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I've seen these all over Europe. Some have simple images of the cross flashing, some have windows screensaver esque animations, and some have 3d renders of various things rotating in all sorts of ways. Why is that? Wouldn't a simple green cross be enough to get the point across, or do they need to be overly verbose? Here's the full video instead of a gif

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[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

lmao never seen such peculiar animations over here, that's crazy

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The video is sped up quite a bit, but I've definitely seen them before in Portugal.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Damn, in what region? Never spotted anything like that!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Lisboa. I don't remember where but it was around the city.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

This brought me joy today, thanks for sharing

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some epilepsy patients might get a seizure.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Profit for the pharmacy /s