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If hazard symbols are so dangerous, why are they so cool?

If hazard symbols are so dangerous, why are they so cool?

Grant St. Clair
Aug 13, 2025
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It's a tale as old as time: you try to keep people out, but end up inviting them in anyway because your deterrent makes you look too cool and badass. It happened with poison dart frogs, it's probably going to happen with those nuclear site warnings for future civilizations, and it's happening right now with hazard signs.

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