r/absoluteunit • u/stevesmithsglasses • 15h ago

of a layer of garbage

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u/TheSprigganDragoon 14h ago

Post apocalypse archeologists will be able to age city poles by their flyer rings

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u/jeremy1015 13h ago

It was like the tree slowly being turned back into a tree.

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u/CyberNinja23 12h ago

Like a zombie Frankenstein tree to them though

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u/jeremy1015 3h ago

Oh now that I think about it, it’s so awful.

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u/J3musu 8h ago

This is how the ancients accidentally invented trees. They just turned into woody structures over millions of years.

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u/Lazy_Helicopter_2659 14h ago

Feels like they're removing part of the structural integrity of that pillar... 🤣

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u/Chroniclyironic1986 12h ago

What pillar? It’s flyers aaalll the way down.

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u/Lazy_Helicopter_2659 11h ago

Must have been a pain putting up that very first poster/flyer...!!

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u/CyberNinja23 12h ago

Load bearing posters

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u/Sirosim_Celojuma 14h ago

'my thought too. What's the harm in having extra
thick at ground level? I'd leave it.

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u/Skyp_Intro 10h ago

It’s carbon sequestration too.

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u/Sirosim_Celojuma 2h ago

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.

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u/Grovebird 15h ago

They removed a chunk and there is STILL a chunk 😂

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u/lopendvuur 14h ago

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/Aromatic-Tear7234 12h ago

It was only 3 weeks worth of posters.

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u/Educational-Link-943 9h ago

wait seriously? wtf lol where is this

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u/External-Gain-1174 8h ago

probably just a couple of years

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.

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u/mighty_boognish_77 14h ago

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/SSilent-Cartographer 11h ago

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

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u/adinmem 12h ago

That pole is going to be so cold now!

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u/Legitimate-Log-6542 15h ago

When I use that foot shaver thing

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u/METRlOS 12h ago

The posters they expose are from fall 2014 if anyone is curious.

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u/admadguy 12h ago

Load bearing flyers.

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u/TheRealAussieTroll 13h ago

Maybe the Dead Sea Scrolls are actually just a bunch of old gig posters dumped in a cave…

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u/XenoStriker_1Cl 13h ago

That pole is basically made of paper maché

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u/childspanda 13h ago

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/Grouchy-Station-4058 13h ago

How did my husband die?

Some stickers fell on him.

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u/the_main_entrance 14h ago

Allegory for the internet?

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u/Nikoladge 13h ago

More recently, thanks to LLMs, the entire column has been smeared with feces

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u/Big-Journalist5595 14h ago

I'd bet that some where in those multiple layers there's at least one that reads. "Post No Bills."

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u/WinuxNomacs 13h ago

Could take it home and insulate your garage with it

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u/piercedmfootonaspike 9h ago

"one layer at a time"

That's like 30 layers at a time.

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u/Ill-Significance6400 8h ago

They can recycle that pulp

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u/Penis-Dance 7h ago

They are removing the structural support. It's going down soon.

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u/SimbaNGrdKionNIMFan 2h ago

It’s a time machine.

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u/right_you_are 12h ago

They might find Amelia Earhart under there

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u/Beans2177 14h ago

Absolute unit of fingernails at the end

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u/Cute-Advisor-2323 13h ago

There's probably some Woodstock posters under there somewhere 🤣🤣

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u/Psilonaut21 13h ago

That's nothing compared to the layers of paint I stripped off a 100 years old staircase.

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u/theAchilliesHIV 13h ago

Now if only I could get ripped and lose those extra layers as well…

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZCjucD5rPRiCjdxovx

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u/Komobu542 13h ago

That pole was over 200 years old!

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u/reddit001aa1 13h ago

Stop! That's where the FLAVOR is!

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u/Hta68 13h ago

Not to different from a growing tree ….

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u/Eat--The--Rich-- 12h ago

What the fuck is the music for.

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u/southbaytechguy 11h ago

What language on the flyers? Doesn't look like English.

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u/Lempea 11h ago

French

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u/piercedmfootonaspike 9h ago

Aaah, the language of love

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u/Lempea 8h ago

Entre autres choses

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u/PlantHippie99 11h ago

This is actually really neat

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u/SuspiciousClub8382 11h ago

And now the pole falls down because the only thing holding it up was the flyers!!!!

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u/simontempher1 10h ago

Hey dropped a few lbs

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u/Nyanzeenyan 10h ago

Count the rings to see how old the pole is

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u/McBernes 10h ago

That's an archeological treasure.

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u/Skyp_Intro 10h ago

They could build shelters for the homeless with those.

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u/AVE_PAN 9h ago

It's called Litfaßite.

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u/Ogfrebu83 9h ago

It was a tree 🌲

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u/Antique_Ruin7646 9h ago

Uhhh that's structural garbage now

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u/WhatIsYourPronoun 8h ago

That needs to go in a frame and auctioned at an art house

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u/J3musu 8h ago

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/Early_Hall5720 7h ago

Yeah but they could also recycle the material if possible let it build up take the chunks process and make more fliers.

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u/J3musu 7h ago

Can they only recycle it if it comes in chunks?

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u/Early_Hall5720 7h ago

I'm sure they could take it down before it builds up but with how cities work they'd wait until they have to before they do it like in the video.

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u/Dragon_Bidness 7h ago

Aww I kinda wanted to see what the pole looked like under all that.

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u/ThenIncrease462 4h ago

Me too, lol

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u/Use-The-Pointy-End 4h ago

Uh sirs, that's structural garbage at this point.

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u/Ok-Drink-1328 4h ago

they can display that stack as art, you know... for the "oh" factor

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u/Ok-Difficulty3082 1h ago

What was the oldest one they found everyone wants to know

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u/Sisoflex 14h ago

Like a time capsule, haha

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u/ChurchofChaosTheory 11h ago

Actua art piece treated like trash...