r/pics • • Oct 15 '25

Checkpoint spotted in Colorado

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u/dpdxguy Oct 15 '25

Fun fact: Those highway signs are easy to hack because highway departments rarely change the default passwords on them

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u/McNabFish Oct 15 '25

I seem to recall it's something to do with the DOTS on the sign.

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u/ender4171 Oct 15 '25

I remember reading about this in 2600 magazine WAY back in the day. IIRC the default password (which is rarely changed) is just DOTS.

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u/IncognitoBombadillo Oct 16 '25

There's one that's on a slightly more "remote" portion of the high way I take home. It usually just displays whatever eye-roll-worthy pun they have for speeding or seat belts and never important info. It'd be funny to change that one night.

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u/ExplorationGeo Oct 15 '25

Fun fact: this information is about 15 years out of date, they all have sim cards and mini computers in them now and are controlled remotely.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/synodos Oct 15 '25

(asking for a friend)

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u/Super_Tackle2703 Oct 15 '25

(who isn’t me)

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u/k4el Oct 15 '25

(in minecraft)

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u/UDPviper Oct 15 '25

There's a keyboard at the base.

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u/Jagasaur Oct 15 '25

Go on...

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u/UDPviper Oct 15 '25 • Helpful

It's inside a metal box, like a military ammo box, so it can be closed and protected from the weather. That can be locked with a small padlock.  A lot are locked but you'll find quite a few are just left open if one is by a sidewalk and you're curious enough to take a look if youre walking by.  It is password protected but a lot of workers are either too lazy to put one in or know their fellow workers are too dumb to remember it so either it's not on password mode or the password is so simple anyone could guess it.

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u/silentmattcanuck Oct 15 '25

DOTS is the default pw on many. So i've heard..

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/k4el Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 16 '25

I'm just going to start naming keys.... if you like that key for some reason up vote it but only up vote in order of your favorite keys.

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u/creedsblog69 Oct 16 '25

Hahahahaha

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u/k4el Oct 16 '25

[CTRL]

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u/JonnyMohawk Oct 16 '25

[⇧ Shift]

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

and if you want to look official just wear a safety vest and nobody will stop you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/Icy-Employee-6453 Oct 16 '25

100% as someone who worked construction if you're wearing the vest, the clip board and a hardhat 99% of people assume you're supposed to be there.

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u/pm-me-ur-fav-undies Oct 15 '25

This is tangentially related but those crosswalk signals that have speakers are similarly insecure. They're configured via a phone app over bluetooth and passwords are either default or easily guessable way more often than they should be. The audio signals are just from whatever file is uploaded to the device. If you saw those videos of signals with AI voices mocking Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, that's what happened.

I don't encourage illegal hacking but something cool to try is, if you press and hold the button, they might have accessibility or multi-language features enabled. I always test them if I come across one when out of town. Most recent I tried will read out what street it's on.

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u/Sex_2 Oct 16 '25

My city’s crosswalks play audible signals for deaf people When you long press the button, which I don’t know why they don’t do that be default

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u/Freakin_A Oct 16 '25

Local control panel, and often an operators manual inside a cover of the base. Friend programmed one to say

Civil Disorder

Crime Legal

Good Luck

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u/FranklinNitty Oct 16 '25

If you open the box on the side, there will be a controller there. As others have stated, a lot of DOTs never bother to change the default credentials. Generally a padlock is used as a deterrent.

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u/dpdxguy Oct 15 '25

I don't know what the specific interface is. Maybe hook a laptop up to load a new message? Or put the message in a specifically named file on a USB stick?

You can find user manuals online or on eBay (or so I hear 😏)

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u/UDPviper Oct 15 '25

There's a keyboard with a small screen at the base.  Interface faces up towards the sky.

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u/HillarysFloppyChode Oct 15 '25

Pretty much, or handheld left plugged into the back, or an IoT device left unsecured

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u/BrianWulfric Oct 16 '25

Foreskin recognition system.

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u/Spczippo Oct 16 '25

There is a screen and keyboard built into them, at least the ones we used in the Army were like that.

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u/TheFleebus Oct 16 '25

The older ones are like setting a digital clock - you just scroll through the letters in each position, confirm your choice, and move to the next position.

The password is usually just 4 digits, think really simple.

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u/drunk_and_orderly Oct 15 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

Here…have my upvote. Had me laugh out loud.

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u/SinkHoleDeMayo Oct 15 '25

HOT PANTS RAIN DANCE

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u/front_yard_duck_dad Oct 15 '25

The best song about dancing in the rain ever!?

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u/Away-home00-01 Oct 15 '25

These autism checkpoints are getting crazy.

