My weird hobby is taking pictures of #signs, especially "vernacular" signs, handwritten and odd. The best kinds of signs tell you what *other* people think *you* are thinking, or what you don't understand. I've nabbed over 4,600 of 'em:

https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=37996580417%40N01&sort=date-taken-desc&text=sign&view_all=1

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/15/mon-dieu-une-guillotine/#ceci-nes-pas-une-bailout

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@pluralistic I mentioned this one to my family the other day and got some lols. They'd never heard of it, but I think there was an actual one hanging in one of my EE labs. (many, many moons ago)
@danancona @pluralistic Somewhere in a box, I have a sign I acquired from a McGill University lab that says “warning lasers in use” then in a huge font below “NO STUDENTS”. I just love the attitude of that “I know this a university, but seriously you’re all animals, so go away” tone.
@cautionwip @danancona @pluralistic
Hey @funranium , don’t you have something like this?
@JoeBeam @cautionwip @danancona @pluralistic The particularly unfunny to people with laser eye injuries Caution sign is one that I tear down semi-regularly on campus.
@funranium @JoeBeam @cautionwip @pluralistic I am terribly sorry about your injury
@danancona @JoeBeam @cautionwip @pluralistic You didn't cause it but fuck that sign in particular.