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Found on r/gifs. I thought you guys would like it as well [Phantom Tollbooth] (i.imgur.com)

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[–]titykaka 240 points241 points ago

This is a very bad fake, the bar goes in front of the date.

[–]LooksLikeANewAccount 30 points31 points ago

I was just thinking, why would you engineer the arm to be able to lift itself the wrong way?

[–]RealDeuce 18 points19 points ago

So the purchaser could install it on whichever side of the lane they wanted based on their installation needs.

[–]LooksLikeANewAccount 84 points85 points ago

You just need to turn it 180 degrees to do that.

[–]Mixed-Signals 47 points48 points ago

whoa...

[–]RealDeuce 0 points1 point ago

Perhaps, but that would place the arm on the side closer to the vehicle with all that implies.

[–]shitmyspacebar 6 points7 points ago

Surely the would just rotate it 180 degrees

[–]lazyduke 17 points18 points ago

You must work for the government. A more complicated and fail-prone mechanism, thousands of dollars of R&D, and hundreds of extra man hours instead of simply suggesting it be rotated and the sign put on the other side of the bar.

[–]I_am_Tre 5 points6 points ago

Ouch. The dude was just getting excited about engineering toll-booths and you shot him down. What if he is an evil millionaire with an island that because of his delusions needs a vertical, 180 degree steel assault-booth? There's got to be a private sector for that shit. Think outside the box man.

[–]ShoutsObscenely 1 point2 points ago

troll-booths

Ftfy

[–]Anomander 6 points7 points ago

You must not work in sales. We can charge triple for the omni-directional power arm, and you're telling them to buy the basic model and just turn the sign around?

[–]AreGee0431 4 points5 points ago

100% accurate. Work harder not smarter, unless harder makes you feel smarter.

[–]hollywoodbob 0 points1 point ago

Most of these style gate operators currently use a magnetic sensor attached to the motor control board and only operate in a 90° swing. There is a jumper on the control board to control right or left handed operation. You don't even have to turn the unit around, just move the jumper.

[–]beard_engine 0 points1 point ago

R&D creates innovation which drives industry, job and technology growth

[–]RealDeuce -1 points0 points ago

I'm not convinced it would be any more complicated.

[–]AllDizzle 2 points3 points ago

Turning it around is too hard.

[–]1337m00nm4n -1 points0 points ago

Yeah, that's how the door handles are in my building, you can turn them in the opposite direction. Fuck people's day up sometimes when I turn it to the other side to make it seem like things are mirrored.

[–]hollywoodbob 0 points1 point ago

The way those gate operators are made they can operate in a full circle either clockwise or anti-clockwise. They typically only have a switch that stops the motor running when it reaches its travel limit. The movement range you see in the video is technically possible, only at a fixed travel speed, since the motors only have one speed. What isn't possible is the arm striking the car. Those arms are either glassfiber or aluminium, and would snap off the motor as soon as it struck the vehicle.

Source: I repair gate operators.

[–]LooksLikeANewAccount 0 points1 point ago

Fair play!

[–]danarchist 37 points38 points ago

that's cryptic graffiti in the background.

[–]nty 6 points7 points ago

Yeah. Notice that if you keep watching, the time doesn't change.

[–]Aeronniell 4 points5 points ago

Duh...its hour:minute, no seconds.

[–]nty 44 points45 points ago

No but if you watch it for a couple minutes it is still the same

[–]thisguyinc 4 points5 points ago

Confirmed.

[–]aaronschool2 8 points9 points ago

And the car squishes instead of dents.

[–]losthighway12 3 points4 points ago

How long did you look at it?

[–]LtCthulhu 0 points1 point ago

Not to mention the lack of wobbling and bouncing, and the fact that those things cannot move fast enough to crush a car.

[–]hollywoodbob 1 point2 points ago

And the arms break off if they hit a car.

Ninja edit: Which is excellent job security! Thanks college kids!

[–]LtCthulhu 0 points1 point ago

A nearby apartment complex in my college town has its gate smashed off weekly by the college aged residents in their fancy cars.

Edit: Athens, GA if you were at all wondering.

[–]hollywoodbob 2 points3 points ago

I worked on a similar complex, after buying their 4th arm from my company they asked for heavy metal ones so at least it would damage the cars when they hit it. After three broken windshields the gate arms stopped being broken.

[–]Donkahones 0 points1 point ago

Not to mention it completely flattens the roof of that car....

[–]rydan 0 points1 point ago

Not only that but if you actually look at the date it is clearly April Fools Day.

[–]davethesailor 0 points1 point ago

Very observant. It was hard to notice that.

