Do Not Fist Android Girls
"Do Not Fist Android Girls" is a safety sign parody that pairs the standard hand-crush warning pictogram with a deadpan caption about robot fetishism 3. The image first appeared on DeviantArt in 2007 and bounced through Funnyjunk and Tumblr over the following years, sticking around as a niche piece of Rule 34 humor 1.
Overview
"Do Not Fist Android Girls," sometimes called "Do Not Fist Robots," is a safety sign parody that repurposes an industrial hand-crush warning pictogram with a caption directing the viewer not to fist android girls 3. The gag hinges on the format looking like a real workplace hazard placard until the caption undercuts the seriousness with an absurd nod to robot fetishism 2.
The joke sits in the deadpan corner of Rule 34 humor, poking at the earnest tone of yellow-triangle warning signs while pointing at fictional android characters from anime, sci-fi, and pinup art 5. Its recognizability comes from the tight pairing of familiar sign iconography with a single blunt line, so any variation on the pinch-hazard graphic with the caption reads immediately as part of the joke 3.
How It Spread
How to Use This Meme
Typically the format keeps the yellow safety-sign triangle and pinch-hazard pictogram, then drops in "Do Not Fist Android Girls" or a near variant as the caption. Common versions skip the sign entirely and slap the phrase over a robot, gynoid, or sex-doll image, as seen in the Tumblr post that gave the line wider reach 5.