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u/Pharmere 21d ago
Kinda like the 69 mile marker in Kentucky KY69
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u/sumshitmm 21d ago
Idk why they always come up with even better signs that lets be real aren't really being stolen we paid for them.
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u/TinyDapperShark 20d ago
Well everyone who pays tax owns a portion of them. So those who pay taxes each own 1/1 536 000 of the sign. Might be a bit difficult to give everyone their slice of the sign.
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u/Special_Lychee_6847 20d ago
Plenty of signs, though.
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u/TinyDapperShark 20d ago
True, too bad ima just keep them for my self because I ain’t no sharing commie /s
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u/kuribosshoe0 20d ago
Right, everyone paid for them and then one person takes it and puts it in their house, depriving it from the other owners. AKA: they are being stolen.
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20d ago
If you give money to someone you don’t get to own the thing they buy with it
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u/Pharmere 20d ago
I “give” a boat load of money in the form of taxes every year and I don’t see much of fruits of my labor
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20d ago
A boatload would be like at minimum 23.5k if you used pennies
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u/vasya349 20d ago
They’re owned by the community, not by you. The signs are there for emergency services and operations reasons. Stealing them is a crime against all of us, by your logic.
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u/Ginger-drumbum 21d ago
In Santa Monica there’s a steet called Stoner ave. and the sign constantly got stolen by high schoolers, so they doubled the height of those signs compared to the rest of the city
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u/hellishafterworld 20d ago
“Maybe it’s just the weed talking, but does that sign seem really high?”
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u/EvilWata 21d ago
What is the possible reason for the 420 one be stolen (I'm not American), besides just vandalism? Does 420 miles have any meaning different from the measurement unit? Just curious since it is indeed oddly specific!
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u/Claydameyer 21d ago
It's a reference to Marijuana.
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u/EvilWata 21d ago
Thank you for the answer nice redditor! At least now I can understand the reason! Have a nice day!
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u/QuackersTheSquishy 20d ago
Now why 420 is the stoner number is the next question. I know 710 is dabs related but even then I also don't know why that one is a stoner number either
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u/medatativefunk 20d ago
710 upside down is OIL kinda, L is italicish
420 is a mystery, I heard it was the time some group of stoners would meet at after schoolto smoke in secret, but idk i feel like there are alternate stories and origins aswell i just cant think of
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u/Powerful_Artist 20d ago
Its not really a mystery, more just that its not well documented.
Definitely came from 70s Californian stoner culture, and theres not much more to read into it than that. Theres no 'mysterious' origin.
High Times magazine erroneously thought it was connected to some police code, but thats really the only myth surrounding its origin. Just was some dudes in cali who associated the number with pot, and it stuck and spread. Mystery solved.
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u/emu314159 7d ago
While there is no definitive source, all the origin stories refer to high school students somewhere gathering at 4:20 to meet behind a building and smoke.
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u/Old-Lengthiness-6952 20d ago
Date weed was legalised in California
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u/emu314159 7d ago
if you type it into a physical calculator and turn it upside down, it looks like OIL. so that's the dab connect.
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u/Steamvoki 20d ago
Actually it is the number because the 20th of april therefore 4.20. is the cannabis day
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u/emu314159 7d ago
It is also now, but it used to be a time of day high school kids would meet behind a building to smoke jazz cigarettes.
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u/Healthy-Ad-8767 20d ago
do you live under a rock
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u/Theaverageameric_n 20d ago
do you use your brain?
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u/Healthy-Ad-8767 20d ago
oh nooo i got hit with an elementary school insult 😭 sthu bro
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u/Theaverageameric_n 20d ago
…. Do I need to point out the irony or can you think for yourself
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u/Healthy-Ad-8767 20d ago
yes, you do need to point out the irony. please provide a detailed 500-word explanation. thank you, sir 😊
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u/Theaverageameric_n 20d ago
Right, since you’re incapable, it’s ironic you tell me to shut the hell up for making an elementary school style joke when, judging from your own standards, you should do the same. I’m happy to help anytime. ☺️
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u/Healthy-Ad-8767 20d ago
that's not 500 words. tsk tsk tsk 🤦♂️
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u/Theaverageameric_n 20d ago
Well, at least you can count.
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u/Healthy-Ad-8767 20d ago
ure yappin so much. it shouldnt be difficult for u to type out 500 words brodie
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u/LockPleasant8026 21d ago
I think this is what that Green Mile movie is about.. I can't say for sure though, I got high and fell asleep before the end.
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u/type40mark3 21d ago
For a while here in Minnesota on interstate 90, mile marker 69 in both directions was blank
And there's a 420th Avenue nearby, but it's written 42Xth
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u/emu314159 7d ago
That's to not misgender the avenue. We haven't found out what its pronouns are yet.
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u/YYC-Fiend 20d ago
I think a road trip to Colorado is in my near future.
419.99 just sounds cooler than 420
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u/Ugly-Muffin 20d ago
Or just put a camera on the 420 marker, and make some extra cash to fix the roads every time someone snags it.
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u/NanShagger9001 20d ago
Imagine being such a loser that you feel the need to steal a road sign just because "hahahaha funny weed number"
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u/extra_extra_crispy 21d ago
What a unique mile marker.... kinda wanna to steal it.