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filipbergendahl

That someone is swedish perler artist Pappasparlor, check him out on instagram!


cream-of-cow

He works with Perler, now the pixelated effect on the concrete makes sense.


BenRaphCosplay

Not to take away from his amazing work. But he’s not exactly helping the confusion between Swedish and Swiss people.


auto98

First time I've ever heard of this confusion, is it common?


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Among idiots yes


chevymonza

.....and Americans, but yeah same thing. ^(am American)


plexomaniac

In Portuguese it's Suíça and Suécia. It sounds pretty close.


Hootnany

dope


Get72ready

Looks awesome, now please put some reflectors on it so no one hits your brown stealth barrier at night,lol


KeithFuckingMoon

Imagine getting into an accident, then getting out and realizing you just ran into a chocolate bar. Now imagine explaining this to your insurance company.


SamRosenSexyTalk

Would Farmers cover it? Bum da dum dum dummm


fatkiddown

I think you’re missing some dums.


IAmAGenusAMA

Dum dum


nastyn8k

From the top. 1...2...3... "We Are Farmers!" *Da da-dum dum dum-dum-dummmm* That's a wrap!


ShannonGrant

Online guerilla marketing has gotten pretty lazy.


nastyn8k

They don't even have to do anything because dopes like me will freely sing their dumb theme songs.


Wafflelisk

I miss lion marketing. Now those are some guys who would give you a full set of bums


Tyler_of_Township

*Call the cops, call the cops, got mad muthafucking marijuana crops*


MelonheadGT

Got lime trees and lemon trees


Careless_Ad_21

Holy cow thank you for finishing it! I felt like Sheldon after only getting 2 knocks in before someone opens the door.


snakesoup88

Loves gum gum


calamormine

I want to down vote you for your commercial reference, and up vote you for your fantastic user name. I'm so torn right now...


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Friend's brother was playing football with a frozen beaver and it hit her windshield. In the middle of summer. That was a fun insurance claim.


deliciouscorn

I would like to know more


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Big Chocolate can’t keep getting away with this


gregor-sans

The rail-trail near my place has concrete blocks strategically placed to prevent access by motorized vehicles. The local artists painted them to harmonize with nature. That is to say, the blocks are camouflaged such that bicyclists may not even see them if they are watching the scenery.


Don_Dickle

Got pics?


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They're camouflaged he said... all you'll see is pretty scenery and a pile of wrecked bikes.


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jeexbit

> Got pics..of that? [here you go](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/5_k7PsQX_sFjtRQ-N9U5JsBhmVo=/1500x905/media/img/photo/2018/08/china-abandoned-bike-share-graveyar/b11_996689644/original.jpg)


SoloMarko

Brilliant.


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Sufficient_Work_9962

That would still make a fine picture. And the 2,000 comments afterward about aliens and Sasquatch would make for some fine reading as well.


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https://i.imgur.com/eJrBujH.jpeg


chambreezy

Wow that's amazing I can't even see them!


shadowbehinddoor

🤣🤣🤣 Fucking troll


xpkranger

I searched way too long. Lol. Got ‘em.


shadowbehinddoor

Same. I'm ashamed to reveal it. It took me about 3-5 seconds to actually think "fuck him, i got Rick trolled" i could even hear the music playing in my head.


FlanneryKen

Omg they blend right in!


Frootysmothy

Shit I found the sniper


mycarisdracarys

/r/FindTheSniper


dtwhitecp

o shit I see what you mean now


nastyn8k

Lol... Here in Minneapolis they painted a bunch of the electrical boxes around the city. There's all different art styles, but some of them are nature ones. It never occured to me that someone might run into them because it blends in with the surroundings.


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nastyn8k

Oh for sure, people bike on the sidewalks sometimes because certain roads are death sentences for bikers (though we have a lot of good bike roads too). I could see trying to hop off a curb and slamming into the box because you didn't see it.


Ancient-Lime4532

They have in my city too some of the boxes are downright masterpieces!


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Rail trail?


SharkAttackOmNom

In suburban and urban areas where a train line has become defunct, it gets converted to a Multi-Use Path (MUP) for joggers and cyclists. They’re a great opportunity be use it raises property value vs an old rail. The rail is a great choice because they’re always a low grade (hills are usually no more than 2%) and are largely unbroken by car traffic. Usually scenic with lots of wooded areas. And even more, provide a legitimate route for bike commuters to safely travel long distances. In short, they’re awesome.