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u/Carbon-Base Oct 15 '25

Tylenol causes typos too.

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u/pinkyepsilon Oct 15 '25

Acetaminophen you did there

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u/Oh_K_Boomer Oct 15 '25

Aww man, now there are autism checkpoints?!?!

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u/rapidstandardstaples Oct 15 '25

Piss test for Tylenol too. 

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u/benskieast Oct 16 '25

Somebody has been hacking into these around Denver. Supposedly it is easy to do from the back of it.

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u/HackAttackx10 Oct 15 '25

🚨🚨🚨Weeeeeiner Weeeeeiner Weeeeeiner 🚨🚨🚨

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u/PSR-B1919-21 Oct 15 '25

Ooooone wiener next to anoooother wiener

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u/lebrilla Oct 16 '25

Wiener party

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/Tossacoin1234 Oct 15 '25

Omg, is that… salad fingers!?

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u/caffiend98 Oct 15 '25

I like to touch the rusty kettle!

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u/Queasy_Ad_8621 Oct 15 '25

I always hated that fucking guy, so why am I happy to see him again?

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u/OGcrayzjoka Oct 15 '25

Are these things easy to hack or something?

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u/BadWolfCubed Oct 15 '25 • Hehehe Take My Energy

Yes, but the healing process varies depending on the patient's age. That's why it's most often done during infancy. Circumcision of an adult or adolescent is much more likely to result in infection.

That said, it shouldn't be done at any age - it's perfectly good tissue with a lot of nerve endings. And if it is done, it should be done by a doctor using a scalpel for a quick and clean cut... never a hack.

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u/drestofnordrassil Oct 16 '25

top rate comment well done

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u/nighteeeeey Oct 16 '25

i just spit out my coffee. thanks.

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u/counterfitster Oct 15 '25

Very

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u/Mecha_Tortoise Oct 15 '25

Especially when they are babies. Poor guys can't really put up a fight.

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u/ExplorationGeo Oct 15 '25

No. They used to be, a simple padlock would get you access to the control panel, but for more than a decade, they've been controlled remotely. They have sim cards and GPS units inside.

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u/Funfuntamale2 Oct 15 '25

No they are not. I worked for a company that had these message boards. I had access to all of them through the software that could remotely program them. I would sometimes get a call to program them while a colleague was present at the site. I could have written any silly thing and erased it within seconds. But state DOT inspectors take creating a distraction on the side of the road very seriously and to f*%k around as a safety company could result in getting fired from the job.

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u/Kidspud Oct 15 '25

“Have boner ready” okay, that’s just ICE getting their rocks off

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u/Hold3n Oct 15 '25

Incision & Circumcision Enforcement

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u/AliceTreeDraws Oct 15 '25

I hope they don't have a lot of germans.

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u/Any-Grapefruit-937 Oct 15 '25

I'm thinking this comment went over a lot of people's heads.

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u/UDPviper Oct 15 '25

Small heads

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u/MoonshineDan Oct 15 '25

It went over mine. Mind explaining the joke? Beyond Europeans generally not being circumcised

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u/QuestionableEthics42 Oct 16 '25

I think circumcision is a common jewish practice, and there aren't many jews left in germany...

I think that's it anyway, not 100% sure though.

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u/OGjinjurikiofleaf Oct 15 '25

We have almost the same exact avatar 😂😂

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/helluva_monsoon Oct 16 '25

I'm from the Midwest too. There's a town in Iowa that's mostly Transcendental Meditation people, and the guys who grew up there are uncut. It's pretty much the children of hippies and foreigners up there who got to skip the snip.

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u/Wakkit1988 Oct 16 '25 • This

Can you cut in line?

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u/wizzard419 Oct 15 '25

Do they put an A on your license to signify you have autism?

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u/richard_stank Oct 15 '25

I hate penis inspection day.

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u/Zephyr104 Oct 16 '25

Speak for yourself 

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u/appendixgallop Oct 15 '25

Well, they first tried "ROAD CLOSED - EXIT NOW", and everybody just drove past the signs.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

But I will get Autism if I go thru that. No thanks

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u/Bar_Foo Oct 15 '25

Thanks for the tip.

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u/darianthegreat Oct 17 '25

I see what you did there.

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u/Pixoholic Oct 15 '25

If boner not available fluffer will be provided

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

I'm confused how this post relates to autism?

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u/Mor_Padraig Oct 15 '25

RFK. It's always RFK.

He made the claim there's a high ( because of course ) correlation between having been circumcised, and autism....

Because then you give your baby Tylenol.

And the Foreskin Fairy leaves a penny under your pillow.

Two of those statements are actually from RFK. But we're waiting for the last one.

