April 27th, 2010

Emotionally ironic signage

(Via All That’s Interesting, HT: Oliver Burkeman)

 

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10 Comments

1. Joshua Kahn on April 27, 2010

   Funny. Is it really ironic though?

2. Dan Pink on April 27, 2010

   @joshua — I think so. My guess is that Orwell would be simultaneously amused and appalled.

3. Perry on April 27, 2010

   Hmm, I have to wonder if the person who put the sign there understood the irony.

4. Allie on April 27, 2010

   If Orwell were alive today, he’d be appalled by the amount of surveilance, allegiance, and censorship. I read an article in The Denver Post not long ago adressing this very topic. The traffic cameras, among other things, and now the loyalty oath that GOP members are being made to take in Florida is outrageous. What next? Not being allowed to write a book that doesn’t follow certain guidelines?

5. Florence Haridan on May 1, 2010

   ya can’t make this stuff up!!

6. Jim Fleischmann on May 2, 2010

   Not long ago I ran a stoplight in Boulder, CO, in a rental car and later received a traffic ticket by mail with a photo (taken from a camera mounted on the stoplight) of me running the light!

7. Hope on May 4, 2010

   After living in Barcelona I find it doubly ironic. The Catalans are very private people and really don’t appreciate ‘others’ knowing their business. So Big Brother watching is strange. Although with the rise in pick-pocketing there it doesn’t surprise me.

8. Mark on May 14, 2010

   Anyone familiar with this particularly square (placa) in Barcelona will acknowledge that cameras, in this instance, are probably required.

9. Crraig Hohnberger on May 24, 2010

   Thanks for the laugh to end my day! George’s prediction was only about 15-20 years off.

   Craig Hohnberger

10. Craig Hohnberger on June 5, 2010

    Very cool sign!

    Craig Hohnberger