Dennis RomeroUPDATE at 4:05 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9: Read our latest about why officials think this was the product of a hack, here.
A downtown Los Angeles digital traffic sign was apparently hacked recently to state, “READ A FUCKING BOOK.”
L.A. Weekly contributor Daina Beth Solomon snapped a photo (above) of the variable message LED sign last night. The portable sign was near Bunker Hill.
The big question, of course, is who dunnit?
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It wasn't immediately clear.
But the sign reflects a Twitter hashtag, #ReadAFuckingBook, that's been circulating since 2010. It's often used to punctuate a perceived act of ignorance.
“Not knowing #PaulMcCartney is almost as bad as the idiots that didn't know #MayaAngelou #Readafuckingbook,” is an example of one such Twitter message.
Other L.A. Twitter users, including a man who posed for a selfie of a one-finger salute, snapped photos of the trailer, perhaps in anticipation that the sign would be un-hacked today.
Need a New Year resolution maybe? Read a f'n book says #DTLA electronic street sign pic.twitter.com/3iJhOsDg3X
— Daina Beth Solomon (@dainabethcita) January 9 2015
For some reason, we feel like curling up with a good book.
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