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why do pharmacies have these signs with whacky animations? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I've seen these all over Europe. Some have simple images of the cross flashing, some have windows screensaver esque animations, and some have 3d renders of various things rotating in all sorts of ways. Why is that? Wouldn't a simple green cross be enough to get the point across, or do they need to be overly verbose? Here's the full video instead of a gif

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[โ€“] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The red cross symbol is actually not a generalized symbol and use of it is heavily controlled by the American Red Cross non-profit. There is a history of lawsuits against video games for using the red cross on medkits without permission. If a pharmacy in the US uses it, they no doubt had to seek approval.

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