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Article created by: Mindaugas Balčiauskas

The trope “Don’t Dead Open Inside” came to the internet’s spotlight more than ten years ago when it was first used in a promo poster for The Walking Dead. The line, which initially made zero sense to anyone reading it line by line, perfectly captured ensued hilarity. It stirred a whole trend of memes featuring posters, boards and signs that played on the brink of making sense (if read counterintuitively) and making no sense (if read intuitively).

There’s a whole Reddit community dedicated to such oddly amusing linguistic mishaps known as r/deadopeninside. So get ready to roll your eyes, turn your head, read it twice and thrice, calling a friend and looking for answers on Google, because we have selected some of the most head-spinning examples below.

And if there’s anything we're gonna learn from this post, it's how not to overcomplicate your message. At any cost. Psst! Our previous post with hard-to-read signs can be found right here.

#1

Cloudy Meat With A Chance Of Balls

Cloudy Meatballs movie title with a funny messaging fail highlighting humor in communication errors.

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    #2

    Please Do Not Take It Home. Leave Litter Here

    Sign reading please do not leave litter here take it home, shown in an environmental management presentation about message fails.

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    #3

    They Must Have Added The Arrows After Realizing How Steamy It Was Originally

    Handwritten cardboard sign with confusing message fail about how to open a door slowly, illustrating messaging fails.

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    #4

    Took A Wee While To Design This Masterpiece

    Text with message fail showing overlapping and misplaced words in various colors on a white background.

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    #5

    They Are, In Fact, A Particular Sub-Species Of Rock

    Sign in water warns of submerged danger rocks surrounded by ocean, illustrating people’s message fails at a harbor dock.

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    #6

    Free Artificial Colours, From Flavours & Preservatives

    Mars chocolate bar packaging with a label reading Free From Artificial Colours, Flavours, and Preservatives, showing a messaging fail.

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    #7

    Trust Onoe

    Tattoo on forearm with the phrase trust one in a heart shape, illustrating message fails and miscommunication.

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    #8

    Don't Forget High School Buy A Yearbook

    Sign with confusing message saying "Don't buy a yearbook forget high school," showing a fail from not thinking the message through.

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    #9

    Jesus Christ

    Woman wearing a white shirt with a confusing Wonder Woman message fail printed in black and yellow text and graphics.

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    #10

    *inhales* Everything Everything Everything Everything Everything Everything Everything

    Store window with repeated red signs saying everything must go creating confusing and funny message fail.

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    #11

    Honk If You My Is Think Truck

    Pickup truck with a humorous handwritten message showing a fail in thinking through the message on the rear window.

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    #12

    Loho Veme

    Black and white painted wooden panels arranged with letters creating a message fail due to poor layout and spelling.

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    #13

    Smash Immigrants Welcome Racism

    Sign with distressed text reading smash racism and immigrants welcome, an example of message fails and miscommunication results.

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    #14

    The Nofarts Joker

    Green sports car with a custom license plate and a confusing bumper message illustrating communication fails and poor message planning.

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    #15

    This Is This Is Meme

    Performer on stage in white outfit with large digital display behind showing confusing message fail meme.

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    #16

    The Way I Let My Boyfriend Know His Dinner Is Ready For Him In The Microwave When He Gets Home From Work

    Microwave with a handwritten pink note showing a message fail where the text is confusing and unclear.

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    #17

    My Local Takeaway Is An Eye Test

    Confusing sign with unclear message hanging outside building, showcasing communication fails and poor message design.

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    #18

    I Live In Tootrno

    Street mural with confusing message and unclear text, showing a fail from people who didn't think their message through.

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    #19

    Does This Belong Here? Took Me Multiple Tries To Figure This Out

    Staircase with confusing motivational text showing a fail in message design and communication fails in public spaces.

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    #20

    My Wife Said, “People Will Get It.”

    Ceramic Christmas trees under a wall sign with a message fail in spelling and design, showing message fails.

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    #21

    No No Gain Pain

    Handmade sign with the phrase no pain no gain, including a smiley and sad face, showing messaging fails.

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    #22

    Super Meat Market Market

    View from car showing a confusing store sign reading Super Meat Market Market, a messaging fail.

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    #23

    I Would Like A Free Donation. Also, Here's My Lemonade...

    Child's lemonade stand with sign saying free lemonade donations accepted, illustrating message fails and misunderstandings.

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    #24

    Dsgein

    Sticky notes on office windows forming an unclear message, showing a fail from people not thinking their message through.

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    #25

    What Do?

    Poster with text asking what to improve paired with various icons, showing message fail due to unclear phrasing and design.

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    #26

    Hearing Aids?

    Sign with the word HARRING spelled vertically, but poor message design results in repeated word AIDS, illustrating message fails.

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    #27

    I Thought This Might Belong Here

    White sweatshirt hanging on a wooden rack with a humorous graphic design showing a confusing math message fail.

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    #28

    Hoffman Estates, Il. I Can’t Even Figure Out What It’s Supposed To Say

    Yellow sign on a pole with confusing text about Jesus and God, showing a fail caused by people not thinking their message through.

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    #29

    This Sign At My International School

    Sign in a classroom with poorly arranged text that reads where middle school students are from highlighting message fails.

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    #30

    In My School Dining Hall

    Tabletop sign with a confusing message about food waste reading love hate food waste, illustrating message fails.

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    #31

    Wash Your Brush Hands Your Teeth

    Humorous bathroom rules sign showing message fail with confusing phrase about washing hands and brushing teeth.

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    #32

    Say 5g No To Vaccines

    Graffiti on a brick wall with a confusing message showing a fail in communication and message thinking.

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