• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca
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    13 hours ago

    Is that text an instruction, or a description?

    Like is that on the back, telling me to point the front towards the enemy?
    Or is this informative, telling me that this IS the front, and that it should be pointed at the enemy instead of me?

    I’d assume they’d put text they want the user to read on the side that should be facing the user, but I get the feeling that that’s not what they did.

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      12 hours ago

      It is informative. It is telling you, “This side is the FRONT, and should be facing TOWARD the ENEMY, not you, you fucking crayon munching lunatic!”

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        I would argue that this is poor and ambiguous labeling, but I guess it’s simple enough of a device that it becomes clear anyways.

        [This is the] front
        [Point it] towards the enemy

        Vs

        [The] front
        [Should be pointed] towards the enemy

        But it takes so little effort to fix ambiguous labeling, it makes me annoyed when it’s not fixed, especially in safety critical situations.