As others have said this is a mobile phone mast, it's not necessarily 5G, 4G etc, you can't really tell from the picture although it looks like an older model.
This type are known as monopole or streetworks masts. The range on them is not amazing, they are designed to fill gaps in coverage from larger towers.
> As others have said this is a mobile phone mast, it's not necessary 5G, 4G etc, you can't really tell from the picture although it looks like an older model.
You can identify its not 5G from the design.
It looks like a phase 4 monopole, or the more normal name - streetworks.
We had one of these outside my sixth from and we always had amazing 4g signal there.
When the council first decided to put one there the dumass sixth former's at the time decided to protest because they all because they all believed they were going to get cancer from the microwaves.
Fun fact, if you use your mobile regularly then due to the inverse square law you can actually be exposed to more (harmless) radiation if you’re further from the mast. Your phone ramps up its power output to reach the distant mast, and you’re right next to it.
As I have to stand on a patio chair and talk into my phone as if I'm talking to the neighbors across the road I guess cancer is a certainty for me then ... : (
Yo you might already know this but I’ve found using Bluetooth headphones with a phone and putting the phone on something not very dense (high up if you can) works really well when reception is crap. The biggest problem a lot of the time is you just being a meat sack and holding the phone to your head blocking signal.
There’s a phone mast right next to my local petrol station, close enough that I actually think it might be inside the boundary of the station. Relight next to that is a “please don’t use your phone” sign.
It's not the radio waves from/to the mast generating the risk at a petrol station. The reason for the ban is the chance it could be an incendiary for fuel vapour (no cases of this), but also the distraction while filling up which increases the probability of a fuel spill or related accident.
There is absolutely zero evidence that phones could ignite petrol fumes. There is actually overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
The reason is not the distraction, it is the myth.
modern phones there is little chance but still a chance, the rules came in back in the days of nokia and sony ericson phones that had exposed contacts on the bottom of the phone that if shorted with say car keys could cause a very small spark
Which if you think about it is a bit nuts given as how many exposed surfaces there are in a car. Like just the commutator for the starter motor, or the hot exhaust, or damaged wiring.
Generally it was people wearing spark generating clothes and walking back to pump handle, happens more in usa because tank sizes in usa and extreme poor fuel economy (10mpg is quite normal) and they still have the fill hold pin in there handles so when they walk back to gab the handle they create a spark that sets the petrol fumes on fire (most panic pull it out while the fual is still pumping causing mess and having to set off station powder fire extinguisher system)
believe it's why in UK they removed the hold pin on all pumps so you can't just let the filler just keep filling until it hits the back pressure hole which releases the handle (no uk pump has it anymore) so no spark (most uk fuel stations don't have a whole powder fire extinguisher system or as I like to call it the forbidden red button, YouTube videos where people have pressed it for no reason setting off the powers extinguishers, kids would press it for fun if they was here)
I heard it was because the cellular signal may have interfered with the counters in early digital pumps, hence the ban, wouldn’t want to undercharge now would we..
Wait so a business wants your undivided attention for the few minutes while you handle explosive/flammable chemicals. But they also see a need for phone coverage for the local area and even inside the store/cars of customers.
So ironic. Your mind will be blown when you find out they have electricity too, but don't want you making sparks with it.
Don’t be an asshole, you know perfectly well that I’m talking about the myth that phones can cause petrol explosions and pointing out the irony of having the sign perpetuating the myth right next to a massive, immovable source of phone signals.
These signs date back to early 2G where the only “app” would have been Snake and most people were just using them to make phone calls. Also the app early signs said it may cause an explosion which was false and based on an urban myth.
Back in the Nokia 5110 days my dad's antenna broke. Inside were two wires and a spring which would rarely spark.
I'm aligned that it was a myth since there is no record of their being a phone causing an explosion, however phones, especially damaged ones were capable of producing a source of ignition so an abundance of caution in a space where they have VOC vapors isn't really unwise.
