If you've been visiting Bored Panda, you know we really like funny signs. But if you're new here (or need a friendly reminder), just check out our publications on 'The Absurd Sign Project' or 'Weird Signs.'
This time, however, let's take a step even further and explore the absurd from a bit closer. For that, we turn to the subreddits 'No Safety Smoking First' and 'Don't Open Dead Inside.'
These two online communities mirror each other really well, and are full of signs with questionable spelling, messed up kerning, and other mistakes that prohibit them from getting the point across. If there even is one!
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Heal Thy Burgers
If they're already burgers, I think it's gotten a little too late to heal em
Is It Now?
Just Do Nothing, It Is Impossible
Le Tits Now
Can We Just Make This The Icon Already?
How The Hell Do You Open This Door?
Come Naked. Try. Our Chalupa
Hvad Alena Pptiny Yes
Combat Loneliness
They Know All Nasa Your Stupid Is A Hoax Astronots
Unfortunately These Are Just Activists Against The Monopolization Of My Campus' Food Distribution Services, Not A Polyamorous Sex Club :(
What
Sbren Sbeve
Eliminating Women Empowering Racism
Unfortunately there are people out there who totally would use that slogan in all seriousness if they thought they could get away with it.
Mental Is Hocus. Health Not Pocus. 🎃
Ah yes, high time we learned to appreciate the inherent hocus-ness of mental health.
Getting Is An Drunk Never Excuse (Mind The Comedy Homicide)
The fact you have to have an ad campaign for this is disturbing.
We Don't Care. Stop
Get Covid Here, Your Vaccine Ages 12 And Up
Never Do Your Best Quit
Cheating Garage All Must Go!
Hmmm can I get this wife on discount? I is from the cheating garage. ________________________________All like her must go--does that men that you KILLED YOUR WIFE? Well not really... Poor guy got no wife anymore.
Don’t Save A Life! Be Afraid To Give Blood
My Boyfriend Sent Me This Picture And
Ok but like everyone in the world, I also had to read your post before I understood WTF it said. Yes, now that I know, it's cute-ish. But damn, it was hard to decipher. Maybe just cuz I haven't had my coffee yet, idk.
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imagine being with this dude and staring at his arm for 5 minutes trying to understand this tattoo 💀💀
Had they put the “If” above, making three lines, this would actually be nice.
If Not Now is also the name of a great Tracy Chapman song. The artist who did the well-known 1988 song Fast Car. There have been two cover versions, both made in 2015
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Reminds me of those Kids quizzes where you have words with a piece of it replaced with a picture And you have to guess the corrwct full word
if not wtwhen (genuinely how i read it the first time [ it might need some arrows for the people trying to read it lol ])
I have this on a shirt, the "if" is placed to the upper left of the giant "NO" which has the "T" and "w" stacked next to it. There's a "t" and a "w" stacked next to a giant "Hen." But the font on my shirt makes it really obvious what the slogan is. Not so much on this kid's arm.
It's actually if not now *then* when, because of the second 'T'
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This is why I only have one tattoo with text and it's in Latin.
Hopefully this will prevent it creating any offspring. We don't need more of those genes
Does This Belong Here Or On R/Dontopendeadinside ?
Winners Quitters Never Quit, Never Win
Land Of The Not Land Of The Home Of The Not Home Of Free Stay At Home Brave The Afriad
Ask About Mud Me My Flaps
...what
Yeah, There's Definitely No Turtle Inside. Feel Free To Discard
Pizza! Pizza!! P I Z Z A A A A
Dunno If This Has Been Posted Already. A Friend Sent Me This:
To Be Clever
...a Month Lasts Forever
If You Hard. Then You Hard. Work|play
Always Forgotten, Remembered Never
Remembered never? Not quite. We'll always have "still a better love story than Twilight" as a memorial.
I Was Informed That This Is Better Suited For This Sub So Here Ya Go
Someone had the brilliant idea to translate Smash Mouth to Arameic and back again and it's amazing. https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2019/08/smash-mouth-s-all-star-translated-to-aramaic-and-back-becomes-beautiful-poetry.html
Jesus Is Christ Lord
Suddenly... Hairstylist
Got Straw? How About Heated Ones For Pets?
Made South In Africa
Don’t Never Drink And Drive. Drive High!
Let’s Beat The Children All Covid For
Your I Had To Mom Is So Spread This Fat Between 3 Books
They You What Will You
It's almost like a literal translation of an argument in Latin. "They you what will you?" "Will say you never made!" "Forget and did forget them!" "What forget? They how feel!"
Amber Of Will, You Are My You, The Love Life Marry Me?
Nach
Please Entrance, Keep Clear!
Who Thought This Would Be A Good Idea
The chamber has been enemies of BE of secrets opened the heir... WARE!
What Melt About Waffle?
This Physically Hurts Me
Be Be Be Kind Careful Yourself
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You know most of these make sense if you know how to read. Left to right
Clear ants.
I thought they were being smartasses and I smirked while telling them I liked their sign. but no-- they didn't see anything funny and this was genuinely how they spelled "clearance" Clear-Ants...6-jpeg.jpg 
And this is why I get paid BIG BUCKS as an advertising artist. Everyone thinks they can do it themselves, and sometimes they can . . . most of the time you get this!
Many of these can be described as "If motivational quotes were honest"
Live in Alabama myself. Wasn't particularly offended by any of it. Then again, I'm not hunting for reasons to be offended either.
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You know most of these make sense if you know how to read. Left to right
Clear ants.
I thought they were being smartasses and I smirked while telling them I liked their sign. but no-- they didn't see anything funny and this was genuinely how they spelled "clearance" Clear-Ants...6-jpeg.jpg
And this is why I get paid BIG BUCKS as an advertising artist. Everyone thinks they can do it themselves, and sometimes they can . . . most of the time you get this!
Many of these can be described as "If motivational quotes were honest"
Live in Alabama myself. Wasn't particularly offended by any of it. Then again, I'm not hunting for reasons to be offended either.
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