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Or you can do like a few different states have done and just fucking ban billboards, and the world doesn't end, and the economy doesn't crash, and the world is
by mrguyorama 2y ago
Or you can do like a few different states have done and just fucking ban billboards, and the world doesn't end, and the economy doesn't crash, and the world is an explicitly better place.
So much stupid nonsense just to not make the world a better place and I don't understand it. You don't need to be creative.
Speaking of which, at this point it's only a matter of time before some big name attempts to put a satellite in orbit that is also a billboard, so you can ALWAYS see their advertising in the nights sky, because it is not currently being used for advertising so, you know, they want to fix that. If we don't ban it now, we WILL have our night sky blocked out by advertising at some point. Companies already use big drone displays to do this.
And I guarantee you people will insist "It's not a big deal, we need advertising, we don't need to block all of it"
- Terr_ 2y ago> Or you can [...] just fucking ban billboards I feel this "just do X" formula is doing an awful lot of heavy lifting. Will you force most gas stations dismantle their price-signs? Will "garage sale here" signs become illegal? What zones are or aren't covered? Vehemence is unfortunately not a substitute for planning or clear rules.
- mrguyorama 2y agoAnd yet several states have done "just" that! You don't even have to figure anything out yourself, you can just copy their frameworks! Why are you so insistent on this? We figured it out decades ago! Don't make up BS reasons to avoid reality, just go read the existing rules. https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/23/title23sec1908.html https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/23/title23sec1908.htm... Click the buttons at the top of the page to navigate this section of law. Maine has had this all on the internet since the 90s. It's a solved problem.