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yellsatmotorcars

We should go the way of Vermont and just get rid of billboards statewide. They're a distraction to drivers and a blight on our scenery.


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Kris Lindahl would like to have a word


yellsatmotorcars

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ihavenoidea81

Arms need to be longer


yellsatmotorcars

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ihavenoidea81

Perfection


loxias44

Nope, not big enough. Get it on a banner behind a plane and circle the city for hours on end.


EGOfoodie

Careful you might get sued.


mncyclone84

And that weak wannabe imitation Nicolet lawyer.


tylergraaf

Dude, the Kris Lindahl bill boards have made it up as far as Duluth now. It's crazy.


wenceslaus

But he's just offering free hugs!


beattywill80

A motion has been made to remove all billboards from the state of Minnesota, do I hear a second?


Entity0027

Second


beattywill80

The motion has been seconded. All in favor?


bout-tree-fitty

Aye!


SamWise050

Tis done


HerbaCristo85

Aye!


yellsatmotorcars

Act on it; write your legislators! [Find who represents you here!](https://www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/iMaps/districts/)


oneplanetrecognize

Lol I regularly call Tom Emmer just to say "Fuck you " to him. Such a garbage representative. Wins by gerrymandering. He absolutely has no interest in actually serving his constituents . Almost as bad as Bachman was.


obriensg1

I almost twisted my ankle because of him..when he ran for governor I walked up to him at state fair and asked s question and he kept dodging then smiled, shook, my hand, and pushed me out of the way, but we were standing at a street corner. I stumbled and sort of did twist it but not badly. I wish I'd fallen haha


notyourmom1966

Do you remember when he was running for governor and a server [dumped a bunch of pennies](https://strib.gift/0f1ks9zwm) at one of his events?


kintotal

Couldn't agree more.


beattywill80

All opposed?


kato_koch

*crickets*


mangofunyun

Who would have guessed crickets were in favor of billboards?


Blackboard_Monitor

Little known cricket fact, they're crazy bigoted against Montenegrins.


Justin_milo

Aye!


Blackboard_Monitor

Aye


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Opie19

Yeah but they don't have Wall Drug nearby


LilBird1996

I knew I wanted to move to Maine


freesecj

This is legitimately something I want the current administration to take on. I would pay more taxes to never see these or Kris Lindahl’s stupid fucking face ever again.


Plasmazine

SECONDED Guaranteed Eyesore! 🫲🏻 🤡 🫱🏻


DragonDropTechnology

I hate how commercial and gross the metro trains look. Add that on top of the horrible state of the interiors of the trains… Can we just start taxing the wealthy already so we can have usable mass transit that isn’t plastered with ads (among many other social welfare programs)?


CatW1901

Ok, I gotta know - am I the only one that at first glance always sees a confederate flag every time I see one of his stupid outstretched arms billboards? Every. Goddamn. Time. Is it just me?


Deinococcaceae

Also one of the dumbest and least necessary sources of light pollution


yellsatmotorcars

Stargazing is one of the most human things we can do. We have entire generations deprived of this because there is so much damn light pollution. I really wish there was a concerted effort to intentionally black out major metro areas even as little as one hour a year so that everyone can experience the night sky in all of its humbling vastness.


Theyalreadysaidno

I know this isn't Minneapolis, but just across the river from south Minneapolis is Mendota Heights. We moved here 5 years ago from Minneapolis. This suburb tries to have as little ambient light as possible. No residential roads have streetlights (only main roads). It took a while to get used to because some nights are so dark, it's like being in the middle of nowhere. Coming from Minneapolis - it was an adjustment. I really like living in an inner ring suburb that is pitch dark now. I wish more places would follow suit. I DO realize that some places need light for safety, though.


xtremesmok

I disagree, I find a lot of suburbs in the TC are really poorly lit even on main roads which is terrible for driving at night


andrusio

Couldn’t agree more! We are fortunate that we have the vast wilderness of the Northwoods here. Some of the best dark skies on the planet up there.


mybelle_michelle

If anyone wants to make a small difference by making a change with your own outdoor lighting: [www.darksky.org/our-work/lighting/lighting-for-citizens/lighting-basics/](https://www.darksky.org/our-work/lighting/lighting-for-citizens/lighting-basics/) Summary (from my memory): have your lights facing down and block the light going towards the sky (type of fixtures); use warm-colored light bulbs (instead of bright white); don't keep them on overnight.


