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minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 days agoSo what this one means: Maximum 0 pedestrians allowed?
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-25 days agoyou can’t eat a pedestrian alno unironically yes. it means “no pedestrians”.
minus-squareExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 days agoExactly, it doesn’t mean “maximum allowed” but “not allowed”. “No pedestrians allowed”, “No driving over 80km/h allowed”, “No bananas allowed”.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoif you parse the 80 sign as “keep below 80” then this would be “keep below 1 pedestrian”! there’s a reason some countries have a line through the “no x” signs, i think…
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-25 days agoI don’t know. I’ve never seen that sign in my life. This is what we use. Personally, i think it’s less ambiguous.
So what this one means:
Maximum 0 pedestrians allowed?
you can’t eat a pedestrian
alno unironically yes. it means “no pedestrians”.
Exactly, it doesn’t mean “maximum allowed” but “not allowed”. “No pedestrians allowed”, “No driving over 80km/h allowed”, “No bananas allowed”.
if you parse the 80 sign as “keep below 80” then this would be “keep below 1 pedestrian”!
there’s a reason some countries have a line through the “no x” signs, i think…
I don’t know. I’ve never seen that sign in my life.
This is what we use. Personally, i think it’s less ambiguous.