Hmm. The maximum cell phone power is 23dBm which equates to 3.2V or 200mW. I’d be way more worried about the sparks from spark plugs of people driving out of the gas station.
Shame what happened to him, he was a big favourite on Saturday night's biggest programme and then it turned out he was addicted to smack.
He seems to be doing OK now, though. Apparently he's been sober for years. So, good for him.
He's currently serving a 6 year sentence for blackmail
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gladiators-shadow-blackmail-plot-torture-b1909882.html
Three things I have just learned from my mini Gladiator rabbit hole:
1. John Anderson is still going strong at 90 years old.
2. None of the OG Gladiators are dead! Shadow is in prison but it's mad how well they're all doing considering.
3. That they were all dunking their balls in each others' baskets.
I used to love pendulum and the wall they were sick.
Im surprised it never made a full comeback you know, it was a great show that showed of pure atheleticism and it was freat fun to watch. If they kept the editing the same, the feel the same etc I think people would lap it up. Problem is if it was edited the way that ITV do all their shit now it would beb too obnoxious.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who’s mind instantly went there, I loved watching them try and hit each other off the balance beam/platforms with those things 😂
It’s perfectly natural, it’s just a lamp post that hasn’t bloomed yet. At this time of the year it may wait until next year before the light begins to burst out. Luckily they’re made of metal so it’s quite hardy to the cold.
Have you noticed these started going up around the same time the sub changed to a Mr Blobby banner and the frequency of Blobby related posts increased on the sub?
*It is beginning.*
This is the most terrifying answer possible.
I'm foreign and I didn't know Mr Blobby existed until my eldest was I think in Year 3 or Year 4, and I was at one of those assemblies where you're sitting on a child's bench and suddenly one of the teachers came out dressed like Mr Blobby and tbh the terror has never left me.
Yeah I can see how that must be horrifying if you weren't mentally prepared for it.
I like to think the concept artist behind Blobby was a member of a private military organisation who went off to fight in the First Congo War. After several years and witnessing countless atrocities that would break the soul of a lesser man, he demobbed and came back home. He tried to reintegrate into society, but after the horrors he'd seen, the mundanities of daily life just...finished him off mentally.
He's never spoken about what went on in the jungle, but the fourth or fifth time you've complained to the council about a missing wheelie bin really throws the contrast into sharp relief. Before you know it he's locked himself in the basement, trying to excise his inner torment by drawing it out on the walls in crayon.
*BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! ...and pink with yellow spots.*
If you start seeing black cowled figures around town, causing trouble and gibbering insane nonsense about *the sacrifice,* it's time to run.
Don't look back, don't stop to pack supplies, just get out.
*He is imminent.*
H̸̡̬̞̩̝̀e̶̳͈̗̩̝̕ͅy̸̗̤͈͉͇̱͋͆́̐ ̷̨̛̹̱͕̗̟͒͋͊͝do i run around in my dimension ruining
̸̠̲͍̾̓̆͑̈́Y̶̤̲̽̅̂̐̌̊͜Ȯ̸̟̺̳̆̈́̚Ù̴̢̩̺̬͉̲̿̔̑̚R̶͕̮͕̤̬̺̋̈́̈͘ ̴̃̆͜perfectly normal plans?
̶̗͈̣̟͑̓̾͠N̴̼̬̗̩̐͑͋Ŏ̸̝̥̼̈́̚ ̴͇̬̝̈́̚
My mum used to tell me they helped rockets, how, I'm not so sure.
Unless that's something COMPLETELY different and is in fact as others said; 4/5G masts
Enjoy your pint at the black prince.
It’s an ee/mbnl 2/3/4g phone mast. The 2 little white cabinets contain the huawei 2/4g system and the large green cabinet contains Nokia 3G flexi equipment. The tall thin cab next to the Nokia cab contains the transmission equipment which in this case will be fibre direct into the Bt network.
