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Man buys ad time on digital billboards, displays pictures of nature
Jul 24, 2015 1:08 PM
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ScullysEyeRolleverytime
That moon one would freak me out
StopStaringAtMyUserNameItsVeryShy
Actually looks pretty cool too
Conyo
True hero.
TheCornyCornet
I ain't even got something clever. That's beautiful.
StraightToCatFolder
I was an angry young man. I'd pretend That I was a billboard. Standing tall. By the side of the road I fell in love with a beautiful highway
rynil2000
This is around Boston! I see these driving to work!
Crimsonak
If only he went for the butthole that was on the FP a short while ago instead.
Geek13
Where I'm from, the Billboard company does that if the space hasn't en sold yet. Makes the empty board less glaring and ugly.
HeWhoPours
He's just doing God's work
Verldemert
If I had the money, I would buy ads and take that ugly shit down.
ShanSookoo8
I wanna do this
TweenkleTwatSuperStar
I hope it's true cuz its glorious
doihearanamen
It's sad how much closer we get to WALL-E every day. :(
hwatL4bloopy
This is a wonderful fuck you moment
LucidPariah
And then they chop down the sign with the trees on it just to be careful
IridescentLotus
Where I lived in downtown Fort Wayne we couldn't see the stars- I cried when we moved because my son can grow up seeing stars like I did
Myboobssmelllikepeaches
Finally I can watch nature on TV outside :/
ThisIsGod
Welcome to the future!
Mataes
What a time to be alive
MostFolksJustCallMeOrangeJoe
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100228025316/itsalwayssunny/images/a/a5/Billboard.JPG
dudeimoutofmana
Man buys photoshop and fools the internet!
Lemesplain
... that's no moon.
StraightToCatFolder
That's a battle station.
sarzaya
Subtle nerd is the best.
fnordy
Oh, God bless him for a gentleman.
floccinaucinihilipilificashun
That's pretty neat
chlorophyllboraphyll
There's one near me, I drive by it on my work commute. Breaks up the drive along the highway
grandmasbuttsack
Now it's on fp, so everybody can know how neat it is instead of just me and you knowin it
TastyBrainMeats
All in favor of banning billboards?
wynbns
Come to DC. None on our highways!
RoscoePSoultrain
Move to Vermont, they banned them in the 70s.
jepplax
so so much
WithNothingBetterToDo
thats really great
curiousrayoflight
If this is real I could certainly support this. He is like a new wave street artist. Not in the vandalism way but the down with the man way.
soso456
that looks really like it's not the real story at all
moto192834
photoshop some graffiti over it
HeWhoShallNotBeFamed
Just image two moons in the sky
NiceLegsDaisyDukesMakesAMAAANOUTOFYOOOUUUU
Thedas?
ThisIsGod
...and all the crazy ocean shit that would happen
alexcarrie
If there's two moons then we're in 1Q84
gengumby
i have a copy of that, but not read it. is it good?
alexcarrie
Most definitely, took me awhile to get through though because when books get too suspenseful I put them down for a while haha
SirFartsLoud
It's kinda sad actually.
LostDutchy
I think it's genius. If I were a bllionaire I would so buy all commercial time and space to show all the beautiful and funny and nonsense.
SirFartsLoud
Kind of like imgur on billboards? That might be cool.
somanyfeels21
yah, it's a waste of money given trees he could plant
MadScientistInTraining
Why?
SirFartsLoud
Why not just have no billboard at all? And them some real nature in the spot? I don't know. It just seems sad.
MadScientistInTraining
...Oh.good point.Now i feel sad...also birds could crash into them
dogfrost9
If you'd bothered to look you would have noticed that the majority of the billboards are located in trees.
