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why do pharmacies have these signs with whacky animations?
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Ok, so this might be an americanism, but the green cross says "cannabis dispensary" to me. At least around me, the medical marijuana industry is somewhat separated from the medical industry, and dispensaries are entirely different establishments from pharmacies. Pharmacies (and other medical establishments) use different symbols. If they were to use a cross to indicate a medical establishment, the red cross would be recognizable as a generalized symbol, but apparently it's heavily protected by the Red Cross.
But that's just my context, so I don't have much of an answer beyond "this is what it means 'round these parts"
Edit: added info from below
To add to this, the US already has a universal symbol for pharmacies. It's a capital R with the slanted leg extended past the bottom of the R and crossed to make a X.
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And the barber shop!
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