2738.This photo (found at the URL http://www.picsthatdontsuck.com/web/Lol_Drowning.html) demonstrates exactly what what can happen in the modern world when simplification goes just a bit too far:
If it weren't for the Internet, this would be a totally-clever way of depicting a drowning man reaching for air … which it is.
Totally clever, I mean.
But with the Internet culture we all find ourselves immersed in (designers perhaps a little more than most), I defy you, depending on your age cohort, to see this as anything more than a procedure to laugh out loud, then call 911.
Pays to be cognizant of these things.
If it weren't for the Internet, this would be a totally-clever way of depicting a drowning man reaching for air … which it is.
Totally clever, I mean.
But with the Internet culture we all find ourselves immersed in (designers perhaps a little more than most), I defy you, depending on your age cohort, to see this as anything more than a procedure to laugh out loud, then call 911.
Pays to be cognizant of these things.
Perhaps try to save them first and then call 911.
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't we think of that? B-)
ReplyDeleteThe "lol" drowning sign could be fixed by "whiting out" the bottom half of the o ...
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