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Jun 30, 2025 9:38 PM
Iwokeupdeadthismorning
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TheDaharMaster
The ppl who make fake Christmas trees should partner up with the cell tower ppl. Imagine a 200ft fully decked out white Christmas tree like, right there.
barnwolf
Cactus aren't real!? What's next, birds aren't real either?
Lance4lot
Only way to keep the morons there from destroying them because of "5G"
RustyBumpers
Now to see who this cactus REALLY is! Cellphone Tower Tom??
I would have gotten away with it if it weren't for you nosy kids!
Tomigami
5G is the quenchiest
Fishkeeper
I can't really tell from this photo- how convincing are these things? I guess either way the idea is that it looks better than the stick.
QueLinda1205
I mean, you can usually tell they're fake if you really look at them, but at least they blend in better than the fake pine trees, which we also have. In the desert. Because pine trees look so natural here.
MisterFr
I knew it! God damn robo bird charging ports
imyourrealdad
I wonder if that is one of those hallucinogenic cell towers?
ToasterDent
That's not a disguised cell tower, it's an electric cactus. They were used in the Wild West to recharge EV wagon trains.
SirHonytawk
It is the same with houses.
There are tons of fake houses all over the world to hide telephony equipment like land lines.
There is one in nearly every neighborhood and you definitely have gone past a ton without ever noticing.
tiberiuswhythecrapcantweuseunderscoresxxvii
#CactiArentReal
alittleglassvial
First they came for the birds
And then they came for the cactus
elmesito
I can imagine the cell phone tower technician covered in cactus thorns desperately looking for the fake cactus touching another real one saying "Ouch, nope not this one either!"
ghsdkgb
Do... do all cactis have bones?
abraxasfury
Crazy how nature does that
NR97420
My favorite are the ones which look like terrible fake Christmas trees, which don't even come close to looking like trees in the area
QueLinda1205
I live in Arizona and we have some of those here too. They REALLY blend in here in the desert, where pine trees are definitely not native.
Trelfar
"How do you do, fellow cacti?"
brokehackfourlane
Now do the birds
SomebodythatIusedtonope
Saguaro 5G
busterfixxitt
5aGuaro
Metallica93
5Gauro.
daddydeezy
Still can’t believe someone finally decided to cut into one and discovered cellular telephony!
#DamnNatureYouCrazy
QueLinda1205
I know you're making a joke, but:
I live in Arizona & one Saturday morning, I was at a pop-up artisan market. I stopped at a stall with a bunch of cool artwork. I chatted with the artist who explained that she harvests dead cacti, thinly slicing the insides, which look like coral, to use in her art. I was debating between 2 pieces when she proceeded to go on a tangent about how COVID was a hoax, vaccines cause autism, & how her whole family is cops who voted for Trump. She lost a sale from me.
QueLinda1205
Oh, and a year or so later, I was at that same market with two friends. Those friends wandered to that same stall and were admiring her work. When one of them was considering buying a piece, I quietly whispered that this artist is a huge antivaxxer MAGAt. My friend also opted not to buy from her.
So, fuck you, random MAGAt artist.
Zixtank
Well don't give it away! Not so disguised anymore, is it?
BenderRodriguezz
Believe it or not, that cell tower is over 200 years old.
Pokegeologist
It grows its first array after 45 years.
Makerofthingsmasherofstuff
Wow! Nature is beautiful
ElbowDeepInAllTheThings
You can tell because it has at least one arm.
JoeGrunt
Wow. I have two arms. I wonder how old I am?
SnailsAgainstTungstenSpheres
According to this scientific study, at least 400. Merry Cactmus ya prickly bitch we love you.
CaptSchmidtGaming
i had to come back from another web site to tell you i just realized your joke. well done.
mikeatike
There's a cemetery near here with a fake steeple hiding s cell tower.
CBadger
How do you fake a steeple? It's just a spire on top of a building, right?
mikeatike
There's no building, its just freestanding. And a fake bell tower.
CBadger
That's wild.
mikeatike
https://archive.triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/wireless-carriers-across-the-country-finding-imaginative-spots-for-antennas/
mikeatike
There's enough trees and stuff to fool someone at a distance. And its at the top ofna hill, so you dont really see it unless you look for it. But if you are actually in the cemetary it looks obviously absurdly fake lol.
CBadger
Oh yeah, that's so weird looking up close! If I were in charge, I would want something that looks good when you are right next to it but can look weird from a distance, what with it being less of an eyesore the farther away you get. That's just me though.
Clockworkdancerobot
Otherwise people with firearms shoot them for target practice.
JasonCO
I thought that was firefighters.
fformulaa
Awww, and here i thought it was for landscape beautification so it doesn't look like a star war's city planner's wet dream!
LyvPhreeOarDye
It is, downvote me if you must but there's plenty of un-shot at telecommunications infrastructure here in AZ, the statement is inaccurate.
Ulthirm
People have shot the 5g ones up here but only during the initial COVID panic...
ImAghast
The new Verizon towers come with a 'Sea whizz' (CIWS) built in for anti-redneck defense... (Cactus go BRRRRRR! - https://youtu.be/3aHaMgAwTiA )
Atlasraven
Do people not shoot cacti for fun?
bchbum6
Not saguaro, not here, and not if you don't wanna go to jail and pay a hefty fine. They're a protected species.
ABonkeysManana
I think one guy was killed after a damaged branch fell on him as a result of him shooting it.
TheElicitor
That does not stop people, they just try harder to not get caught