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.
Or, consider that the ugly ones may be the only ones you’ve actually noticed. The rest would then be working as intended.
I think they’re uglier than cell towers
Well that’s a take
“Uncanny fakes are worse than reality” is a hot take now?
Who said anything about hot?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As is ugliness.
Big if true
You can’t fool me, I know an Alolan Exeggutor when I see one.
I live in LA and to be fair, palm trees are basically fake trees in the first place, they’re mostly non-native Q-Tips that give no shade. The cell towers should just cover themselves with billboards, they’d fit right in and make extra cash from the side hustle.
I’m not a fan of the palm trees either, but a perfectly straight pole with fake leaves that do basically nothing to hide the fact that it’s a cell tower was even worse to my eyes.
The craziest thing about billboards when I was in L.A. was the trucks driving around with billboards on them that were only being driven around because of those billboards. I guess the cost of a truck and fuel is still cheaper than paying for an actual billboard on Hollywood or Sunset.
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”
I chopped one of these down one time. It took forever.
Next time use a hacksaw, rather that the axe
You know that tree is growing so straight… if we cut it down it’d make a really good cell phone tower.
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.”
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.
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!
How do you do my fellow leaves?
