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Every now and then we all run out of words. After all, the level of annoyance in little daily mishaps, like lost airpods, cardboard toilet paper and passwords that sound something like “Fjx5*7kndjw-iy3o0-b#” is hard to describe.

But one internet icon is doing everyone a public service and speaking up against the first world kind of injustice. You guessed it, it’s the one and only Dude With Sign, who never ceases to amaze us with his little bold protests that speak for thousands of others. Below we selected some of his most recent endeavors that perfectly fit the motto “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”

Scroll down, upvote your favorite posts and after you’re done, make sure to check out Bored Panda’s previous entries with more Dude and more signs here:  Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5.

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    Previously, Bored Panda spoke with Vilnius-based journalist Dovydas Skarolskis, who shared his views on freedom of opinion and what role it has in the Dude With Sign project. According to him, Dude With Sign captures the essence of freedom of speech, which is a fundamentally essential part of liberal democracy. Commonly, it seems like a given to citizens of the free world, Skarolskis argues.“However, there has been a variety of political regimes that restricted both individuals’ personal opinions, and one’s ability to form one. The dystopian shadows depicted by George Orwell and Aldous Huxley still haunt us in the 21st century,” he told us.

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    On the other hand, being a part of society places an unquestionable restriction on every member of it. Dovydas explained: “I can’t just arrive naked at the shopping mall just because I want to. There are many public norms, cultural traditions, laws, and many other social institutions that repress our behavior.”

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    Meanwhile, the internet gives us the opposite experience where a sense of freedom can be achieved unlike in the real world. "The internet is a liberating tool, and millions of anonymous comments allow authors to express their views that otherwise remain silent in the daylight,” Skarolskis said.

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    Robert Block
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better to tell than to not tell. At least then all your friends will know why you never reply to their posts anymore, since they never look at your profile anyway. I think the real point here is that a lot of people don't know how to commit, and will be back on it next week. Me? I'm several years clean now. (Does the Bored Panda comment section count?)

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

    Very please (unless it's dubbed and the subtitles don't match the dubbing).

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    Skarolskis argued that politics are everywhere, and it starts as soon as you leave your apartment. “It comes down to the questions like who has to clean it, and whether it needs a repair,” he said, referring to the apartment complex you live in.

    In this sense, Dude With Sign's protests showcase our very own micro politics in action. Skarolskis commented: “Dude With Sign highlights our online habits that we don’t really think of that much because we go with the flow. Dude With Sign not only talks about the freedom of opinion and speech, but he also encourages people to take a step back and look at themselves from the outside. Only when you start using your own head do you stand apart from the blunt mass and become an independent thinker.”

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    Asher Tye
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is increasingly becoming untrue. I suspect it does something to alter your brain and make you brag about it.

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    Robert Block
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's be honest, in most cases, that several minute video could've been a couple of paragraphs at most. But reading is hard, so people apparently prefer to watch all their news articles on YouTube now. What drives me crazy is the unrelated interstitial videos that autoplay *on every news website* now.

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

    I taught it to myself during quarantine and it has since replaced my regular handwriting, I get loads of compliments for it though, totally recommend learning

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

    It?was a requirement for me in grade school. My kids love how it looks so i bought them books to learn.

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

    I learnt it as a kid in school and my motivation was to be able to write autographs for my fans once I got discovered as the star I am. Still waiting here. Maybe because my only talent is to write my own autograph 😅

    Zoe's Mom
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, my cursive is so much nicer than my handwriting so I'm good.

    Kyle Simmons
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why? It's completely obsolete and pointless now. It would be like teaching someone to use a rotary phone.

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    deanna woods
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is true. We mainly use it just for signing our signature.

    Claire Cochrane
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, dont want to offend anyone, serously! Just wondering, where or when was learning cursive an option?

    Valentin Stanescu
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the one that ruins it for me. Cursive was created for speed, the narrow-mindedness of the guy in this case surprises me beyond words.

    Eliza May
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It teaches fine moyor skills, hand-eye coordination, is distinctive to e ery person. Everbody wants something unique, why not your writing?

