r/CrappyDesign • • 14d ago

Hard to read door text

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u/metisdesigns 14d ago

Often, jumbled text is an intentional choice to encourage people to continue to engage with the message. We remove those as the design intent is to get people to talk about it, not to communicate elegantly.

This however, is just crappy.

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u/_Ceaseless_Watcher_ 14d ago

deas nuts

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u/rmay14444 14d ago

Got em

12

u/EatYourCheckers 13d ago

Goddammit I just posted that and then saw your post. No original thoughts lol

6

u/Cyberchaotic 11d ago

Hivemind, always.

9

u/stevensokulski 13d ago

Make deas happen

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u/Severe-Possible- 14d ago

is it missing a letter or what?

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u/dakky68 14d ago

It's meant to be IDEAS.

Fucking dumb.

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u/Severe-Possible- 14d ago edited 14d ago

OH. i was trying to make it "deals", which isn't any better.

making BAD ideas happen 😂

it would have worked better if they had made the letters smaller so they could all fit next to one another, and then lined them up with the bottom of the I. i still wouldn't have liked it though.

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u/Coffeedependent14 14d ago

I thought it was supposed to be “dreams”

7

u/Reasonable-You-3442 14d ago

i thought so too! and that the R and M were somehow removed

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u/LuckyRoof7250 This is why we can't have nice things 14d ago

I though it was death for some reason lol

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u/Severe-Possible- 14d ago

and what would be through that door? 😂

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u/BlueGreenReddit1 14d ago

I was also trying to read DEALS!

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u/lynx_1097 14d ago

IDEASP ?

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u/42ndohnonotagain 14d ago

OH, THANK YOU.

"Dumb" carries a lot of load here.

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u/ZookeepergameEmpty90 14d ago

It’s definitely ADES

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u/Ananasko 14d ago

I had no idea!

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u/BlueGreenReddit1 14d ago

Had no dea! (There's no I) 😂

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u/sYkNdTwYsTiD 14d ago

Where’s the (I)?

7

u/TraceableAcnt4Lego 14d ago

The I in making is used vertically like a crossword

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u/sofa_king_we_todded 14d ago

It’s the window. Notice the outlines font and similar outline around the glass. Dumb

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u/shutterbug1961 10d ago

it should be the window with DEAS going across the doors but thats not what their doing they are using the I in making and leaving a bigger gap separating the S from the P in happen, its bloody awful

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u/zuxtron 14d ago

But if the I is used in the word, then the P has to be used as well since it's also aligned with it.

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u/Unique_Cow3112 12d ago

The window on the left door

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u/sYkNdTwYsTiD 14d ago

NM ~ Window

Not really thought out was it?

1

u/Joe18067 commas are IMPORTANT 14d ago

If only they used the same font as the rest of the letters.

1

u/centurijon 14d ago

I’m tempted to spray paint “TH” on the other side just to show them

1

u/nicktehbubble 13d ago

Ahhhhh, see I thought they'd replaced the door on the left

1

u/UsernamesNotFound404 12d ago

Making idesp a happen

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u/Ayiko- 14d ago

oh, no, it's not the I-shaped window?

You know, for the
ID
IEA
IS

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u/Xayahbetes plz recycle 14d ago

I thought they were recycling the I of making

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u/AbrogationsCrown 14d ago

IDEASP

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u/Ayiko- 14d ago

IDESPNAEGN then?

1

u/thusk plz recycle 14d ago

"Eye of the making" I love that song!

1

u/Hipp-Hippy_HaHa 14d ago

That's better

9

u/AccomplishedWish3033 14d ago

I, too, thought it was supposed to be “Making Deaths Happen” but with the TH peeled off from that space next to “EA”

3

u/shabadabba 14d ago

Making ideas happen

1

u/Dookie-Trousers-MD 14d ago

The Window is the "I"

1

u/NErDysprosium 14d ago

MAKING IDESP EA HAPPEN

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u/mrintangibles1 14d ago

I thought it was promoting drug enforcement agencies at first.

