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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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#1
This Is Actually Pretty Clever
Eduard Korhonen 3 years ago
The confusion is literally the point of this one. It's supposed to be jumbled to get the message home.
Sophia Graubart 3 years ago
Well yeah, but usn't it dangerous if people are trying to read the sign instead of looking at the road
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Elaine Delvecchio 3 years ago
I hope this sign isn't posted somewhere that a person who is driving can see it. It may cause an accident.
Terilee Bruyere 3 years ago
You're also pretty likely to have an accident trying to read this sign.
d bradley 3 years ago
so, as you finish reading this sign you smash into the car in front of you!
Elaine Delvecchio 3 years ago
Where is this sign? I hope it's not at a location where a driver can see it because it can cause an accident!
Candy Chitty 3 years ago
No such thing as a car "accident." The word implies blameless and there is ALWAYS someone to blame. Always.
ZACHARY HARROD 3 years ago
This one is just high iq it proves that it is hard to look at two things at once
Tracy Baparam 3 years ago
Actually this one does a pretty good job of getting the message across.
Kristie Yuill 3 years ago
I believe they thought this one through just fine. It's meant to be confusing
Crouching hippo hidden panda 3 years ago
This doesn’t belong in this list. It actually demonstrates its point and I think is effective
Olive Stirk 3 years ago
yeah, your four times it's harder to more likely to have concentrate on a road accident two things when you're on at the same time a mobile phone. perfect sense.
mph seti 3 years ago
Distracted driving is as dangerous as drunk driving. Put the phones away, people.
Donald Holder 3 years ago
You're ten times more likely to have a car crash while trying to read this sign and calling your mom to help you figure it out.
Flavia Slag 3 years ago
Some woman ran a stop sign and T boned me a few days before Christmas because her phone texting was much more important then her stopping at a stop sign.
Sam T Godfrey 3 years ago
Yesssss!! I want to see those signs everywhere on every road in every state in the US. And real big, colorful, and blinky!!
Joe Reaves 3 years ago
I wonder how many road accidents are caused by trying to read that though!
Patricia Holt 3 years ago
Well it certainly makes one look twice and sends the message home loud and clear if you survive.
Douglas Turner 3 years ago
And five times more likely when a confusing sign appears at the side of the road...
jonnotheGOAT 3 years ago
For those who cannot understand this here is the translation: You're four times It's hard to more likely to have concentrate on a road accident two things when you're on at the same time. a mobile phone.
Hello it Smee 3 years ago
No, it is a campaign. The campaign logo is in the bottom right of the picture
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Jesus Scares
#3
Will There Be Blood Or Not!?
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."
#4
Well That Seems Unfair
#5
Choose Abortion Life Kills
Couldnt_Find_A_Good_Name 3 years ago
Well if you think about it.... Life does kill at some point....(/s)
#6
5 Extremely Slow Children Playing
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.
#7
Doesn’t Sound Like Fun
#8
Don’t Save A Life Be Afraid To Give Blood
#9
Shosple Colupis
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.”
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.'”
#10
Guaranteed Reduced Quality
#11
7 Surprising Black Ways To Use Beans
#12
Aliectass
#13
Stolen From My Friends Snap Story
#14
I Am Dond
#15
Stand Hong With Kong
#16
Well If You Insist
#17
If You Were In A Car, Would You Know What Accident To Do?
#18
Spread Cream Not Cheese Disease
#19
The State Of Washi Wangton
#20
Dip Dip
#21
Stop Earth The Denying Is Dying!
#22
Don't Go Kill Vegan
#23
Saw This At Work Today And Immediately Thought Of This Sub
#24
Always Forgotten - Missed Never
#25
Drug Is The Free Key
#26
Was There Even An Intended Order To Begin With?
#27
Truly Inspiring
#28
My Hometown Parade. Dear God
#29
Vote Dump Early Trump
#30
Friend Of A Friend Got A New Tattoo
#31
This Is A F**king Massacre. Thing Made Me Want To Dead
#32
Who Thought This Was Acceptable
#33
Enroll Your Russian Child Now
#34
Jesus Are Is Coming You Back Ready?
#35
You Think Some Tattooist Hate Their Own Work?
#36
This Giant Poster In My University Dorm
#37
Drugs May Kill You, But Never Your They’ll Hurt Feelings
#38
Teachers Who Love Teach Children Teaching To Love Learning
#39
Hear That Noise? We Are Growing. We Can Fix It Again. Apply Inside
#40
My Girlfriends Kitchen Tiles. Forffee Coyou
#41
Spicey Vaccine
#42
This Was In My It Class Today
#43
I’m Call Pregnant Me
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Nevits Yibble 3 years ago
So many of these are due to people not understanding that westerners read left to right, not top to bottom
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
If they know English, they must know how the Westerners right.
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Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
The ones that just kill me are the signs posted at schools BY TEACHERS!
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
Me too; too much stupidity and, unfortunately, hate as well.
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Jeff Diamond 3 years ago
Who thinks it's a good idea to have two vertical phases right next to each other?
Sterrinatu 3 years ago
Why is it that when we make signs we completely forget that we read left to right?
Doggo Froggo 3 years ago
Urgh it's too early for such torture!!!! (its midday) My poor brain hurts after all of this!
Marvin HeartofGold 3 years ago
It's 4am and I can't sleep so why not read some sign fails? Except my kid crawled into bed with me because he had nightmares and finally settled into sleep again so I had to stop after reading each one of these to try and catch my breath after stifling my laughter. OMG IM DYING 🤣
Veronica Popescu 3 years ago
For the most part, a simple column line separator would Have done the trick
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Aleksei 3 years ago
No, but you are the only one who added an extra S and somehow is able to type with an accent somehow.
Load More Replies... Nevits Yibble 3 years ago
So many of these are due to people not understanding that westerners read left to right, not top to bottom
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
If they know English, they must know how the Westerners right.
Load More Replies... Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
The ones that just kill me are the signs posted at schools BY TEACHERS!
Christina Uhlir 3 years ago
Me too; too much stupidity and, unfortunately, hate as well.
Load More Replies... Jeff Diamond 3 years ago
Who thinks it's a good idea to have two vertical phases right next to each other?
Sterrinatu 3 years ago
Why is it that when we make signs we completely forget that we read left to right?
Doggo Froggo 3 years ago
Urgh it's too early for such torture!!!! (its midday) My poor brain hurts after all of this!
Marvin HeartofGold 3 years ago
It's 4am and I can't sleep so why not read some sign fails? Except my kid crawled into bed with me because he had nightmares and finally settled into sleep again so I had to stop after reading each one of these to try and catch my breath after stifling my laughter. OMG IM DYING 🤣
Veronica Popescu 3 years ago
For the most part, a simple column line separator would Have done the trick
jan williams 3 years ago
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Aleksei 3 years ago
No, but you are the only one who added an extra S and somehow is able to type with an accent somehow.
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