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why do pharmacies have these signs with whacky animations? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've seen these all over Europe. Some have simple images of the cross flashing, some have windows screensaver esque animations, and some have 3d renders of various things rotating in all sorts of ways. Why is that? Wouldn't a simple green cross be enough to get the point across, or do they need to be overly verbose? Here's the full video instead of a gif

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

So is this not for a cannabis dispensary?

[–] thurstylark@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's definitely part of my blind spot here. I don't know of anywhere that uses a green cross for something other than a dispensary, but I also don't know a lot of things , sooo¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The green cross is the universal symbol for pharmacies in Southern Europe. Admittedly I haven't checked if any of them do have cannabis, but I'd recommend not asking pharmacists whether they got it. As others mentioned, the red cross wouldn't be used as that would be a Geneva conventions violation.

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 5 points 4 months ago

Indeed, the green cross is the symbol for pharmacies here in Spain and in most places I've been (including a bit of northern europe).

None of them sell cannabis. If legal to sell, it needs to be sold in separate stores, which usually don't have flashing signs. Those stores can't use the green cross as a symbol.