[–]Cocacoleuh -1 points0 points ago

I just noticed that

[–]GodspeakerVortka 101 points102 points ago

The Phantom Tollbooth sure was a good book.

[–]embolalia 33 points34 points ago

The author has said that some publishers turned him down at first because they didn't think kids would like it, and the humor would be too advanced for them. And I just wanted to smack those publishers, because the reasons they thought kids would hate it were the exact reasons I loved it.

[–]5plendiferou5 18 points19 points ago

Yeah, I read it to my fourth graders last year and some of them fell in love with it and some thought it was bizarre and boring. I struggled with whether it was a good choice. Honestly, it is too advanced for elementary schoolers, but sometimes kids just want to read something advanced.

[–]CowSarlacc 8 points9 points ago

I am a senior in high school and re-read it a few weeks ago. I still love it.

[–]agileaxe99 4 points5 points ago

I'm a sophmore in college. I plan on reading it, now that its back in my head.

[–]vminnocci12 6 points7 points ago

My old 4th grade teacher made us read that. Loved it to bits.

[–]vbcxnmz 2 points3 points ago

Too advanced for elementary schoolers? That makes me sad to hear, if that is really the case nowadays. My brother and I both read it in elementary school, and it quickly became one of our favorites.

[–]5plendiferou5 1 point2 points ago

There's still plenty to enjoy for a kid, but the vocabulary is very high, the puns are advanced, and the depth of allegory is not really attainable for ten year olds. About half of the kids didn't get enough out of it to push through the exceptionally difficult vocabulary. At the end, none of them really connected to the deeper meanings and themes-- even the ones that I'm sure will be Redditors some day. ;-)

[–]lillian0 4 points5 points ago

Agreed. I read it in 5th grade. My teacher couldn't understand why her book disappeared for half the year. Reread. And Reread. And I'm going to the library tomorrow, TO REREAD IT AGAIN.

[–]Atifex 5 points6 points ago

Fantastic animated movie as well. ^

[–]SirBinks 2 points3 points ago

Honestly, I think this book should be read at least three times in your life, due to the several ways to enjoy the story.

Once when you're little, because you appreciate the fantasy world/saving the princesses theme

Once as an adolescent, old enough to get some of the more complex ideas and some of the basic puns and wordplay. Also to see many of the things you're learning at that time in life applied in fantastic settings (Math in Digitopolis, spelling in Dictionopolis, etc.)

And once as an adult, when you're old enough to really appreciate the just how clever the writing and wordplay is, as well as just how amazing of a world Norton Juster created with that book.

I got the 50th anniversary edition hardcover for my last birthday, to replace the completely destroyed paperback copy I had from when I was little. If I ever have kids, I plan on reading that to them as soon as possible, and one day passing it on. That's just how much admiration I have for that book.

[–]FeliciaHardy 0 points1 point ago

I also got the hardcover anniversary edition for my last birthday. Still one of my most favorite presents.

[–]miket130 1 point2 points ago

My teacher read it to the class when I was in fifth grade. We all loved it. I want to read it again. I only remember random parts of it like a whetherman??? and a disappearing city?? Rhyme and Reason?? What a strange book.

[–]thetroll54 0 points1 point ago

Thank god I'm not the only one who thought this, thank you my good sir.

[–]DukeOfGeek 0 points1 point ago

It was as good as can be!

[–]Karatebagels 268 points269 points ago

More like a Trollbooth amirite!?!...Man I hate myself sometimes.

[–]john_madden_advice 106 points107 points ago

You should kill yourself.

[–]QCD 70 points71 points ago

Big talk coming from John Madden

[–]john_madden_advice 33 points34 points ago

I'm here to help.

[–]Matub 21 points22 points ago

I'm calling shenanigans. You didn't ONCE mention Ace as a helpful place or tough actin' Tinactin.

...boom

[–]cajunbander 12 points13 points ago

Or mention Brett Favre.

[–]chieflovedrug 2 points3 points ago

Or call an audible

[–]iamjakt 1 point2 points ago

Or the butter packets.

[–]Sobertese 12 points13 points ago

Now here's a guy, when he makes a witty comment, when he makes a comment, he says something witty. Good redditors are good at reddit. Great redditors, while also good at reddit, are great at reddit.

[–]clambam11 0 points1 point ago

And then BOOM!

[–]cajunbander 7 points8 points ago

Now here's a guy, that when he puts his contacts in he can see better!

[–]Joshbuhgosh 0 points1 point ago

This kills the Karatebagels.

[–]knador 0 points1 point ago

wow what i just saw this then looked at the name of post and noticed i read it wrong. here i was thinking it actually said Trollbooth instead of tollbooth.