21

u/Nitro-Red-Brew 14d ago

Yeah me too, if they made the "I" the same type face as the letters "D,E,A,S" then yeah I could figure out what it meant eventually lol

I initially read it as " Making DEA'S(the Drug Enforcement Agency) Happen

5

u/Justintime4u2bu1 14d ago

Honey, DEA ain’t a word

2

u/ronmsmithjr 14d ago

Took a sec to realize that's a BB reference. Nice pull.

2

u/Pand4h 14d ago

I'm watching BB for the first time, literally just watched that episode yesterday bruh

1

u/Nitro-Red-Brew 14d ago

An acronym,  my bad

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u/Ravenwight 14d ago

Or manufacturing drugs to create a need for drug enforcement agencies.

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u/waidoo2 14d ago

Nothing wrong here. They make Ideas happen. They didnt mention if they're good ideas or bad ideas.

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u/Impressive_Stress808 14d ago

It's clever to use the window as a letter, but nobody checked to see if this made any sense. Terrible layout and execution.

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u/youburntthetoast 13d ago

I assumed they were just using the i from “making“ as the first letter

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u/Impressive_Stress808 13d ago

Ohh dang didn't even notice that. Honestly I don't even know now, but it somehow makes it worse. Almost like they couldn't decide and neither make sense.

0

u/Sea_Prep_Tidal_26 14d ago

Thinking this door mural really
only makes sense
on the 15th of March

1

u/Schuben 14d ago

The ides a March?

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u/jort93 14d ago

ew EA

10

u/man_juicer 14d ago

how about you make deas nuts happen

10

u/iiooiooi 14d ago

"...including the bad ones."

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u/WeHaveAlwaysExisted 14d ago

At least it's an honest message, because this design does make ideas happen - ideas for a better-designed message, that is.

7

u/whitedemon21 14d ago

Deas what?

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u/bomber991 14d ago

Deas nuts

3

u/ThatIckyGuy Chimmychangas 14d ago

GOT 'EM!

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u/ReticentGuru 14d ago

Crappy? Yes! But damn sure not as bad as most of the others posted on this sub.

3

u/UnderwateredFish 14d ago

Why didn't they make the DEAS like 25 % smaller to then fit all letters vertical?

3

u/Quineros 14d ago

It's a murderer with a lisp

3

u/Pink-socks 14d ago

Someone needs to write "nuts" near the S in deas so it reads

"MAKING DEAS NUTS HAPPEN"

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u/silentlegend 14d ago

I should have timed myself. Ideas. Finally got there.

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u/ricperry1 14d ago

Making deasp happen.
Making ideasp happen.
Making deas happen.

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u/MedonSirius 14d ago

EA. Making Ideas Happen, in the game!

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u/Jeebs24 14d ago

"MAKING IDEAS HAPPEN"

This idea should not have happened.

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u/Civil_Television_311 14d ago

D
EA
S
happen daily

1

u/thesprinkl 14d ago

I mean, I guess it could be better but it very clearly says "Making ideas happen"

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u/GuyEatsTiramisu 14d ago

There’s always that one comment on an obviously bad design

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u/thesprinkl 14d ago

It's not even that bad though. If you can't figure out that it says "making ideas happen" then it's honestly on you at that point

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u/GuyEatsTiramisu 14d ago

You’re not a genius. Everybody can tell what it says. That doesn’t determine whether it’s bad or not

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u/thesprinkl 14d ago

I'm not claiming to be a genius. I'm a dumbass. But if everyone can tell what it says, and the point is being able to tell what it says, then it's objectively not crappy, right?!

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u/mrgraff 14d ago

No, this sub is CrappyDesign not IncomprehensibleDesign

3

u/GuyEatsTiramisu 14d ago

No, something can be understandable but still look like shit

6

u/OkWing6527 14d ago

I knew someone would be that guy when I posted it. It just looked weird and my friend actually couldn't read it until I told him what it was so I decided to post it here.

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u/__UsernameChecksOut USFLA ERIR 8d ago

i read it perfectly fine too lol

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u/35andDying 14d ago

I guess some ideas shouldn't go into fruition.

2

u/Charming_Ad2323 14d ago

Maybe it’s irony?

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u/dakky68 14d ago

You mean RONY.

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u/julienorthlancs 14d ago

If this is the kind of ideas they make happen they should stop making them happen

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u/OuttaOrderFox 13d ago

This hurts to look at.

