r/whatisit • u/11kestrel • 9h ago

New, what is it? Outside an elementary/grade school

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These 6x6 posts were all erected in front of a local school. The posts have eyelets on the side which tells me they likely will have cables or something strung through them, but why? What is it for?

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u/FruitigerMilo 9h ago

I wouldn't be surprised if this was a set up for a maze and they'll put up some kind of cloth barrier to be the walls

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u/FrozenDragonWings 9h ago

Yeah it seems to me like some kind of maze or haunted house attraction for Halloween

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u/11kestrel 9h ago

These are not built something temporary for Halloween. They're probably 3 feet down. And they were put up many months ago, like springtime.

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u/Gob_the_Gilder 9h ago

They should start flowering soon and bear fruit by next spring. This is where pine apples come from  

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u/FruitigerMilo 9h ago

hmm that's a long time to have these put up and do nothing with

so we know it's definitely not what I thought

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u/LadyFoxfire 9h ago

They could put hay bales between the posts to make a corn maze, and tie the bales to the posts to keep them from falling over.

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u/Hopkinsad0384 9h ago

Im probably wrong, but it reminds me of the crucifiction scene in Life of Brian

https://giphy.com/gifs/D878w4pb4LzMI

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u/turfnerd82 9h ago

I was thinking the same thing, tie up the naughty ones for the day.

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u/AppropriateCap8891 9h ago

Or training for the DMV.

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u/jomifer 9h ago

Reading hammocks?

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u/Jazz_Ad 9h ago

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u/Nematodes-Attack 9h ago

See my comment. There are too many eye loops to be just for hammocks. It’s a rope climbing jungle gym thingy

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u/Jazz_Ad 9h ago

Different heights for different ages.

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u/WorldlinessThat2984 9h ago

Double-decker reading hammocks... double the capacity, same amount of space! ;)

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u/11kestrel 4h ago

I know somebody who should know I'm going to ask if this is it but this fits the best.

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u/mscakes13 9h ago

This could be possible. Maybe they have them connected during recess or specific times of day and remove them when not in use so no one steals them

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u/RedditorSaidIt 9h ago

It's to tie the children's leashes to

jk!  

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u/Sea_Low879 9h ago

Safety first

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u/dathomasusmc 9h ago

And second apparently.

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u/Sea_Low879 9h ago

Safety first

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u/RedditBeginAgain 3h ago

I just told my republican uncle its where they tether the furry kids who use litter boxes in school, so hopefully angry rants along those lines will reach you on Facebook in a few days.

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u/DesignerFlat7108 9h ago

Its so they can tie up unruly children as a form of punishment.

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u/ConditionCool5343 9h ago

Field Punishment Number 1.  May have been outlawed in the British army in 1923 but it's still in use in Ms Robinsons third grade at PS  106

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u/Bsccanada 9h ago

That's where they tie them up so they can go outside and play

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u/carl112358 9h ago

Is the principal named Vlad The Impaler?

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u/Sea_Low879 9h ago

Ask the school?

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u/11kestrel 4h ago

Ask the principal and they wouldn't say but said if we guessed right they would tell us.

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u/therunningbirder 9h ago

It’s a hammock garden! We have one at our school, too 🥰

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u/GooseGosselin 9h ago

Worst tree trimmers ever.

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u/Gob_the_Gilder 9h ago

American ninja is coming to a preschool near you! Tickets sell out fast

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u/Nematodes-Attack 9h ago

It’s for a rope climbing jungle gym type thing

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u/teeberywork 9h ago

Gut says it’s a hammock forest. I don’t know what they’re actually called but that’s the name in my head cannon

Used as “trees” to hang camping hammocks or slack lines.

Came across one at Lewis and Clark College in Portland a couple of months ago

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u/LardAssUnleashed 9h ago

Coming soon: Guantanamo school

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u/TC_Indy_Fan 4h ago

These are posts for reading hammocks! Our local elementary school added them recently.

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u/Acrobatic_Fiction 3h ago

A local school installed several steel beams in the play yard. I couldnt figure out why. They installed sun sails that are now much worse for the wear

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u/TimmyThe1337Tr0ll 59m ago

Interesting. Jennie Emery school...wasnt like that last time I was in town! Very cool

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u/Only_Ad_8351 9h ago

Scratching posts for kids who identify as cats

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u/flashdurb 9h ago

Please use any other word but “erected” when speaking of an elementary school

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u/xlr82xs 9h ago

Rock hard lumber thrust deeply into the moist quivering earth, standing proud and tall in the glory of the morning.