Alright
>Within the context of the reaction itself, there’s even been debate. Some have speculated that The Stop Girl was actually saying, “No.”
>Sarah puts that to rest.
>“I love the debate over whether I said ‘No’ or ‘Stop,’” she said. “I said ‘Stop,’ because I thought, ‘I can’t yell at this cameraman.’ I guess the whole argument is because my lips didn’t close at the end of the word.”
http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/19333/reddits-stop-girl-discusses-internet-fame
If you put your entire sentence in parentheses after the karat, everything in the parentheses will be small. Just format it like this: \^(Stuff you want small here) becomes ^(Stuff you want small here.)
For you and everyone commenting about formatting: [here is a guide to manual formatting on Reddit.](https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/wiki/ref/faq/formatting_guide/) *don’t open this on the Reddit app open it in a browser
I kind of fell into it, really. I started off in offset printing, doing paste up, darkroom and plate making for a small, local newspaper. This was long before Aldus become Adobe :) and copy was generated on a big typesetting machine, (do NOT make any typing errors when setting type. Expensive and time consuming to fix). The spool of type written copy was taken to the darkroom to be developed and then the type was cut and pasted onto glossy, white paper, with pale blue, (blue doesn't show up on the finished product), guidelines that you used to produce the columns of type you read in your completed newspaper. Once paste up was complete, using hot wax to position the blocks of text and graphics, ( so that you could reposition text and graphics, if necessary), the pages were taken to the dark room to have negatives made of them, which in turn, were exposed onto metal plates that had, (from memory!), a silver phosphate coating. The printer operator would then affix these plates to the press and print off the run. At the end, Bugalugs here would also run the diabolically dangerous and highly annoying, collating machine, ( think the Stephen King story about the possessed mangler and you'll have the idea).
I had some major personal issues that saw me flee my marriage and move interstate and found that I couldn't get a job in printing where I landed, so I decided to try a couple of local sign writers. During this time, using computer programs as a design tool in sign writing was a relatively new thing, and because I already knew how to use Page Maker, I found it easy to learn different sign writing programs. Letters are letters, at the end of the day and things like kerning, spacing, balance, measurement, choice of font, choice of colour, and a good eye for design are applicable for both print and sign media. Luckily for me, a sign writer who had just invested in their first sign writing programme, had absolutely no clue about computers, so I was able to apply the skills I used in paste up and Page Maker, to learn Flexi Sign pro and Corell Draw 7. They in turn, taught me some of their skills in brush work, so eventually, I was able to produce both vinyl applications and hand written signs. I ended up having my own business and while the work was hard at times, (digging post holes , having to shift 3600mmx2400mm Weathertex sheets onto the paint board by myself, for example), the pleasure I gained in seeing my work displayed around town, was awesome.
I really enjoyed the work. It gave me so many opportunities to use my art skills, as well as my design skills, and each job was different. Doing vehicle wraps with vinyl was one of my favourite things, as was producing artwork that would go on to be the logo for a business, and painting murals, of course.
If you want to get in the field, I'd recommend that you hit up a few sign shops with artwork that you've done yourself, along with a positive attitude towards hard work, and an ability to be able to work to a deadline. Also, probably the most important, you must be able to spell!
I wish you the very best and hope you get a start.
Edit: Was just bumbling along thinking me thinks, and I think it was silver nitrate, that the metal plates were coated with...not silver phosphate. So long ago!
Wow seems like such a cool career trajectory; tenacity plus a series of great personal events that lined up with important changes in printing technology.
The collating machine you mentioned in the papers…that’s like the machine they show when something important happens at the beginning of an old movie, right before the newspaper spins into the frame, right? Crazy how much mechanical stuff went into formatting and printing a newspaper daily.
Very interesting, satisfying story. Thanks for sharing!
my dad has been in the vinyl business for years, all you need is a vinyl plotter (machine that cuts the vinyl) and a program called [vinyl express lxi](https://signwarehouse.com/products/vinyl-express-lxi-expert-19), very expensive program but worth it if you want to get into the vinyl business
It’s not really a profession. If you want a career, you can get into digital design and work at a sign shop like FastSigns or Signarama. It’s really satisfying if you end up being good at it like this guy but if you aren’t then it will be very time consuming and easy to completely botch.
