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40 Times People Didn’t Think Their Message Through And It Resulted In These Fails (New Pics)
The trope “Don’t Dead Open Inside” came to the internet’s spotlight more than ten years ago when it was first used in a promo poster for The Walking Dead. The line, which initially made zero sense to anyone reading it line by line, perfectly captured ensued hilarity. It stirred a whole trend of memes featuring posters, boards and signs that played on the brink of making sense (if read counterintuitively) and making no sense (if read intuitively).
There’s a whole Reddit community dedicated to such oddly amusing linguistic mishaps known as r/deadopeninside. So get ready to roll your eyes, turn your head, read it twice and thrice, calling a friend and looking for answers on Google, because we have selected some of the most head-spinning examples below.
And if there’s anything we're gonna learn from this post, it's how not to overcomplicate your message. At any cost. Psst! Our previous post with hard-to-read signs can be found right here.
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#1
Cloudy Meat With A Chance Of Balls
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#2
Craftcock Beertails
#3
Always Forgotten. Remembered Never
Although signs and posters collected in this list follow the internet’s trend of obsessing over the “Don’t Dead Open Inside” trope, in reality, such designs speak little to people and fail to deliver their message. By not communicating their message clearly, brands, products and companies are losing their potential clients. So in order to see what an expert had to say on such hard-to-read designs, Bored Panda reached out to Portugal-based graphic designer Laura Vanagaite, who specializes in branding and illustration design.
Laura said that when it comes to advertising, whatever format it may be, it has to be clear to the potential client. “It needs to be catchy, which means the brand needs to introduce their product and actually make the person get interested in it. So normally designers can play with font sizes, but still keep it simple and readable.”
#4
Please Do Not Take It Home. Leave Litter Here
#5
They Must Have Added The Arrows After Realizing How Steamy It Was Originally
#6
Took A Wee While To Design This Masterpiece
The graphic designer explained that sometimes a style that is too modern can be understood wrongly and the whole project will lose its value. “Type of font, letter size, spacing between the letters and positioning the text” all play a crucial role in a good sign design.
Moreover, “colors play a huge part as well. Red, as we know, catches our attention immediately but yellow, green, or black and white combinations are equally eye-catching.” Whatever the design, it’s crucial “to keep it simple but sophisticated since balance is the key,” Laura explained.
#7
You Don't Matter. Worry
#8
So I Fart Old Dust
#9
They Are, In Fact, A Particular Sub-Species Of Rock
When it comes to readability, Laura said that making sure it works and conveys the intended message has to be done prior to handing the sign to the production. “The designer is the one that handles the project but if there is a chance, always represents the rest of the team. It can be tricky when different opinions come, but try to ask if it is easy to understand. Teamwork is a very important thing.”
If you’re working on a project alone, Laura suggests “printing the work on an A3 paper (I know, it is not the same size) so you can get a good look at the text and determine if it’s readable, also if the colors are well-combined.” But tight deadlines, client’s requests, and too many opinions put huge pressure on graphic designers and in these cases it’s best to “take a 5-minute break and then return to the project and see if it still looks good,” concluded Laura.
#10
Who Else Is Donating To End Children?
#11
Free Artificial Colours, From Flavours & Preservatives
#12
Trust Onoe
#13
Don't Forget High School Buy A Yearbook
#14
Jesus Christ
Amber Hills 3 years ago
I'm not saying I'm Wonder Woman, I'm just saying nobody has ever seen me and Wonder Woman in the same room together
Mommyofboth 3 years ago
I spent too much time trying to decipher. Thank you!
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Ann Declercq 3 years ago
wow, that would leave me staring at that persons t-shirt way too long
Onion Cutting Ninja 2 years ago
"Im not saying im wonder woman, im just saying no one has seen me and wonder woman in the same room."
Two_rolling_black_eyes 3 years ago
I think it takes a bat computer to translate it and it appears Bruce is busy with Catwoman right now.
Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 3 years ago
It took me a whole 5 minutes to figure out what it says 🤦♀️
𝕊𝕒𝕞 (𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕪/𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕞) 3 years ago
"i'm not i'm just no bo dy, wonder women, saying i'm saying has ever seen me and wonder woman, in the same room together"
Ray Martin 3 years ago
Well, that's an effective way to get someone to stare at your chest, I suppose, but speaking as a hetero bloke I can tell you we don't need that much of a reason.
Gerard Neaux 3 years ago (edited)
Is there any way this spelling could work? This puzzle has zero solutions.
Thorfin Wolfsbane 3 years ago (edited)
No ones ever seen Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Genghis Khan in the same room together either…reeeaaalllly makes you think. *rolls eyes
Billy Maguire 3 years ago
So what? No-one has ever seen ME and Wonder Woman in the same room together either.
Carlye Piparato 3 years ago
Only Wonder Woman could easily read this so obviously she ISN’T Wonder Woman.
Michael A. Brown 3 years ago
My head hurts on this one. To think that someone thought was good enough to put on a t-shirt and then actually did it 😩
AzKhaleesi 3 years ago
Somebody needs to watch some youtube vids before playing with their Cricut again. Dear Lord
M O'Connell 3 years ago
This is a thing from a couple of years ago. There were some bots watching twitter for "this should be on a shirt" and then taking whatever the original artwork or saying was, and automatically making it a shirt for sale on various sketchy shirt websites. People figured out what was going on and posted ridiculous garbage like this and everyone commented "this should be on a shirt" to find such shirts for sale less than an hour later.
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Juliet Hadaway 3 years ago
im not saying im wonder woman but no one has seen us in the same room together?
wow that's fantastic 3 years ago
here's for the clueless ones: i'm not saying i'm just nobody, i'm just saying has ever seen me and wonder woman in the same room together (and that weird wodner woman at the top) yeah, i don't know either
#15
*inhales* Everything Everything Everything Everything Everything Everything Everything
#16
Honk If You My Is Think Truck
#17
Loho Veme
#18
Smash Immigrants Welcome Racism
#19
The Nofarts Joker
#20
This Is This Is Meme
#21
The Way I Let My Boyfriend Know His Dinner Is Ready For Him In The Microwave When He Gets Home From Work
#22
My Local Takeaway Is An Eye Test
#23
I Live In Tootrno
#24
Does This Belong Here? Took Me Multiple Tries To Figure This Out
#25
My Wife Said, “People Will Get It.”
#26
No No Gain Pain
#27
Super Meat Market Market
#28
I Would Like A Free Donation. Also, Here's My Lemonade...
Evelína Zlá 3 years ago
Come ooon... it´s a kid and he gives lemonade for free. Not nice to make fun of him.
#29
Dsgein
#30
What Do?
#31
Hearing Aids?
#32
I Thought This Might Belong Here
#33
Hoffman Estates, Il. I Can’t Even Figure Out What It’s Supposed To Say
#34
This Sign At My International School
#35
In My School Dining Hall
SentimentAndBadJokes 3 years ago
What can we say? Food waste really is a love-hate relationship!
#36
Wash Your Brush Hands Your Teeth
#37
Real Trucks Not Carry Loads, Handbags
#38
Did Hurt My Your Back Knife?
#39
Say 5g No To Vaccines
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Radek Suski 3 years ago
This is the best thing I've seen in my life. The full version says something like "Holidays courses 'Maćko' (Just a name)" The second says more or less something like "f**ing hell" 1484591810...d5f252.jpg 
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Since these are all written in English, I have to wonder - who the f**k are these morons that they don't know we (english speaking people) read from left to right? WTF?
Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 3 years ago
Takeaway: Don't write vertically if there is a sign beside it
Radek Suski 3 years ago
This is the best thing I've seen in my life. The full version says something like "Holidays courses 'Maćko' (Just a name)" The second says more or less something like "f**ing hell" 1484591810...d5f252.jpg
Celtic Pirate Queen 3 years ago
Since these are all written in English, I have to wonder - who the f**k are these morons that they don't know we (english speaking people) read from left to right? WTF?
Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 3 years ago
Takeaway: Don't write vertically if there is a sign beside it
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