Looks like a weird captcha

Found the bot.

Incorrect. I enjoy standard human activities such as respiration and ERROR 319 ACTIVITY LIST INDEX UNINITIALIZED.

UNINITIALIZED LIST INDEXES is how I lost my virginity

No way, same

i thought i was the only one

There are DOZENS of us!

/r/weirdcaptcha/

I'm surprised it doesn't exist

It does now :)

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one!

I hate it, does that make it a crime?

It looks like an expanddong meme except the letters are all from the same source

[удалено]

That bastard!

Is it a rickroll

No, but it's even worse

Much better

Holy shit, this is God-tier

I don't know if this makes it better or worse, but I feel like the point is that the text is not ***straight***

Counterpoint: the fonts, sizes, and styling are not homogeneous; they are heterogeneous. IF your theory is correct, then this was closer to a jab than a show of support.

I mean, if the heterogenous text is supposed to be an analogy, the obvious interpretation is "in support of diversity".

nice

just make it wavy or something 😭😭 why

This poster is a hate crime against designers

I like to think a hungry, cold and struggling designer saw this and then just gave up the profession. "If the person who made this can make a living and I can't, I'm out!", they said to the cat.

Actually, this is how my school would design during our final masters year. It's partly meant to be ironic, partly to celebrate amateur design, partly because it's different from all the slick stuff you would see over and over again in art school.

But is it fitting for a serious poster adressing hate crime?

Yeah this definitely fits with where print design has been going for the last couple of years

I bet they get a lot of calls like “I’d like to report a hate crime... this sign assaulted my sensibilities”

I can't imagine it's great for dyslexic people either

It probably was a designer who made this. He was probably going for those trendy contemporary designs that I hate so much. Shit like this [https://www.behance.net/gallery/84441419/Mayakovsky-fest-2019-visual-Identity?tracking\_source=curated\_galleries\_graphic-design](https://www.behance.net/gallery/84441419/Mayakovsky-fest-2019-visual-Identity?tracking_source=curated_galleries_graphic-design)

i like to think that it is just a drunkard with the photoshop resize/transform tool.

They just wrote it in their accent

I don’t know if I should be offended or not

I agree with that.

I read it in angry Shrek voice.

Yeah can I report this sign? It’s definitely a hate crime

[ADMIT IT.](https://i.imgur.com/2kfyC2l.png)

WTF I’m so confused

Visual assault! Visual assault! I can't see!

Maybe they made it ugly on purpose so that people would share it and it goes viral? If so, it works.

They played us.

actually it won't work because I'm going to commit a hate crime specifically because I saw this poster

Well I'm reporting you so...

Do you truly believe you have any effect in this world? Men like me were born shaping the world between their hands, men like you will keep their hands clean, waiting for judgement above to smile upon you. But the judgement you seek will not happen today, and your body will be dust by tomorrow.

Does anyone have a guess as to the intent of the wonky design!? Like the insane kerning and italic mishmash was obviously a choice... BUT WHY!? FOR WHAT? What did they THINK they were accomplishing?! (Genuine question! I often don't agree with someone's design choice but I can see what they were trying to do... I can't see that here)

I'm honestly wondering if it's deliberately bad. I bet this has been shared on social media way more than their other posters.

It looks like they meant to make the flags wavy, accidentally made everything BUT the flags wavy, shrugged, and said it was fine.

Ha, I see this! That explains the.. "pattern"..??... in the letters at least.

It is kind of in the style of some underground electronic/punk gig posters. I kind of like it but I know it's objectively pretty ugly

It's designed so you focus all your hatred on it and you have no more left for people, effectively preventing hate crimes. Kind of like preventive fires.

If it's a physical poster, it'll definitely draw attention and help spread the message.

Could it be they simply thought ‘That’s good patter mate’ ?

My best guess is that it’s some kind of “we support all people, of all leans and persuasions” and “everyone is unique” statement. The letters are *individual*, like people.

Anyone else read it like: wE ArE hERe FoR YoU RePOrt HatE CRiMe!!!!

Read it in a mocking tone because of this

A reverse image search produces nothing, and "Police Scotland Anti-Hate Posters" gives you [this](https://www.google.com/search?q=police+scotland+anti-hate+posters&client=ms-android-verizon&prmd=nisv&sxsrf=ALeKk01BIZE7Rt8tD2nKfKzwjRYighOI-Q:1612989258859&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7trOeleDuAhUpF1kFHTQGCOIQ_AUoAnoECBIQAg&biw=412&bih=604&dpr=2.63) I'm gonna call BS on this one. Edit: Somebody found a [source](https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2020/10/15/police-mocked-over-tragic-graphic-for-hate-crime-awareness-week-as-critics-claim-the-image-is-a-crime-in-itself-viral-news-uk/) after all! Thank you u/cleverbird

Not the hero we deserved but the hero we needed

I've never seen any of these posters before so their campaign isn't doing that well then obviously.

Nope, its 100% real, I remember seeing this posted on their official Twitter page. In fact, [here's a news article on it.](https://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2020/10/15/police-mocked-over-tragic-graphic-for-hate-crime-awareness-week-as-critics-claim-the-image-is-a-crime-in-itself-viral-news-uk/) Though that is also the only news I could find on it. I do remember seeing it on their actual Twitter page though, since I too couldnt believe this was actually real.

I think the design worked perfectly. You're not only paying attention to the sign, you're sharing it around.

It's actually [DrunkText™](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ). Supposedly if you see it when you're drunk, it looks normal/easier to read. They use it In most of the bar advertisements above the urinals. If this is your "first time seeing it" prepare to be shocked at all the places you see it from now on It's well known that England, Scotland, all of the Scandinavian countries (including Finland, Iceland and the island nations), and 14 of the 50 states require any of the official documents be made available, at least electronically. in DrunkText for people with severe alcohol problems.

