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Please Mixer Open Inside (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/nosafetysmokingfirst@sh.itjust.works

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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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I believe the root of the word is Japanese, not Greek, so there would be no distinction between singular and plural forms. One emoji, two emoji.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Nope, the Japanese borrowed it from the ancient Greeks, who were inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphs.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

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

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

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

My apologies. Both jokes went straight over my head.

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

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

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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