[–]jonnyboyo 0 points1 point ago

I didn't care for your comment, but your username made me laugh w/ snorts.

[–]ZaWahhuh 0 points1 point ago

I came here to say exactly this, so...

Fuck you

[–]NatNoBrains 0 points1 point ago

Damn you, I was thinking of the same thing. I could almost smell the comment karma ;_;

[–]Blakwulf 27 points28 points ago

Looks very fake?

[–]StrykerVenom 9 points10 points ago

Thas because it is.

[–]brianjpro 16 points17 points ago

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news_img/17126/phantom_tollbooth_17126.jpg

[–]greiman 3 points4 points ago

Came here for that, have an upvote.

[–]payperduckk 6 points7 points ago

here i was thinking this post would have something to do with Milo, Tock, the Humbug, and all those other great characters. That book is phenomenal.

[–]jdlee3 6 points7 points ago

I thought it was going to be something about the book.

[–]khengstebeck 3 points4 points ago

fuck you car!

[–]seinfeldlover98 4 points5 points ago

I don't know why but I can't stop laughing at this.

[–]Shrimp22 10 points11 points ago

Just imagine coming out to your car and seeing that. I don't think I would have assumed the toll lift to have done it.

  • maybe some thugs with some baseball bats
    *maybe some super alien robot snake that weighed a good 13,000 lbs.
  • maybe donkey kong came and bounced around.

I'd be ruffled goose.

[–]nvahren0102 4 points5 points ago

I read that as "phantom toothbrush." I need more sleep. Curse you, midterm week.

[–]jwd6f6f6 3 points4 points ago

Am I the only one who thought the post was about the book, The Phantom Tollbooth? http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Phantom_Tollbooth_50th_Anniversary_E.html?id=T_0EtTjFHRIC

[–]biotroll 10 points11 points ago

THIS LOOKS SHOPPED

I CAN TELL FROM SOME OF THE PIXELS AND FROM SEEING QUITE A FEW SHOPS IN MY TIME.

[–]TAC0001 0 points1 point ago

Alternate title for this GIF: "my penis when looking at different pictures of Lady Gaga."

[–]ghlibisk 2 points3 points ago

Came in here expecting something from the Norton Juster novel. Left disappointed.

[–]9bowlsofsoup 1 point2 points ago

Fake or not - made my day. :D

[–]weregoat 2 points3 points ago

Upvote for use of the phrase "Phantom Tollbooth". Anyone on Reddit who hasn't read it should.

[–]Melmac1803 2 points3 points ago

OP did not deliver. I've read the book more times than I probably should have.

[–]jstohler 1 point2 points ago

Could watch all day.

[–]hoover41 1 point2 points ago

Paranormal Activity meets Cars.

[–]saxshoe 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, I smell cyriak.

[–]Dyscal-Culia 0 points1 point ago

[Vindictive Operator]*

[–]bvanman 0 points1 point ago

"Is that Bill's car? God I hate that fucking guy."

[–]DSight 0 points1 point ago

If you're working as a tollbooth, you should get up and stretch every half hour.

[–]Scarsthathurt 1 point2 points ago

It hilarious when the gif starts over and the car's roof pops up

[–]jater242 1 point2 points ago

What I was expecting.

[–]GREAT_WALL_OF_DICK 0 points1 point ago

"HEY MOTHER FUCKER! THE SIGN SAID NO TAILGATING!!!"

[–]UnaccountedVariable 1 point2 points ago

It seems to me as if the tollbar is moving at 30 frames per second. Compare this to the standard 24 fps, and similar or possibly an even lower fps in low end security cameras. The bar was most likely rendered on computer software. No I'm not an expert, so I may be wrong in some facts.

TL;DR: shit looks fake yo.

[–]Elshar 0 points1 point ago

hahaha, I read it as "Phantom Trollbooth". Was not disappointed.

I wonder if it's the security guy and he has a controller to raise/lower it?

[–]scrubtechRush 0 points1 point ago

best gif ever seen...this will always keep me happy... thank u op

[–]artkul47 0 points1 point ago

Looks like someone is having a case of the Mondays

[–]guiltyspark7 0 points1 point ago

The framerate is way too high for a standard security camera.

[–]Jon_Benet_Rambo 0 points1 point ago

More impressed by the car that repairs itself. You can save 600 dollars by switching to repair car in 15 minutes.

[–]ClockworkINTP 1 point2 points ago

DIE DIE DIE

[–]bchen42 0 points1 point ago

Sissel??

[–]oprock 1 point2 points ago

Hey, look what I found on Reddit! I bet Reddit would like this.

[–]MuddySnapps 0 points1 point ago

Anyone else think about Battlebots? Anyone? Anyone?