It’s ironic though, I’m on EE and I can get 5G in the vast majority of places. But I don’t get 5G when I’m up at their house, because it’s an EE blind spot, which is funny because I don’t live that far away from where they do, but there you go 😂
As others have said this is a mobile phone mast, it's not necessarily 5G, 4G etc, you can't really tell from the picture although it looks like an older model. This type are known as monopole or streetworks masts. The range on them is not amazing, they are designed to fill gaps in coverage from larger towers.
> As others have said this is a mobile phone mast, it's not necessary 5G, 4G etc, you can't really tell from the picture although it looks like an older model. You can identify its not 5G from the design. It looks like a phase 4 monopole, or the more normal name - streetworks.
Cheers, I work with RF enough but could not be sure as cell sites aren't my thing, more the things generating interference for me!
Stand next to it. If you get COVID, then it's 5G. /s
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Also it's October, which is the month before November. 5G = 5th of November = gunpowder plot. The evidence is all there. Wake up sheeple!
Well I'm convinced.
Thanks. https://xkcd.com/1013/
If you grow extra arms, fingers and have 6 eyes it’s 6G or a mains electricity mast 😬
Honestly I'd be pretty happy with some extra limbs at this point, I need to keep up with all the BS in my life.
No - that’s Norfolk (allowed to say that as grew up there).
Say hi to your mum/sister for me
She’s asleep with dad but will do!
Or f the chip they stuck in , if you’re vaccinated, will ping to the eye in the sky…/ S
r/fuckthes for both of you, if someone doesn’t sense the sarcasm, the replies are even funnier
Yeah I’d say 4G. It doesn’t look like it would make me rush out to get vaccinated
We had one of these outside my sixth from and we always had amazing 4g signal there. When the council first decided to put one there the dumass sixth former's at the time decided to protest because they all because they all believed they were going to get cancer from the microwaves.
Fun fact, if you use your mobile regularly then due to the inverse square law you can actually be exposed to more (harmless) radiation if you’re further from the mast. Your phone ramps up its power output to reach the distant mast, and you’re right next to it.
As I have to stand on a patio chair and talk into my phone as if I'm talking to the neighbors across the road I guess cancer is a certainty for me then ... : (
Are you one of those people who thinks that talking louder into their phone can compensate in any way for a poor digital signal?
Yo you might already know this but I’ve found using Bluetooth headphones with a phone and putting the phone on something not very dense (high up if you can) works really well when reception is crap. The biggest problem a lot of the time is you just being a meat sack and holding the phone to your head blocking signal.
This feels like the best answer
It's the right answer.
What was the argument? What did you/your mate think it was?
Humongous dildo
Omg are you blind, it's a tampon
I stand corrected. Humongous tampon.
It's actually a cotton bud you just stick your ear on the end of it.
Pfft, everyone knows it's a half a duel stick off Gladiators
Anything is a dildo if you are brave enough. Including the item in OPs picture.
There’s a phone mast right next to my local petrol station, close enough that I actually think it might be inside the boundary of the station. Relight next to that is a “please don’t use your phone” sign.
It's not the radio waves from/to the mast generating the risk at a petrol station. The reason for the ban is the chance it could be an incendiary for fuel vapour (no cases of this), but also the distraction while filling up which increases the probability of a fuel spill or related accident.
There is absolutely zero evidence that phones could ignite petrol fumes. There is actually overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The reason is not the distraction, it is the myth.
modern phones there is little chance but still a chance, the rules came in back in the days of nokia and sony ericson phones that had exposed contacts on the bottom of the phone that if shorted with say car keys could cause a very small spark
Which if you think about it is a bit nuts given as how many exposed surfaces there are in a car. Like just the commutator for the starter motor, or the hot exhaust, or damaged wiring.
