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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/nosafetysmokingfirst@sh.itjust.works

Welcome everyone! I created this community after coming across an example in !funnysigns@lemmy.world

In a "NoSafetySmokingFirst", the text reads correctly left to right, but visual cues (like colouration, vertical proximity, or horizontal separation) lead you to try to read it top to bottom.

This is similar to, but distinct from, the more widely known "DontDeadOpenInside" format. In that case, the text reads correctly top to bottom, but visual cues (like colouration, horizontal proximity, or vertical separation) lead you to try to read it left to right.

That's pretty much all you need to know! Hope you enjoy yourself here!

*Edited to improve explanation and add examples.

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Evil Mormon Whores Hell? (sh.itjust.works)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21680629

Saw this at a school today. Big fan of reading and encouraging reading, but gee whiz.

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Please Mixer Open Inside (sh.itjust.works)
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Despite containing the phrase "open inside", this is indeed a NoSafetySmokingFirst, as it reads correctly left-to-right, but one's first instinct is to read it top to bottom.

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Not the mass ions! (lemmy.world)
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Reposted from dontopendeadinside because I didn't read the rules there.

Also this is taken from here:

https://leveller.ca/2024/10/rental-policies-enable-landlords-to-displace-tenants/

Unfortunate scenario.

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I I Knew Wish Still You (sh.itjust.works)
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/18530857

Y=-x²

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TEE TRAVEL PEE TRAILERS (sh.itjust.works)
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Don't I'm Work Broke (sh.itjust.works)
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Robbins play roost ground (sh.itjust.works)
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to eat Ramen after - that's happiness <3 Momotoko

feeling really,

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Parking making somebody or girlfren will come

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The wrote sign (reddthat.com)
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NoSafetySmokingFirst

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Welcome to NoSafetySmokingFirst!

For images where the text reads correctly left to right, but visual cues (like colouration, vertical proximity, or horizontal separation) lead you to try to read it top to bottom.

This is similar to, but distinct from, the more widely known “DontDeadOpenInside” format. In that case, the text reads correctly top to bottom, but visual cues (like colouration, horizontal proximity, or vertical separation) lead you to try to read it left to right.

The post that started it all:

NO | SMOKING
SAFETY | FIRST

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