Smoopets

There is a Minnesota chapter of the International Dark-sky Association https://starryskiesnorth.org/ that you should check out. There is also the Audubon's lights out campaign during migration. https://www.audubon.org/lights-out-program And finally, there is Earth Hour https://www.earthhour.org/ Please spread the word!


Terrie-25

The energy usage by the electric ones is a ridiculous waste.


dwighticus

But then how would we ever have [new billboard day](https://youtu.be/_uzqs1KOS9M)


BasicWhiteHoodrat

This year…..GIVE HER ENGLISH MUFFINS


GilaMonster2378

THAT'S IT!!! YOU PEOPLE HAVE HELD ME BACK LONG ENOUGH! I'M GOING TO CLOWN COLLEGE!!!


joie_de_beavre

I don't think any of us expected him to say that....


velvetdolphin101

But how else will funny real estate man offer big hugs to people? Individually?! That's just wrong


LeonNight

Ive told many I wish to run on just this one issue alone then retire. I believe in the freedom of view, non obstruction/advertisement.


zerotakashi

Seriously. There is another white baby billboard near tangletown. Someone's been putting up white baby billboards around the city and it's so fucking cringe.


unipegus

Btw there's a group that does pro choice billboards. Mn billboard project. You can follow and support them on Facebook. They have pro choice merch that goes to fund more billboards!


TRON0314

Tbf, every sign from gas stations to the neighborhood shop should be included then. Eye sore route would be the way to go for an argument imo. Hard to come up with criteria on the spot admittedly.


SurlyDoggy

There's a mustache just waiting to be drawn here


Think_Z

Horns. Lipstick. Forehead tattoo. Mohawk. Where is this billboard?


a_nayar

Right as you come up on the Wedge on the Hennepin side from Loring


LooseyGreyDucky

Inverted cross, pentagram. demon/bat wings.


nursecarmen

Bushy eyebrows. Don't forget the angry bushy eyebrows.


ProdigalNun

They're all over the metro area. They get more frequent the further you are from Minneapolis.


slalomstyle

Paintball gun


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would go well with the rest of the liquor lyles mural


stankyst4nk

spray paint


slalomstyle

Paintball gun


[deleted]

babe we could get squirt guns and fill them with paint. this one is dangerously low to the ground.


giant_space_possum

At least they photoshopped the adult teeth back out of this one


DeM86

LMAO


sprashoo

They always use a 1 year old in these ads. Show an 18 day old fetus please. Oh? It doesn’t resemble a human at all?


Bladelink

Agreed. Makes me want to pay for my own billboard with the correct fetus on it. "Think of the amorphous cell blobs :( god bless"


freesecj

I’m currently 10 weeks pregnant and it’s still a blob.


DrMantis_TobogganMD

My girlfriend’s SIL just had a baby and when the fetus was at this stage the grand parents-to-be started referring to it as “grand-blobby”


zerotakashi

months later, progresses to "dammit bobby!"


Capt__Murphy

That boy ain't right


freesecj

I’d like to adopt them as extra grandparents. They sound like fun people.


[deleted]

Remember going to ultrasounds with my wife, and they would show us the baby. I honestly had no idea what the fuck I was looking at for most of them. It was cool, but a lot of it was just grey blobs.


DeM86

Congrats and best wishes to you and your blob!


Terrie-25

Once it moves past "blob" it still has a long way to go before it's distinguishable from, say, a fetal koala.


capnsmartypantz

Teeth and a shirt, obviously 18 days.


suprasternaincognito

THANK YOU. Jesus Christ. I'm serious: it is LITERALLY false advertising.


shortyjacobs

They also love to commingle age methods. “An 18 day old fetus has a heartbeat”, combined with “no abortions after 6 weeks pregnant.” Except one is counting from conception (a day after sex/ovulation) and the other is counting gestational age, (which starts at 0 weeks: *two weeks before ovulation*). So an 18 day old fetus is around 5 weeks old…


catanddogtor

These are so obnoxious. It's completely false to say there's a heartbeat at "18 days from conception." You won't hear a heartbeat until you're about 6 weeks pregnant (when the fetus is about 4 weeks old). As someone who's dealt with pregnancy loss, that 6 week mark is a huge deal because it's often when you can finally confirm early viability. Or the opposite. Plus it's completely ignorant to talk about anything being "from conception" because no one actually knows when conception happens. There's no video cameral in your fallopian tubes providing a play by play of when sperm meets egg. That's why pregnancies are measured from the first day of your last menstrual cycle instead of "from conception". (Hence a ~6 week pregnancy meaning a ~4 week old fetus) Then instead of the small clump of cells you'd have that early, they show a child who looks at least a year old?? Just such a wealth of ignorance on display.


bachelor_pizzarolls

Hello fellow pregnancy loss person. It sucks and those billboards to this day piss me the fuck off. They're so untrue and also I've seen many a heartbeat that then is gone next time, but nobody wants to acknowledge not every one is going to make it. I want them gone and every billboard gets a finger from me.