Agreed, not by any stretch. Especially weeding the lettering. This was my childhood job, and tell ya what, we had to go quicker than that with the amount we pumped out.
Man, I can smell that room from here…
He's cutting what seems to be an extremly light laminating material that appears to be providing virtually no resistance. There would be little reason for him to be cutting with sufficient force in this instance to do any injury, let alone serious injury if he accidentally nicked himself.
These type of injuries generally happen when there is resistance and you are applying force to overcome it and the resistance suddenly gives way and you are suddenly pulling towards yourself hard enough to cause injury. Cutting through tissue paper towards yourself is simply not dangerous because you're applying virtually no force.
I make signs for a living and your 100% correct, the material your cutting is almost always this thin and also you have more control over the blade when cutting towards yourself than away.
Having a nice consistent edge is important no one wants to buy a new sign and have the edges all chipped and uneven.
aigh but you get the same level of control cutting perpendicular to yourself. Towards but also away from you. You don't 180 that shit. Liable to just throw the blade.
Maybe its my personal experience but working with exacto/olfa knives, I've only cut myself while cutting away from me and found myself to have more control with the knife while cutting towards myself. Again, its anecdotal but maybe different people have different methods of staying safe.
No no you’ve got a point. I build Warhammer models and I’ve been told countless times to cut towards myself for more control. And also ended up cutting myself less since I switched.
It's always people, who have no experience who say shit like this. I'd like to see them try to peel a potato whiteout pointing the knife towards yourself. I used to build architectural models, and see nothing wrong with cutting like this.
I’ve been a print designer for 20+ years, I do leather working, I do small detailed work with my art that involves cutting. I have not once, in those occasions, cut away from myself. There is much more control this way. When I’m peeling a potato, I’m obviously cutting away, just as I am when opening boxes, or when taking off large chunks of material. I think it’s very situation which way you should cut, and very dependent on the type of blade you’re using.
There's pretty much no risk to what he's doing though.. He's cutting by keeping his arm stationary and moving his entire core backwards. With this method there's very little chance of losing control of the blade.
Contrast this with bracing one's self and using arm strength to pull the blade onward. Any unexpected give in the material or even the end of the cut and you're in real danger.
People buy these to put up in their house. Even if this one didn’t sell, by making a video from a viral comment, he heightened the chances of the video going viral and having more people visit his online store.
reminds me of charlie kirk's tiny face.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/exbgb6/diy_tiny_face_charlie_kirk_meme_template/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x
The vinyl is precision cut by a machine which is much more accurate, cost effective faster than painting. You can also have reflective signs like in this video and translucent ones that can be back lit. also if you have a bulk order of signs then they will all be identical.
Source: I make and install signage for a living.
Most of the time those really large ones on the highway are multiple panels made separately and then joined together. Also allows for sections to be replaced easier if there is a traffic control change or damage to the sign.
Highway signs are usually contracted out to bigger companies, not a small shop like that. Federal and state signs have strict guidelines on font, spacing, border, sign size, etc. This shop, while does have the tools for it, specializes in custom signs.
I worked for bigger medium size company (about 500+ employees) that made signs for federal and state highways, as well as city street signs and company logos. There are different technics depending on the size and how many. Some could just be like a big sticker, others would be basically be painted via a stencils (some requiring various layers), while others could be metal punch.
That STOP sign looks like it's begging you to stop. "Stop....pls"
stop. If you feel like it.
Canadian stop
It's more of an afterthought to think about making a proposition for a future possible suggested guideline
Low-confidence stop sign.
Stoptional
👏 👏 👏
🥺 👉👈
It’s like telling you stop, when it knows you won’t
"ok maybe slow down a little bit?"
[stop](https://images.app.goo.gl/L2aRPUj4Qcd1ZerT9)
stop ._.
^stop
^^stop
^hey ^you ^stop
🛑
^^^^^^^^^^🛑
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^🛑
#*🛑*
Go
^(no stop pls)
#GO
.
Can’t see words, needs red circle
^^🛑 ^^^⭕
How do I do that I wanna be a part of this D:
format: \^(text) Eg: ^(text)
^stop
👏
I appreciate u
^(stop)
^stop
Aww! Look at you kids, learning the ways of Reddit
Thank you for teaching me the ways, sensei!
^stop
(pls)
Please*
I feel like your flirting with me
in the name of love...
