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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
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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
Carrie Laughs 3 years ago
My favourites are ones like 'Police Slow' Oh, good - I can speed!
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WholesomeArmyweeb 3 years ago (edited)
Those kids again?! Dang nabbitt I thought we got rid of em for once!
PeachPossum 3 years ago
Well, that makes them a lot easier to hit. I hate chasing down the fast ones just for a few measly points.
Lucy Skinner 3 years ago
Even if there are five extremely slow children playing, you should be aware of them
GC Rovario-Cole 3 years ago
I hope another extremely slow child doesn't move there. They'd have to change the whole sign.
Dale Overturf 3 years ago
We had a Slow Children sign in my neighborhood where I grew up. It just happened to be right in front of the house of a developmentally disabled girl. Somebody in my family told me that she was why it was there and I still have to think twice when I see a sign like that.
Ruth Fichter 3 years ago
Whenever I see these signs I can't help saying "Speed the little f**kers up!"
Kris “ADHD_Carrier” Dudoich 3 years ago
What if there are more than 5? Do they have to change the sign?
Marco Conti 3 years ago
How about "Go slowly, children playing"? I am not even a native speaker.
Valley Girl 3 years ago
Not nice to point the five of them out, but if they're that slow they won't even get it.
François Carré 3 years ago
There were supposed to be 6 of them, but one didn't even make it out their bed until it was too dark again to go outside.
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
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#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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