Bitches, bogans and bumper stickers.

Jan 11, 2008 21:04

When did it become acceptable, if not desirable, to be illiterate and unpleasant? I ask this pointless, self-serving and clearly rhetorical question particularly where bumper stickers are concerned. Sure, they've always been a lowest-common-denominator method of finding out the irrelevant and ill-judged opinions of morons that you don't care about ( Read more... )

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gemfyre January 11 2008, 12:33:04 UTC
I will admit, I once had a (regular sized) bumper sticker declaring, "If it's too loud, you're too old." I don't recall it in exact detail but I wouldn't be surprised if there was some spelling or grammatical mistake on it. But hey, my music was GOOD! :p

I now stick to stickers from various wildlife organisations or causes that I'm a member of/care about.

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jassalol January 11 2008, 16:06:56 UTC
But hey, my music was GOOD!

To you, but not to everyone you drive past.

I now stick to stickers from various wildlife organisations or causes that I'm a member of/care about.

Why? Why mess up your car with bumper stickers at all? : /

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gemfyre January 11 2008, 22:19:32 UTC
Why wear a shirt representing an organisation or declaring some phrase?

And the Birds Australia sticker is particularly helpful. When heading to a field trip in some obscure place it's surprising how often you'll see another car sporting the same sticker on the main road heading there. So you figure, "Okay, I'll follow them!"

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gemfyre January 11 2008, 22:20:34 UTC
But hey, my music was GOOD!

To you, but not to everyone you drive past.

Hence my :p

At least it wasn't fucking doof doof, it was actual rock 'n' roll.

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karlski January 11 2008, 21:35:48 UTC
To be completely Francis with you, my old falcon had a bumper sticker on it that said "Triple J: Best aural you'll ever have." I take the stance that this sticker is acceptable since it had no spelling or grammatical errors and was a mildly amusing pun.

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