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[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 35 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Every time I see this image I think "I've been here" and it's true! I've been to a dozen places that look exactly like this.

My favorite bit of Americana are the cell towers disguised as trees.

I've seen these things in the middle of areas like that photo. Like the residents of the town got wind of a cell tower going up and demanded it not "ruin the rural character" so they made it look like the shittiest tree imaginable.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

tbh that's probably the least offensive thing we do

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sure but we also put these all over wooded mountainous areas:

5g mesh network towers. I don't personally care but I do find it deeply funny that Americans will get beet fucking red about getting a cell tower in their suburban hellscape because they think it still has "rural character" and then also put up a mat black Obelisk of Verizon every mile and a half down ancient mountains so they can get any internet at all.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

that's in a parking lot why isn't it a street light lmao

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Its actually on highway 36 near Estes Park in CO. This one is near a lot but their all up and down that high way.

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Why do I need internet on a narrow, twisting, mountain road?

[–] Speaker@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The yawning void is hungry and I need to text my estranged adult children.

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

That's fair. I didn't think of that.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 12 points 2 days ago

that thing somehow reminds me of the huge random daggers stuck in the ground in riven all over the place:

and also those stick-type hand grenades.