How did they get away with these?

Ever since I was in high school, I've been obsessed with weird signs. My school had countless weird posters on the wall that were intended to motivate us, but all we did was make fun of them. The most iconic of them read this: 30 years from now, it won’t matter what shoes you wore, how your hair looked, or the jeans you bought. What will matter is what you learned and how you used it.

It's often said that for every rule, there is a story. Someone, somewhere, did something, and someone else made certain that thing was never going to happen again. The same is often true for signs; no one goes around posting them at random. No, a sign is only posted with a purpose; just sometimes, it's incredibly vague or confusing as to what that purpose was or why it needed to be a purpose at all. Well, these signs are here, and they mean serious business. As I look at each of these, I can't…

Signs are an important part of our societal structure. They provide incredibly important direction to passersby, whether or not the information provider is actually present. In a way, they're incredibly similar to an NPC in a video game whose sole purpose is to provide you with one line of dialogue that may or may not help you on your quest. Sometimes their instruction could point you to a cave filled with treasure, or provide you a clue as to where you should go next on your quest, but sometim…

Signs are an important tool that can be used to communicate vital information to individuals who might be passing by. This information can be incredibly pertinent, such as a warning about some danger that might be lurking just beyond their instructive posting. If you are incredibly near-sighted and have gotten lost while traversing the dessert wasteland of Arizona. Luckily you will find “Fall Warning" signs before you topple your way into one of America's most majestic landmarks, the Grand Cany…