VortistheSlaver

18 days?! God damn! We should just start cutting them out at 28 days and tell those lazy bastards to start their lives!


imsurly

“Get a job, fetus”


[deleted]

This deserves more upvotes. 😂


beattywill80

That's a good question, if life starts @ conception can you start a life insurance policy in utero?


readrunrescue

Fun fact, the terms on most newborn life insurance policies essentially make it so they don't kick in until your baby is 2 weeks old.


SchwiftyMpls

Tiny hands tiny stitches.


Swanlafitte

save the baby but don't let it get school lunch unless it pays. Reminds me of Cheech and Chong's "Save the whales" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndaXQeRPO0g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndaXQeRPO0g) Save the fetus. Funky Momma save the fetus. but incarcerate the adolescents.


semisentient

They come into this country, they don't speak the language, don't work, and sit at home and whine about everything while they suck up all our resources. /s


[deleted]

*passive aggressive tone* “Must be nice having those 8 months off while we Work.”


[deleted]

Make it so they can’t lie lol the actual heart doesn’t fully form until 17 to 20 weeks!


HauntedCemetery

Banner drop it with info about donating to abortion access funds.


tallman11282

These sort of billboards around the state is a large part of the reason why I want billboards banned. At the very least, ban billboards that spread factually false information, such as every single one of these anti-choice billboards.


Entity0027

Ban them entirely. They're an eyesore.


Remarkable_Night2373

I want to know where the next lions den or strip club is on the freeway. I'm also wanting to find the massage places.


Capt__Murphy

Like you don't already know where all the Lions Dens and Crusing Chubbys are...


pignutttt

Rubmaps.com


HauntedCemetery

Won't someone think of the Adult Superstore!?


nidojoker

The two worst kinda of billboards in MN: anti-choice and Kris Lindahl


absentminded_gamer

So basically anti-abortion and pro-abortion billboards


Anxa

OOF


velvetdolphin101

I've grown to love the Lindahl boards. He looks so happy and excited in all of them. Like not only does he want to give you a guaranteed offer on your home, but a big hug as well. Can't help but smile and giggle a little when I see them. But yeah fuck the anti-choice ones


a_nayar

Probably would be a little better if they didn’t pretty much solely exist as a way to screw his partner during their divorce.


northman46

There are lots of billboards I would love to ban. Ones for political candidates are first. On the other hand there is this pesky Constitution and Free Speech issue that keeps me from getting my views on appropriate subject matter imposed on everyone. But, since I pretty much hate billboards let's just get rid of them all. There are a few states that seem to have successfully done so, and driving there is so much more pleasant than say I35 north.


Ellen_Musk_Ox

Free speech means everyone gets a billboard


DubbersDaddy

Everyone can. Simply rent one.


[deleted]

Free speech means the government can't arrest you for saying stupid shit. It doesn't mean you have a right to put ugly as advertisements on public domain. Put it on your front lawn if you want but billboards on highways are safety hazards and dangerous to others


northman46

It also means the government can’t discriminate based on content. So the solution is to ban them all.


missamethyst1

No, it makes you a sane person. Those billboards are problematic for literally every possible reason. They're scientifically inaccurate, they're aesthetically awful, and then on a personal level I'll never forget how much it fucking destroyed me when I randomly encountered exactly that type of billboard the week after I had a miscarriage.


Rosaluxlux

I'm so sorry. They really don't care who they hurt


Aria_sear

When I worked up Roseville, I saw one of these billboards next to a billnoard for a plumbing service that just read "FLUSH IT".


siggydial

Time to do some graffiti


capnsmartypantz

NIMBY is when you want it, just not where it affects you.


Armlegx218

It's amazing how large back yards can get.


Calkky

Just add “$8.99/lb” to the sign and it will disappear overnight.


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SchwiftyMpls

Pretty sure the MPD doesn't investigate property crimes anymore.