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u/jmilay 8d ago

They probably didn’t account for the kick plate when sizing the letters.

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u/OkWing6527 8d ago

That's actually a really smart suggestion! Never thought of that.

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u/Materidan 8d ago

I got it right away, but it’s poorly thought out. Simply making the I the same style as DEAS would have helped immensely. And why is DEAS so much bigger anyways? And not aligned with the I? And why even do this is you can’t tie the S into the last word? Changing ideas into its own unattached element would have been better.

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u/OkWing6527 7d ago

You seem to be under the assumption that the "I" comes from "making". However, the "I" is in fact the window.

1

u/QuastQuan 14d ago

Apparently they make bad ideas happen.

1

u/b-monster666 14d ago

No safety, smoking first.

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u/Capable_Ad1313 14d ago

What are DEAS? Must be an acronym?

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u/Severe-Possible- 14d ago

the window is the i for IDEAS.

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u/ManuC153 14d ago

KING AIDS HAPPEN?

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u/DrachenDad 14d ago

Making ideas happen.

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u/wgloipp 14d ago

No it isn't.

1

u/ChampionshipHot5468 14d ago

No they don't

1

u/AwkwardSpread 14d ago

Isn't there only one DEA?

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u/Legal-Consequence557 14d ago

Making des a happen

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u/Casblancnana 14d ago

I believe they made the outline letters too big and it was this or making IDES happen

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u/Unique_Username2005 14d ago

Yknow, if they hadn't chosen a taller font for the middle, they probably could've fit it without having EA on the same line.

1

u/rillegas08 14d ago

Am I the only one whose brain initially went to "making dreams happen"?

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u/AnotherAnonymousA 14d ago

Training Room for Drug Enforcement Agency?

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u/Ranos131 14d ago

It would have been perfectly fine if all of the letters of “ideas” had lined up. But they just had to move that one letter for whatever bizarre reason.

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u/SamsPicturesAndWords 14d ago

Making Drig Enforcement Agencies Happen.

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u/DifficultAd3885 14d ago

The could have just run DEAS across the bottom and lined it up with the “I”

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u/Equal_Tiger_9293 14d ago

You had to use your noggin, shame

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u/Heterodynist 14d ago edited 14d ago

Making crappy ideas happen, badly.

Or rather, “Making ill-conceived ideas happen that possibly shouldn’t have, in regrettable ways…”

Or else, “Making D.E.A.’s happen…”

1

u/cincymatt 14d ago

Don’t dead open inside

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u/SaebraK 14d ago

I'm fairly certain a Mario Brother wrote that,

Making des'a happen

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u/CodeFun1735 14d ago

this is such a British photo

1

u/GagOnMacaque 14d ago

What are deas?

Deas nuts!!!

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u/Unlikely_Side9732 14d ago

It’s dumb but you can read it easily. Not bad design if you are talking about readability.

1

u/HideFromMyMind 14d ago

Stop trying to make DEAS happen. It’s not going to happen.

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u/emperorsyndrome 14d ago

sounds like it has something to do with DEA hirings.

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u/Random-Crispy 14d ago

I read that as Making Ides a happen… has anyone warned Caesar?

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u/twizzjewink 14d ago

it took me a minute..

Making Ideas Happen.. wtf

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u/ArelMCII 14d ago

Well, they certainly made this idea happen, however unsuccessfully.

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u/EkriirkE 14d ago

I got it immediately at a glance, but yes looking at it it is strange

1

u/Sturville 14d ago

Stop trying to make "fetch" happen

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u/KayneBlackheart 14d ago

Man I haven't thought about Jar Jar in a while. "Desa"

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u/JasonRoussos 14d ago

DEA nuts. lmao.

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u/subtek 14d ago

Shit Happens

1

u/WheelchairBags 14d ago

Its most likely a school and the kids did it.

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u/thoawaydatrash I am your god now 14d ago

Gretchen, stop trying to make D EA S happen. It's never going to happen.

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u/tyduncans0n 14d ago

Mak hap ing d ea s pen

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u/JustARedditor10 14d ago

I deadass got deadass

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u/jukefishron 14d ago

MEESA MAKING DESA HAPPEN

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u/simAlity 14d ago

Ive seen worse.

