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The Interstate Exit 66 Near Me Uses Two Upside Down "9"s.
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Nusm peachpie.theatl.social Nusm@peachpie.theatl.social
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TheLeadenSea sh.itjust.works TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works
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What? All 6s look like upside down 9s...

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snooggums piefed.world snooggums@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-07-08
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What? All 6s look like upside down 9s...

You can tell these are upside down 9s because of how they are.

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expatriado lemmy.world expatriado@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#4 · Quote Reply

You can tell these are upside down 9s because of how they are.

must be the exit to Aspen

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NOT_RICK lemmy.world NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-12
#5 · Quote Reply

You can tell these are upside down 9s because of how they are.

I put my phone upside down and they still look weird from that angle.

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snooggums piefed.world snooggums@piefed.world
Joined: 2025-07-08
#6 · Quote Reply

must be the exit to Aspen

This is my favorite comment of the week ao far, kudos.

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tacosanonymous mander.xyz tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
Joined: 2025-06-30
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I put my phone upside down and they still look weird from that angle.

The font they used is terrible and doesn’t match any serious road sign I’ve ever seen.

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Admiral Patrick dubvee.org ptz@dubvee.org
Joined: 2023-06-06
#8 · Quote Reply

Dept. of Highways be like:

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Sheridan lemmy.world sheridan@lemmy.world
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#9 · (edited) Quote Reply

Does exit 99 use two upside-down sixes?

edit: typo

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👍Maximum Derek👍 discuss.tchncs.de Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-07-21
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This is just the "getting to know you" phase or offramp meetups. In 3 exits they'll be in a nicer position.

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Starik lemmy.world Starik@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-06-02
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I put my phone upside down and they still look weird from that angle.

You’re right, they look better as sixes. It’s just a goofy font.

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grue lemmy.world grue@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
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This is just the "getting to know you" phase or offramp meetups. In 3 exits they'll be in a nicer position.

Interstate exits aren't numbered sequentially anymore, but instead by mile marker. It's easier to insert new exits without messing up the numbering that way.

The "nice" exit, if it exists, would be three miles away, not necessarily three exits away.

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Soulphite reddthat.com Soulphite@reddthat.com
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Sir, lemmyshitposting is around the block.

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BillyClark piefed.social BillyClark@piefed.social
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It uses two upside down nines because if it only used one upside down nine, it would say that it was exit 69, and everybody would be stealing the sign all the time.

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-02-16
#15 · (edited) Quote Reply

Dept. of Highways be like:

That reminds me of a terrible old joke:

A young worker is putting on house siding when the foreman shows up, the foreman notices the young worker tossing every couple of nails out into the yard from his pouch. When the foreman asks “why are you throwing the nails out”, the young worker says “well they’re pointed the wrong direction I can’t hammer them into the wall”. To this the foreman replies “you idiot! Those are for the other side of the house!“

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MeatPilot sh.itjust.works MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-10-27
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The sign for exit 99 is ready.

You mean, 66?

Um yeah...sure

frantic scraping noises

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fum lemmy.world fum@lemmy.world
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It looks like they just rotated the holes 90 degrees by accident

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Eheran lemmy.world Eheran@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-26
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That reminds me of a terrible old joke: A young worker is putting on house siding when the foreman shows up, the foreman notices the young worker tossing every couple of nails out into the yard from his pouch. When the foreman asks “why are you throwing the nails out”, the young worker says “well they’re pointed the wrong direction I can’t hammer them into the wall”. To this the foreman replies...

Ha!

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