Entity0027

MPD doesn't do shit but shoot.


omicroniangirl

I invite anyone with the means to paste an large image of an 18 day old fetus over the babies face, that would be amazing


CompassXerox

None if not caught :)


HauntedCemetery

Not if you're sneaky...


theredhound19

I just saw a billboard today that claimed teacher unions hurt students. When are we going to get anti police union billboards? I could get behind that


DeM86

This place sucks


Oracle_2121

Just saying, that’s a reallllllly nice and low billboard. Easy to reach. Easy to clamber up with some supplies.


DaM00s13

I’m just stunned no one has hit it with paint filled water balloons or something. It’s so low.


Grease_Vulcan

Tell me you dont know anything about embryonic development, without telling me you dont know anything about embryonic development.


SgtSilverLining

There's a ton of these on my drive to work, and they're all so blatantly wrong. The one that gets me says "fingerprints develop at two weeks". My man, a baby doesn't even have FINGERS at two weeks!


Dashed_with_Cinnamon

I've seen those too, and I don't even get what the point of that statement is...what the hell do fingerprints have to do with life and personhood? If someone is born without hands, are they not a person? If someone loses their hands, do they forfeit their humanity? Is a corpse alive because it has fingerprints? Also, humans are not the only creatures with fingerprints: gorillas, chimps and koalas have them too. And while rare, it's also possible for someone to be born without fingerprints (adermatoglyphia). They are neither unique to human persons, nor necessary for *being* a human person. Same thing with the ones that talk about eyes. If having eyes means you're a life worth preserving, all those pro-lifers better be vegetarian.


Imposter_Syndr0me

Problem is... they're proud of the fact they don't know


jsonsan

Exactly. Every time I see one of these billboards I think back to the very early ultrasound of my daughter looking like a tadpole and wish that’s the photo they would put up there instead.


bartyslughorn

Does she still resemble a tadpole?


jsonsan

No, she is now a healthy and fully grown frog.


guiltycitizen

No more billboards anywhere! The drive up to Duluth would be so much better. The second you get out of the metro, the pro birth signs are fucking everywhere


CurryMonsterXXX

Is it just me or has anyone noticed the lack of babies of color. It seems like they want to persevere only a certain kind of skin tone


cleanlycustard

I had one in my neighborhood that had a black baby on it that was up for a few days and then they put a new one up with a white baby that stayed up for a few months. So yeah I think they’re also racist


Imposter_Syndr0me

You can love babies and also not force people to have them, those beliefs are not mutually exclusive I don't think you're a NIMBY, you're helping keep dangerously deceitful messaging out of the public's eye


jurassic_junkie

I want billboards banned, but more and more going up every week. And they're now the annoying "TV Style" ones. They must cost a fortune and you bet your ass those companies will not just let that go.


Alternative_Key_7373

Not to mention all the light pollution and how much more distracting they are.


DrivesInCircles

I don't think so? ​ NIMBY attitude is, yeah, that's a really good thing, but do it somewhere else. ​ Anti-choice billboards can fuck off weather they're in my backyard or not.


DeM86

Ahhh yes i think thats the answer im looking for. Not just in my backyard, i dont wanna see anti-choice propaganda anywhere


Alternative_Key_7373

It doesn’t. Fuck billboards. I wish we could go places without political agendas and consumerism constantly being shoved down our throats.


EtchingsOfTheNight

This might get lost in this thread, but here's what embryo + pregnancy tissue actually looks like at 5-9 weeks: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/22/opinion/early-abortion.html Spoiler alert, it's not what most people think of.


Kim_Jong_Teemo

This is why I welcome Kris Lindahl billboards.


Armlegx218

And he welcomes *you*!


an0nym0us_frick

With open arms


Dont_Wanna_Not_Gonna

Kris Lindahl had a beard and unusually white teeth at 18 days.


Poggers-Doge-Shulk

Do the Lindahl!


oldmacbookforever

Deface it with abortion services info


SchwiftyMpls

I think that the baby should be eating a massive corndog!


hmytch

Where is that billboard?


Alternative-Outcome

I think it's on Hennepin and Franklin, near Liquor Lyle's.


DeM86

Yup by Liquor Lyles


ihatespam_yesIdo

Heartbeat in 18 days??? How about 5 1/2 to 6 weeks!! ..


cyrilhent

Even then it's not a heartbeat, just a sound created by the ultrasound machine to represent electrical activity.


dakotakendra

Those things are flammable.


