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There are some phrases that just don’t make sense. They get printed on shirts, billboards, and street signs, and if you encounter one, you’ll know it. Looking thrice and turning your head upside down won’t help. Asking for a friend’s help in deciphering the message won’t do much either.

You may call these phrases cursed and you wouldn’t be wrong. But there is an online group that’s not only entirely dedicated to these nonsensical phrases, but has also defined them as a phenomenon worthy of our attention on its own. Powered by 603k members, the Don't Dead Open Inside subreddit is a place for “signs and media that read as nonsense if read normally: from left to right.”

It may sound tricky, but bear with me. Below are some of the funniest signs that require 0% common sense and to throw everything you know about sentence structure out the window. Who knew that there could be so much sense in such nonsense?!


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Will There Be Blood Or Not!?

Will There Be Blood Or Not!?

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Just like most things on the internet, the subreddit Don't Dead Open Inside wasn’t created out of nowhere. The trope first came to internet users' attention when its name was used in a promotional poster for the TV series The Walking Dead. To this day, the Don't Dead Open Inside poster, revealed on July 2nd, 2010, stands as one of the most recognized examples of the trope in popular culture that caused the cult following on Reddit.

According to Know Your Meme, the infamous poster featured a photograph of a double door with the words "Don't Open" written on the left side and "Dead Inside" written on the right, which should be interpreted "Don't open, dead inside" if read in the correct order. The whole fun of the trope is revealed when the reader reads the phrase line by line instead, which sounds like "Don't dead open inside."

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Choose Abortion Life Kills

Choose Abortion Life Kills

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Knowing the speed things surf around social media, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a couple of users on Twitter shared their reactions to the unusual poster on social media. In the following years, “the memes based on the joke were made, with Know Your Meme user irish_swede archiving one such example on March 12, 2013,” reported Know Your Meme.

On May 17th, 2014, the subreddit r/dontdeadopeninside was created, where the community collected cases of the trope found in popular culture, design, advertising, etc. Today, it’s home to 603k members that follow a strict set of rules for submissions.

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Doesn’t Sound Like Fun

Doesn’t Sound Like Fun

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Don’t Save A Life Be Afraid To Give Blood

Don’t Save A Life Be Afraid To Give Blood

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The first and most important rule is that all posts have to comply to DDOI format. “Signs must be read correctly top to bottom, and incorrectly left to right, like any text, usually. Though it does not matter how easily you can read them, it is highly encouraged to only post images with little separation or spacing between the columns of words.”

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The community doesn’t allow both reposts and memes, and encourages users to “put the 'correctly read' way in the title, like 'DONT DEAD OPEN INSIDE.'”

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Guaranteed Reduced Quality

Guaranteed Reduced Quality

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7 Surprising Black Ways To Use Beans

7 Surprising Black Ways To Use Beans

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#12

Aliectass

Aliectass

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#15

Stand Hong With Kong

Stand Hong With Kong

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If You Were In A Car, Would You Know What Accident To Do?

If You Were In A Car, Would You Know What Accident To Do?

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

I usually go with spilling hot coffee on myself when the lid's not on properly.

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Madison Feehan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Depends on the day: Mondays are donut spillage, Tuesday is missing mask day, and Wednesdays, well they're just for fun!

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

Yes, bang my face against the airbags, but I don't think you need to know that, it happens automatically..

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Carrie Laughs
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd just put on fresh lippy before starting my journey and left a perfect kiss in the centre of my airbag - the ambulance fellas thought it was hilarious.

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Mama Panda
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well that depends. If I am hitting a speed bump, I spill my soda. If I am about to be hit by a train or a bus, then I will pee myself.

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Linda HS
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I usually don't kinda sorta 'choose' my accidents. I just do it!😂

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Celtic Pirate Queen
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We're taught to read English from left to right. What part of that do these advertising morons just not understand? Proofread your work! (I worked for a silk screening company and the head graphic artist had some T-shirts made for his band. THREE people had signed off on the design. It was only after they were printed that I asked what the name meant. They had misspelled "Originals" as "Originials". They had printed 100 of them. Even at cost, it was a pretty expensive mistake.)

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Shay Gosnell
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well back in elementary school you had accident number 1 or 2 so pick your choice

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Valley Girl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you were designing a business card, would you know what to do? No, oh okay. Thanks

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

I guess I'll opt with scraping the side of the pavement cos I have issues with angles.

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

Uhh.. Does spilling ice cold soda or flaming hot coffee all over the dashboard count?

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

I know that if I know what accident to do and I do it on purpose... it's no longer an accident. I want genuine accident. :)))

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Ashley Wright
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People think by changing color fonts, people will read a sign clearly. Clearly not.

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Blade the gallade
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The one where you crash into a oil truck and cause an explosion of both vehicles and destroy everything on the road.

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Sam T Godfrey
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I must've made an accident... I'm in a car, I know, but don't have to do. What?

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

You would think by now these people would grasp how English is read. This is not it.

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Michael Capriola Jr.
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Throw up from motion sickness? Wet yourself because you forgot to go before we started driving cross-country? Comedian Margaret Cho claims that she s**t herself in the car one day as a reaction to some weird persimmon diet she was on.

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Judy Windham Saunders
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I'm in a car, the accident I would probably do is wet my pants because I couldn't find a bathroom, but to each his own.

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

Normally it's the fake shunting accident insurance scam

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Lindy Mac
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These sign makers are trying to be artsy and blowing it ... Big time.

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Elaine Delvecchio
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lesson to learn. Just write the words the right way and stop trying to be fancy, or funny!

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M Kate McCulloch
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

usually peeing in a cup in the car on a road trip prevents accidents...

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

I would rather it say "if you were a car, would you know what to do?"

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

Buy the other a driver a drink and report him for drunk driving.

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Stop Earth The Denying Is Dying!

Stop Earth The Denying Is Dying!

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Saw This At Work Today And Immediately Thought Of This Sub

Saw This At Work Today And Immediately Thought Of This Sub

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Always Forgotten - Missed Never

Always Forgotten - Missed Never

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Was There Even An Intended Order To Begin With?

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Friend Of A Friend Got A New Tattoo

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This Is A F**king Massacre. Thing Made Me Want To Dead

This Is A F**king Massacre. Thing Made Me Want To Dead

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You Think Some Tattooist Hate Their Own Work?

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This Giant Poster In My University Dorm

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#37

Drugs May Kill You, But Never Your They’ll Hurt Feelings

Drugs May Kill You, But Never Your They’ll Hurt Feelings

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Teachers Who Love Teach Children Teaching To Love Learning

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#39

Hear That Noise? We Are Growing. We Can Fix It Again. Apply Inside

Hear That Noise? We Are Growing. We Can Fix It Again. Apply Inside

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#40

My Girlfriends Kitchen Tiles. Forffee Coyou

My Girlfriends Kitchen Tiles. Forffee Coyou

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Call Me Don’t

Call Me Don’t

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