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       Federal Killjoys Tell States to Stop Putting Jokes in Highway
       Signage
        
       Author : Stratoscope
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2024-01-13 21:08 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | genter wrote:
       | I also wish private businesses would stop using the orange
       | roadside signs to tell me how much money I can save by buying a
       | trailer from them. They're distracting. It's normally important
       | to read them because they normally contain important information
       | on the road in front of you.
        
       | NoZebra120vClip wrote:
       | One time when I was about 10 years old (that would be the early-
       | mid-80s), my mother was driving the car with me and my sister,
       | and we were very close to home as we passed a roadside
       | construction site.
       | 
       | My mother exclaimed and remarked on the modified sign they had
       | erected there. It was your standard, orange warning color
       | construction sign that typically read "MEN WORKING". However, the
       | "M" and "N" had been cut out, and the "M" was turned upside down
       | and replaced to the left of the "E", such that the sign now read
       | "WE WORKING" and sure enough, there was a female construction
       | worker with a blonde ponytail right there in the 3-person crew.
       | 
       | My mother, who is a die-hard second-wave feminist, thought this
       | was the best thing since sliced bread, especially appreciating
       | the rebellious streak that would lead someone to mutilate a
       | standard road sign and make it "gender-neutral" in those days.
        
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