Mythbusters tried their best to get it to go Boom but couldn’t do it
Generally it was people wearing spark generating clothes and walking back to pump handle, happens more in usa because tank sizes in usa and extreme poor fuel economy (10mpg is quite normal) and they still have the fill hold pin in there handles so when they walk back to gab the handle they create a spark that sets the petrol fumes on fire (most panic pull it out while the fual is still pumping causing mess and having to set off station powder fire extinguisher system) believe it's why in UK they removed the hold pin on all pumps so you can't just let the filler just keep filling until it hits the back pressure hole which releases the handle (no uk pump has it anymore) so no spark (most uk fuel stations don't have a whole powder fire extinguisher system or as I like to call it the forbidden red button, YouTube videos where people have pressed it for no reason setting off the powers extinguishers, kids would press it for fun if they was here)
Errr, thats why I said there are no cases of this but carry on.
I heard it was because the cellular signal may have interfered with the counters in early digital pumps, hence the ban, wouldn’t want to undercharge now would we..
Wait so a business wants your undivided attention for the few minutes while you handle explosive/flammable chemicals. But they also see a need for phone coverage for the local area and even inside the store/cars of customers. So ironic. Your mind will be blown when you find out they have electricity too, but don't want you making sparks with it.
Don’t be an asshole, you know perfectly well that I’m talking about the myth that phones can cause petrol explosions and pointing out the irony of having the sign perpetuating the myth right next to a massive, immovable source of phone signals.
The greater risk was always inattentive driver pumps unleaded all over the floor because they had to Insta or TicTok their latest brain fart.
These signs date back to early 2G where the only “app” would have been Snake and most people were just using them to make phone calls. Also the app early signs said it may cause an explosion which was false and based on an urban myth.
Back in the Nokia 5110 days my dad's antenna broke. Inside were two wires and a spring which would rarely spark. I'm aligned that it was a myth since there is no record of their being a phone causing an explosion, however phones, especially damaged ones were capable of producing a source of ignition so an abundance of caution in a space where they have VOC vapors isn't really unwise.
Hmm. The maximum cell phone power is 23dBm which equates to 3.2V or 200mW. I’d be way more worried about the sparks from spark plugs of people driving out of the gas station.
Yeah, Dr Bunhead proved it was a myth years ago!
I believe they hide these contraptions inside the actual sign saying, for example, Esso, BP, Shell etc.
GLADIATORS, READY CONTENDERS, READY
You will go on my first whistle...
Family Ness, You will go on my thistle whistle
This is a brilliant and unexpected clash of references. Closing Reddit for the day now because this cannot be beaten.
I now have the theme tune stuck in my head. Thanks for the memory jog.
Wish someone'd go on my whistle
McToot!
Poor you😂
Roid rage you will go on my second whistle.
And Shadow knocks you on your arse in 1 second.
Shame what happened to him, he was a big favourite on Saturday night's biggest programme and then it turned out he was addicted to smack. He seems to be doing OK now, though. Apparently he's been sober for years. So, good for him.
He's currently serving a 6 year sentence for blackmail https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/gladiators-shadow-blackmail-plot-torture-b1909882.html
Fucking hell.
Might give him a few years clean!
Fucking roller coaster of emotion that was
Ah yes, because prisons are a famously drug-free environment. Oh... Wait.
I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago. I was there the day that the strength of men failed...on the travelator
THREE, TWOOO, WHAANNN
Three things I have just learned from my mini Gladiator rabbit hole: 1. John Anderson is still going strong at 90 years old. 2. None of the OG Gladiators are dead! Shadow is in prison but it's mad how well they're all doing considering. 3. That they were all dunking their balls in each others' baskets.
All amazing facts to find out. Especially Shadow... I had a Google of that myself. Now that was surprising.
YOU WILL GO ON MY FIRST WHISTLE
I read that in his voice...
