25 Signs That Shouldn't Be Trusted

Signs exist to give us direction, instruction, and sometimes even purpose. It's generally intended for them to be as concise and clear as possible to convey a compelling message. 

These signs are none of those things. The only thing that these signs will direct you towards is complete and utter ruin as you try to decipher their bewildering intents. Imagine driving down the road and reading "Right lane must right left." What would you do? Some of you would probably go right and then left just as the sign requested and end up in the ditch on the side of the road. I mean there's always someone, just take a look at the people that drive their cars into lakes while following their GPS.

This collection was originally posted to Imgur by user OtisandStella and that image gallery has received 105k views since it was first posted. 

What's the most ridiculous sign you've ever witnessed? 

For more ridiculous signs like this check out this restaurant sign that provided a wealth of enduring jokes and insight to viewers.

 

 

40 of the Biggest Turnoffs People Experience

Some things give people the "ick." Sometimes there's a good reason for it, and sometimes, it's just a particular quirk that someone inexplicably hates. Me? I can not abide the cacophony of a loud chewer. It doesn't even have to be open-mouthed; my personal circle of hell would be people chewing food in a quiet room. I've found that playing music over dinner when you have loud-mouthed (literally) guests over is a brilliant solution to this. If you're over at my place and I put music on during dinner, don't take it personally… I was totally going to put in on anyways. I swear. 

The good people of Reddit have gathered 'round to share their biggest turnoffs and the collective contribution of the readers has made what turned out to be a pretty handy guide.

So browse on through and you might learn a thing or two that you do that makes people go ew.

One thing is for certain… If you are a good listener, have good hygiene, and have good breath… you're already halfway there.

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Firefighter Gets Dragged Into Mandatory Work Meeting During Off Hours, Calls In From Active Fire

Like toddlers, managers often lack the cognitive capacity to imagine their employees doing anything with their lives other than working. Especially when they're not on the clock. Some will become surprised and angry when you tell them that you have hobbies, or do things like sleep.

This manager didn't seem to understand what "I'm busy" means, so this dude decided to show them what it meant to him. Which probably looked just a little bit like hell on earth. And it seems like this went a long way in communicating his current availability.

Meaningless mandatory work meetings are a drag. Meaningless mandatory work meetings that are scheduled during your time off are just stupid and disrespectful. And meaningless mandatory work meetings scheduled during your time off while you are actively participating in a hazard reduction burn, then being told you will be fired if you do not attend, result in stories like this.

The Instant People Knew Their Relationship Was Over

Sartre said "hell is other people." And while he was mostly talking about the existential dread of constantly feeling judged by others, the quote is pretty easily applicable to being in a relationship with someone you hate. 

There's seldom a good reason to stay in a relationship when you dread the person you're with, but it can be difficult to come to that realization. Given that challenge, sometimes our feelings or circumstances come to a head, and that realization is all but made for us. Particularly when you find them in bed with your boss. Under most circumstances, that's a pretty good indicator that things aren't exactly gonna work out. 

But hey, even though breakups suck, they're generally good in the long run. Why spend time with other people who make your life hell?

To learn from some other people's mistakes, here are 30 unfortunate souls who shared the reason they forgave their cheating partner.

Woman Publicly Embarasses Would-Be Scamming Mechanic

Much like people assuming they won't be overheard speaking rudely about someone else in another language, a common assumption some people make are that car owners don't often know enough about their vehicle to have an understanding of what their mechanics do to it. As a result, sometimes a mechanic tries to charge a car owner more than they should to make a little extra cash — until they run into someone prepared to call them out. Redditor u/drunken-black-sheep took to the popular subreddit r/pettyrevenge to talk about this run-in with a mechanic who tried to scam her by claiming her car needed several repairs immediately, including a new air filter. OP specifically mentions that she had checked the air filter before going to the shop that day, so she knew something was off — especially when the mechanic tired to get her to pay $1500 for all these "repairs." 

Fortunately for OP, she seems pretty knowledgeable about cars and working with them, so she bought herself some time and arranged to call her dad, who must also be a big car guy, and pretend to ask her dad for help paying for the expenses. What unfolded sounds like an all-time great acting performance: both the OP and her dad on the phone started laughing hysterically at the mechanic and then watched him like a hawk to make sure he didn't do anything wacky to the car during the routine oil change she had actually gone for.

Technically Accurate Memes And Jokes That Are Basically Not Wrong

Thanks to the scientific method, and the very nature of empirical evidence within the observable universe and all that jazz, we can never be too sure if an assertion is completely, totally accurate exactly all of the time. But one thing that we can do, being clever devils, is use our terrific capacity for wit and make statements that are basically, pretty much technically correct. It's gotten us out of quite a few jams, and it's pretty funny.

Does this kind of activity actually give us a greater understanding of the world around us? No. But it does give us a greater sense of control, which is sometimes all you can ask for in this chaotic universe. Being clever shouldn't make us feel nearly as good about ourselves as it does, but it totally does. It makes us feel so good about ourselves so hard.

Here are some more technically correct memes that are definitely not wrong.

Trashy Neighbor Throws Garbage In Neighbor's Yard, Gets Unexpectedly Evicted

This trashy neighbor got more than she bargained for when she started teaching her child to throw their trash into the neighbor's lawn. Redditor u/donut_clouds took to r/ProRevenge to tell this interesting tale, detailing a situation in which his frustrating neighbor and her child started throwing their trash into the OP's lawn rather than bag it up appropriately and leave it for their town's garbage collection. The littering continued even after OP wrote that they asked them to stop, and police said they couldn't do much about it since they couldn't prove that the neighbor's child was told to do this. The OP found a highly creative path toward revenge here, though: they contacted the neighbor's landlord and bought the property out from underneath them, serving the trashy neighbor with an eviction notice out of nowhere. Now, OP has no neighbor and appears to plan to increase the size of their yard using the property they just evicted this local villain from.

It just goes to show that being a friendly neighbor can go a long way — especially if your neighbor has enough extra cash on hand to buy you out of your home when you're being a jerk. OP even dropped the amount they paid for the  property in the post, sparking a conversation about property values around the world in the comments.

TikToker Goes Viral for Encouraging Everyone to Lie to Their Doctors When Seeking Medical Attention, Sparks Debate

The doctors weren't listening to her or taking her symptoms seriously, so she lied and it worked—she finally got a diagnosis.