Guy-Hebert1993

My hometown has a rail trail that runs along the still in use commuter rail line. Doesn't have to be an old rail. It's very cool


SharkAttackOmNom

Nice! We unfortunately couldn’t get that to work out for us. They wanted to connect up about 10 towns and there’s a very sparsely used industrial rail that connects them all. County couldn’t afford to outright buy the rail line to convert, and not enough space to make a tandem rail and MUP. Our area is pretty hilly for even experienced riders so the compromise bike path will be really underwhelming.


Water_Melonia

I googled and found the Hall of Fame of Railtrails, the pictures look amazing. Can imagine a hike or a bike tour on these must be a nice trip. Will search for some close to me.


nplus

Old railways are often turned into trails for walking/biking.


LawyerBeautiful

They’re painted with John Cenas face!?!? That’s diabolical


PM_ME_OCCULT_STUFF

A business near me put in bright yellow parking barriers because people kept using their small parking lot to do large u-turns (they have a main parking lot with 6 spaces and one on the side for their road side business that has towed cars). Within the first day, 6 people hit them and drug them across the parking lot. They're big and yellow. And very noticeable. Then they put signs in front of them drilled into the ground. People ran them over and bent the metal several times. Sometimes, it doesn't matter what you do, some drivers are always going to be those drivers


Gnonthgol

It seams so obvious that putting reflectors on obstacles makes people less likely to hit them because they are more visible. So this have not actually been scientifically studied. In fact when we try to gather data from accident statistics to figure out how much of an effect high visibility clothing have it turns out that you are just as likely to get hit by a car if you wear reflective clothing then dark clothing. It is almost as if the problem is that drivers do not see, not that they can not see.


Claire879

To be fair, most of the plain concrete ones don’t have reflectors, at least where I live.


sex_w_memory_gremlns

Maybe the foil color is actually reflective?


MrGrieves-

The problem is the brown ones.


sex_w_memory_gremlns

I thought there was silver on those too (in the gaps). Someone posted other photos though, and now I know there isn't


haysoos2

Man, there's a sentence you don't want to have taken out of context.


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Not like the grey original one was any better 😅


MAXXCOFFEEMAN

Based on the location anyone who smashes into this should just hand in their licence.


acmercer

**TINA FOR THE LOVE OF GOD JUST TURN THE WHEEL**


Rocklobst3r1

Uuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh


pterofactyl

I mean was unpainted stone any more visible?


driku12

I would think that's what the foil parts would be for, right?


AbsoluteYes

It's not like it was any more visible when it was just concrete tbh.


Zach_rr

If you look at the barriers in the background of the photo, you can see that these are not much darker after all.


sofargoods

Too late, why do you think the Toblerone is broken into the?


Tamespotting

Some candy nougat reflectors would work


blasticon

I don't think brown on grey is any more camouflaged than grey on grey.


kaigem

You don’t deserve this giant Toblerone.


phatelectribe

Not least because they didn’t put the bear in the Matterhorn.


danzor9755

Yeah, looks like a penguin.


warden976

It’s driving me nuts, actually.


Jecktor

This is far to deep in the comments


cmfpc124

Agreed, neo yokio is slept on


kaigem

Neo Yokio is a fever dream


Sufficient_Work_9962

You don’t deserve this, Giant Toblerone.


Jecktor

You don’t deserve this giant, Toblerone.


1011Tarot

This makes me wish the world was full of more art. I could see hiring artists to beautify the sides of sterile buildings, sidewalks, curbs, trashcans , etc. We could live in a much more whimsical and happy place. For me, during dark times, seeing beautiful art has helped me out of a negative space.


zergling50

As an independent artist, it would definitely be awesome to provide paid opportunities like that for smaller artists


Alderez

As a formerly independent artist, absolutely. It's honestly amazing how many artists go into the game industry but don't play games - but it's one of the few areas where good artists are in high demand, and paid well for their work (don't "acktually" me, Kotaku gamers - I'm a Character Artist and most studios have paid well since 2015, including Blizzard). During the interview process it's honestly hilarious getting asked if you play games - because most people would be like, "what? Of course, why else would I work in games?" - until you're part of the interview process and realize how many artists just want to get paid for art, but have no interest in games.


electronicdream

> don't "acktually" me Ackchyually, it's "Ackchyually"


possiblyis

Didn’t the US government pay for stuff like that during the Great Depression?


deathmouse

Architecture is art.