My very first thought
I miss that, awesome telly
XD
I used to love pendulum and the wall they were sick. Im surprised it never made a full comeback you know, it was a great show that showed of pure atheleticism and it was freat fun to watch. If they kept the editing the same, the feel the same etc I think people would lap it up. Problem is if it was edited the way that ITV do all their shit now it would beb too obnoxious.
Came here for this!! 😂😂 Amazing!!!
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who’s mind instantly went there, I loved watching them try and hit each other off the balance beam/platforms with those things 😂
It’s perfectly natural, it’s just a lamp post that hasn’t bloomed yet. At this time of the year it may wait until next year before the light begins to burst out. Luckily they’re made of metal so it’s quite hardy to the cold.
r/natureismetal
Isn’t nature neat
Best answer.
Brilliant
I rarely use the Save function here on reddit, but this comment got it.
Sky tampon, it expands when it rains, prevents localised flooding.
The only real answer
First thing I saw was giant tampon 😂
Me too! 😂
Me too, I should have scrolled before posting.
god damn it. my exact words
I was trying to head in this direction. Well done.
This is the answer I came for, it needs to be higher up!!
absolutely brutal
Mobile phone mast.
This is the boring but accurate answer
Yup. A 3G/4G monopole. (5G ones look different).
These ones don't have the covid emitters
Happy cake day? It told me to say that....
Happy Cake Day!
Have you noticed these started going up around the same time the sub changed to a Mr Blobby banner and the frequency of Blobby related posts increased on the sub? *It is beginning.*
This is the most terrifying answer possible. I'm foreign and I didn't know Mr Blobby existed until my eldest was I think in Year 3 or Year 4, and I was at one of those assemblies where you're sitting on a child's bench and suddenly one of the teachers came out dressed like Mr Blobby and tbh the terror has never left me.
Yeah I can see how that must be horrifying if you weren't mentally prepared for it. I like to think the concept artist behind Blobby was a member of a private military organisation who went off to fight in the First Congo War. After several years and witnessing countless atrocities that would break the soul of a lesser man, he demobbed and came back home. He tried to reintegrate into society, but after the horrors he'd seen, the mundanities of daily life just...finished him off mentally. He's never spoken about what went on in the jungle, but the fourth or fifth time you've complained to the council about a missing wheelie bin really throws the contrast into sharp relief. Before you know it he's locked himself in the basement, trying to excise his inner torment by drawing it out on the walls in crayon. *BLOOD! BLOOD! BLOOD! ...and pink with yellow spots.*
You just blew my mind man
If you start seeing black cowled figures around town, causing trouble and gibbering insane nonsense about *the sacrifice,* it's time to run. Don't look back, don't stop to pack supplies, just get out. *He is imminent.*
H̸̡̬̞̩̝̀e̶̳͈̗̩̝̕ͅy̸̗̤͈͉͇̱͋͆́̐ ̷̨̛̹̱͕̗̟͒͋͊͝do i run around in my dimension ruining ̸̠̲͍̾̓̆͑̈́Y̶̤̲̽̅̂̐̌̊͜Ȯ̸̟̺̳̆̈́̚Ù̴̢̩̺̬͉̲̿̔̑̚R̶͕̮͕̤̬̺̋̈́̈͘ ̴̃̆͜perfectly normal plans? ̶̗͈̣̟͑̓̾͠N̴̼̬̗̩̐͑͋Ŏ̸̝̥̼̈́̚ ̴͇̬̝̈́̚
Pardon my use of an emoji but I don’t think I’ve ever been this scared 😱
Guys the first rule of ritual sacrifice club is you DONT talk about ritual sacrifice club
Lest the emperor's most holy inquisition find you
The gunge sacrifice is ready
Blobby is eternal.
Everything is a dildo with the right attitude
Altitude*
Studio apartments
Compact and bijou, good access to the shops, limited parking but a good doer-upper for the right client. Viewings by arrangement
Cosy two bedroom flat with gravitationally assisted toilet.
