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420 mile marker (midwest.social)

submitted 10 months ago by m3t00@midwest.social to c/bake@midwest.social

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[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

but did they move the marker 52.8 feet closer to marker 419 so it's accurate?

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 18 points 10 months ago

Yes

The solution came with some out-of-the-DOT-box thinking: They shifted the spot by a hundredth of a mile, and turned Mile 420 into Mile 419.99.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/41999-mile-marker

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Our state (MT) painted it on the shoulder of the interstate instead of having the sign for that one. Same thing with the "406" mile marker sign. Both would get stolen a lot.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Whats with 406?

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

The entire state's area code.

[–] odium@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago

I'm disappointed the 404s haven't been disappearing. They ought to be unfindable.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 6 points 10 months ago

I'd love to find out if it worked, because I think having a Mile 419.99 sign is way funnier than just 420

Where I went to college, they had extra screws attaching the number plate for dorm 420 to the door. And I grew up on Mile 69 of a local highway. That sign was also stolen frequently

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 10 months ago

This arguably encourages stealing more due to the novelty

[–] paw@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Why do they keep on stealing 420? I am European so I don't know if there is something specific about this number.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

420 blaze it

Pot head thing

[–] paw@feddit.org 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks

[–] Ascrod@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago

Surprised the 404 marker doesn't also keep disappearing.

[–] Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

420 is the weed number, don't exactly know why it is so now we know the same amount about it.

[–] m3t00@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

some day revered by weed smokers. forget why. try wikipedia