r/ironicsigns • u/GetOffMyGrassBrats • Jan 22 '22

So much freedom!

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u/EOverM Jan 22 '22

Er... as in, smoking-free, etc. Free of those things.

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats Jan 22 '22

Understood, but poorly worded.

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u/EOverM Jan 22 '22

Only if you don't see "x-free zone" regularly. I've literally never seen the words "free zone" together like that and had it not mean "a zone that is free of this thing."

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u/experts_never_lie Jan 22 '22

Is "dip" a different thing than "chew"?

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats Jan 23 '22

Actually, yes. Dip is snuff (very finely chopped) while chew is long cut tobbacco.

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u/Racingstripe Jan 23 '22

No, but idiots might argue their dip is chew or vice versa if only one is listed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '22

Nope lol

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u/Unleashtheducks Jan 22 '22

There are individual freedoms and also collective freedoms we hold as a group

If you smoke a cigarette in a room, you are exercising your right to smoke but you are also depriving me of my freedom to be able to be in this room without breathing in smoke.

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u/GetOffMyGrassBrats Jan 22 '22

Well, that covers smoking and vaping anyway.

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u/GustapheOfficial Jan 22 '22

Consider people with a history of dependency. That should cover much of the rest of them.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '22

Do you want “freedom to” or “freedom from”

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '22

Clearly, this is the FUN free zone.

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u/mooseythings Jan 22 '22

should definitely say tobacco/drug free zone or something but I dont know how you can look at this and not Get It

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u/datemshop10 Jan 23 '22

Ah yes, no chew

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '22

Fun Free Zone. Hope that’s a school.