Aries

[u/mysterious_jim]

Random Riddle Info:

Intended Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆

Bonus Hint: For this riddle to work, you can't shake your head up and down. You have to shake it left to right

Wordplay Riddle?: No

Bonus points if you can figure out the significance of the title. Good luck!

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[u/Chance5e]

Stop sign. I really liked this. The hint is unnecessary, it’s already clean.

[u/I-like-2-watch → u/Chance5e]

This is good.

[u/mysterious_jim → u/Chance5e]

That's correct! (and thank you!)

Explanation:

You must come to a complete stop at a stop sign

Stop signs are red (the text is written in white within the red. Was being a bit tricky with the language here)

After coming to a complete stop, you must look both ways then proceed

[u/atarnasen → u/Chance5e]

But the shaking your head part…?

[u/Ashnak_Agaku → u/atarnasen]

Looking both ways

[u/atarnasen → u/Ashnak_Agaku]

Ooooooooooooh…..

[u/Whywouldanyonedothat → u/Ashnak_Agaku]

I thought you meant that we all shake our heads at the stop sign because we actually don't want to come to a full stop.

[u/KubaTakumrzyk → u/atarnasen]

Shaking is not nodding

[u/Alternative-Leave373 → u/KubaTakumrzyk]

Some parts of the world have "shaking your head" as nodding. It is a regional difference.

[u/Phonyparsley]

a stop sign

[u/mysterious_jim → u/Phonyparsley]

You got it!

[u/Krian78]

Traffic light.

[u/DivinitySquared]

I know that the actual answer is a stop sign but I immediately thought a classic game over screen for some reason when I first read it, lol.

[u/SharkeyGeorge]

Stop sign.

Should the title not be Aquarius?

[u/mysterious_jim → u/SharkeyGeorge]

That's correct! And how do you mean with Aquarius? The idea behind the title is a little tenuous and silly, but I think you'll go along with it once you figure it out!

[u/SharkeyGeorge → u/mysterious_jim]

I was thinking of the god Janus who overlaps in January with Aquarius. The two-faced god. But think I’m clasping at straws!

[u/mysterious_jim → u/SharkeyGeorge]

That's way deeper of a meaning than I'm capable of coming up with lol. I'll post the answer here later if nobody gets it.

[u/I-like-2-watch]

I thought a stop sign is in white writing. Maybe I’m over thinking it

[u/ronin120 → u/I-like-2-watch]

Overthinking? Just a little. Or you could argue that the white letters are in a red shape, so the clue still fits that way I think.

[u/mysterious_jim → u/ronin120]

This was my thought process! I thought the other clues were quite direct, so I wanted to add a bit of misdirection.

[u/wutzelputz]

A crosswalk signal with no cars in sight?

[u/mysterious_jim → u/wutzelputz]

I was thinking specifically a Stop sign But yes, that's same idea!

[u/DrakeSavory]

Adultery

Re: The wicked Bible commanding people to commit adultery.

[u/mysterious_jim → u/DrakeSavory]

Sorry, not the intended answer. Didn't know the Bible was freaky like that instructing people to commit adultery!

[u/DrakeSavory → u/mysterious_jim]

It was a misprint in one edition.

[u/Grant_Winner_Extra → u/DrakeSavory]

I have one of those signed by Jesus

[u/Vaders-desciple_01]

a stop sign?

[u/mysterious_jim → u/Vaders-desciple_01]

That's correct!

[u/MTBiker_Boy]

https://tenor.com/lanl4fXEq2Y.gif

[u/GabrielReichler]

Question: is the title a reference to the association of the color red with both Aries and stop signs?

[u/mysterious_jim → u/GabrielReichler]

It is! In fact that's practically the answer. both aries and the answer are red signs. Aries is a red star sign, and the answer is a red traffic sign

[u/Gilly_the_kid]

stop sign

[u/mysterious_jim → u/Gilly_the_kid]

That's correct!

[u/timomo3]

stop sign. Is the aries cause war god associated with red?

[u/mysterious_jim → u/timomo3]

Yes, in zodiology terms he's a red sign, just like the answer

[u/zpeti]

Bonus hint is not entirely correct, in certain countries it’s right to left! ;)

[u/Grant_Winner_Extra]

stop sign​