Despite containing the phrase “open inside”, this is indeed a NoSafetySmokingFirst, as it reads correctly left-to-right, but one’s first instinct is to read it top to bottom.

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https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/emoji

No mention of Greek or Egyptian. Every entry starts with “borrowed from Japanese”.

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So you actually read what I wrote and thought to yourself “yup, that guy is totally serious?”

I suppose I can’t really blame you, given the evidence of a recent election.

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My apologies. Both jokes went straight over my head.

They are amusing, now that I read them in a humorous context.

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There’s an emojus for that

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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.

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NO | SMOKING
SAFETY | FIRST

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