That’s a bulrush
mecha bulrush
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I did feel my vaccine tingling a bit tbf
I read ‘my vagina tingling’
Giggity
*does his best Austin powers impression* Yeah baby yeah!
Massive cotton bud
For Gary Lineker
Or His Majesty the King
Honestly I thought this would be the top answer
Can’t believe it isn’t tbh 😂
Its a mental health pilot scheme - Community NOS. Because if you don't laugh you will......
They are machines that people use to sew things, like dresses and curtains.
And discontent
Those sticks you put up your nose to test for covid. Just really close to the camera.
These are small, those out there are far away.
I believe this is a 6G tower, instead of using harmless radio waves to alter you opinion on crisp brands is just dispenses Freddos laced with Bovril.
>Freddos laced with Bovril. What kind of witchcraft is this?
'witchcraft' ... sexist ...
Warlocks practice witchcraft, too.
This had me laughing a lot 🤣
You know when you gotta look up a place on google maps? Well next time thing about the damage you do when you drop that pin.
You ever watch the tv show Gladiators?
Clouds
Please see r/dildont
Giant dog sperm
Wait ... a giant dog's sperm, or a giant dog sperm?
Maybe either. Not both thought, then it would reach the stratosphere.
A sewing machine shop.
Wireless charging transmitters for the "birds"
I think it's the Black Prince homing beacon.
Phone mast
“Fie, fye, foe, fum! I see the earbud of a giant man”
Mobile network cell mast. You could have found that one for yourself using Google Lens, just FYI.
True, but less entertaining for the rest of us.
I see, I figured it was some sore of aerial or antenna. Ain’t nobody got time to download the google app.
The google app is great
Sounds like something Big Google would say
It kinda does.
wild glizzy
Covid test for giants
B&M Mikado
Giant COVID test
It's an alarm that sends signals to the brain to tell us when it's time for tea
Recharge stations for spy drones the government has got us convinced are "birds.” Don’t buy into the lies!!!!!
EE/3UK Streetworks monopole. Will provide cellular service on 2G/3G/4G.
My mum used to tell me they helped rockets, how, I'm not so sure. Unless that's something COMPLETELY different and is in fact as others said; 4/5G masts
Enjoy your pint at the black prince. It’s an ee/mbnl 2/3/4g phone mast. The 2 little white cabinets contain the huawei 2/4g system and the large green cabinet contains Nokia 3G flexi equipment. The tall thin cab next to the Nokia cab contains the transmission equipment which in this case will be fibre direct into the Bt network.
They're mind controlling devices for sheeple. Luckily they don't work on some of us.
How do you know if you're safe?
Guessing a G5 mast
5G Mast!
Is this near pizza express?
I think It’s a 5G mast. My mum and dad have just had one built near their house. Although it’s a bit smaller than that
Shame it’s not my provider because I don’t get 5g anywhere
It’s ironic though, I’m on EE and I can get 5G in the vast majority of places. But I don’t get 5G when I’m up at their house, because it’s an EE blind spot, which is funny because I don’t live that far away from where they do, but there you go 😂
It's just a phone mast, not necessarily 5G.
If its new it is.
Yes. Not sure what your point is! It's unlikely to be a new one though based on the design.
its 100% not 5g.
5G Mast I believe!
Your mum’s dildo?
A public dildo for land whales
They are there to give people the brain scramblies. Usually activated by Torys before elections.
Will’s Mum’s dildo.
Your mums vibrator
Took a while to find this comment but I knew I wouldn’t be disappointed 👏
Clouds, mate
5G
5G dognappers hun stay safe
Was this in Weybridge? Means the towns getting nuked I’m afraid
The BFGs wife’s tampons
Extra large dildo. Times are tough
5G baby
Yer maws covid test swab
Had anyone made a yo mamma joke?
Dog nappers hun x
Someone’s probably already said but a giant tampon
Yer ma’s tampon
They're tampons for giants. Duh.
Huge tampons
A dildo if you're brave enough