These are painted on the sidewalk, on the corners of several intersections in West Los Angeles. How dumb/unevolved do you have to be to not understand that a red hand means stop?
Actually, in Latin American countries, you don't get the red hand sign to signify stop. You get a red little man.
Sure, it's idiotic and unevolved, but it's also a cultural difference. I knew someone who'd been here 27 years, from the same country as me, and all she'd learned to say was "hhhhhhhhalllllo" (I'm trying to stress how strong her "H" sound was) and "goomornin."
It's not so much the hand, more like the red. I mean, red pretty much means no or stop or don't do it, right? Is there a country somewhere where red means yes? And just how long does it take to figure out when to cross? Look at the other people, look at the cars. It's just laziness. It's like people who keep mixing up "its" and "it's" and "your" and "you're". It takes roughly two seconds to figure out which one is correct.
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Sure, it's idiotic and unevolved, but it's also a cultural difference. I knew someone who'd been here 27 years, from the same country as me, and all she'd learned to say was "hhhhhhhhalllllo" (I'm trying to stress how strong her "H" sound was) and "goomornin."
I rest my case.
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It's not so much the hand, more like the red.
I mean, red pretty much means no or stop or don't do it, right?
Is there a country somewhere where red means yes?
And just how long does it take to figure out when to cross?
Look at the other people, look at the cars.
It's just laziness.
It's like people who keep mixing up "its" and "it's" and "your" and "you're".
It takes roughly two seconds to figure out which one is correct.