[–]Pwnk 0 points1 point ago

photoshop: they're not designed to do that

Edit: plus it's a repost. Gay.

[–]FootballintheGroin -1 points0 points ago

Trollbooth.

[–]masteractor 0 points1 point ago

BAD CAR BAD CAR BAD CAR...

[–]6chan 0 points1 point ago

Reminds me of how porn stars slap their dicks on the asses of other porn stars they are about to fornicate with

[–]kjaatmteesn 0 points1 point ago

Not the sturdiest of cars huh?

[–]redsoxfan3444 1 point2 points ago

I assumed it would be this

[–]L2attler 0 points1 point ago

I like how every time I think of a clever joke regarding a post, I then attempt to post it only to find out about 50 people thought of the same thing. Its a little upsetting how unspecial you feel.

[–]NasKe 0 points1 point ago

This is how a erection looks like when you are layed down

[–]fractalife 0 points1 point ago

All I can think is... this would be a perfectly seamless gif if it weren't for the caved in roof popping back up at the beginning.

[–]occam182 0 points1 point ago

While a pneumatic operator might have enough power to smack a car a dent, it usually is not a 180 degree operator. Limit switches in the operator can be adjusted and maybe adjusted poorly, but not this poorly those arms are made of aluminum, plastic or wood, depending on the options chosen by the buyer. To create this kid of damage a steel pole is more than likely necessary and I don't know of any barrier arm gate that uses these types of arms. Door King and Hy-Security make very good and powerful operators but I really don't think to this degree. Plus limit switches are for adjusting by inches not 180 degrees, usually. Also, the gearbox usually does not allow for this kind of movement. The control motherboard may fail and cause the gearbox to overextend, but this would cause the gearbox to fail. This would be a very surprising event to occur and a very unique operator.

[–]Donnisher -1 points0 points ago

Paranormal activity 7

[–]Hinode -1 points0 points ago

Was twitching while waiting for the car roof to pop back up. Well worth the wait...

[–]You_hand_one_job 0 points1 point ago

Man, I hope that top comment gets about 250 helpings of subtraction soup. Or a few servings of division dumplings and then the subtraction soup.

[–]Melmac1803 0 points1 point ago

Subtraction stew*

[–]thegimboid 1 point2 points ago

That's not a phantom tollbooth.

THIS is the Phantom Tollbooth

[–]Keex13 0 points1 point ago

99% of people are subscribed to funny and gifs....

[–]nomroflcaek 0 points1 point ago

I'm seriously just wanting for the tollbooth to transform... into.. perhaps the most useless transformer ever.

[–]nomroflcaek 0 points1 point ago

God, I meant 'waiting'

(waits for shower of downvotes)

[–]ReyZero 0 points1 point ago

Is it weird that I found the content amusing because I recognized the CCTV server software?

[–]FkYeahVoltron 0 points1 point ago

'Tis a boom gate, homeboy

[–]Gaffaj 0 points1 point ago

Bad car....naughty car!

[–]WreckerCrew 0 points1 point ago

Fake gif is fake.

[–]FeliciaHardy 0 points1 point ago

Thought you were referring to the book/movie. Was disappointed.

[–]Doza1 1 point2 points ago

I wanna believe that the guy that controls that poll thing is doing that for a good reason.

[–]kaiyotic 1 point2 points ago

like revenge? maybe the owner of the car is having sex with the wife of the tollbooth controler.

[–]Doza1 1 point2 points ago

yesssss....

[–]sheldonismyfather 2 points3 points ago

I was expecting something to do with the book "Phantom Tollboth"... I was wrong (sorry for quotations, Reddit from iPod... I know it isn't grammatically correct)

[–]AndroGhost -2 points-1 points ago

To everyone saying this is fake;

if you look really close when the .gif loops, you can see the top of the car becoming higher, meaning that before it looped, it was crashed and lowered.

I don't think that there would be a person to photoshop this and pay that much information to details

[–]geoper 6 points7 points ago

As titykaka stated already "the bar goes in front of the date." It certainly does and proves it is a fake.

[–]alphasci 2 points3 points ago

you would...

[–]BloodshotHippy 3 points4 points ago

If you look closer you see that the front end of the top of the car gets crushed. The pole never touches it there yet it is just as flat as the rest of the top.

[–]purdueracer78 0 points1 point ago

That bar would not crush the entire top of the car.

[–]TardisMechanic -2 points-1 points ago

If I ever had to explain

"Because fuck you that's why!"

I would use this GIF

[–]Mrrwg99 -3 points-2 points ago

Lol

[–]overused-meme-alert -2 points-1 points ago

Lol

wee-oo-wee-oo

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