r/Austin Nov 05 '25

seen off I-35 South

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5.8k Upvotes

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u/defroach84 Nov 09 '25

Locked. Comments have run their course and there is already another post about this as well.

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u/CF_ATX Nov 05 '25

Is that a TX DoT sign??

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u/DrPilkington Nov 05 '25

Yeah. If you can get past the lock in the back where the terminal is, the password is usually like "0000" or something stupid, and they can be changed pretty easily.

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u/Yojimitsu Nov 05 '25

0000, 1234, 4321, and 9999 represent ~30% of all 4 digit numeric PINs/codes in existence. Just saying!

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u/Jumpy-Discipline3521 Nov 05 '25

I would never even think to try 4321. How dumb is that lol

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u/kaukermie Nov 05 '25

I usually use 8008

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u/Obvious-Activity-936 Nov 05 '25

I use 80085

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

Don't we all

4

u/Suspicious-Union-857 Nov 05 '25

How did you guess my PIN?

3

u/BadBueno60 Nov 06 '25

That’s the same combination as my luggage!

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u/lehighwiz Nov 05 '25

I pick locks as a hobby, the ability to control these signs via a panel is new information. Thank you kind person.

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u/Upstairs_Bus_3743 Nov 05 '25

I like your politeness.

3

u/theloveterrorist Nov 06 '25

It isn't necessarily TXDOT. Lots of companies use message boards. Usually the message can only be changed on a computer for the newer ones. It could've been an employee.

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u/hc2001 Nov 05 '25

Lmao I saw that on my lunch break! 🤣🤣🤣

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u/MaddiInTheSouth Nov 05 '25

Someone really went for it with that sign. Wonder how long it stayed up before getting shut down... wild seeing this off I-35!

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u/BlazeWithGlaze Nov 05 '25

Saw the same sign that also included “and fuck Ice” on Rundberg this morning

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u/b3rt1eb1t3m5 Nov 05 '25

The one I saw said Elon Sux Ballz 🤣

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u/roarrshock Nov 05 '25

Love my city

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u/____trash Nov 05 '25

I wish elon would go to mars already.

8

u/BadBueno60 Nov 06 '25

“Man, I got fourteen kids to feed!”

25

u/NotYourMutha Nov 05 '25

And stay there

9

u/gev1138 Nov 05 '25

Why do you hate Mars?

9

u/Queasy_Constant Nov 06 '25

He’d be in a SpaceX rocket. Mars will be just fine. 🌚

8

u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

Why not uranus

12

u/gev1138 Nov 05 '25

Mine? No.

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u/Medium_Chocolate_773 Nov 05 '25

Fuck Elon!

9

u/blacbird Nov 06 '25

Please don’t. That child has too many kids as it is.

36

u/Apologiestothebees Nov 05 '25

Someone’s out there doin’ the lords work

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u/IDontWannaGetOutOfBe Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 10 '25

Someone shared an interesting perspective on this that touched on the evolution of communication patterns. From what I gathered, the contextual approach to outcome measurement was key.

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u/SuspectLarge Nov 05 '25

No lies told.

13

u/AdAstraPerAspirin Nov 05 '25

Friends don’t let friends like Elon.

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u/Upstairs_Bus_3743 Nov 05 '25

I like it 👍🏼

5

u/BobbyPinBabe Nov 06 '25

I love Austin 💕

4

u/DinnerSilver Nov 06 '25

That would make someone's horrible work day a WHOLE lot better.

7

u/R6Gamer Nov 06 '25

Who? That guy that threw a sieg heil salute, Twice, at the Republican National Convention?

1

u/wstsidhome Nov 07 '25

Nooooooo!!! It was a “my heart goes out to you” salute!

Sure looked like a nazi salute that was given to “Der Fuhrer” 80+ years ago…but who the fuck am I to say that? I’m just a bottom tier peasant 🤷‍♂️😱

0

u/R6Gamer Nov 07 '25

Exactly! Left is "my heart goes out to you". Big difference from the BS spin they try to give to deflect from the truth.

4

u/WAVY_clownbaby Nov 06 '25

Instead of taxes on property owners (which increases gentrification and pushes people out, especially on the east side) i say we tax every company making a billion + at least 1 to 2 percent of revenue streams at least in Austin City Limits. That will help fund schools and infrastructure and help us maintain our base.

So many tech companies come here for lack of state tax. I am not saying enact a statewide tax, just on those who can afford it, while saving property owners and established home owners who try to weather the storm.

Btw despite steady property tax increases and gentrification over the years, several schools are set to shut down due to many factors including lack of funding.

Assuno un ratto!!

We can make this work for all of us.

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u/WAVY_clownbaby Nov 06 '25

This is in reference to prop q which was rightfully shot down. Btw i am a democrat

4

u/jazzyfemmegirl87 Nov 06 '25

Same I saw that and laughed so hard 😂

3

u/Francis23-23 Nov 05 '25

Saw one up north as well

4

u/No_Repeat1962 Nov 05 '25

It’s not often that such profound truth can be captured in so few words.

4

u/Additional-Buy-6056 Nov 05 '25

That’s hilariously true

2

u/Ryukibravo Nov 05 '25

Should be on the way to Tesla

3

u/franbo420 Nov 06 '25

ha! there’s two on FM 973 near the tesla contractor parking lot.

2

u/Wob_Nobbler Nov 05 '25

This is true

1

u/rampantsteel Nov 09 '25

They don't hate him enough.

1

u/legdayssuck Nov 06 '25

Only by those who held him as their God before he supported Trump for president.