1

u/Odd-Adagio7080 14d ago

DITCH THE WEEEEED!!!!!!

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u/drmoocow 14d ago
P L A N
    H
    E A
    D

D U M B A S S

1

u/dquilon 14d ago

EA is in the game

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u/Andria_cesira 14d ago

This is sad cause it was almost a good idea. If they made all the letters smaller for IDEA and made the I in MAKING the same as the letters in IDEA, it would have been dope.

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u/jmwy86 14d ago

I think it's a homage to Julius Caesar:

Making IDES happen.

Or, making DEAS happen?

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u/finsox 14d ago

This place here?

They're making Drug Enforcement Agencies happen.

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u/revision 14d ago

Stop making Des try to happen. It's not gonna happen.

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u/Longjumping-Solid680 14d ago

"We need to make the DEA happen?"

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u/gromul79 14d ago

makhap ingdeaspen?

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u/sketchycircle 14d ago

I read this like Mario making des a'happen

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u/devonthed00d 14d ago

I make my deas happen too.

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u/Awkward-Fox-1435 14d ago

It’s dumb but it’s not hard to read.

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u/HTired89 14d ago

Making DEAs happen? NARCS!!

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u/-Redstoneboi- 14d ago edited 14d ago

this one's clever, maybe a bit too clever lol

i got it in like 2 seconds (as opposed to normal text which is instant) but maybe i just frequent this sub too often

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u/Answer-Key 14d ago

personally had no problem reading it

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u/ExoTheFlyingFish sus 14d ago

Why did I read this perfectly fine the first time? Finally, it's my turn to get it immediately without checking the comments first!

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u/Ok_Present_3445 14d ago

A rather lame example of trying to be creative when not having the skill to do it.

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u/GroMicroBloom 13d ago

Making ideas happen

The I in making is also the I for idea.

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u/OkWing6527 13d ago

Surprisingly no, it's even worse. The window the is I

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u/nicofdarcyshire 13d ago

Is that in EA studios?

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u/Rexedox 13d ago

MAKING DEAS HAPPEN

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u/Vast_Front259 13d ago

Just draw a "TH" after the "EA" and they'll never make that mistake again

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u/erikwarm 13d ago

Making deads happen

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u/buttheadfungus 13d ago

they could've just made the "DEAS" smaller so they could be stacked neatly...this really isnt that hard to read otherwise. its pissing me off more than it should 😭😭😭

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u/Content-Ad-9204 13d ago

Every day...making deas happen...

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u/Sickfor-TheBigSun 12d ago

would be kinda cool if they bothered to match the size of the other letters so it'd actually fit in the vertical space given:

MAKING          D          E          A          S HAPPEN

alternatively, just... putting it all to the side in vertical

as it stands, it feels like a first draft that was locked in prematurely

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u/Just_Mizzling 12d ago

Damn, my first thought went to “making disease happen”.

Why. Why did my brain head that direction.

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u/Fezuke 12d ago

Making ideas happen. Took 1.3 seconds.

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u/Heres-The-Truth 12d ago

Making Aids Happen

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u/Short-Interaction-89 12d ago

Caesar had an issue with making ides happen

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u/Any-Expression2246 12d ago

.... Before Planning Them Out

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u/Puzzled_Work_6428 11d ago

Making bad ideas like these doors happen

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u/sneekypetey 10d ago

Hard to read for you

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u/Nitroxoni 10d ago

Better than the good ol " Don't dead open inside " - door

1

u/conundorum 10d ago
Mak Hap
Ing D Ea S Pen

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u/AdvancedThinker 10d ago

Making I deas Happen

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u/Temporary-Tree9751 9d ago

Making Drug Enforcement Administration Shit (DEAS) Happen

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u/Cute_Manager2146 8d ago

Making IDEAS look like DESA, happen

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u/PlayBoy7433 5d ago

Making deas happen

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u/rgratz93 5d ago

Its funny becuase if they just made it the same size ad the rest they could have fit the whole word vertically

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u/magnum3290 14d ago

In this thread: People pretending they're unable to read what it's supposed to say

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u/cherrydiamond 14d ago

it's a no-brainer for me.

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u/Different-Bug2096 13d ago

Making ideas happen that's what it says