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  • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

    Solidarity with Comrade Bill

    stony karkA This user is from outside of this forum
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    @pluralistic @beadsland 🫡

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    • The Penguin of EvilE The Penguin of Evil

      @jaythurbershow @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic Our "heavy plant crossing" signs never cease to amuse either.,

      Uncle SlackyU This user is from outside of this forum
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      @etchedpixels @jaythurbershow @aebrockwell @_the_cloud @pluralistic The triffids have to cross *somewhere*.

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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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        Christian
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        @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic

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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

          Road signs in Scotland seem to be quite specific at times

          @aebrockwell @pluralistic

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          • DressToKILTD DressToKILT

            @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic my cheery old tour guide pointed out this sign and she described it as "here's a sign warning you that women will steal your grandad's wallet"

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            Gilgwath
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            @dresstokilt Exactly where my mind went when I saw that. "Whut? Warnig: Elderly Pickpockets".

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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.

              Allen MorrisG This user is from outside of this forum
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              Allen Morris
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              @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic But I am trying to figure out the need for the words. Being able to recognize the silhouette would seem to be an important skill to have when driving.

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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.

                James BakerJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic The British street I live on has a toad warning sign.

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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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                  MartinTaudio
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                  @_the_cloud @aebrockwell @pluralistic usually see these nearby old folk’s homes

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                  • stony karkA stony kark

                    @pluralistic @beadsland 🫡

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                    sport of sacred spherical cows
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                    @aapis @pluralistic

                    That emoji always looks to me like someone being patted on the head.

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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

                      I am tempted to fabricate and put up signs saying,

                      "Private Sign - Do not read!"

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                      • InfoseepageI Infoseepage

                        @aebrockwell @pluralistic @_the_cloud The Isle of Mull has Otter Crossing signs.

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                        Raoul De Guchteneere
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                        @Infoseepage @aebrockwell @pluralistic @_the_cloud
                        Kirkwall - Orkney

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                        • Cory DoctorowP Cory Doctorow

                          Solidarity with Comrade Bill

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                          verbalprimate
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                          @pluralistic Down by where George Washington went back and forth across the Delaware there is a ‘Watch Blind Cat’ sign.

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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
                              Is— 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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                                PK 🌻
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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

                                  RocketmanS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  Rocketman
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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...

                                    Ashwin DixitP This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    Ashwin Dixit
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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

                                      Dave RahardjaD This user is from outside of this forum
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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
                                        Is— what's Bill Stickers done?

                                        Chris BondV This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Chris BondV This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Chris Bond
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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.

                                          ColmD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          Colm
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                                          @pkdmva @pluralistic See also HEAVY PLANT CROSSING which always makes me imagine some sort of triffid migration.

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

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