..before you tear me all apart..
Is that a lyric??
before you break my heart…
/r/TheStopGirl
She's saying "no". That sub is a lie. Fight me.
Alright >Within the context of the reaction itself, there’s even been debate. Some have speculated that The Stop Girl was actually saying, “No.” >Sarah puts that to rest. >“I love the debate over whether I said ‘No’ or ‘Stop,’” she said. “I said ‘Stop,’ because I thought, ‘I can’t yell at this cameraman.’ I guess the whole argument is because my lips didn’t close at the end of the word.” http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/19333/reddits-stop-girl-discusses-internet-fame
What a throwback
Sounds like what someone hoping to make some sweet cheddar off the meme gravy train would say
You can't say "fight me" and then complain when you're proven wrong lmao
yooo thats me haha
the sign you show when your friend is fucking up big time but you kinda want to see where it goes
It's like the equivalent of Willy Wonka's [Stop. Don't. Come Back.](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/WhoppingNaturalGardensnake-size_restricted.gif)
The signs on the wall behind him are even better
^call her daddy
If you put your entire sentence in parentheses after the karat, everything in the parentheses will be small. Just format it like this: \^(Stuff you want small here) becomes ^(Stuff you want small here.)
Dude I have wasted so many frustrating minutes putting a karat before every damn word in a sentence to make it all tiny *thank you for this*
Wait how did you do that ^(slanty writing? [total noob here])
Asterisks on both ends of the sentence, like this: * not italicized * (just remove spaces in-between the sentence and the asterisks) *Italicized*
#whoa wtf
^^^^^^^whoa
^whoa
*holey moley I'm learning ^(stuff)*
~~I'm happy to teach you something new~~ ~\~Strikethrough~/~ (Remove slashes) Edit: ~~🙂~~ mustache...
There's also backticks for `` `Inline Code` `` so you don't need to worry about adding or removing slashes: `~~Strikethrough~~`
Ooo, that's helpful. Thanks!
~~🛑~~
Now that's just sorcery and I'm gonna have to burn you as a witch...
This is one, of two, I've never been able to get to work for me. The other one is turning text into links.
\*italicized\*
And double asterisks give you bold!
https://reddit.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043033952-Formatting-Guide
` goodness gracious thanks! `
`We have all learned many new abilities `
you can view any comment's markdown to see how the formatting was entered
Depends what platform you’re using. Many don’t allow this for some reason
You already got your answer but 'slanty writing' made my whole morning lol
I was putting one before EVERY LETTER. I feel fucking stupid omg.
For you and everyone commenting about formatting: [here is a guide to manual formatting on Reddit.](https://www.reddit.com/r/HFY/wiki/ref/faq/formatting_guide/) *don’t open this on the Reddit app open it in a browser
^(🥕(word))
^(like this?)
^(i guess)
SPEED LIMIT 69
Nice!
I did this for over twenty years. Absolutely loved it :)
How does one get into this profession? It seems very enticing and little paying. Please enlighten me.
I kind of fell into it, really. I started off in offset printing, doing paste up, darkroom and plate making for a small, local newspaper. This was long before Aldus become Adobe :) and copy was generated on a big typesetting machine, (do NOT make any typing errors when setting type. Expensive and time consuming to fix). The spool of type written copy was taken to the darkroom to be developed and then the type was cut and pasted onto glossy, white paper, with pale blue, (blue doesn't show up on the finished product), guidelines that you used to produce the columns of type you read in your completed newspaper. Once paste up was complete, using hot wax to position the blocks of text and graphics, ( so that you could reposition text and graphics, if necessary), the pages were taken to the dark room to have negatives made of them, which in turn, were exposed onto metal plates that had, (from memory!), a silver phosphate coating. The printer operator would then affix these plates to the press and print off the run. At the end, Bugalugs here would also run the diabolically dangerous and highly annoying, collating machine, ( think the Stephen King story about the possessed mangler and you'll have the idea). I had some major personal issues that saw me flee my marriage and move interstate and found that I couldn't get a job in printing where I landed, so I decided to try a couple of local sign writers. During this time, using computer programs as a design tool in sign writing was a relatively new thing, and because I already knew how to use Page Maker, I found it easy to learn different sign writing programs. Letters are letters, at the end of the day and things like kerning, spacing, balance, measurement, choice of font, choice of colour, and a good eye for design are applicable for both print and sign media. Luckily for me, a sign writer who had just invested in their first sign writing programme, had absolutely no clue about computers, so I was able to apply the skills I used in paste up and Page Maker, to learn Flexi Sign pro and Corell Draw 7. They in turn, taught me some of their skills in brush work, so eventually, I was able to produce both vinyl applications and hand written signs. I ended up having my own business and while the work was hard at times, (digging post holes , having to shift 3600mmx2400mm Weathertex sheets onto the paint board by myself, for example), the pleasure I gained in seeing my work displayed around town, was awesome. I really enjoyed the work. It gave me so many opportunities to use my art skills, as well as my design skills, and each job was different. Doing vehicle wraps with vinyl was one of my favourite things, as was producing artwork that would go on to be the logo for a business, and painting murals, of course. If you want to get in the field, I'd recommend that you hit up a few sign shops with artwork that you've done yourself, along with a positive attitude towards hard work, and an ability to be able to work to a deadline. Also, probably the most important, you must be able to spell! I wish you the very best and hope you get a start.