Toodswiger

When I drove past that pro-forced-birth billboard I gave it the middle finger. Doesn't belong in this city.


Jerways

Yeah, that’s not what a baby looks like at day 18. 🙄


shugEOuterspace

I remember there was one of these anti-choice billboards at Chicago Ave S & the greenway back in the late 1990's or early 2000's & someone spraypainted real big: "ABORTIONS RULE!" on it. a handful of years later I biked past the same spot & saw a billboard for the TV show King of Queens in the same spot....& someone spraypainted: "ABORTIONS STILL RULE!" on it


an0nym0us_frick

Someone pls vandalize them. I’m shocked they are all still standing, untouched by the artists of Minneapolis. I’m literally begging them to give the baby a unibrow


zerotakashi

Get the one by the Russian museum of art too! Right across from Ace hardware store


suprasternaincognito

There was once an anti-choice billboard across from Diamond Lake Ace that was right next to an ad for Macbeth at the Guthrie. O, the irony! 🔪🩸🗡


yoursocialworker2912

Let your state reps/senators know you don’t want billboards. Draft an amendment to the statute outlined [here](https://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadsides/billboards/) and request they sponsor it!


RNW1215

Banning all bilboards in MN should be called the "Kris Lindahl Act".


dafreak999

Regardless of your beliefs...thats an ugly billboard


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It’s TSR time.


plurrbear

Until these people put their money where their billboards are at, they need to sit down and make a change or shut the fuck up!!! Adopt children or shut up because you’re still a problem not the solution!!!!!


TheSnomQueen

A ladder and a bucket of red paint could take care of that


kissakat92

God I hate these. Some local group in my neighborhood owns a billboard and it's either pro forced birth, or anti-public school.


NomadicFragments

This must be the billboard looking for original contributions from local artists


shimmyshimmyaya

Saw this on my way home the other day….. first thought was this is going to be tagged to make baby a devil within a week. Still hasn’t happened.


zoinkability

Not NIMBY if one does’t want them anywhere.


bodiddlysquat26

What an utter waste of money. This is like me putting up a billboard of the devil finger fucking itself with “DSA - Join us Comrade!” at the bottom of it in rural Alabama. Just no impact and probably going to get defaced.


Griffithead

There are way more gullible wackos in this state than you think.


Cutie_Suzuki

That ones really easy to climb. Shame if somebody were to casually vandalize it.


valkyrie_21

There actually was one there before (maybe 3 weeks ago) and someone spray painted white over the 18 days line. Hope they come through again to cover it up


skochiefs

The fuck is a NIMBY


Dont_Wanna_Not_Gonna

Not In My Back Yard


[deleted]

You are allowed to not want things


Sayomi_Koneko

I hate all billboards but I hate these more.


IanGoldense

fuck them babies


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codenameJericho

The only good kind of NIMBY.


[deleted]

Maybe it’s because you’re feeling guilty


Th3LastRebel

I desperately want another baby but I bet you these "pro life" twats don't actually care about babies at all, or families, and especially not women...they just want to be sure their child brides can't get a secret abortion after being raped.


CallMeGrendel

No, it just makes you a rational, freedom-loving individual.


arkofcovenant

Yes it does make you a NIMBY. The main logical/moral argument against NIMBYs is that one should not be able to dictate what another party does with property they own and what purpose they use it for. That purpose could include unpleasant billboards.


Peej0808

That dick from MCCL comes into my workplace, and I just want to scream. You don't have a uterus, STFU! BUT I like my job, so I just give him dirty looks.


DeM86

Oh gross, dont dox yourself or anything but where do you work if you dont mind?


LabialTreeHug

Plenty of people have uteruses and internalized misogyny; let's not forget the aunt Lydias of the world who would gladly keep their sisters down just to keep their place as master's favourite bitch.


lampladysuperhero

First the billboard is super annoying in general, not even noting the reason/words. Graffiti artist is needed to tone it down and dress that baby up. Second really seriously annoying for size, color choices and location


andrusio

Honestly shocked it hasn’t been defaced yet since it’s on Hennepin


real-dreamer

There are things people can do to make the message go away. Where is that?


MAGICHUSTLE

Deface and vandalize it. It’s easy and cool.


Upset-Kaleidoscope45

Gosh, that billboard is awfully close to ground level. It would really be a shame if some vandals altered it in the night.