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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by truite@jlai.lu to c/cat@lemmy.world
 

But you can give lollipops to flowers.

alt textA sign about what you can and can’t do in an aera.

What you can do :

  • A flower and a lollipop. Maybe it’s a windmill. Edit: it's a magnifying glass and a flower.
  • A bird with some sound or ultra sound coming to it.
  • A person sitting crossing their legs like meditating. Maybe their legs are wood.
  • A dog in leash.
  • A person throwing two little cubes in a bin or in a giant glass.
  • A shoe. It’s written "Comfortable shoes are recommended" in English and Italian.

What you can’t do :

  • A fire. The wood is the same than the legs of the meditating person.
  • A person swimming in water.
  • A cigarette.
  • A square, each faces having some antenna or reversing syringes. Probably a drone.
  • A hand grabbing a flower. Or a windmill.
  • A hand close to a cat.
  • A head, mouth open, talking.
  • An ice cream cone.
  • A bike.
  • A moving ball.
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[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 21 points 6 days ago (4 children)

A magnifying glass and a flower. You can look at (and enjoy) the flowers but (as per the second row) not pick them.

[–] truite@jlai.lu 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Oh thanks! I really didn't understand this one. Why didn't they draw an eye?

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm with you on that. Magnifying glass is usually "inspect" versus "look" and an eye (perhaps with a dotted line connecting it to the flower) seems altogether more obvious.

That said, although the point of pictograms is to (hopefully!) be clear and multilingual, there might be cultural differences at play that mean I shouldn't jump to conclusions.

It does seem an unusual choice though.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Took me a moment to see it as a magnifying glass. "Balloon", "Flying Ball" and "Lollypop" were my first matches.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago

Balloon and pinwheel were my thought

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hah, I thought it was a head, "you may smell the flowers".

[–] joyjoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago

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