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"NO SAFETY SMOKING FIRST." If you immediately understood what that meant, congratulations! You just may be suitably skilled to pivot into a career of absurd sign design.
Signs should make life easier for us. Their main purpose is to communicate information to us. But all too often, signs have just one job and they fail dismally, leaving us confused and sometimes, even amused. Whether it's a case of getting lost in translation, unfortunate spacing, or awful design, some signs raise more questions than answers. They're so bad that they're hilariously good, prompting people to snap a pic for all the world to see.
If you're in the mood for some mixed signals, keep scrolling... Bored Panda has put together a bizarre list of funny fails spotted on the NoSafetySmokingFirst page. It's a chaotic corner of the internet that sees almost 2,000 weekly visitors popping in for a mood booster. The community shares strange, ridiculous, questionable and funny signs spotted in the wild.
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#2
Sorry For The New Concept!
I am not you 42 minutes ago
Why do they read this like that? When there are obvious that one sentence is on the left side ,and one in the right side,they read like this:《Sorry for the inconvenience. New concept camping soon.》Sorry For The New Concept》 How is that posdible? Her they pretend that it is 《
#3
Your I Had To Mom Is So Spread This Fat Between 3 Books
I am not you 21 minutes ago
The text on the book spines is arranged to make a joke when read from left to right, a style known as r/dontdeadopeninside. Which I think is funny 😀
#4
Ask About Mud Me My Flaps
I am not you 16 minutes ago
Put the signs cøoser together first.Then I'll ask you about your mudflaps 😁 Otherwise,I'll ask about mud.
#5
What’s A Man Woman Rat Human?
I am not you 30 minutes ago
Same here. Chaotic design, but the words are correctly placed in the sentences. Read from left to right, then there is nothing to misunderstand.
#7
Please Don't Drive, Block The Way
I am not you 10 minutes ago
This one is actually funny, because it's clearly two separate posters. I may seem grumpy in my comments here, but I just get so annoyed when something that's correct is portrayed as wrong. Actual typos are really funny.
#8
Where Are Fries & Shakes. You Going? Are Right Here
I am not you 19 minutes ago
Sometimes they read from left to right, while other times they read the words on a page at a time. Why?
#10
How The Hell Do You Open This Door?
I am not you 38 minutes ago
This is too stupid! Read one page at the time! They read 《Sorry For The New Concept》like this one,and read this one 《Don't pull》 Why??
#11
Come Naked. Try. Our Chalupa
#15
They Know All NASA Your Stupid Is A Hoax Astronots
#16
I Was Told To Post In Here
I am not you 33 minutes ago
Chaotic design, but the words are correctly placed in the sentences. Read from left to right, then there is nothing to misunderstand.
#17
Mother Had Illegal Earth No Children
#18
Due To Garden Closed Changes Center Until …
I am not you 24 minutes ago
Read from left to right,and there is nothing wrong with this either. Should they have pasted a whole poster over the window bars instead?
#23
Amber Of Will, You Are My You, The Love Life Marry Me?
#27
Mental Is Hocus. Health Not Pocus
#29
If You Can’t Stand Feel Free To Stand Behind Our Troops In Front Of My Ram
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