this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
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Mildly Interesting

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure if real image

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Or like farming with AI generated image.

Well played.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Genuinely real. Had to block out a sign above that said the town name. Lol.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's why I said block out, not black out lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

okay, that’s alwight

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Line up the letters to complete the captcha and gain access to good food.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

It's not good food... :(

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

The message on this sign hasn't been updated in over 10 years, but got scrambled sometime between 2021 and 2022

Edit: Actually, the last line "Free Internet" was removed sometime between 2018 and 2021. RIP Free Internet.

Although the "restaurant" sign was replaced sometime between 2014 and 2016

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Level 100 GeoGuessr over here!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

if you like geoguessr try https://whentaken.com/ it's been a real challenge and fun connecting history with geography

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Show off. Lol. But thank you for blurring it out. How'd you get it? What, what narrowed the search?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I'll DM you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

After you play enough Geoguessr you learn what every part of america looks like. The green forested hills and american pickup trucks everywhere give away the approximate region; the Weigels (found on a list of USA gas station chains) is apparently unique to one city; and the Executive Inn makes the last pinpointing step much easier.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I got so excited thinking I had stumbled on a local community. I know exactly where this is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

DM me? I'd love to meet a fellow lemming!

I've met a few from the tri cities area on here

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The overabundance of trucks, the slightly off bumper on the truck on the right, overhead lines just going everywhere... what is the opposite of AI going sentient? I think you got sucked into the shitty matrix.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I mean, it would explain a lot if I were to find out the machines built this town for the express purpose of being just shitty enough to keep you down without making it so shitty you kill yourself trying to leave...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Same thing I thought lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

does that say john denver lives?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Only the machine knows

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Pretty sure, yeah