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Guy on his bicycle literally has a telephone pole with him dragging it down the street
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oldmanalex sh.itjust.works oldmanalex@sh.itjust.works
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TotallyNotSpez lemmy.world AbsolutelyNotSpez@lemmy.world
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Art by Leo Boyd.

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
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Looks like a light standard.

Probably got knocked over and he stole it to sell.

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How_do_I_computah lemmy.world How_do_I_computah@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Found a new mast for his Meshcore Repeater

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Confused_Emus lemmy.dbzer0.com Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-07-19
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What kinda crackhead fuckery is this?

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MrFappy lemmy.world MrFappy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-24
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He thought it was a flock camera and is trying to do his part.

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rslogix89 lemmy.world rslogix89@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-03-07
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Please be Florida…

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nialv7 lemmy.world nialv7@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-02-27
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What kinda crackhead fuckery is this?

How else will you take a telephone pole home?

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pedz lemmy.ca pedz@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-08-07
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When I went on twitter and reddit a few years ago, there was the hashtag #carryshitolympics and a subreddit with the same name.

This belongs in that category.

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bitteroldcoot piefed.social bitteroldcoot@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-22
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Stolen to sell to the recycler no doubt.

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ieightpi lemmy.world ieightpi@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-26
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What kinda crackhead fuckery is this?

animated gif

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whyNotSquirrel sh.itjust.works whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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Looks like a light standard. Probably got knocked over and he stole it to sell.

founder keeper no?

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toebert piefed.social toebert@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-11-08
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"I brought this from home"

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MyBrainHurts piefed.ca MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-09-22
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"I brought this from home"

I've always wondered about scrap metal places. "Guess you didn't need your bits of construction scaffolding or the stop sign anymore huh?"

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Optional lemmy.world homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
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That ain’t no telephone pole, bruv

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AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version) lemmy.ca AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-07-10
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Scrap metal sale?

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village604 adultswim.fan village604@adultswim.fan
Joined: 2025-09-27
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founder keeper no?

The government really doesn't like that rule with their property.

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dyslexicdainbroner lemmy.world dyslexicdainbroner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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The guy is walking beside the bicycle with the ?metal thing? supported by the handlebars

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doleo lemmy.ml doleo@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-11-21
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One of only a few ways to keep drivers at a respectable distance

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Kintarian lemmy.world Kintarian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-23
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Must be for the pole tax

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DudeImMacGyver kbin.earth DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth
Joined: 2025-01-11
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On their way to kill a dragon...

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Imgonnatrythis sh.itjust.works Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-09-23
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Looks actually like telephone poll on a bicycle and guy accompanying it.

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MNByChoice midwest.social MNByChoice@midwest.social
Joined: 2023-08-12
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See! You don't need a care for most errands.

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JapaneseJudas fedinsfw.app JapaneseJudas@fedinsfw.app
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Stolen to sell to the recycler no doubt.

Surely the recycler is going to have questions yeah?

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GreyEyedGhost piefed.ca GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-11-30
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On their way to kill a dragon...

Don Quixote is having a hard time finding a workhorse these days. At least he won't have to go far find a dragon and its hoard.

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DudeImMacGyver kbin.earth DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth
Joined: 2025-01-11
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Don Quixote is having a hard time finding a workhorse these days. At least he won't have to go far find a dragon and its hoard.

Didn't All city make a bike called Workhorse?

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Salamanderwizard lemmy.world Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-13
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I love seeing the crazy shit of other towns.

This is why I drive the backroads. The interstate is for people with no culture. I have seen so many crazy things going old 441.

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CrimeIsLegalNow ani.social CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social
Joined: 2026-09-09
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The government really doesn't like that rule with their property.

Our property!

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altphoto lemmy.today altphoto@lemmy.today
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Dude, are you jealous? I pick up sticks too but I've never found a free telephone pole! Finding a telephone pole just there on the street next to big piles of gravel and bags of concrete and the heavy machinery... Obviously someone just discarded it. You can get it recycled for a good $50 bucks!

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Bonus sh.itjust.works Bonus@sh.itjust.works
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Looks like a light standard. Probably got knocked over and he stole it to sell.

So, literally not a telephone pole.

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squirrel cake.kobel.fyi squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi
Joined: 2026-04-19
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When I went on twitter and reddit a few years ago, there was the hashtag #carryshitolympics and a subreddit with the same name. This belongs in that category.

That hashtag is still active on Mastodon, featuring mostly cargo bikes carrying lots of shit.

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betanumerus lemmy.ca betanumerus@lemmy.ca
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What about that pavement crack? What’s the story with that crack? Looks like an important crack there.

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thespcicifcocean lemmy.world thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world
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What about that pavement crack? What’s the story with that crack? Looks like an important crack there.

Fault line

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SorryImLate piefed.social SorryImLate@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-24
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One of only a few ways to keep drivers at a respectable distance

It needs some side spikes around the bicycle too.

I'm imagining a bicycle with spikes that lie flat and can be extended like porcupine quills 😁

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TerHu lemmy.dbzer0.com TerHu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-06-11
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what’s he doing that for? doesn’t even have a flared base…

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LemmyUser0909 sh.itjust.works LemmyUser0909@sh.itjust.works
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#36 · Quote Reply

Art by Leo Boyd.

https://youtu.be/rQr5QEgNymk

Movie: Quick Change (1990)

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LemmyUser0909 sh.itjust.works LemmyUser0909@sh.itjust.works
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Looks like a tweeker found his pot of scrap aluminum at the end other the "Meth Rainbow".

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Psythik lemmy.world Psythik@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-21
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what’s he doing that for? doesn’t even have a flared base…

Tell me you've never struggled before without telling me that you've never struggled before.

Like the other person said, they're likely taking it to a metal scrapyard for easy cash. You get 10¢/lb for steel, $1.50/lb for aluminum, and $5/lb for copper. If you own a pickup truck, you can make a decent chunk of change in a day of simply driving through alleyways and backroads and picking up whatever bits of metal you find along the way.

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Psythik lemmy.world Psythik@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-21
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What kinda crackhead fuckery is this?

Scrapyards pay $1.50/lb for aluminum

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TerHu lemmy.dbzer0.com TerHu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Tell me you've never struggled before without telling me that you've never struggled before. Like the other person said, they're likely taking it to a metal scrapyard for easy cash. You get 10¢/lb for steel, $1.50/lb for aluminum, and $5/lb for copper. If you own a pickup truck, you can make a decent chunk of change in a day of simply driving through alleyways and backroads and picking up whate...

whilst i appreciate your response and the time you’ve put into it, i assure you that this was purely a buttplug joke and not a real question.

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Psythik lemmy.world Psythik@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-12-21
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whilst i appreciate your response and the time you’ve put into it, i assure you that this was purely a buttplug joke and not a real question.

I know it was a joke but it had a question in it that I knew the answer to, so I was compelled to reply.

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