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− | {{ | + | {{incomplete|Created by a LASER EMITTING RADIOACTIVE SLIPPERY BIOHAZARD in about 10 minutes, ignoring writing rules. - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | Hazard symbols are often required to indicate certain threats to human health. These symbols are typically black symbols on yellow backgrounds, a contrast typically associated with danger even in nature{{Citation needed}}. However, these symbols also need to be easy to interpret. Therefore, they have simple, recognizable shapes that are internationally uniform and well-understood. | ||
− | This comic inverts this latter expectation, by combining multiple hazard symbols into one, creating something that is unique, and very hard to understand. In practice, if such an object were to be labelled, the five hazard symbols would be separated, each in their own triangle. | + | This comic inverts this latter expectation, by combining multiple hazard symbols into one, creating something that is unique, and very hard to understand. In practice, if such an object were to be labelled, the five hazard symbols would be separated, each in their own triangle. |
− | The | + | The title text refers to another unsafe subversion of expectations, in this case, with against the [[wikipedia:NFPA 704|NFPA 704]] "fire diamond". These are the colourful diamond-shaped symbols often found on the back of tankers, but they are also necessary inclusions on materials safety datasheets. These symbols give numeric indication of the hazardous nature of the material, in three different respects (flammability, health, and reactivity), in addition to providing space for an extra warning on the bottom, typically in the form of one or more letters. Using an emoji instead of numbers and letters would defeat the purpose of the fire diamond, as it would only give a qualitative indication of the danger ("very dangerous"), and additionally, could be very easily mistaken for a 0 (meaning safe). |
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− | + | The comic emphasizes a conglomerate of warning symbols (described below), drawn in black on top of a 'safety-yellow' background. | |
+ | *The outer symbol is the outer portion of the international sign for bio hazard (not to be confused with the Jolly Rodger for poison). | ||
+ | ** The section is much larger than the other symbols as it contains them all. | ||
+ | *At the center of the biohazard's contribution is the international symbol for radiation. | ||
+ | **The symbol and the remaining symbols are approximately the same size. | ||
+ | *Directly above (at 12:00) radiation is a common American symbol for slippery floors. | ||
+ | **It is a line representing the floor, and a person suspended in air and tilted at an angle as though falling backwards. | ||
+ | *At 4:00, is the symbol for high powered lasers | ||
+ | **This is tilted approximately 225 degrees and its tail shorted as a result of the conglomeration. | ||
+ | **This symbol is a trail of a laser, and emission of lines at some imagined point of contact. | ||
+ | *At 8:00 is the international symbol for high voltage | ||
+ | **This is tilted approximately 45 degrees, and drawn with significant irregularities. | ||
+ | **This symbol is an inverted Z like, lightning bolt with an arrow tip. | ||
− | + | Under that from is a written caption: | |
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− | + | "It's important to know the international warning symbol for radioactive high-voltage laser-emitting biohazards that coat the floor and make it slippery." | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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