There seems to be an argument online about almost anything that we see about whether or not it is a real story or not or whether something is "AI Slop" or of it is a real video. Some are easier than others to determine if it is real or not and others, well you may as well just guess because the lines between fake and reality are getting really really close these days.
In New Zealand though, a country I have never been to and know very little about, recently had some signs pop up in various urban areas that warned people about certain things and the population had a difficult time determining whether or not this was an official sign or not. I know from the various countries that I have been to and even the one that I live in, that some of the rules are so crazy that it gets to be difficult to determine if something is official or not.
I think there are probably more than a couple Kiwis out there that would probably look at this and think "well, almost everything is against the law so whatever, i just won't "don't.""
Other ones are even more believable.
I recently saw a story that may have been rage-bait about a man that was fined in Canada for littering because he spat out a leaf that had flown into his mouth while he was walking. I don't know if that story is true or not but I do know that among countries like Canada, USA, UK, Australia, and New Zealand, it does seem like the government is there to make our lives as difficult as possible, not to improve it. So out of the signs in NZ that were created by artist Cameron Hunt and if his objective was to generate buzz about himself I suppose that has worked because here we are.
The last one probably wouldn't have even gotten a reaction out of me but I guess it is more creative than the usual annoyance streamers that are wandering all of our cities.
The ironic thing about Cameron's signs is that the posting of them in itself is probably a crime as well. Some sort of "impersonating a government official" or something along those lines. I don't know how much of a sense of humor the New Zealand government has but based on what I remember about Covid times, I would imagine they probably aren't the type that take too kindly to a joke.
I appreciate what Cameron did and hope he didn't get into trouble. I'm certain some very serious government workers were charged with removal of the signs and probably turned up covered in a ridiculous amount of personal protective equipment and an oversized truck that probably cost the tax payers $1000 an hour to take them down. That's the way the government works where I live at least.
Cameron has a history of doing this sort of thing and I dug a little and found one from a little while ago.
This one apparently had the phone number of a tire shop on the bottom of it and I would imagine that was initially funny for the shop, but probably became a nuisance after a while. If someone out there lives in NZ, I would appreciate it if you would call that number and see if it is still active.