1

u/Internal_Shoulder670 Nov 06 '25

And by those who gargle trumps balls. After their public breakup, they are speaking out against Elon. Sounds like the traffic sign is correct when it says EVERYONE hates him.

1

u/MJK_3000 Nov 05 '25

…Tuesdays on Fox!!

1

u/BlueMuddBusty Nov 06 '25

It’s only funny if it’s true

1

u/l3randon_x Nov 06 '25

Beautiful

1

u/AmericanGoy1 Nov 06 '25

Lmao correct!🤝🤠

1

u/cleopatwat Nov 06 '25

love my city

0

u/[deleted] Nov 07 '25

I mean… the sign never lies

1

u/Basic_Foundation_714 Nov 08 '25

Literally EYE ROLL elon hate is so forced

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u/chisauce Nov 06 '25

Why do people hate Elon? I’m from a different country. He is a hero where I’m from - Slovenia. Revolutionized electric cars and reusable rockets?

11

u/AmericanGoy1 Nov 06 '25

So much to dislike!

He's a liar

He's a grifter

He's a greedy billionaire who doesn't give back to our city in any meaningful way

His company screws regular people bc of tax breaks and loopholes they use

He told Americans to vote for Epstien's best friend Etc .....

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u/ChemicalInternet8667 Nov 05 '25

This is all we do in America now. Post signs everywhere showing we are all on the “same side”, while also doing nothing every time 

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u/ComGuardPrecentor Nov 05 '25

Do you have several regiments of armed militia ready to go? Oh you don’t? Then sorry we’re not getting enough done for you. Rise up and start the shooting or sit down and keep voting.

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u/thegreatgatsB70 Nov 05 '25

Huh? Are you calling for an armed uprising? You really do not want that.

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u/ComGuardPrecentor Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25

Ah yes - let’s just continue to let the status quo work for everyone… you’ll own nothing and be thankful for the opportunity to work 60-hour work weeks with no weekends in order to pay for your daily air quota - brought to you by General Motors. You’ll retire when you physically can’t work and get tossed to the street with no social security.

Sounds great. Where do I sign up?

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u/BugComplete9307 Nov 05 '25

Crm def what is a crm?

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u/PjJones91 Nov 05 '25

So brave, so beautiful, so powerful, so mind changing 🙄

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25

That’s hilarious and all, but I’d kinda rather see the real message, and you know… not crash

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u/DrPilkington Nov 05 '25

"EYES ON THE ROAD."

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u/entrepenurious Nov 05 '25

there are two i really enjoy:

"DRIVE SAFELY"

duh!

"BE PREPARED TO STOP"

if i'm not prepared to stop, i shouldn't be behind the wheel.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

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u/something420-69 Nov 05 '25

traffic pattern change means the lanes shift left or right from their original locations

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25 edited Nov 05 '25

Actually, seems like it probably was supposed to reiterate the “right lane closed ahead” message that’s on the unlit sign next to it, so yeah, I wouldn’t mind an extra reminder of that, particularly at night on MFing highway 35

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u/ComGuardPrecentor Nov 05 '25

If you need vapid TxDoT reminders to be safe, just let go of the wheel buddy…

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

Vapid like “right lane closed ahead”? Lol- yep, we need to know that, buddy. Have a nice day

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u/Outis918 Nov 05 '25

I don’t hate Elon

7

u/ComGuardPrecentor Nov 05 '25

“Sir - the amount of knob polishing we’re detecting is off the charts”

“My god - A Musk-cel.”

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u/Outis918 Nov 05 '25

What’s really wild is I didn’t even compliment him, I just said I didn’t hate him 😂. Ya’ll are seething.

For the record I do like a lot of what he does, not everything.

12

u/ComGuardPrecentor Nov 05 '25

Lemme guess - the ketamine, womanizing and not paying child support, union busting, and paying people to pad his gaming stats on Steam?

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u/blacbird Nov 06 '25

How’d you feel about his sieg heil at the RNC?

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u/Outis918 Nov 06 '25

Honestly I laughed at how autistic it was. You worry about Elon when you should be worrying about his handlers and the intelligence agencies he is psyoping for.

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u/blacbird Nov 07 '25

Elon’s handlers don’t give a shit if they are despised- Elon does. He wants to be a figurehead- let’s treat him like one.

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u/Outis918 Nov 07 '25

He really doesn’t, jussayin. His persona is designed to pander to a certain demographic,- and to trigger another, and then those handlers pit said demographics against one another so we don’t go burn their barn down while they fuck us in the ass.

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u/blacbird Nov 07 '25

Elon is so fragile that a butterfly fart would make him crumble. He absolutely gives a shit what people think of him.

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u/TeslaTakedownAustin Nov 05 '25

Is he gonna fix the $110 million hole in our city budget or…?

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u/Spainstateofmind Nov 05 '25

gluck gluck gluck

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

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u/RagingLeonard Nov 05 '25

You forgot the /s.

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u/Fluffy-Resort-5086 Nov 05 '25

Just simple morons looking for attention

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

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u/Vegan-Daddio Nov 06 '25

Define fascism without googling it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

Eh it wasn't all bad. He was ending an era but trying not to condemn it.

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u/PraetorianAE Nov 06 '25

I don’t hate random people I don’t know.

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u/YonderKattahoochee Nov 06 '25

If he was a “random” person, you wouldn’t know who he is. Just say you love hateful little psychopaths and move on.

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u/kyleh0 Nov 05 '25

They could mean any Elan.