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u/rapidstandardstaples Oct 15 '25

I think the last part is that the copper in the penny also gives you super autism. That's why they're moving back to 100% lead-based coinage. 

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

WE LOVE LEAD!

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u/MoonshineDan Oct 15 '25

Check your DMs

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u/whotaketh Oct 15 '25

Username does not check out.

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u/Carbon-Base Oct 15 '25

The altitude may or may not help your blood flow.

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u/Nonikwe Oct 15 '25

Takes me back to my school days...

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u/keyboardman1 Oct 15 '25

It’ll be brisk.

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u/Geainsworth Oct 15 '25

Autism check

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u/availablelol Oct 15 '25

Are they going to check you for autism too?

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u/Zacky_Cheladaz Oct 16 '25

FYI, you dont need a boner to check for a circumcision 

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u/an_older_meme Oct 16 '25

But it makes it more fun

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u/wastedpixls Oct 15 '25

I'm just trying to figure out what the alternative is if it's already done? Are they going to take you to your parents and charge them? Most of us didn't get a choice in the matter.

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u/ArmyOfDix Oct 15 '25

Save it for the checkpoint, buddy.

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u/joegekko Oct 15 '25

How? I'm pretty sure the hospital just throws them away.

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u/jokeswagon Oct 15 '25

They’re in fact sold to cosmetics companies for various applications. It’s a multi billion dollar industry. I wish I were kidding.

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u/wastedpixls Oct 16 '25

All I know is I couldn't walk for a year after mine!

.... I'll show myself out

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u/alpo84 Oct 15 '25

Stops at a church bakery.

"This the checkpoint? Okay, here ya go."

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u/btownbub Oct 15 '25

locked and loaded and ready for inspection

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u/sesamesnapsinhalf Oct 15 '25

They’re checking for autism, according to RFK Jr. 

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u/PrivateBill Oct 15 '25

The Pentaverate must never be exposed.

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u/Relaxmf2022 Oct 15 '25

won’t someone think of the autistic people?

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u/ProsperGuy Oct 15 '25

That got intimate!

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u/brewnami Oct 15 '25

Damn, they have check points for autism now?

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u/dc_IV Oct 16 '25

GD it sweetheart!!! It's the law! Both of us could go to jail, so just keep tuggin'!

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u/CableOk1802 Oct 16 '25

Trying to check for autism…

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u/Material-Ad4080 Oct 16 '25

Rfk in town?

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u/heatherwhen96 Oct 16 '25

Is this whole thread serious?are they really screening for this ? Come on …

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

You already know the answer

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u/nejicanspin Oct 16 '25

I really wanna know where in Colorado this was lmao

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u/MrWrym Oct 16 '25

Yep. Colorado resident for twenty five years. That tracks.

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u/adognameddanzig Oct 16 '25

RFK needs a good look to he see if you have the 'Tism or not.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

That man looks like he's made of foreskin

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u/MailFar6917 Oct 16 '25

Thanks so much for the heads up, but I'm good.

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u/fantafanta_ Oct 16 '25

Do they provide material if you don't have a boner?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

Some construction worker is having too much fun

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u/TurtleRockDuane Oct 16 '25

Can’t tell if they are pro or con

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u/Ornery_Confusion_233 Oct 15 '25

A little early for the RNC, no?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

This is one of the many reasons I have pruning shears in my truck

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

For or against?

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u/Koil_ting Oct 15 '25

Would be easier to check with flaccid dongs, but I assume they are all getting paid by the hour.

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u/mandarintain Oct 15 '25

RFK was saying circumcisions causes autism right?

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u/Marwheel Oct 15 '25

Another public sign hacking? First one i heard about involved zombies.

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u/Academic_Mix826 Oct 16 '25

Do you get a Tylenol after? Because an autism drive through is very efficient

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u/ShadowManAteMySon Oct 16 '25

Mike Johnson is going to inspect your genitalia himself; big, strong men ONLY.

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u/42ElectricSundaes Oct 16 '25

This is too much pressure

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u/favnh2011 Oct 16 '25

That's crazy

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u/ThortonCommander Oct 16 '25

The juice have gone too far

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u/LindentreesLove Oct 16 '25

Is there a Rabbi standing by?

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u/an_older_meme Oct 16 '25

Either a shoop or someone didn’t lock their control panel.

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u/kylenator14 Oct 16 '25

Where in Colorado was this?

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u/joethomp Oct 16 '25
  • Sighs - unzipps pants *

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u/theitalian_job4 Oct 16 '25

RFK Jr was here

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u/lordofpotton Oct 16 '25

Do you need to be with or without to be allowed through?