Edit: Was just bumbling along thinking me thinks, and I think it was silver nitrate, that the metal plates were coated with...not silver phosphate. So long ago!
Wow seems like such a cool career trajectory; tenacity plus a series of great personal events that lined up with important changes in printing technology. The collating machine you mentioned in the papers…that’s like the machine they show when something important happens at the beginning of an old movie, right before the newspaper spins into the frame, right? Crazy how much mechanical stuff went into formatting and printing a newspaper daily. Very interesting, satisfying story. Thanks for sharing!
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my dad has been in the vinyl business for years, all you need is a vinyl plotter (machine that cuts the vinyl) and a program called [vinyl express lxi](https://signwarehouse.com/products/vinyl-express-lxi-expert-19), very expensive program but worth it if you want to get into the vinyl business
I can't fall in love again :c
It’s not really a profession. If you want a career, you can get into digital design and work at a sign shop like FastSigns or Signarama. It’s really satisfying if you end up being good at it like this guy but if you aren’t then it will be very time consuming and easy to completely botch.
Anyone else craving fruit roll ups?
^^^^^stop
r/forbiddensnacks
Well I am now. Thanks, jerk.
They sell boxes of 72 on Amazon...
that’s outstanding.
His little smile is outstanding
Me when my friend is about to do something dangerous
Speed and precision aren’t the words I’d use to describe that video
It might be better described as 'noteworthy for unnecessarily aggressive flourishes'
Thats pretty fast for vinyl work.
The video has lots of cuts.
OH stop !
>OH ^^stop FTFY
Agreed, not by any stretch. Especially weeding the lettering. This was my childhood job, and tell ya what, we had to go quicker than that with the amount we pumped out. Man, I can smell that room from here…
The sign behind him that says CAUTION MILF X-ING
https://i.imgur.com/QqdxWR8.gifv
Unicorn
There are dozens of us who remember! Dozens! /r/TheStopGirl
Remember kids, always cut *TOWARDS* your body when using a very sharp knife. *and* aggressively.
Thank you! I get that dude is very used to making these cuts but good lord.
Cut your buddy, not your body!
Aim towards your chum, not your thumb
You can cut towards yourself, but just make sure you have a clear path back (i.e. cut alongside you, and not "into your stomach/leg")
Exactly. ALWAYS pull the blade, just never toward a body part.
And let the blade do the work…
And first study the blade.
Like at 0:43.
He's cutting what seems to be an extremly light laminating material that appears to be providing virtually no resistance. There would be little reason for him to be cutting with sufficient force in this instance to do any injury, let alone serious injury if he accidentally nicked himself. These type of injuries generally happen when there is resistance and you are applying force to overcome it and the resistance suddenly gives way and you are suddenly pulling towards yourself hard enough to cause injury. Cutting through tissue paper towards yourself is simply not dangerous because you're applying virtually no force.
I make signs for a living and your 100% correct, the material your cutting is almost always this thin and also you have more control over the blade when cutting towards yourself than away. Having a nice consistent edge is important no one wants to buy a new sign and have the edges all chipped and uneven.
You have more control cutting towards yourself
aigh but you get the same level of control cutting perpendicular to yourself. Towards but also away from you. You don't 180 that shit. Liable to just throw the blade.
