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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 70 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Pinghe Teacher Hotel in Shanghai

[–] xkbx@startrek.website 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Man, that was a headache. Thank you. Looks like it’s meant to be read left to right, top to bottom, straight lines only, except around the middle-ish (formatting this on mobile so it probably won’t work):

P I

N G

H E

T E A

C H E R

H O

T E L

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

I was expecting "Theater" (or "Theatre") somewhere in there, which really complicated things.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's the G, R, and O that fucks up what they were going for. It otherwise conforms to it's stand if left to right, top to bottom

[–] naryn@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Nah its the Pinghe bit because it seems to make no sense as most people don't recognise it as a... Place?

The rest of the stuff you can work out pretty easily but the start just confuses everything

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

No I'm saying that if they were going for "read each upperleft-most letter then repeat," those letters are where that system fails.

The entire thing undeniably fails at the task of being a legible sign

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ooooh, right.

[–] PlasticLove@lemmy.today 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 11 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

A prime example of why companies need actual designers.

[–] turtlepower@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Looks like a shitty word search.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 12 points 3 weeks ago

Stop moving my refrigerator magnets around.

[–] TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 weeks ago
[–] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

Okay, so... What

[–] Qwaffle_waffle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

I'd like to buy a vowel.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

PINGHE NTEAR CHEO HTEL

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ping he tear che hotel

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

The pig heard the chello tell... ehh... I'm lost.

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Best I could do: "Ping the ear cheo h[o]tel"

Edit: after "reading" it again, I seem to be missing an O for this clearly sensible interpretation. Marked the O