# Rather Great Poster **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2011, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462 "2011-06-06T00:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![alenaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@alenaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alenaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/21 "2011-06-06T07:04:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Can you translate what it says? Other than the “fuck you” in English, of course. The message itself can be roughly translated as “Reading won’t hurt you. Not reading will.” which is a paraphrase of a common Russian saying (“Dreaming won’t hurt you…” - used a lot like “Dream on” in English). The graffiti says “We drank here”, there’s also misspelled “shit” there and “ацтой” which is a deliberate misspelling of a slang word meaning something bad (used quite often on the Internet). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/22 "2011-06-06T07:07:54Z")
> [@alenaroo](#): > > The message itself can be roughly translated as “Reading won’t hurt you. Not reading will.” which is a paraphrase of a common Russian saying (“Dreaming won’t hurt you…” - used a lot like “Dream on” in English). The graffiti says “We drank here”, there’s also misspelled “shit” there and “ацтой” which is a deliberate misspelling of a slang word meaning something bad (used quite often on the Internet). **Rachellogram** , since you asked me, I agree with this. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/23 "2011-06-06T07:09:46Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Missed it by _that_ much. > > Serious question though, why is this on the **de** motivational poster site? I think the term has lost its original meaning and just means any image in which you’ve added a border and a trite saying. ---
**Author:** ![alenaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7feea3/32.png) [@alenaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alenaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/24 "2011-06-06T07:10:25Z")
Sorry Spoons, I didn’t mean to steal your thunder. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/25 "2011-06-06T07:18:35Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > The caption only works _because_ you can understand the sentiment and depth behind the original artist’s work. It’s sort of like [L.H.O.O.Q.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.H.O.O.Q.). No one looks at that and assumes that Duchamp is trying to take credit for the Mona Lisa. That works when the image is well known enough. This obviously isn’t, as people seem to think it’s an original work. The author therefore needs attribution, and this does not provide such. And, according to the article, people are trying to sell actual posters of it. Money that the artist, who created the poster, won’t get. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/26 "2011-06-06T07:19:03Z")
> [@alenaroo](#): > > Sorry Spoons, I didn’t mean to steal your thunder. 🙂 No problem, and glad to have your help. Ochenne chorosho! (Very good!) 🙂 ETA: And I should add: spasibo! (Thank you!) ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/27 "2011-06-06T13:28:19Z")
Thanks for the help! I knew what the (original) caption said because someone there translated it in a comment, but was unsure of the graffiti. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/28 "2011-06-06T16:20:29Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Well, it’s a facile caption and it’s not the captioner’s to use. A russian artist made the poster, took the time to imagine it, draw it and caption it and someone steals the image and slaps a new caption on it as if that gives them creative control. Guess you won’t like mine either: _Young Tagger Discovers Magic of Paint Fumes_ ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/29 "2011-06-06T16:51:08Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Guess you won’t like mine either: > > _Young Tagger Discovers Magic of Paint Fumes_ Where can I buy that? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/30 "2011-06-06T16:59:17Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > I thought [this](http://twitpic.com/57dl97) said a whole lot in a very few words. Books can work the other way around too. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/31 "2011-06-06T17:07:41Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I think the term has lost its original meaning and just means any image in which you’ve added a border and a trite saying. Thanks, I’m often out of the loop on these things. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/32 "2011-06-06T18:03:42Z")
Youse guys keep talking about the demotivational poster site. The only one I know of is [Despair, Inc.](http://despair.com/index.html), and this poster isn’t on their site. So where is it? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/33 "2011-06-08T00:43:13Z")
I want to start a band called Captain Obvious. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462/34 "2011-06-08T02:43:21Z")
Books can be dangerous if you’re a hoarder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rather-great-poster/584462.md?page=1)