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            "title": "Signs in an Israeli train bathroom",
            "content_html": "<p>A couple of days ago I visited Beersheba, a city in southern Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In the train bathroom, there are two signs, one above the toilet, one above the button:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/israel-train-toilet-1.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Both are dumb.<\/p>\n<p>The sign above the toilet wants you to not throw paper and diapers in the toilet as there is a bin for that:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/israel-train-toilet-2.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>But what do you really see? The toilet is crossed out (there is no toilet?). At a glance, you just see a green checkmark and a hand that throws stuff. So, it’s OK to throw stuff. Nobody cares that there is a bin on the sign: the sign itself in placed above the toilet. The proximity is more powerful than the pictogram of the bin.<\/p>\n<p>The sign above the button is dumb in a different way. The pictogram explains that it’s a button next to the toilet:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/israel-train-toilet-3.jpg\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Oh really? I had no idea that it’s a button next to the toilet!<\/p>\n",
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            "title": "Signs and plaques in Kiev",
            "content_html": "<p>More photos from Kiev.<\/p>\n<p>Listed building:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8158.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">1<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A memorial plaque:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8147.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">2<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A museum:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8310.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">3<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hand-written posters:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8226.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">4<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hardware store:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8363.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">5<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A hairdresser’s sign:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8412.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">6<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another one:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8413.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">7<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some kind of a special kind of house:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8444.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">8<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Don’t park here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-IMG_2829.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">9<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A cafe:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8372.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">10<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>M & M:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<div class=\"fotorama\" data-width=\"1200\" data-ratio=\"1.5\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8185.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8175.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">11, 12<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nice curves:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8163.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">13<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A clothes and vinyl shop:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8471.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">14<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nice layout:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/ilyabirman.net\/meanwhile\/pictures\/kiev-signs-DSCF8340.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<div class=\"e2-text-caption\">15<\/div>\n<\/div>\n",
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