    Jessica D
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a question for people who didn't learn cursive in school. What does your signature look like? Do you just write out your name? What if a form says signature and print name? Do you just write out your name twice? It's not a condemnation I'm just really curious lol I write almost everything in cursive, I have for my whole life unless told to do otherwise. Block letters are just so slow to write. I write so much faster in cursive and in a much smaller space. There is a practical reason to be using cursive. At least from my perspective.

    Jessica Julian
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, when I was in third grade, there was a blizzard, and then more snow, and more snow, so we ended up missing most of the month of February. When we finally went back to class, the teachers decided we were way behind, and we stopped our multiplication table's, and started learning cursive. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why I never learned my multiplication tables past the fives.

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

    It may look pretty and make writing faster, but let's be honest, teaching it in schools is kinda obsolete at this point. Cursive takes a lot of time to teach and a lot of time an effort to learn. And honestly, it isn't used at all anymore except for signatures. So i don't think taking all that time to teach our children something they will not be using instead of skills and subjects that pertain to their lives in this day and age is not very responsible or beneficial.

    Wondering Alice
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still taught in UK. It doesn't take much longer to teach than printing. Considering how young it is taught, I wonder which skills you think they need to be learning instead. Personally I found it hard, but you can write without looking which comes in handy

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    David Brown
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought it was dumb that we had to learn cursive. That and math. Man invented calculators so we wouldn't have to.

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

    Remember when our math teachers would say "you are not going to carry a calculator around with you every where you go". Well, that didn't age well.

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

    Do people not have to sign their names on documents? My kids had to sign their sports forms just last week, and had no idea how to sign their own names in anything resembling cursive. I was sad for them.

    Aeva Petrov
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I disagree, I find cursive super useful! It is much faster than printing and there are times typing/texting isn't possible. Plus it looks classy lol.

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

    When my school taught cursive assignments weren't excepted if they weren't written in cursive. This began in 5th grade and stuck moving forward with me because it was so ingrained. Sadly, I print like a fourth grader.

    Amber.exe
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did and I just randomly have normal writing with cursive,but can read it well

    Joanne Lawrence
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm left-handed. My cursive was doomed to look like garbage - and it absolutely does. It's super embarrassing, honestly. No amount of practice made it better - that semipermanent layer of ink/graphite on my hand from dragging it through my writing just rubbed salt in that wound.

    Tim Frizzell
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard alot of schools have stopped cursive now but my kids still have to do it lol might be pointless but my daughter likes art and calligraphy is just fancy cursive so shes interested {Edit idk if calligraphy is fancy cursive that's just what I called it before I learned the real name}

    Ellen Larkin
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I learned cursive in the third grade like most people around my generation. I taught my daughters cursive since it wasn't taught in school, it makes writing long paragraphs easier for some people and my kids like it so much that they show their friends!

    Crispy Toast
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being left-handed, I learned cursive in school, and then went right back to printing. It's illegible otherwise.

    Fake Name
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Signatures, writing style, formality... It's better to learn it and not need it than need it and not learn it.

    Kathryn Baylis
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So your written signature looks like it was written by a first grader? Cursive does have its place. It’s also faster than printing, especially of you’re not in a place where you can use a laptop to type, like a lecture by a very old school scholar who happens to be something of a Luddite.

    BrianAbi Benson
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only reason I perfected my cursive was because my 4th grade teacher made us write our planners in cursive. I've never used cursive once, except for signing the occasional form

    Samantha Mix
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fine motor skill development, faster flow as you write, reflects your personality or style

    Robin Hull
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one seems to use paper checks anymore. As for contracts, the ones that I have seen the last few years are signed on a laptop screen or other kind of screen.

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    Asher Tye
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...same district, same neighborhood, same block, same street, same house even

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    Raena Celis
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm from a tropical island and currently in Virginia, in 50 degree weather, for work training. Socks would be great gifts right about now

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    Raena Celis
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Come to Saipan! We get 6:30pm sunsets! So beautiful how the sky turns orange and descends to a light then dark purple

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