this opens the door to interpretation
this post was submitted on 06 Apr 2025
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Or closes it. We're not sure...
I wonder how many people actually tried to enter through this door because of the sign.
Livin it up at the Hotel California
If it was saying that it's not an exit, the sign would be facing the other direction.
Don't you go bringing logic and context into this
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Cool, I’m exiting the outside.
The future is what you make it
Looks like a "don't dead open inside" situation.
It's specifically a "you don't matter give up" situation, where the two ways of reading it have opposite meanings. See community sidebar for more details.
...i worked there there is no snark or mistake in the sign...
Is this the entry or exit? I’m still not sure.