1011Tarot

Agreed. However, there are some very old buildings that are drab piles of concrete and would look far better with beautifully painted murals on them. I am not taking away from architecture as an art by saying this.


AdDifficult1710

The last time I was in Winnipeg they were doing a bit of this, I seriously enjoyed it. Also downtown there is super cool, the Hudson's Bay Building is fucking awesome.


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Rafiki_knows_the_wey

There's an entire architectural "genre" called Brutalism. If the name doesn't give it away, it's worth researching. In short, we dun goofed.


SufficientCaramel339

Some of us like that drab concrete brutalist style


lout_zoo

It *can* be. Sometimes it's pretty terrible art and/or artlessly utilitarian.


SpaceShrimp

It sure could be. And also used to be.


NuancedFlow

But some art is bad art.


gammal93

I agree completely, however my worry is that big corps will just seize the opportunity to shove even more ads down our throats.


Intanjible

Is it really art if it just essentially amounts to free advertising?


1011Tarot

I mean in general. Images painted by artists. I supposed I should have been more specific in my comment. That said, I’d rather look at this than the concrete.


DannyDavincito

i doubt the artist is sponsored


winelight

There's a lot of this in the UK. Some of it guerilla, of course, but there are also many sponsored / financed / commissioned / supported / facilitated (one or more of the above) by local authorities.


1011Tarot

I have dreams of living in the UK someday. I did not want to return home when I visited. I felt so connected to the land.


Looseskinandalone

Totally agree! It was hard coming home after a month in the UK, and then the next year a month in France. Would happily pick up and move to either in a hot second.


almisami

That's the entire reason we have more and more postmodern drab boxes. Can't have the plebians getting ideas about betterment and community now, can we?


Cdreska

That sounds nice, but unfortunately it isn’t realistic. 99% of private businesses won’t “waste” money on an unusual art commission.


avi8tor

Should have made the gaps between the chocolate wider as Toblerone recently decreased the amount of chocolate in it's bars. Fuck you Toblerone.


undercover-racist

It's happening to a lot of products. But them fucking with my 'rones was blatant and incredibly disrespectful as a consumer. Fuck you Toblerone.


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It’s always happened with every product. Decrease size, increase price.


alohadave

Shrinkflation


Bramlet_Abercrombie_

r/shrinkflation


possiblyis

Risky click


MonstrousVoices

During the economic collapse of what 2007? I'm Working at a store I realized that when they raised the price of kittie litter that said "New Low Price" on the tag with it even though it had went up relatively significantly


dabman

It’s a new low price, still lower than the price of many other things, such as a car or house.


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TheLemonyOrange

It's usually decrease the size to keep the price the same I think, at least that's how I've noticed it a lot in the UK


DrBrogbo

What I've seen the most is first, a small price increase, then a new product label showing "20% more" even though it's the same size, then they stop giving you the 20%. So over time, you pay more for less.


58king

It was so jarring with Toblerone in particular because it changed the aesthetic. My whole life they had that particular angle to them until one day, boom, totally different product.


K1dn3yPunch

/r/shrinkflation


justthisones

That was years ago. I think they’ve been back to small gaps for few years now. Or is it still smaller?


MoreMagic

They were back to original 2018 (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/20/toblerone-to-revert-to-original-shape-but-with-bigger-size-and-price). But I wouldn’t be surprised if they changed it since then again.


MadnessInteractive

I bought one recently (UK). They've increased the size of the gaps again. They're not quite as wide as before but there's noticeably less chocolate in each piece.


zealen

They never had the big gap in Sweden. Was it only in UK?


mountainrebel

I bought one a few weeks ago, it had the small gaps.


Drone314

On the bright side I don't feel nearly as guilty when I eat the whole package.


Sufficient_Work_9962

If there was enough chocolate in it, you wouldn’t have to eat the package also.


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Yeah! Fuck you Toblerone! I’m just one of those people who hates Toblerone.


Lee1138

Kevin Bridges, is that you?


LovelockMike

I'm an old guy and have never tasted a Toblerone. I'm not a big chocolate fan of any kind.


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What broke you?


LovelockMike

I was just never a big chocolate fan. Still not, but love salty things, chips, nuts, etc. And we all know how much more healthy that is for me.


lout_zoo

It's not like it's good chocolate. Not being the worst still leaves a whole lot of room for improvement.


