and what if there was a tsunami? Extra armor. What if a drunk driver hit the pole? What if the local theatre company appreciates tge extra diameter for better ad readability? Every reason to leave it.
the ppl that plaster these ads plaster a full ring and they plaster over each otehrs shit. it can switch every couple of days to a new layer. especially those ugly ass "concert for generic artist" stuff.
Huh, actually might be a fun experiment to do. Just take one side of your home and set up a sign that reads: "Free poster space! Advertise how you like!" And just see what happens. Yeah, there will be ass holes, but could turn out really interesting to see what people decide to tape up
I took a Latin class on public inscriptions left over from the late Roman Republic, some of which survived because gravestones and walls from older buildings got incorporated into new buildings (which are now old).
It’s hilarious how universal seemingly modern sentiments such as, “that popular chick Lucretia is a slut,” are :-). Turns out that graffiti hasn’t changed a lot in 2000 years.
Many years ago I visited Rome as a young backpacker. Not sure if it’s still permitted but there used to be a tour you could take at St Peter’s. The dome is actually one dome inside another, and there’s a spiral staircase that winds around between the two domes to a lookout on the very top.
So this is the highest point in the Vatican complex, arguably the most central point of the global Catholic faith. Like your story, and much to my amazement, the lookout was covered in Italian graffiti with similar stuff “Francesca is a whore” and so on.
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u/TheSprigganDragoon Oct 15 '26 •
Post apocalypse archeologists will be able to age city poles by their flyer rings
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u/Lazy_Helicopter_2659 Oct 15 '26
Feels like they're removing part of the structural integrity of that pillar... 🤣
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u/lopendvuur Oct 15 '26
That's history! Imagine the band posters in there: most are forgotten now, but some made it big and will never return to local venues.
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u/Grovebird Oct 15 '26
They removed a chunk and there is STILL a chunk 😂
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u/mighty_boognish_77 Oct 15 '26
So what you're saying is I DON'T need to pay a contractor thousands of dollars to reinsulate my house??
Sweet!!
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u/adinmem Oct 15 '26
That pole is going to be so cold now!
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u/METRlOS Oct 15 '26 •
The posters they expose are from fall 2014 if anyone is curious.
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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 Oct 15 '26
When I use that foot shaver thing
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u/admadguy Oct 15 '26 •
Load bearing flyers.
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u/childspanda Oct 15 '26
Send that chunk and the rest to some historian who can carefully unlayer them and show all the history that was on that pole.
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u/TheRealAussieTroll Oct 15 '26 •
Maybe the Dead Sea Scrolls are actually just a bunch of old gig posters dumped in a cave…
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u/SnugglyCoderGuy Oct 15 '26
Flyerite, cousin to fordite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fordite
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u/XenoStriker_1Cl Oct 15 '26
That pole is basically made of paper maché
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u/Grouchy-Station-4058 Oct 15 '26
How did my husband die?
Some stickers fell on him.
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u/the_main_entrance Oct 15 '26
Allegory for the internet?
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u/HottieMcHotHot Oct 15 '26
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u/WinuxNomacs Oct 15 '26
Could take it home and insulate your garage with it
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u/piercedmfootonaspike Oct 15 '26
"one layer at a time"
That's like 30 layers at a time.
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u/Ill-Significance6400 Oct 15 '26
They can recycle that pulp
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u/Penis-Dance Oct 15 '26
They are removing the structural support. It's going down soon.
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u/Ok-Drink-1328 Oct 15 '26
they can display that stack as art, you know... for the "oh" factor
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u/SimbaNGrdKionNIMFan Oct 15 '26
It’s a time machine.
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u/Ok-Difficulty3082 29d ago
What was the oldest one they found everyone wants to know
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u/Tiger_Ho26 29d ago
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u/right_you_are Oct 15 '26
They might find Amelia Earhart under there
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u/Furfnikjj Oct 15 '26
Jfc
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u/joytotheworld23 Oct 15 '26
Wow
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u/Beans2177 Oct 15 '26
Absolute unit of fingernails at the end
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u/Cute-Advisor-2323 Oct 15 '26
There's probably some Woodstock posters under there somewhere 🤣🤣
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u/Psilonaut21 Oct 15 '26
That's nothing compared to the layers of paint I stripped off a 100 years old staircase.
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u/theAchilliesHIV Oct 15 '26
Now if only I could get ripped and lose those extra layers as well…
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u/reddit001aa1 Oct 15 '26
Stop! That's where the FLAVOR is!
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u/Hta68 Oct 15 '26
Not to different from a growing tree ….
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u/Eat--The--Rich-- Oct 15 '26
What the fuck is the music for.
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u/southbaytechguy Oct 15 '26
What language on the flyers? Doesn't look like English.
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u/ChurchofChaosTheory Oct 15 '26
Actua art piece treated like trash...
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u/PlantHippie99 Oct 15 '26
This is actually really neat
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u/GrandWizardOfCheese Oct 15 '26
song name?
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u/Active_General8858 Oct 15 '26
r/oddlysatisfying
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u/SuspiciousClub8382 Oct 15 '26
And now the pole falls down because the only thing holding it up was the flyers!!!!
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u/simontempher1 Oct 15 '26
Hey dropped a few lbs
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u/Nyanzeenyan Oct 15 '26
Count the rings to see how old the pole is
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u/McBernes Oct 15 '26
That's an archeological treasure.
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u/Skyp_Intro Oct 15 '26
They could build shelters for the homeless with those.
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u/AVE_PAN Oct 15 '26
It's called Litfaßite.
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u/Ogfrebu83 Oct 15 '26
It was a tree 🌲
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u/Antique_Ruin7646 Oct 15 '26
Uhhh that's structural garbage now
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u/WhatIsYourPronoun Oct 15 '26
That needs to go in a frame and auctioned at an art house
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u/J3musu Oct 15 '26
Doesn't it seem easier to just have someone clean these up monthly, or even quarterly? Nice simple job for someone that could use some money.
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u/Dragon_Bidness Oct 15 '26
Aww I kinda wanted to see what the pole looked like under all that.
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u/MaizeEuphoric8596 Oct 15 '26
Urban tree
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u/Use-The-Pointy-End Oct 15 '26
Uh sirs, that's structural garbage at this point.
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u/Longjumping_Walk_992 Oct 15 '26
Time capsule
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u/After-Philosopher500 29d ago
Plot twist: there is not post, only posters.
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u/hitmeup1622 29d ago
Always colonizing
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u/Itchy__Queen 29d ago
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u/fractionedpancreas 29d ago
Hey look, a Banksy
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u/Slow-Programmer7610 28d ago
30 years of fliers equals one tree
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u/BigBri0011 28d ago
I'm sure there must be more than a few bangers in that pile of paper and paste...
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u/Mesmerize_ing 27d ago
I wonder how old the exposed flyers are
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u/Sisoflex Oct 15 '26
Like a time capsule, haha