as our submitter peter points out, the residents of berlin — with their trademark berliner schnauze — are not known for mincing words. but this sign, found at a coffee shop of sorts in the u-bahn station kottbusser tor, takes that characteristic berliner directness one step further.
peter’s rough translation: “anyone who doesn’t buy anything [...]

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you decide! which clip art catastrophe raises the most new and troubling questions in your mind?
is it exhibit a, from new york’s west village?

(think about the designer’s thought process here for a moment. why the sunglasses? and not just any shades…but electric blue sunglasses? ditto, the sunflower.)
exhibit b, from a casino in cambodia?

(does no crossed [...]

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octavio in munich says that his landlord (who shares the same apartment) is a regular high priest of paternalistic little notes — the entire flat is covered with them. on the bathroom wall, for example, this glorious collage is what stares back at those seated on the throne. (altogether now: “holy shiße!”)

going OUT?…
must turn the [...]

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tim found this note in the basement storeroom of an apartment building in kiel, germany:

tim’s rough translation:
THANKS for filling [up the storeroom]!!!
i was able to get to the meter just SUPER!!!
tenant 5/1 [fifth floor, first apartment]
[hand written at the bottom] many thanks from me too, tenant 5/2

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