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  • Ken McLeod_ Ken McLeod

    @aebrockwell @pluralistic I took this photo in Scotland. Apparently elderly people had become such a road hazard that the council felt that they needed to put up a sign.

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    @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic isn't 40 plus years old 'elderly' in Scotland

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    • Chris BondV Chris Bond

      @_the_cloud @pluralistic I remember it, or something very similar, but probably from about 40 years ago, so I've no memory of where it's from.

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      @Vibracobra23 @pluralistic Found it, finally! After running as a background task all day, the LLM that I've been training for over sixty years came through and remembered where I read it. Knew it was in a book I owned and had read more than once, a very long time ago. Not exactly high literature, but "The Boy's Own Annual" (Vol. 60, 1937-38) was the source of this memory:

      Bill Stickers will be prosecuted
      The public warnings run
      The question we should like to ask
      Isβ€” what's Bill Stickers done?

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      • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

        Solidarity with Comrade Bill

        PK 🌻P This user is from outside of this forum
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        @pluralistic This thread reminds me of a sign I saw on a road trip when I was growing up. It was placed at the intersection of a road and a driveway, and I immediately started laughing as we passed it. I originally interpreted it to mean it was an entrance reserved for, I dunno, houseplants, and there must be a different entrance for people somewhere else.

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        • drawnonglassD drawnonglass

          @MattMerk @pluralistic my hometown of Somerville, MA, is covered in stickers on utility boxes and so forth. my favorite read
          ALL STICKERS
          EXCEPT STICKERS
          ABOUT STICKERS
          BEING PROHIBITED
          ARE PROHIBITED

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          @drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic ah, normies discovering recursions

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          • crashboxC crashbox

            @drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic

            my laptop at the moment...

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            @crashbox @drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic

            Finally, someone who has a grasp of Set Theory!

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            • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

              Solidarity with Comrade Bill

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              Dave Rahardja
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              @pluralistic Oldie but goodie.

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              • Ken McLeod_ Ken McLeod

                @Vibracobra23 @pluralistic Found it, finally! After running as a background task all day, the LLM that I've been training for over sixty years came through and remembered where I read it. Knew it was in a book I owned and had read more than once, a very long time ago. Not exactly high literature, but "The Boy's Own Annual" (Vol. 60, 1937-38) was the source of this memory:

                Bill Stickers will be prosecuted
                The public warnings run
                The question we should like to ask
                Isβ€” what's Bill Stickers done?

                Chris BondV This user is from outside of this forum
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                @_the_cloud @pluralistic Sterling work!

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                • PK 🌻P PK 🌻

                  @pluralistic This thread reminds me of a sign I saw on a road trip when I was growing up. It was placed at the intersection of a road and a driveway, and I immediately started laughing as we passed it. I originally interpreted it to mean it was an entrance reserved for, I dunno, houseplants, and there must be a different entrance for people somewhere else.

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                  @pkdmva @pluralistic See also HEAVY PLANT CROSSING which always makes me imagine some sort of triffid migration.

                  (Photo Β© Paul Glazzard, from https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/644480)

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                  • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                    Solidarity with Comrade Bill

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                    @pluralistic Let Bill Stickers go free!

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                    • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                      Solidarity with Comrade Bill

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                      @pluralistic Poor Bill.

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                      • ChristianB Christian

                        @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic

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                        @bigbong @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic We have Penguin Crossing signs in New Zealand.

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                        • drawnonglassD drawnonglass

                          @MattMerk @pluralistic my hometown of Somerville, MA, is covered in stickers on utility boxes and so forth. my favorite read
                          ALL STICKERS
                          EXCEPT STICKERS
                          ABOUT STICKERS
                          BEING PROHIBITED
                          ARE PROHIBITED

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                          @drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic Loophole:

                          Print out a multitude of tiny stickers about sticker prohibition, and use them to spell out other messages.

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                          • Ken McLeod_ Ken McLeod

                            @aebrockwell @pluralistic I took this photo in Scotland. Apparently elderly people had become such a road hazard that the council felt that they needed to put up a sign.

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                            @_the_cloud This one seemed strange to me… I suppose one is entitled to hang out at any age. @aebrockwell @pluralistic

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                            • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                              Solidarity with Comrade Bill

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                              @pluralistic

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                              • JΓ³n FairbairnJ JΓ³n Fairbairn

                                @_the_cloud This one seemed strange to me… I suppose one is entitled to hang out at any age. @aebrockwell @pluralistic

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                                @jonfairbairn @aebrockwell @pluralistic That sounds dangerous! One might fall on top of you.

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                                • Ashwin DixitP Ashwin Dixit

                                  @crashbox @drawnonglass @MattMerk @pluralistic

                                  Finally, someone who has a grasp of Set Theory!

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                                  @purrperl UNDERRATED REPLY!!! πŸ˜‚ @crashbox @drawnonglass @pluralistic

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