some stupid bullshit

I had a dorky response to this sign: since the word pests in this context (pesticide, which I believe is a 20th-century neologism) almost invariably refers to members of the kingdom Animalia, it's sort of funny to have "ANIMAL FOOD" and "PESTICIDE" right next to each other—particularly given that the way we poison the animals we don't like is usually by disguising the poison as... animal food?

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Speaking of animals that need to be poisoned...  Ads for the lottery often strike me as particularly unscrupulous (that very popular "Hey, you never know!" campaign is kind of like an ad for cigarettes that goes, "Not everyone who smokes gets cancer!").  This one is half typically despicable in that it suggests that this particular raffle is somehow a smart bet, but half refreshingly candid in that it (inadvertently, I should think) suggests that participating in the lottery is the kind of thing you'd do after taking advice from a turkey.

Yes, more HSBC.  I'm too tired of it to give it a post of its own, and this picture came out really poorly because of all the reflection—but let's just note that here the different values making the world a richer place are: (1) pharmaceuticals are a good way to prevent disease, (2) pharmaceuticals are a good way to cure disease, and (3) pharmaceuticals are a good way to... escape your problems and become a drug addict?  Thank you, HSBC.  I'm glad to know that substance abusers are also welcome to give you their money.  You're equal-opportunity fleecers.