I’m seeing a lot less of that these days, thankfully. Los Angeles had fake palm tree cell towers when I was there. They’re even worse.
Wait you don’t like em? I like em better than just cell towers
I think they’re uglier than cell towers. They look like what they are- fake trees trying to blend in with real trees and doing it badly. That’s worse than simply putting up a metal and concrete tower to me.
The point is to not stick out on a cursory glance. As you drive by you see a bunch of green, you might notice there was something up with that particular tree, but that’s it. A plain cell tower would stick out from a distance, interrupting the natural view.
It’s like those mirror covered buildings that reflect their surroundings, giving the impression of unbroken landscape as you drive by. They’re not invisible, you know there’s a huge building there, but it’s a hell of a lot less disruptive than a regular one.
Fun fact: in Los Angeles they hide some of the giant oil pumps inside fake houses.
It’s like those mirror covered buildings that reflect their surroundings, giving the impression of unbroken landscape
And it can actually work well! Until they forget they’re meant to clean them
Those photos don’t convey how genuinely hideous it is in person. It’s horrid
It’s like those mirror covered buildings that reflect their surroundings, giving the impression of unbroken landscape as you drive by. They’re not invisible, you know there’s a huge building there, but it’s a hell of a lot less disruptive than a regular one.
Those buildings kill birds tho, thye don’t see the building and hit the mirrors at full speed
I think they’re uglier than cell towers
Well that’s a take
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As is ugliness.
Big if true
“Uncanny fakes are worse than reality” is a hot take now?
Who said anything about hot?
You can’t fool me, I know an Alolan Exeggutor when I see one.
This almost looks AI generated
It definitely isn’t. They were all over the place.
I wasn’t being accusatory, just speculative
I know, just clarifying.
Stop yelling at me
“Of course I’m a real tree. Hold on, I’m getting a call”
You know that tree is growing so straight… if we cut it down it’d make a really good cell phone tower.
Why don’t they just put the electronics stuff on the tops of actual trees?
Trees grow, get felled
Can’t have trees be too lit (on fire).
I chopped one of these down one time. It took forever.
Next time use a hacksaw, rather that the axe
Oooh, it’s an antenna. For a moment I wasn’t really sure why someone would go through the trouble of making a fake tree.
“So you’re a REAL tree?”
Yesh. I make worrie aboot Christmas time. Family cut me and make ornament on my face.
“This dude is legit.”
It’s not impressive to attach green plastic bits to camouflage a cell tower (which IMO makes it uglier and more noticeable than just a bare antenna mast).
It would be extremely impressive if they could actually derive the required power from onboard photovoltaics though!
i wonder what we would come up with if there was a contest to design a beautiful cell tower. a giant tulip? space needle? treehouse? inconvenience store? a blinky scroll tower?
Penis.
I like them just the way they are and wish they would stop wearing tower makeup all the time.
I thought it’s just a big Araucaria Heterophilia.
How do you do my fellow leaves?
