When I was at the natural history museum, the fossil section had stickers on the glass to engage children - things like "Flap your arms like a pterodactyl" or "Measure your hand against the mosasaurus." However the first of these I encountered, which I found alarming and threatening without context, was a sticker reading "Struggle like you are stuck in a tar pit"
I feel like more bright colors, an exclamation mark, or a more whimsical font choice would've also helped here to indicate that it is a Fun Activity For Children. Instead it felt like getting instructed in my inevitable fate by a road sign
Official silly sign
I saw the image first without context, and I have to say I also tried to apply it philosophically to my own life
It kind of has the same vibes as that "rage, rage against the dying of the light" poem
do not go quietly
struggle like you are stuck in a tar pit






