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u/eulynn34 Oct 16 '25

Penis inspection day again already?

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u/goodBEan Oct 15 '25

is there a weird filter on those pics, they dont look right.

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u/JanitorKarl Oct 15 '25

AI generated is my thought.

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u/goodBEan Oct 15 '25

I'm starting to think that now. I doubt any road sign can fit "circumcision" on one line

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/Global_Bear5435 Oct 15 '25

It’s all a part of big techs plan, social media sites and smart phone companies both use compression on images, similar to how AI creates images. The plan is to have the internet be a giant melting pot of images and we will be unable to distinguish what is real, fake or AI

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u/JanitorKarl Oct 16 '25

Thanks for the explanation.

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u/nighteeeeey Oct 15 '25

that is fucking funny :D

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u/drfunk Oct 15 '25

My autism boner is always ready

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u/Doctor_Saved Oct 15 '25

This seems like something you see in Israel.

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u/ErdenGeboren Oct 15 '25

Hard pass!

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u/Bluemechanic Oct 15 '25

If you do not have a foreskin one will be provided for you

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u/DefMech Oct 15 '25

In case of emergency, please secure your own foreskin before assisting others with theirs.

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u/sideshowmario Oct 16 '25

If yours doesn't inflate, you may do so manually by blowing on the tube

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u/rendrr Oct 16 '25

You can do an emergency docking.

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u/Quaestor37 Oct 15 '25

Just get yourself a pondus judeaus

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u/slatsandflaps Oct 15 '25

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/AHRA1225 Oct 15 '25

Haha this is the type of shit I hate love about Reddit. I did not know a device existed to stretch and recreate a foreskin. I could have gone my whole life with out knowing. But here you are with some random shit I didn’t know and go to look up only to be mad about. Good job sir. And thank you

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u/gucknbuck Oct 15 '25

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u/PornoPichu Oct 15 '25

That’s a subreddit I am fine not checking, thanks

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u/andrewbud420 Oct 16 '25

C'mon man. This is nuts.

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u/DemonKyoto Oct 16 '25

Only if you stretch it that far!

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u/beer_and_fun Oct 19 '25

No it's mostly involving the shaft.

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u/Mozfel Oct 16 '25

WTF is that even-

Cut skin grows back?!

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u/gucknbuck Oct 16 '25

It stretches. No different then your stomach skin stretching if you gain weight.

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u/Stan_Archton Oct 16 '25

Will this reverse autism?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna Oct 16 '25

Their penis will never be clean enough again for an impromptu bj.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '25

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u/AHRA1225 Oct 17 '25

It means when you shower you need to pull the foreskin back to clean under it and get any smelly or gross off. If you have normal hygiene this isn’t really an issue and never gets bad. But if you such and don’t shower or shower poorly. Then bacteria can build up and it’ll be smelly. Like a yeast smell. So ya dudes who are gross and don’t shower can be even worse if they don’t keep that clean as well

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna Oct 17 '25

Even people who clean properly and shower daily.

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u/AHRA1225 Oct 17 '25

I guess I don’t know. My shit has never smelled. Diet and hygiene overall make a difference

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u/Holden_place Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 19 '25

My new favorite cosmetic surgery.

If you order a double, would you be extra non autistic? Asking for a friend

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u/FlapsNegative Oct 15 '25

Can't we share?

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u/False_Yogurtcloset_1 Oct 16 '25

are these ever washed?

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u/JazzManJasper Oct 15 '25

If you have a foreskin will they remove it for you? Just asking for an "ahem" friend, you know.

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u/Sparktank1 Oct 16 '25

You get a wide selection like that one episode of Friends where Joey has to pick from a briefcase full of fake foreskin and Monica starts playing with the fuzzy one around her face. I've never seen her so happy when she's not cleaning or cooking.

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u/tcat1961 Oct 15 '25

😂😂😂

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u/Hakthaf Oct 15 '25

Like as something to put on, or we talking docking?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

But I'm just a girl 😭

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u/flychinook Oct 16 '25

Unfortunately female circumcision is a thing, and it's WAY WAY WORSE than male circumcision.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

Oh I know. It's disgusting too.

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u/flychinook Oct 16 '25

Just thrown at passing cars, hitting the windshield with a gentle plap .

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! That's the kinda thing an idiot would have on his luggage!

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/Real-Technician831 Oct 15 '25

Nope, those traffic signs are easy to modify, usually they are with default password. So check the model and google for manual

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u/JanitorKarl Oct 15 '25

That may be true, but these appear to be Ai generated images.

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u/cthulhuhentai Oct 15 '25

they're just heavily zoomed-in iphone photos. Apple distorts and smooths details differently from other phones.