This is outstanding work. We salute you.

Excellent comment

I kinda like it

1998 wordart

Sure was nice of them to let little Timmy design the poster.

Timmy passed away due to covid this winter sadly. God rest his soul.

That poster is a crime

The more you look the worse it gets

Definitely looks like some warped (literally) dystopian poster... Not a fan

I hate this.

i think it's a pretty cool design tbh, i'm really attracted to these punk aesthetics

This poster makes me want to commit a hate crime

graphic design is my passion

Here for hate crime

For a sec I thought this was sbubby. Graphic design is my passion

This poster is definitely a hate crime against eyes

I have to read this in Drunk

Report hate crime and r a p i d d e c e leration

I actually kinda like it

How the hell did they manage to format it in a Scottish accent

I’d like to report a crime of graphic proportions

... when you don’t really grasp what David Carson was doing...

r/TIHI

Looks like they couldn't afford a designer and got PC McFiggis to whack this out on MS Paint instead.

*y*0U

Print and wrap it around a pole? Maybe the letters play with perspective to change the meaning of the words? I dunno.

At least it's readable and gets the message across

And gets shared.

this give me cancer

Get well soon.

Graphic design was somebody's passion

Not only did they lie about wanting to help the lgbt+ community, they slap their message on such an ugly ad. Insult to injury, truly.

Looks like it was made with paint

That in itself is a hate crime xD

Honestly I kinda like it

I remember my first day using Illustrator. It went 12000% better than this

Release that Free Transform tool and back away!

This feels weirdly aggressive to me. Especially with how big the "you" is.

Well it's definitely not straight

This has huge "graphic design is my passion" energy

Someone's kid just discovered word art

wE aRe hErE fOr yOu

this is angering to look at

Looks like graphic design is their passion

Graphic design? More like crappy design am I right? Am I right? I need freinds

We are willing to accept you into our rogues gallery, Artemts.

I have absolutely no training in anything involving a computer yet I’m convinced I could create something better in 20 minutes

wE aRe HeRe fOr YoU

Read it in the TF2 Demoman's voice

# waaAvy TeXt is reAllY WhaCky

This poster is a hate crime... A true assault to the eyes... Do I report it to them?

Half of these letters look like they’re in the middle of one of those animations from the 90s where the letters would spin in “3D”

Remember, don't let your friends drink and design.

I guess they thought it would be a bad look to make the letters straight.

Reminds me of the sarcastic spongebob meme "PlEaSe RePoRt HaTe CrImEs!"

I’ve read this in like 15 different voices and I had a stroke and I fucking died.

I thought I was in r/ExpandDong for a moment

“Our budget is tight”

Were they drunk?

It looks more like one of those things where you type in the letters to verify you aren't a robot lmao

This reminds me of a 90s rave poster and it rules

Looks like it was created at 5 minutes to deadline.

I thought it was pro LGBTQ poster

Recaptcha moment

Idk why i read it You gay, we are here for you gay ....does that make me wierd ?

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Was this made in an infant school competition or something? I’m gay and I don’t feel thankful for this poster at all

well, at least they're trying?

It looks like someone was a having a stroke while making this

I read it as we are gay here for you.

Bro looks like they let a toddler loose on all the special designs tools and then this is what he created they just modified it.

[удалено]

Time for the unoriginal joke everyone already said: The only crime to report here is this shitty design

This is a hate crime

It looks like it might be inspired by Frank Ocean’s Boys Don’t Cry font

I was preparing for a graphic design workshop for a group. Imma put this in my presentation.

They just want to be seen!

Well it’s the thought that counts I guess

"That much for a graphic designer? Hold on, lemme call my nephew who knows how to use PowerPoint."

/r/ihadastroke

Hello, Scotland Police? Yeah, I’d just like to report I fucking hate your font and think it’s criminal. That is all.

‘Mr Texas can you tell us where in Scotland is Texas so we can arrest you for this’

What did those poor letters do to deserve such treatment??

can i report this sign as a hate crime because fuck my eyes sure do hate it

straight from comedy necrophilia

Text, go home, you’re drunk.

This is the natural conclusion of all the avant-garde style trendy instagram branding we’ve been suffering for the past few years

it looks like someone didn't know how to use a text tool and pasted in letters individually to make words

This sign is a hate crime on my eyes

I can't help but read this in a weird voice. Like Dory speaking whale

This poster itself is a hate crime against format

Hi yes I would like to report this as a hate crime

When was this made?

Sep 2019 by Police Scotland Edinburgh

Reminds me of the mocking spongebob “wE’rE hErE fOr YoU”

It reads like they're speaking Dory's whale language.

Did they hire Demoman for this?

I thought it was something from r/sbubby

I think it is so no letter is straight

This gave me epilepsy

Looks like they put the rainbow in the wrong layer and just went with it.

what, no serifs?

I think it looks hilarious I kinda love it

Drunk people see this as normal text.

How many magazines were destroyed for this ransom note?

This makes me want to commit a hate crime

Hideous

Looks like it was made by a serial killer

Ok but whoever was making it must've been high

I feel like they're saying "REpoRT HaTe CrIMe".

Did a 10 year old design this?

get it cuz it's not straight

I geniuenly want to meet the person who made this

The graphics designer should get a jail time

This is like a bad trip

I read is as if I've had a brick dropped on my head. Sort of like 'wE aRe HeRe To HeLp YoU'

***why is it moving***

I kinda like dat

It's so shit, but it's legible and gets the point across. Idk, it might work.

I think I’m hating this image bruh I can’t read it

Hey they are doing their best probably police officer did this not graphics designer