There is this nature reserve I like to go to nearby. They have a whole row of these setup explaining stuff about the region, the plants, what they do to preserve it (which is a lot). There’s also some along the walking route with relevant explanations about some of the plants and animals present at that location.
Until one day some fucking asshole during Covid got a lot of shitty anti-vax stickers and plastered them all over the place. All over all of the info signs, the walking route markers, basically anywhere they could. It must have been hundreds of stickers.
Next time I came there I reported it, but they said they were aware. People had tried to remove the stickers, but they were those really shitty paper stickers that just fell apart instead of coming off. They also weren’t water proof, so withing two weeks they weren’t even readable any more.
Some time later the people managing the place attempted to remove the stickers but it didn’t work. In the end they used such a strong chemical it not only removed the sticker but also damaged the plastic underneath. Those things were constructed of a metal plate with the prints on them and sandwiched in between acrylic. The kind of thing that will hold up for years outside and is easy to clean. The acrylic was also treated with an anti-graffiti coating, but that didn’t help against those shitty stickers I guess.
The signs were all but destroyed at that point and a forest manager told me they didn’t have the funds to replace them all. Some of the sings have since been replaced, but there are still a lot left damaged.
It ruined my peaceful place and made me hate anti-vaxxers even more. I used to go there to escape from all the awful stuff in the world during Covid as it was one of the things one could still do to not be locked in place all the time. People suck.
Use goof off or goo gone. Adhesive removers. Gone real quick.
But yeah fuck those idiots.
Or 91%+ iso, or mineral oil.
And scrape with razor blade.
And do small test patch of chems in an inconspicuous area any time you have a new chem/surface combo.
But yeah.
You are here 🔴
HOW THE FUCK CAN THEY POSSIBLY KNOW THAT
Modern surveillance state.
IRL wiki about the shit around me?! Fuck yes!
I love being able to read the tour guide at my own pace rather than have it said to me. These structures are great.
I never gave these things a second thought, but yeah, they are pretty awesome actually.
Why did my dumb ass think this was a cute lil baby guillotine at first
You’re spending too much time on Lemmy.
My only problem with these are that the plastic on them is always somehow smudge/frosted enough that you cant read a thing.
Plastic? We have plenty of them here and none is out of plastic.
Is their not a plastic sheet covering the posted maps and signs? Like the structure is wood, but most I have seen have a plastc covering over the display.
And ya sometimes the scratches and smearing and graffiti makes it unreadable.
The bougie ones have glass… That might be what they are referring to.
I do a lot of hiking and most often it’s plastic. Weirdly you find the glass covered ones in usually boring trails in small towns that seem very rarely traveled. I have even seem some that are just cork board, with nothing covering it. The pages are either lamented, or less desirably slipped into a 3 ring binder type sleeve and stapled.
Those lesser traveled locations probably have lower rates of vandalism. Also, lower budgets, glass is cheaper than acrylic or polycarb.
We mostly have metal plates or a pin board with glass. People take care of them.
At least here the actual papers and stuff pinned to them are covered by a locked hinged window made of plastic.
We would use a secure glass for this purpose. Plastic would be seen as “cheap” and unwelcoming.
I think it’s partly UV and partly being cleaned with paper towel. I think cotton is much softer on a micro level.
Maybe that’s a reason not to put plastic on them.
I mean, they exist for how long already?
Gives information and keeps me from getting wet. 10/10 excellent structure
I once cycled to a pub in the rain to meet friends. The pub had no where to lock a bike, apart from one of these roofed sign things. It was tricky but I managed to lock it to it. It was great, kept the rain off my bike.
An information board, such as a noticeboard or interpretive sign.
You can find them with the there linked overpass-turbo tool.
Won’t lie, I saw the scent h and my brain went: guillotine
A geoguessr player posted this
A “noticeboard with a roof”?
Not sure I like your tone there bud
There are so many of these in Slovenia
I feel compelled to read what is on these wherever I see them. I love them.
Yes because they remind me of fantasy settings