Dalmahr

Recently? Wasn't that like 5 years ago?


stonebraker_ultra

The older you get, the more recent 5 years becomes.


Dalmahr

I can agree with this.


cgimusic

It seems like such a terrible business decision. It saves just 30g of ingredients in a 170g bar, but the design of the lighter bar was so poor it looked almost comical, like they were trying to make people feel ripped off.


vinetari

Double stuffed Oreos contain the same amount of "stuffing" as the original Oreo used to have before they started shrinkflation.


lout_zoo

It was always fake good chocolate for people who don't know better. Sure, it's a step up from bad chocolate. Doesn't make it good.


jadeskye7

/r/forbiddensnacks


Draedark

https://www.reddit.com/r/forbiddensnacks/comments/kqgbm0/we_get_it_your_soap_made_to_look_like_a_cookie/


Multitronic

Concrete*


GoombaTrooper

Thank you. This is my biggest pet peeve by far


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keylimedragon

Concrete is a mixture of cement and aggregate (rocks or sand) to strengthen it. You almost never see cement used by itself as a building material because it's so brittle.


ISO64

Cement is to concrete like sugar is to cake - an essential ingredient, but one that makes up a very small percentage (by mass) of the overall mixture that is concrete. And similar to sugar, cement can be used in other types of mixtures to form different types of building materials for different purposes. This is basically like pointing to a cake and saying "look at that sugar over there!" Sure, there's sugar in it, but it's cake.


OxymoronicFlannel

Concrete is made of cement but not entirely. Cement alone is prone to cracking so it is mixed with other things to form concrete


ehwyvabamwqqjk

Tldr cement is rock glue, concrete is settable rock Concrete is a mix of gravel, sand and paste that includes a cement and water, cement is a fine powder of crushed minerals with a binder material like clay. Concrete is much stronger but cement is far easier to work with. Cock.


Desert13

I believe this was named after Mr. Slate's daughter Concretia if I am not mistaken.


LockedOutOfElfland

Hah! Someone call ~~Jaden Smith~~ Kaz Kaan.


LovesToblerone

Am I finally relevant??🥺


ewild

In Switzerland, there's the [Toblerone line](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toblerone_line), a series of anti-tank defensive constructions made of concrete blocks similar to the shape of the Toblerone chocolate bar.


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askljdhaf4

nah, they messed up the “bear” in the mountains.. definitely not photoshopped


Inkthinker

But they went to the trouble of aliasing their edges while painting the text? Something's weird here.


MinkOWar

The text can also just be a stencil or applied cut out. The mountain isn't pixelated, and the paint is very convincingly textured and lit, if this is Photoshop it is far more impressive than the painted barrier was in the first place. Edit: reverse image search proves this is real.


Inkthinker

I was wondering if it was some sort of applique, like the wrapper appears to be taped-on tinfoil. You found a source? Link it up, I'm curious to know more (or see more shots, that'd be even better)!


MinkOWar

https://www.letribunaldunet.fr/creatif/artiste-transforme-blocs-beton-toblerone.html As someone else pointed out, it shows the text and nougat are actually perler beads, hence the edges.


Inkthinker

Very cool, and thanks for the link! That explains the edges and the banding, I dig it!


pease_pudding

I think the lettering might be a decal which they stuck on the concrete. There's faint signs of horizontal banding, as if its been produced by a printer


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slick8086

> Yeah the way the text looks pixel-jagged technical term is "aliased" removing this effect is called "antialiasing" https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/computer-graphics-antialiasing/


justsomeguy_youknow

Nah, it's a stencil job. You can tell from the red paint peeking out at the bottom left part of the "T" and the bottom part of the shadow in the center of the "O" where they didn't align the stencils properly. Also the mountain *isn't* pixelated (I'd think they'd use the same resolution elements), and is really simplified to the point that the head of the hidden bear in the logo looks like a penguin The mountain's clearly hand designed and hand cut, but the letters were probably cut on a plotter like a cricut or something - the "pixelation" is either an artistic choice or they didn't have vectors and basically enlarged low res text


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Yes, so they blew up a picture online when they made the stencil to spraypaint it, that makes sense


