Phillips has gained a cult following for his truth bombs that protest anything from loud engines, phones that shatter easily, “x” in espresso, and other very specific, small things that add up to our daily lives.

And luckily, there’s always something new to protest against. Like, hot coffee in summer or verifying you’re not a robot. So today, we collected some of the Dude’s most recent signs for y'all dudes and dudettes who have had enough. Of what? Let’s say, just everything.

Psst! More truth bombs from ‘Dude With Sign’ await in our previous posts here, here and here.

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Dude’s stardom started back in 2019 when Seth Philips, also known as the famous Dude holding signs, and Elliot Tabele held up a cardboard sign saying “Stop replying-all to company-wide emails” in New York City’s Soho neighborhood. The shot was initially made to be shared on Tabele’s Instagram account but after his follower count blew up, the duo realized their low-key protests were something the internet went crazy about.

Previously, Seth told Forbes that the signs were inspired by the never-ending list of first-world problems millennials have had enough of. But what made Dude With Sign really popular is just how relatable his truth bombs really were. The signs' universal appeal has amassed Seth a whopping 7.5M followers.

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Today, Dude With Sign's influence is indisputable. Just a few days ago, I stumbled across Dude With Sign shirts in the isles of the street fashion giant Zara. The collection of shirts featured a couple of the most popular pics of Dude holding a punny sign.

Meanwhile, during the worldwide pandemic, Seth has collaborated with the World Health Organisation on a series of memes to share accurate information about how to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The series of pics was aimed at those who use Instagram as their news source and they included messages like “Elbow bumps are the new handshakes” and “Just chill. Your friends aren’t doing anything, anyway.” Both fun and lighthearted, Dude’s signs have helped to spread a crucial point at the height of the global health crisis.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or just treat them like any other person without making a difference between genders

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How do you get D**k from Richard? You ask him nicely. Thank you, I'll see myself out now.

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Anthony Mann
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I and my entire team can do our jobs 100% from home, but our CEO is obsessed with bringing everyone back into the office, because he loves the 'energy' of having everyone there. The problem is we're short 100+ desks, since the pandemic (we only have desks for half of my team) That's might be OK though, as we're likely going to start losing people soon, who don't want to go back to the office.

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Julie C Rose
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My fellow nonparents need to stop being obnoxious about this. 18 months is way different from 12 months developmentally.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's to annoy those idiot friends who aren't getting it. And they deserve it.!

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Julie C Rose
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In New Zealand we tend to have electric stoves and the elements are different sizes to account for different sized pots and pans. In most of the places I’ve lived, the front left element is bigger than the front right one.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But the entire US credit system is based on the fact that people spend money that they don't have. If you don't spend money you do not have you won't get a credit score and without a credit score you can't get a mortgage or a loan to buy a car.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Right?! I mean, there are QR Codes everywhere for everything now. I don't want to spend my day scanning codes, just tell me what I need to know with sentences!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And cats. From what I've been reading that's actually the only thing that Zoom is good for.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Somethimes its a lot of spam, that has nothing to do with the fact im a psychopath

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M Whee
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Create a spam email address for signing in to random websites. Save your good email for things you care about. Doing this cut my email Inload down drastically.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or people who read subject lines very quickly and know that those thousands of emails are really not worth reading.

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Nikki Sevven
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, we're not. We're just people who can't be bothered with spam.

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Riddhi⭐
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This makes a question pop in my head, " Am I a psycho?"👽

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Elizabeth Calvert
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or it shows the number of emails that still make it through my spam folder

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Anthony Mann
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg, yes. It show either total disorganization, total lack of respect for others, or both.

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Helena ortiz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah um not really, do u know how many emails I get a day, now people who don't read texts that's different

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not a psycho, I'm just the victim of many psychos messaging me about how worried for me they claim to be and my situation. God damn spam mail, I don't need special care for my r****m! (Seriously, why? All I wanted was to message people I know, not lose them in countless, greedy, invasive, constant advertisements.)

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've completely abandoned my emails after my inbox was swarmed by the spam mail. Thousands and thousands of spam emails. I'm not the psycho here, I'm the victim of every psycho on the internet, and so are thousands of other non-psychos. Can't wait until we just burn the internet with medieval torches.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At the start of last year I relized I was crazy and I went through all my email and read or deleted all of them. Then I catagorized them.

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Donna Stapleton
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lmno nooo too many nowadays & they need ro stop! Its not right u can just send what u want unwelcomed into someones inbox \ home etc! Also CARD BOARD ON TOP OF CARDBOARD COLOURED BRICK WALL MAKES FOR A TOUGH READ...

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Kristen Kidd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have so many that google stopped giving me my emails. It's many thousands. MANY.

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Aspen ️
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not me having thousands of unread emails because I couldn't check them in literal inpatient psych treatment

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not me having thousands of unread emails because I couldn't check them as a psych inpatient

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Ray Chambers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just don't check my email that often lol and I get alot of junk mail

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Harry pottsh
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom has so many she can't use it anymore it shuts down and kicks her out lol

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Heather Wright
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah..... I just spent a couple days deleting my 13k emails. Like I always say, I didn't start off crazy

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have over 25 thousand unread email's 😫 I keep deleting and they just wont end😭

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CONNOR CASEY
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i let my notifications build up to 409 on purpose *proud face*

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Christina Hill
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No! Once the spam started it's never-ending so f*****k off 😆

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Patricia Howard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

damn so what does tens of thousands mean.....asking for a friend....

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Charles Bosse
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would rather spend time with my family than trying to live "inbox zero". I would rather spend time staring into the void, honestly.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I never check my email unless I sent myself something or it's a account verification thing

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Isaiah Sloan
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have like 2,000 (not exaggerating) unread emails and I can assure you over 75% are spam and the rest is stuff I'm too lazy to read.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

my dad's email says 9999+ and i cant even scroll to the bottom in a few minutes its rediculous

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Vanessa Richardson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I currently have over 228 thousand unread emails😅 and no, that is not a typo.

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Ashe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not me, it's just telling me someone on wattpad said or posted something

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HardTruths
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People who have longdrawn discussions over emails are psychos. Please meet in person and keep to an agreed meeting duration.

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D. Pitbull
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

HEY... maybe some of us keep TRYING to unsubscribe but they never unsubscribe you!!! We're the victims of LIES!!

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Unnamed Hooman
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow y’all be getting hundreds? I’m here with like, 1 email a month and I read it immediately only to find out it’s spam

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Melissa McGuire
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A coworker of mine has 31000 unread personal emails. Can we talk about her work ethic? No need. The first sentence explains it quite aptly

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I currently have 2000+ emails unread... not my fault! Mummy Pig keeps doing her work!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup... even people with thousands of read emails in their inbox are psychos.

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Sharon Vaughn
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not so much psycho as computer illiterate. They don't know how to delete emails.

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Jess Thompson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s all spam tho 😭 and it doesn’t let me mass delete or unsubscribe….

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I cannot agree with this one. Mostly it just means you just skip over all the "new product updates" from companies that you may never buy from again and who won't honor your unsubscribe requests.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is from old English Wōdnesdæg or ‘Odin’s day', after Odin or Woden, the supreme Germanic god. Similar to Dutch woensdag.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But there are some people that are too obnoxious to be in the same room with even for 5 minutes, so that bit of info will decide if I'll accept your invitation.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And keep it there, not in real life. We want to work from home happily ever after in real life.

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