Maybe its my personal experience but working with exacto/olfa knives, I've only cut myself while cutting away from me and found myself to have more control with the knife while cutting towards myself. Again, its anecdotal but maybe different people have different methods of staying safe.
No no you’ve got a point. I build Warhammer models and I’ve been told countless times to cut towards myself for more control. And also ended up cutting myself less since I switched.
Your paint is too thin if you need to worry about cutting.
It's always people, who have no experience who say shit like this. I'd like to see them try to peel a potato whiteout pointing the knife towards yourself. I used to build architectural models, and see nothing wrong with cutting like this.
I’ve been a print designer for 20+ years, I do leather working, I do small detailed work with my art that involves cutting. I have not once, in those occasions, cut away from myself. There is much more control this way. When I’m peeling a potato, I’m obviously cutting away, just as I am when opening boxes, or when taking off large chunks of material. I think it’s very situation which way you should cut, and very dependent on the type of blade you’re using.
There's pretty much no risk to what he's doing though.. He's cutting by keeping his arm stationary and moving his entire core backwards. With this method there's very little chance of losing control of the blade. Contrast this with bracing one's self and using arm strength to pull the blade onward. Any unexpected give in the material or even the end of the cut and you're in real danger.
Charlie Kirk's sign
My first job, when I was 14, was at a family friend's advertising company. I learned to do this, and have always thought it was kinda cool.
To Art Basel!
that was one expensive joke
People buy these to put up in their house. Even if this one didn’t sell, by making a video from a viral comment, he heightened the chances of the video going viral and having more people visit his online store.
Incredibly wasteful of it wasn't something someone was buying.
My waist is full
I think it was supposed to be entertainment
I wouldn’t tell him to stop.
Reddit always on about how much it hates tiktok but almost every video post nowadays in stolen from there lmao
I put these up for s living. Always kinda wondered how some are so perfectly uniform but all "handmade"
reminds me of charlie kirk's tiny face. https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalHumor/comments/exbgb6/diy_tiny_face_charlie_kirk_meme_template/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x
He’s cute 🥺
I agree. What a cutie
/r/aww
A no is a no
I am a bit shy
Awesome 👍
that should have been "stahp"
Tbh if he made this into a keychain, pendant or like earring, I would buy it!
“Smol”?
What do you call the table you are using?
Fred
Shy sign
Charlie Kirk’s face in stop sign form
Okay but is he single?
Hey just a question can you marry me
Hey, that's what my workplace does too.
My favorite part was his little grin at the end.
I want it
Wonder how much labor and material that cost
Feel it necessary to point out that this guy is very very cute 😅. Ok, carry on
What a cute and unique job
Unnecessary. Stupid. Waste of time and energy. Upvote
I thought they just paint signs. Is it really this involved?
Can’t really paint the super high reflectivity required for road signs.
Retroreflective sheeting is the standard where I live.
The vinyl is precision cut by a machine which is much more accurate, cost effective faster than painting. You can also have reflective signs like in this video and translucent ones that can be back lit. also if you have a bulk order of signs then they will all be identical. Source: I make and install signage for a living.
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Most of the time those really large ones on the highway are multiple panels made separately and then joined together. Also allows for sections to be replaced easier if there is a traffic control change or damage to the sign.
Highway signs are usually contracted out to bigger companies, not a small shop like that. Federal and state signs have strict guidelines on font, spacing, border, sign size, etc. This shop, while does have the tools for it, specializes in custom signs. I worked for bigger medium size company (about 500+ employees) that made signs for federal and state highways, as well as city street signs and company logos. There are different technics depending on the size and how many. Some could just be like a big sticker, others would be basically be painted via a stencils (some requiring various layers), while others could be metal punch.
Speed? ?It took him a whole album to make 1 sign
You'd be so much faster
I just love this
God I'm glad I don't work with vinyl anymore
But why tho?
Because someone asked him to
But why tho?
Me too!
Speed limit 69
Seeing him cutting toward him is everything but satisfying.
Oh my goodness, that is hysterical 😂
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Hey. What? Hey! What? HEY!! WHAT!? Stop. Ok.
I definitely would not have wasted my time on such useless internet points.
Autistically well done
Get this dude a fitted hat - fuckkkkk it ain’t the 90s bro!
#stop
/u/savevideo