ForestRed
Ehehehe, sæd.
plazmatyk
https://youtu.be/Cxov0BQ2fpE
johnson21
Yep. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540955/Beijing-clouded-smog-way-sunrise-watch-giant-commercial-screens-Tiananmen-Square.html
JamBarn
This was an advertisement, not some dystopian attempt at boosting the populace's morale.
ffgkrwcqrq
This is from a travel ad for Shandong Province. It was -not- put up by the government because of pollution. http://qz.com/168705/
ffgkrwcqrq
Strawman Chinese Media: "Pollution is so bad in the United States, South Dakota is advertising that it has a surplus of oxygen!"
johnson21
Good point, thanks for sharing that
IcameHeretoChewBubblegumAndGiveDownvotesAndImAllOutofBubblegum
I feel like they've got to that point because of population. As bad as it sounds it seems like an easy solution is legal limit to babies had
TheBlackShakes
China's already the biggest nation on Earth, but the one-child policy is the reason why its population isn't much, much bigger than it is.
BhataktiAtma
I read in today's newspaper that Chinese gov is thinking of going easy on the one child policy and allowing second ones (not for all AFAIK)
Myboobssmelllikepeaches
Put a dinosaur on that shit
whatevenarecats
Clever girl
Dominian
He put space on it twice. Space trumps dinosaurs, because Dinosaurs lived in space. #logicd
doubleormuffin
I dunno, it would kind of change the message.
stellastreetcar
Needs more T -Rex!
thisplaceisnotforyou
Clever girl
RussianJudge
911 to 912 yisssss
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imhoots
Yes to this.
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CamelSpotter
Beast Wars and Grimlock in the same comment thread? I think I'm home.
CamelSpotter
Oh fuck yeah! Muthafucking Grimlock up in this shit!
BetaWolfOcho
I second that.
BenTimeSpectacular
This guy
TarynnosaurusRex
I'll be famous.
ThatBabyDontLookLikeMe
PUT BEWBS!
PlutosBeard
Or like a UFO that appears randomly on one of the ones with a sky background
binarybeard
You gonna cause so many accidents...I'll get the popcorn
binarybeard
You gonna cause so many accidents...I'll get the popcorn
tdTomato
I think the nature scenes will cause accidents- nature doesn't look as good as hi-def
BlueskydragonFX
In their natural habitat
imgurismylyfe
Is that what Chris Pratt is teaching his raptors these days? Times are tough, man.
Ruminard
Sexually confusing gifs at their finest.
listen2mylies
Lot lizard thrusting up and down on a pole
Dunes8
Christie Simms approved.
CrystalGraves
Haha holy fuck that's amazing!
TheGreatKingBowser
Is it weird that I actually got off to that particular image several years ago?
missJupiler
i prefer Zoid
Curiousone545
But.. Why...
JamesBluntThatSmartassCunt
For the glory of Satine.
NuclearBoxcutter
Because sexy reptiles that's why.
azazyel
I approve a rich people doing this kind of thing with their money.
YouMustBeFunAtPartys
* rich people tear down millions of trees and put nature billboard up*
flowseeker
If his intent was some kind of environmental cause, he's an idiot. If he did it so he didn't have to see billboards on his drive hes genius
Rovalicious
Up vote comment to 2015 way to much satisfaction in this.
iPretend
I'd link my twitch if I was rich... And streamed on twitch.
newsguycraigevans
I like this more than seeing more political ads
InnerBushman
Damn, I wouldn't even mind a small logo in the corner. They can advertise this way all they want for all I care.
HauldrenCollider
Why can't rich people just do what they want with the money that they earned?
devildogttu
I don't need your approval!
Midnaspet
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snurx
Pretty sure these are actually default displays for when no ads have been purchased for a particular slot.
MWisBest
Usually that's more like "YOUR AD HERE! CALL NOW!"
snurx
Those are all Clear Channel boards, they do nationwide advertisements and there's not a local number to call.
Moxmox
it could've fed x amount of people, or paid medical expenses for sick children, total fucking waste of money
flowseeker
You're being downvoted because of the imgur hivemind. Here I'll join you
ryanstreet
How much of your money/time have you donated to feed people? Have you paid for a sick kids medical expenses recently?
Sacurason
There are a good number of poor people that can appreciate this sort of thing.
