I mean, just look at it.
edit: For anyone wondering, it’s from the first few seconds of HARDY - Sold Out.
Back in my home town, they built something that was clearly a cell tower, then just … Essentially glued a few fake pine tree branches to it.
They didn’t even bother to make the tower look vaguely trunk-like. It’s still matte grey and you can clearly see the antennae attached to the top. When I say “a few fake pine tree branches,” I’m not exaggerating; it’s been a few years so I don’t remember precisely, but it’s no more than five throughout the entire height of a cell tower. Mostly clustered together.
Having seen the political side of this: the local city council probably had some asshole NIMBYS that tired to block the tower from being built. Then AT&T showed up to a meeting and said we will build this by right but if you give us a beautification budget we will use it. Then the city council rightly didn’t give a fuck and gave them the bare minimum dollars that made the 5G NIMBYS fuck off and AT&T bought $200 of plastic Christmas tree to glue into the tower.
They could put a hand on each side and make it goatse eye of sauron. You know, go all the way. 😅
🫱⚪🫲 at&t
When someone shows you who they are, believe them.
Have you ever spoken to AT&T customer service?
No, actually.
I mean, it… does look pretty cool, honestly.
Well, you’re not wrong, but if you don’t want to look evil it’s not the best choice.
AT&T crossed the rubicon there a long time ago, they would be better off steering into it like this
Sauron may have failed but he was way better at his job.
Love to see this grow.
Probably the designers off the tower knew about ATT surveillance and pitched the idea to clueless executives in order to remind the public about the all seeing eye of massive telecommunication giants
I think that’s probably a stretch, but I enjoy the theory.
2 seconds of googling show this building was designed a decade before that movie came out
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
Hmm, darn, was hoping this came first.
They could really benefit from a logo update. I see that and amm reminded of what an awful cell carrier they are as I’m sure millions of others are
For those unfamiliar with AT&T, their logo has basically been the Death Star since the 1980s. It makes sense they’re diversifying into other evil movie monoliths.
Can confirm. Worked for a few years for authorized retail and they leaned pretty hard into it.
They also leaned pretty hard into it when I worked against them for many years as a phone phreak. 😆
So good thanks for sharing
Wait 'til you hear about Palantir.
One ringtone to rule then all.
That’s pretty good!
No, it fits.
“His Eye is all round, but it attends more to some places than to others. He can’t see everything all at once, not yet”
Yeah as a customer I can say this is pretty accurate
Palantir contract helping them “protect Americans” by spying on them.
Callback to Room 641A maybe?
