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For images where the text reads correctly left to right, but visual cues (like colouration, vertical proximity, or horizontal separation) lead you to try to read it top to bottom.

This is similar to, but distinct from, the more widely known “DontDeadOpenInside” format. In that case, the text reads correctly top to bottom, but visual cues (like colouration, horizontal proximity, or vertical separation) lead you to try to read it left to right.

The post that started it all:

NO | SMOKING
SAFETY | FIRST

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!dontdeadopeninside@lemmy.ohaa.xyz
!yelldowlgyel@sopuli.xyz (letters arranged in any confusing order)

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Grassland portions of Few large animals deer are though. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/nosafetysmokingfirst@sh.itjust.works

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago

I can guess how they got here.

The original billboard had other information that fit into those three areas. At some point, they were painted over and new information squished into the space.

It's a little different than others of its ilk, I think. In all cases, these are people trying to fit words into discontinuous spaces, but usually they're spaces never meant to have text. In this case, I think the spaces were designed for text, just originally other text.

Interesting.