I’ve seen these all over Europe. Some have simple images of the cross flashing, some have windows screensaver esque animations, and some have 3d renders of various things rotating in all sorts of ways. Why is that? Wouldn’t a simple green cross be enough to get the point across, or do they need to be overly verbose? Here’s the full video instead of a gif
You’re missing out, those are the tamer ones these days. https://youtu.be/x6Alv2Z347c?si=c_a2IkCBLB4AL4zo
A compilation in reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/musichaiku/comments/153qvqo/pharmacies_in_europe_and_their_rave_signs/
LMAO the part where it just starts displaying a bunch of pills flying at the screen
There’s a guy who bought 3 of this and set them as the lights for a rave at a venue, was pretty funny
In my country, flashing lights for stores are outright banned, because it might trigger epilepsy seizures. Seeing a pharmacy out of all places using it feels very weird.
That’s what I thought too. But lo and behold
Also now that I think of it, has anyone played bad apple on one of those?
Haven’t seen it done, but it’s just a matter of time
Hahaha I’ve seen some of those animations in their natural habitats
Because they’re easy to recognize and consistent? It’s honestly more weird that other areas of the world haven’t followed suit.
Never seen anything like this in Turkey. We have a simple red on white “E” (first letter of Eczane=Pharmacy) with maybe very timid color change animations, time and/or temperature switches.
As others have pointed out, these look like quite the distracting and cyberpunk dystopian ad signs, most unexpected for a core health institution.
“annoying” is the “made you look” of advertising.
Never seen something like this and I wonder if it wouldn’t trigger epilepsy in some people…
that’s what you call a sales hook
Could you elaborate on “all over Europe”? We don’t have those in Sweden, it looks very very tacky.
In how many countries have you seen these?
I’ve seen them in Denmark, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Greece, France (where this particular sign was filmed), Poland, Italy, Spain. That’s all I could remember from the trips I’ve been on in Europe.
NGL those countries seem like they would.
Yo! I’ve been wondering the same thing! I saw those all over Greece and they’re wild. Thought they were like cannabis shops or something lol.
No one has hacked them to run porn on yet?
Demosceners are paving the way: https://youtu.be/Ea7pn92W-Kg
I love it.
Doom?
Also very common in South America.
They don’t exist in Germany.
Never seen in Switzerland too.
Must be a continental thing. Here in noggieland we have a simple illuminated green cross.
Wait! That’s a new one for me, what’s noggieland?
I’m pretty sure that’s just kind of a tradition, I don’t remember exactly tho
I don’t think we have those in the US at all.
Anyways it’s probably like that because it’s eye-catching. Eg it’s an ad
Depends where you’re at in the US. In oregon this symbol is used for cannabis dispensaries, meaning it is extremely common.
Can’t really contribute as in Germany most pharmacy signs are pretty static and look kind of like this: https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2014/06/30/20/59/pharmacy-380780_640.jpg
But I also wonder why there’s so many pharmacies in France. In almost any city I’ve been to it’s hard to not have a green flashing cross in sight.
The French are huge fans of medicine.
But I also wonder why there’s so many pharmacies in France. In almost any city I’ve been to it’s hard to not have a green flashing cross in sight.
French pharmacies cannot open where they want, there is a limit in how many pharmacy a city can have, on the flip coin, it means that they are relatively evenly spread out across the country, and that even in the so called empty diagonal you`ll find a pharmacy.
Physician do not have this restriction, so many of them go to either Paris or the French riviera, while in rural area in the Northern half, you struggle to find a doctor.
Loads in Morocco as well, they have loads of pharmacies due to all the French influence.
It’s not enough that they’re cross. They want you to be cross too!