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[–] db2@lemmy.world 54 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This is exactly why I don't put shit on my car. That plus it's incredibly lame.

I'll appreciate a funny one on someone else's car though. And I also appreciate when someone puts a sticker on clearly showing they're not worth even talking to, like political stickers or racist right wing extremist cult nonsense.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

Punisher sticker- yeah we're not going to get along at all.

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[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't put stickers on my cars typically. But man is this paranoid to the extreme. Unless you're driving an expensive car it's unlikely it would make you a target for anything other than road rage.

[–] Sc00ter@lemm.ee 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I mean, my spouse has received death threats because of her line of work. We have 2 small children and we make sure they have no online presence at all (no pictures, comments, tags, etc), and we intentionally make sure to not have anything identifiable like this on our car. Our other family members have been included in threats before. If someone, for any reason, is targeting you, youre actually giving them a ton of information. Its easier to just not put it on your car and not risk it

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[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I wonder what my Trogdor the Burninator sticker is secretly telling people about me.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It tells me you can type with boxing gloves on your hands.

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

LOL - Oh no! My privacy has been breached!!! Destroy the compy!

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That you're 34yo (or close.)

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Not even close. Well, I mean, it’s close like within 100 years!

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So you're 134 years old. Got it.

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Damn. You figured me out. Now I need to change my username to CuddlyTortoise.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

That you have some Jumbles and cow lamps just waiting to be capered.

Better watch out for Biscuit-dough-hands Man.

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[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This seems paranoid to a silly degree

Edit: Oh it's police propaganda, no wonder it's bad.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Thieves are opportunists. Not criminal masterminds. No one is doing car sticker recon.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

Any bumper sticker threatening gun violence to thieves merely informs them fhat you own the only thing that gets more valuable when stolen

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

What if I have a car covered in weeb shit. I don’t, but what if I did

[–] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 29 points 3 months ago

"Good target for romance scam."

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Nobody's breaking in because they know the smell will be overpowering

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’ll have you know I shower occasionally

[–] M137@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It tells everyone you deserve to be run over.

[–] proton_lynx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Username checks out?

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

What about thin blue line or I support police stickers huh richland pd??

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 months ago

That says: I support racist policing tactics, and might have guns, food buckets, testosterone creams, and dick pills at my house to steal.

[–] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Shit like this is why nobody cares about privacy any more.

Bunch of security media post stupid article about how stickers are leaking into and people just add it to the collection of dumb privacy shit they are told and don't give a fuck about.

Nobody is seeing a baseball sticker and using that to rob your house. It's made up of fantasy shit that doesn't occur in the real world.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 4 points 3 months ago

It’s made up of fantasy shit that doesn’t occur in the real world.

To be fair, that’s like almost all police propaganda.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 months ago

While mostly rich people problems, privacy is not the opposite of expression.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 3 months ago

I have a bunch of Hyena Agenda and Nomad Complex stickers on my car.

All it says is "I am a furry."

[–] smashley91@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a big sticker that says "honk if you're a silly goose" and another that says "eat the rich"

so... what does that say about me? :p

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 16 points 3 months ago

Potential terrorist. Keep under surveilance.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What does it about me when I’m driving a windowless van that has a sticker that’s say “Free Candy”?

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Generic car at shopping centre: "that looks like my mates car, but I dont know for sure" Generic car + personalised plate/stickers: "oh look, mates here too"

Why I personally dont like personalising my car. Just announcing everyone your commute habbits.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Shady Pines Resident"

Hey, I heard Shady Pines burned down in a mysterious fire...

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

"Shady Sands resident"

Hey, I heard Shady Sands was blown up by a nuke...

3267

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This family has a LOT of activities. And is middle class, but ranking enough to have free time and money to buy stuff, possibly due to the oilfield worker.

Their neighborhood has family rivalries but is knit enough to have community barbecues. My daughter has best friends and ballet partners in the community, so at least we know our neighbors as fellow parents.

Oh and if you fuck with us, we have high-powered rifles and know how to track a bitch. We also have friends with a similar set of skills.

[–] IceFoxX@lemm.ee 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Lol neighborhood... community... rofl.
Psychiatric disorders and a danger to the neighborhood as well as to any peaceful person. 100%

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 6 points 3 months ago

I've never noticed stickers under the numberplate, I guess they're not as popular where I live. Most stickers I see on cars are on the windows. The few cars I've seen with stickers on the body of the car itself were owned by teens and more often than not looking like a piece of worthless junk on wheels. It might be a cultural thing, I take OP's image relates mostly to America.

[–] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't it just imply you think your car is a trapper keeper?

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Oooh…I need sparkly unicorn and Pegasus stickers now!

[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

So if I'm understanding correctly, once I get rich from winning the lottery, I should build myself a sleeper with a "Hideous and Horny Commune" bumper sticker on the back.

[–] strawberry@kbin.earth 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have surprised pikachu with a flower on his head, what does that say about me?

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 5 points 3 months ago

If I was a potential thief, maybe that you have a valuable collection of Pokemon cards or a Switch somewhere.

[–] monk@lemmy.unboiled.info 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Minding privacy and driving a car in 2025 is like jumping up because you realize you forgot to water your plants right after you've clicked the euthanasia button.

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Planting trees who shade they will never sit in!

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

Yes. This is why people put stickers.

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago

Seems a little paranoid honestly

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago

Dont post pictures of text without transcriptions

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Mine would say what a weird nerd I am if anyone understood the references

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Mine just says “this is a safe space for emotional breakdowns”

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