FarquaadSquad
X is a lot of people
eviljoka
The company being paid has employees. TIL - You don't comprehend how frivolous spending puts food on the table for many people.
Moxmox
i'm sure they get plenty of work from legitimate advertising
SayWutAgain
Trouble is, 1) we don't know if these billboards would've been booked, and 2) presumably the ad would've drawn revenue for ANOTHER company.
SayWutAgain
But of course maybe with this guy around there's reason to buy more billboards, so it's kind of a wash. You just need money to be flowing.
initialo
Yeah, how dare somebody have fun spending their money
Moxmox
damn straight son
DonutsAreTheRealGod
RetrieveThatGold
A rich people
ghosterman3
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dancfontaine
I will take one rich people please
rbudrick
You goddamn right a rich people.
azazyel
http://imgur.com/CTaq6Et
RetrieveThatGold
Miss*
ninjagaidensigma
someusername
What type of professional stuff are you licensed to do? And give me three reasons why I should trust you.
miniatureDimenstionsOfMammothProportions
retgarr
Guess they thought you were just being a dick.
RetrieveThatGold
I'm an insurance agent! 1) I'm licensed 2) I'm a stranger on the interwebs you should obviously trust me 3) I'm an imgurian, we're family
thefucksnotgiven
Wanna go bowling, cousin?
HamadaWhiteman
I see what you did there
SomebodyStoleMyCarRadio
Why?
azazyel
What's the use of making money if you can't enjoy spending it.
SomebodyStoleMyCarRadio
Not what I meant. You just enjoy watching rich people spend money? lol If they care about conservation, donating to charities would go 1/2
SomebodyStoleMyCarRadio
further in helping than buying a billboard. 2/2
azazyel
No, I don't but this to me is art. If I drove past this my day would just be a little bit better
geriatricsanatore
If I donate a million but then buy ad time people would say but you could have donated that too! Maybe they just wanted people to see pretty
ImSorryForTheLackOfApostrophe
gengumby
9gag_shoo.gif
PapaBruno
gondring
A place near me tore down a very old barn, and put in its place a large sign reading "Welcome to Historic ___ County"
IhaveAnOpinion
I hate this +1
738KF
Sounds like you just got your emotion chip installed.
castlefox
That is the first 9gag thing I upvoted on imgur. I feel dirty.
HD2composer
The north remembers
Azarel97
THANKS OBAMA
CanonInTheStreetsFanonInTheSheets
*sigh* Sadly it's from where I live, Brazil...
SmashingChap
Could also refer to how our world is becoming more like the movie Brazil too.
8bitTunes
Cut them down
ClassiestBondGirl311
That makes me irresponsibly angry. Not irrationally. Irresponsibly. I could do some damage right now.
MWisBest
Just don't hurt the trees!
JustCallMeMrPigg
I threatened to commit suicide by ramming a tree without a seatbelt at 100mph on Thursday "It's not worth killing the tree!" I loled so hard
lens4life
Wasn't there something with the tree being sick, and it had to be cut down anyway? I remember this on FP and a lengthy discussion with it.
Fleecemaster
Even if that's true a new one should have been planted there to replace it.
lens4life
I can't argue with that. That is definitely true.
ourari
Maybe the billboard with that particular message leads to there being more than 1 tree planted? That way, it would be justified.
SrDave
That tree looked healthy af to me.
nutsackhammer
An arborist would instinctively disagree with you, I reckon :p
OrangeyougladImnaked
Yes because looks are all that matters when it comes to health of living things
SrDave
It sure looks like it for this particular tree...
lens4life
True, but if it had root decay you wouldn't be able to see it. Learned this from this site home.howstuffworks.com/diseased-or-dead-tree1.htm
SrDave
You didn't provide me with the actual reason why it was taken down. For all we know you're a poor pessimist.
lens4life
For all I know I could be. Doesn't mean I'm not right. I did see this post on FP and saw comments that it was sick. Unfortunately I 1/
lens4life
Can't remember the full name of the disease. Trees with a disease usually get taken down to counter spreading said disease. 2/2