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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago

Literally all my friends: "yeah it was really nice in [europe/asia] to be able to walk everywhere... But we could never do that back home!"

[–] [email protected] 112 points 2 days ago (1 children)

One of the best posts to ever appear on this community/on this topic

10/10

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

No. The best posts are news articles about cars being banned.

[–] [email protected] 158 points 2 days ago (44 children)

That sign usually means no entry for bikes so I was confused for a moment

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago

Also fits because tourists would ignore most posted signs.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Don't signs usually have a line through it when it means "no", or is that just american signage?

[–] [email protected] 204 points 2 days ago (8 children)
[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 days ago (3 children)

instructions unclear, the banana is up my ass

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Ah , you've got the instructions upside-down. I'll help...

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You missed the "Caution: A Bannana" sign then didn't you?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

there were three bananas before the caution sign and I slipped

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You must pay the rent

I can't pay the rent

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

We ain't got the money for the mortgage on the farm!

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Also, stop signs are ~~hexagonal~~ octagonal and yield signs triangular so you could notice them even when they're not facing you.

Edit: octagon/hexagon

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

Red state. We can't afford the extra 2 sides.

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (11 children)

European bike lanes (like this one should probably depict) are round and solid blue with a bike depicted on them.
bike lane

In Europe, lanes, where biking is prohibited are denoted by a round white sign with a relative wide red border (circle) and a bike depicted at its center.

biking prohibited

[–] [email protected] 84 points 2 days ago (15 children)

if I didn't already know better, i would have interpreted these two signs to be synonymous.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

You ever heard of a hyperbole?

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