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THE Bumper Sticker Thread (merged)
by aldente » Tue 14 Jun 2005, 23:21:40
Excellent sticker, I immediately ordered one and yes- I put it on my car (once I am done with the repairs). I am not kidding, I really ordered one, it is so necessary as an anti sticker to this "support the troops" thing! I thought originally of something that says "support the boobs" since Victoria's secret is promoting a new bra, but my wife didn't find this so funny...
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Peak Oil Bumper Stickers
by ONeil » Thu 30 Jun 2005, 01:59:02
Ok, so we've tried to explain it to people and they look at us like we have two heads. ENOUGH! Time to start making fun of them. 
http://www.cafepress.com/peakoilawarenes Here are some of the ideas:
How long do you think I can keep driving this?
I'm a hydrocarbon junkie!
My other car also added to the trade imbalance.
Support our Troops! We have to lower gas prices somehow!
Oil - As long as we got, I'm going to burn it!
http://www.cafepress.com/peakoilawarenes Here are some of the ideas:
How long do you think I can keep driving this?
I'm a hydrocarbon junkie!
My other car also added to the trade imbalance.
Support our Troops! We have to lower gas prices somehow!
Oil - As long as we got, I'm going to burn it!
Last edited by Ferretlover on Mon 09 Mar 2009, 23:19:47, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Merged with THE Bumper Sticker Thread.
Reason: Merged with THE Bumper Sticker Thread.
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by Raxozanne » Thu 30 Jun 2005, 03:06:34
The problem with bumper stickers is that a joe public might get angry either from realising you are right or because he is annoyed that you have the courage to put stickers like that on your car that he doesn't agree with (especially the one about the troops).
He might then smash up your car or at least let down some tyres.
He might then smash up your car or at least let down some tyres.
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by Claudia » Thu 30 Jun 2005, 06:54:49
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he problem with bumper stickers is that a joe public might get angry either from realising you are right or because he is annoyed that you have the courage to put stickers like that on your car that he doesn't agree with (especially the one about the troops).
Yes. I think a lot of bumper stickers are traffic hazards -- either because they exacerbate road rage, or just because they're distracting. I've noticed that myself when driving -- you're curious about what the sticker says, so you look longer than you otherwise would at that car, which distracts you from monitoring traffic flow. Before you know it, you've almost rear-ended someone.
I've also noticed how much more angry I am when the car that just cut in front of me, or did some other ordinary stupid thing on the road, happens to be a car with a bumper sticker I can't stand. So I feel, why provoke that in other drivers? What's the point? If we want to express our political and lifestyle opinions, why do it while hurtling past each other in several tons of metal at 70 mph? The roads are full of crazy, angry drunk people with poor vision and rotten driving skills.
I should add that tiny little writing at the bottom of a bumper sticker is just asking for some squinting idiot to rear-end you. A safer option to me seems a "Google Peak Oil" button on your jacket. Whatever happened to buttons? I wouldn't wear a button either, but I'm an uptight conformist.
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by Aaron » Thu 30 Jun 2005, 07:22:40
Yeah we tried the same bumper sticker...
The censors at CP said no...
http://www.cafepress.com/peakoilcom
The censors at CP said no...
http://www.cafepress.com/peakoilcom
The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt, but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise... economics is a form of brain damage.
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Re: Peak Oil Bumper Stickers
by Sgs-Cruz » Thu 30 Jun 2005, 07:24:52
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ONeil', 'M')y other car also added to the trade imbalance.
Support our Troops!
We have to lower gas prices somehow!
Support our Troops!
We have to lower gas prices somehow!
These two are good, but the one that's there already is a little extreme for my tastes. Just make sure if you have them that they're stuck to the back of a Prius or Civic, not an F-150 or something!
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by lawnchair » Thu 30 Jun 2005, 09:17:41
I still really like the "Ghawar is Dying" meme. Very subtle. But, I have some Saudi acquaintances (grad students, not oil related), and they understood the implication of that statement immediately.
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by mgibbons19 » Thu 30 Jun 2005, 09:56:37
There already exist "One Less Car" stickers that are shaped so as to fit on a bike.
In that vein:
"One Less Dead Soldier"
In that vein:
"One Less Dead Soldier"
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by BabyPeanut » Thu 30 Jun 2005, 10:01:22
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mgibbons19', 'S')ave a Soldier - Ride a bike!
But as a bumper sticker on a car?
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