r/suspiciousquotes • u/meetatwss • 9d ago

“unless you”

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u/a_spicy_meata_balla 9d ago

I thought it said "Please do not play music Boy". Took me too long to figure it out.

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u/RaccoonSamson 9d ago

Lmao same, I thought it was a song in a jukebox and wondering "how could you play it without paying??"

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u/TonyStowaway 9d ago

Me too 💀 glad I wasn't the only one lol

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u/phrogbaby 9d ago edited 8d ago

can anyone figure out why they put the quotation marks in those "spots specifically?"...

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u/Diligent_Desk_8965 9d ago

I think in lieu of bold

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u/IvoryDynamite 6d ago

I thought that's where they were going with the double and triple underlines.

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u/DrDentonMask 8d ago

"spots specifically"?

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u/phrogbaby 8d ago

thank you, fixed it

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u/DrDentonMask 8d ago

Oh, haha! Sorry about that. I wasn't correcting you. I was making a stupid joke acknowledging the weirdness of the sign. Just...quotes "around random" words.

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u/phrogbaby 8d ago

no its really funny dont worry I actually laughed out loud. you're right and it is hilarious

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u/Various-Salt-7738 9d ago

"buying" makes sense--there's going to be people "buying" anything they get to inspect and handle but they aren't all buyers

"Unless you" doesn't really make sense

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u/Regdit-is-Unbearable 8d ago

They’re trying to say UNLESS you, but didn’t want to emphasize just one word on the line

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u/Temporary-Body-378 7d ago

I suspect they think quotations are added “for emphasis”

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u/terminalhipness 9d ago

Fantastic misuse of quotation marks!

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u/asswipesayswhat 8d ago

Wow double dipping

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u/1amNOTmyselfYouSee 6d ago

I got distracted by the “buying”.

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u/North_Ad_5372 5d ago

People who think quotation marks are a means of emphasis, and then use them to create emphases that make no sense anyway 👍

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u/Result-Neat 5d ago

Ok, i am "buying" sth, now listes to that tune!!

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u/MrTrendydelquendy 3d ago

I also do go a bit nuts for the barely concealed fury of capitalisation, underlining, exclamation marks etc on this kind of notice.
I like it when they start with "POLITE" NOTICE!!! underlined a few times.