"I looked at [x] and thought it said..."

[PriffyViole]

This is a thread about looking at things really quick and thinking they said something else.

For example, I once read the inside leaflet-thingy of a holocaust book, and thought part of it said "Nazi Ragtime". It was pretty funny in context.

I also once looked at "Socratic Circle" and thought it said "Sociopathic Circle", leading to this drawing:

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Anyways, what have you looked at quickly and thought you saw?

[evergreenWanderer]

Okay, this looks like fun.
Let's do this!

I looked at the TV guide and saw "American Dad" but I thought it said "Amazing Cake."
Now I really want cake.

[inexpediency]

A couple years ago my dad and I passed a drugstore that was advertising "Dawn Dish Liquid" and he told me that he thought it said "Damn Dish Liquid." Now every time I see "Dawn Dish Liquid" advertised on a drugstore sign I read it that way.

Seriously though, I misread things all the dawn time.

[TheEmptypot]

This one time at an amusement park, there was this religious booth thing called "Christ on the Range" or something in really loopy font. I thought it said "Uke on the range" Needless to say, I was disappointed in the lack of ukuleles.

[muffinz]

I read this:
TA: fuck, i dunn0.
TA: i'm BLIND, remember?
as...
TA: fuck, i dunn0.
TA: i'm BLING, remember?

It was probably influenced by that one eyes-closed misspelling in the open paint close your eyes draw Nepeta post it here thread.

[KawaiiMelon]

One time I was half asleep and I read "Would you like living with a tidy dorm?" as "Would you like living with a tiny dick?" in an ad.

[Godbot]

[One_of_'dem_ska_kids]

I was walking out of a local pharmacy and saw a sign that said "SHINGLES SHOTS HERE!" and I read it as "SINGLES SHOTS HERE". I thought the place was turning in to a night club for a week.

[Bellstrom]

I glanced at the instructions on the back of a Hot Pocket and read "Caution: Contents may be hot. Wait two minutes." as "Caution: Contents may not wait two minutes."

[rj lake]

INTENSE FUCK

TRIPLE INTRUDER

[chaoticAwesome]

I once read a fast food ad saying "Charbroiled Turkey Burgers" as "Consecrated Turkey Buttons".

[Miraculous]

A sign on a public bus said "Spitting is not appropriate. Drivers are equipped with DNA test kits to assist authorities in catching perpetrators."

I read it as "Sitting is not appropriate. Drivers are equipped with DNA test kits to assist authorities in catching perpetrators."

I spent a few seconds trying to work out why sitting was not appropriate on a bus.

[Stij]

A sign on a public bus said "Spitting is not appropriate. Drivers are equipped with DNA test kits to assist authorities in catching perpetrators."

I read it as "Sitting is not appropriate. Drivers are equipped with DNA test kits to assist authorities in catching perpetrators."

I spent a few seconds trying to work out why sitting was not appropriate on a bus.

Honestly, even the correct reading of that one is kind of hilarious. The driver's gonna do a DNA test to find out who spat on his bus?

[chaoticAwesome]

What I saw: "This is a public area. Please clean up after your pet."
What I read: "This is a pubic area. Please clean up after your pet."

[Miraculous]

A sign on a public bus said "Spitting is not appropriate. Drivers are equipped with DNA test kits to assist authorities in catching perpetrators."

I read it as "Sitting is not appropriate. Drivers are equipped with DNA test kits to assist authorities in catching perpetrators."

I spent a few seconds trying to work out why sitting was not appropriate on a bus.

Honestly, even the correct reading of that one is kind of hilarious. The driver's gonna do a DNA test to find out who spat on his bus?

CSI: Public Transport Division

[muffinz]

I stand corrected. Your nom is hereby returned along with my humble apologies.

I read the "nom" as "mom" at first.
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[KawaiiMelon]

A sign on a public bus said "Spitting is not appropriate. Drivers are equipped with DNA test kits to assist authorities in catching perpetrators."

I read it as "Sitting is not appropriate. Drivers are equipped with DNA test kits to assist authorities in catching perpetrators."

I spent a few seconds trying to work out why sitting was not appropriate on a bus.

Honestly, even the correct reading of that one is kind of hilarious. The driver's gonna do a DNA test to find out who spat on his bus?

I just read that as "The driver's gonna do a DNA test to find out who shat on the bus?"

In that case yes, it would be appropriate.

[spook blotter]

xfactor that made me laugh waaaaaay too hard

there is this sign i used to pass home on my way from high school every day that said CPAP (i think) in huuuuge capital letters
but every time i saw it i read it as CRAP
it never failed to make me rofl

[chaoticAwesome]

When my school has big events, they put up those little prop-openable signs with directions and such. The signs have "PROPERTY OF SDSUPD" sprayed on in giant stencil letters. I always always ALWAYS manage to initially misread them as "PROPERTY OF STUPID".

[autoglassmasterclass]

My little sister used to think this said Mr. Good Lemonade. It took several years to convince her otherwise.

[Varkarrus]

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[chaoticAwesome]

Might want to either resize or spoiler that image because it is FUCKHUEG.

[One_of_'dem_ska_kids]

The only notable thing I saw on that was "hanging rooms" which I guess is pretty funny on it's own considering the little guy on the sign right by it looks like he's got a hump on his back or he's making off with a sack full of loot.

[KawaiiMelon]

Driving to Wendy's there was a billboard that said "HELP FOSTER ADOPTION." and I read it as "HELP FOSTER ABORTION"

[kholhaus]

I saw a sign for some education program.

"Help us educate your children"

as

"Help us eradicate your children"