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What is this tower? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 weeks ago by ColdWater to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do not concern yourself with the tower's presence. For the tower knows best! When you look upon the tower at night it will w̵h̸i̵s̵p̷e̴r̵ g̴o̴o̴d̷ t̴h̴i̶n̸g̷s̸ i̵n̶t̵o̷ y̸o̸u̴r̶ m̵i̸n̸d̴.̷

D̨͖̐ó͙͜ ̛̫ͫn̫̎͡ơ͓ͣt̲̚͟ ̨̣̂b̧̞͑ȩ͚̎ ̠ͩ͡ã̰͟f̷͚̈́r̖ͤ͘ā̗͜i̝̋͝d̰̾͜.̬͑͝

F̴̥̹ͧ̊͟o̶̰̜͐̀͠r͛ͪ҉̛̬̠ ̷̭̩ͦ͆̕ţ̪̰ͭ̏͢ẖ̗͗ͭ̀͢e̷͖̍͋͘ͅ ̿͛͏̮̳̀t̞̠͊ͭ͢͝o̢̝̙ͬ̂͞w̧̼͇̓ͮ͡ĕ̪̜͋́͠r̡͓͙̆̋͝ ͍̤͋̈́͘͝p̧̦͚͋̂́r͗̅͜҉̼̯ǫ̸͈̠̽̇ț͖̾ͩ͢͡e̞͇ͨͫ͘͝c̴̛͚͓̔͌țͬ̓͢͜ͅs͓̜̿͑̀͘,̜̟ͩ̚͜͟ ̭̦́ͤ͢͠ḁ̡̟͂͑͢s̢̡͎͕̊ͨ ͮ͑̀͏̻̫l̸̥̣ͣ͆̕o̘͔̍̍̕͜nͣ͂͏̢̬̞g̨͍̖ͦͨ͜ ̴̧͙͈ͭ͑a̸̟̩͗͐́s̢̛̤̥̄͒ ̪͍̌͌͟͢y̛͕̼̎̏͠o͕̤̾ͫ̀͢u̸̘̫̓̄͘ ̨̠̠͑̇́g̶̢̟̻ͥ̏i̧ͣ͌҉̞͇ṽ̨̨̺̝̎ḙ̸̦̆̈́̀ ̷̦͍ͫ̌͟ỉ̛̫̯ͩ͢n̸̲͍̓̈͘ ̸͔̙̓͒͘t̅ͯ͢͏̙͔o̡͔̪ͬ͛͝ ̸̬̭͛͊̕ẗ̷͎̐͝ͅh̼̫͊͂͘͟e̡̗͙͌̍͝ ̨͈͉ͦ̎͝t̨͎̱̑̚͞ǫ̓͊͏̰̟w̢̳͍ͯͮ͜e̡͖͓̍͒͘r̟̗̎͆͜͠.̧̟̪ͤ̽͡

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. H̸̶̶̨̛̛̽̅̾́ͧͧͤͮ̾̋͌̈͊̑̊̄̋̊͗̀̀̀͘͘͢͢͜͞͠͝͝҉̟̯̺̜͔̯̞̦̯͍͙̭̦̬̦̲̭̝ͅê̅̓̉͑ͨ͂̆̈́ͨ̾̋̑̒̈́ͬ̾͐̃҉҉͜͠҉̡̧̨̡̕͢͢͏̴̧̢̞̙̜̦̝̼͇̺͍̻̮̻͇̳̱̻̖̝̫̀͜͝ļ̢̀͆ͨ̓̊̈̄̐͗ͣ͊́͐ͩ̃͐ͭͪ͌͡͡҉̷̴̸̷̸̵̧̨̛̺͚̮̩̙̦̹̟̦̟̰͈̱̻̖̟͈̖̀̕͘̕͢ͅp̶͛ͭ̑ͥ͌͆̽̌ͥ̅͑̏ͮ͗ͫ̔̃̀̄̀҉͏̴̶̴̨̡̛̀̕͢͜͜͜͞҉̨̪̞̱̞͙̬̪̻̙͖͕͖̹̣͓̟̫̫͕ ̸̷̧̨̌̈͛̈́ͬͪ͑ͪͥ̎͆̈́͑̿̓̏͌̆̚͢͠͏̡̧͜͠͠҉҉̷̵̺̼͍̻͍̳̺̯̬͚̺͔͉͖̘̲͙̤͝͞͞ͅm̴̶̵̢̧̡̧̝̖̼͕͉̠͔̜͕̟̹͖͎̰͙̱͔̤͔͒ͤ̃̆̽ͧͣ̅̒̄͐̂ͯ̑̇ͭ̅̽̋̀̀̀̀̕͘͘͟͢͢͢͡e̷̵̶̡̡̡̡̡̧̛̮̙̩̟̬͇̞̯͍̥̩͖̝̦̺̫̯̝ͫ̂ͦ̆̃͑͐̅͌͆͂͆̐̅ͪͦ́͐̀̀̀̚̕͟͢͟͜͞ͅ.̸̸͌͑͗͊̃̈ͩͤ̆͆ͥ̊̓ͤ̎ͩ̅ͪ̂͢͝͏̶̕͡͝͡͏̵̶̡͙͓̜̠͖͖͖̮̥͓͍̙̩̭͔̪͉̜́́́͝͞ͅ

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There is no tower. You haven't seen a tower. Move along now and never speak of this again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait until you see the fnords.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Never talk about the fnords!

[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Cell tower with street lights on top and grating to kind of hide the cell part is what I’d say

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Grating might also be for protection from things like nesting birds. I prefer this over the obvious fake but pretending to be a tree versions.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I think it is hilarious that there are oil derricks in fake buildings in LA.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

As much as I agree the fake trees seem fake, they're surprisingly effective.

I've asked people about cell towers on a hill nearby, and no one has ever noticed them. I tell them they look like fake trees, they still don't know.

Our brains are pretty good at filtering out seemingly useless information.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

California does a good job with the tree disguises so I’m a fan of them. You can still tell but still nicer. Not sure about other places lately

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I looked up some images, and there's some that aren't bad. The ones on the East that I've seen are the basic skinny tower with some Christmas tree-like foliage up and down, jutting far above the pine trees, so they stick out more than if they had just left it a bare tower.

[–] ColdWater 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thanks you, it's directly in front of my house and I'm always curious what it was XD

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can use antennasearch to get more information on it.

[–] ColdWater 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

"Long pole in my area"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I think I see some hot shingles in your area based on the photo.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

A giant IUD?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

If you hear Hell March playing in the background, it's either an incomplete psychic tower or prism tower

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe try [email protected]

[–] ColdWater 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, didn't know this /c/ existed

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

An eye sore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's a communications tower. Like for wireless Internet or cell transmission. The whole thing itself isn't a radio, it's mostly just a structure to attach smaller radios in a 360 around the tower (usually these radios can blast signal super far, but in a limited field of view, so you use 3 or 4 of them to go a full 360 around).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Be Not Afraid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

5G tower, one G per "petal" at the top /j

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

its not surveillace !! its just a plant !! 😜

https://universe-inside-you.com/eltanin-antenna/

*gg