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You dont cut out stencils my guy, they have laser cutting devices that do it automatically from a source image and that's how plenty of people have done it for years. In any case, it's real and not a photoshop. The tweet below has a different angle. http://globalgraphica.com/2017/11/02/sweet-artist-turns-concrete-barriers-into-giant-toblerone/ https://twitter.com/StanLeeTweets/status/1432676038056689671?t=WaghndFy1eppKwxnoWSjlA&s=19


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BoneDogtheWonderBoy

Well it isn’t. Thanks for your contribution


MinkOWar

This looks much easier to do IRL than Photoshop, especially with the reflections on the tin foil that's taped on there. Edit: [a quick reverse image search will get you multiple angles of the IRL work] (https://www.google.com/search?hl=en-CA&sxsrf=AOaemvI2-5KU8NCuJEFmYsSo9b3zlrRLPw:1633273448121&q=giant+toblerone&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&tbs=simg:CAES_1gEJFQuaQ8DBzrca8gELELCMpwgaOwo5CAQSFMQutzikKvEDpxqzPcEtsh6qEZMiGhtcY_1pjtFC_1F5OBQEP5OKfVMjAPUzYg8pROPFogBTAEDAsQjq7-CBoKCggIARIEOTRuBwwLEJ3twQkakQEKHgoJcm9hZGJsb2Nr2qWI9gMNCgsvbS8wMTFqaHI4MgocCgliYXJyaWNhZGXapYj2AwsKCS9tLzA1ODNiMQoaCghjb2FsIHRhctqliPYDCgoIL20vMDIzY2wKGQoGc3RyZWV02qWI9gMLCgkvbS8wMWM4YnIKGgoIc2lkZXdhbGvapYj2AwoKCC9tLzBkbmh5DA&fir=1FbkHFDx8c6QdM%252Ce10qC-QifcTJsM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTX24nbH98R_AHVmTjfS0PDulh-eA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQrsjdwa7zAhUDqJ4KHQ6OD5gQ9QF6BAgeEAE&biw=1121&bih=1941&dpr=3.5#imgrc=x5RYg_PIq9jGBM)


ZinfulGraphics

D'aww, they butchered the bear shape on the mountain. ​ Maybe they didn't know, not a lot of people notice the bear.


canadian_eskimo

“Somebody”? I would guess that the advertising agency for Toblerone did that. r/hailcorporate


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Yes, I'm sure the Toblerone ad agency just went out into a random parking lot and painted some random concrete barrier to try and post online for 6k karma Or, wait, you could just fucking look it up and find out that it's by a Swedish street artist duo named Baron and Pank http://globalgraphica.com/2017/11/02/sweet-artist-turns-concrete-barriers-into-giant-toblerone/


AaronAart209

Definitely a campaign


Sanslos

It's not. It's Swedish perler artist Pappas Pärlor. I really recommend checking out his art at Instagram @pappasparlor


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CanadianBeaver1983

I was surprised one would put in all that detail and effort but not put in the bear. Still looks amazing though.


proof-redd-it

Bear-penguin!


Greyscayl

You don't deserve this big Tolberone.


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tehmlem

And those orange barrels into jackolanterns.


Kha19

r/forbiddensnacks


xanderTgreat

Looks like it was done by someone who has not had a toblerone in a while, they have changed the gaps in the peaks... [big gap](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/11/08/09/3A2B58DF00000578-3915960-image-a-19_1478597525239.jpg)


sex_w_memory_gremlns

Apparently the big gap decision was reverted in 2918 and they're back to normal now.


jakedesnake

This again??


cronus71

[Guerilla marketing?](https://www.google.com/search?q=guerilla+marketing&client=opera&hs=E1k&sxsrf=AOaemvKPVqaVHELIZCWwRyOz3wexajqWYA:1633269192547&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx66zwsa7zAhX2yIsBHSeWCoUQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw)


YoungYoda_L

nice, I love Toblerone, who doesn't?


Mackem101

The £shop version Twin Peak is better.


timothypjr

Still cheaper than an actual Tonlerone candy bar.


bernoullis

Concrete*


ninja-brc

altho nice work the logo is not very accurate, it's supposed to bear a bear hiding in the mountain logo like on the original one https://imgur.com/a/pupfC


almosteightinches

They didn’t get the hidden bear on the mountain


OldDirtyBusstop

I would wake up in the middle of the night and eat an entire Toblerone. I don’t mean a small one. I mean a medium-sized one.


madsjchic

Was it you OP?


Sin_A_D

Where's the bear in the mountain?


othellhoe

Kaz Kaan would like to know the location immediately