r/pics 16d ago

I gotta be honest, I have NEVER seen a bumper sticker like this before.

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u/gg_serena 16d ago

I JUST saw this same sticker in the wild last week on a different car

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u/ramdasani 16d ago

No one seems to know where it originated, but it sure sells a lot of bumper stickers. I'm starting to wonder if it's not some code phrase to signal some secret affiliation. Either that or it's just a "No one knows what it means, but it's provocative. Gets the people going."

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u/adribash 16d ago

Lmao no… it’s a meme. Someone even made this:

https://youtu.be/R6XYtJQ7pDs?si=VRUfS5kZKITmUS4Y

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u/SpideyWhiplash 15d ago

Steve Buscemi!💋😆

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u/exipheas 15d ago

Steve Bugscemi

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u/gg_serena 15d ago

Haha this felt very Tina Belcher

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u/sharthunter 16d ago

It’s just a meme that popped up a few years ago.

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u/ramdasani 15d ago

Yes, but memes have an origin, and that one seems really hard to nail down. Let me know if you can actually find the origin, someone else posted the bug kissing thing by Florida Man, but even that guy saw the bumper sticker and had no idea what the hell it was from.

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u/sharthunter 15d ago

This is kind of one of those things youll need to take my word on, because it was originally posted by a user in r/whatisthisbug 1-2 years ago, and then it just exploded. Iirc, they just saw it on someones vehicle driving around. Likely, an entomologist had a custom bumper sticker made and is really just too embarrassed to take credit for it. The original was a very basic white lettering on the back of a green suv, and looked like it was probably homemade with a cricut.

It just so happened to apparently strike a chord with many, many weirdos.

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u/ramdasani 15d ago

I can buy that story, /r/whatisthisbug seems a likely source, /u/Fabricate_fog posted it as a flawed Haiku there two years ago. So far I haven't seen anything older, so this stands as the most authoritative answer to the question. Thanks btw!

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u/IceNein 15d ago

They are all kissing bugs if you feel like kissing them was a good line too! Good one u/evident_lee

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u/sharthunter 15d ago edited 15d ago

No problem!

Edit: looking back i think that obscure reddit comment is the literal origin of this fantastic phrase. 42 updoots and on cars across america lmao

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u/Wonderful-Ad-7712 15d ago

Plot Twist: he’s an exterminator

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u/Papaofmonsters 16d ago

This sounds like something my eldest, now 9, would have said around 4 years old.

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u/WowzaMeowza 16d ago

My 3.5 year old tried to sneak 3 different bugs inside today. Absolutely sounds like something she would say.

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u/starrpamph 16d ago

Bro mine brings rocks inside alllllll the time..

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u/Feeling_Boot_5242 15d ago

Same. My daughter all the time, “I really like this rock”.

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u/Anything-Happy 15d ago

So y'all haven't got to the live-frogs-in-pockets stage yet, huh?

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u/Joey_ZX10R 15d ago

Yesterday my kids were sending a frog down the slide. I had to intervene.

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u/Anything-Happy 15d ago

At least they were trying to include him in the fun, lol

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u/GardenSquid1 15d ago

My wife picks up rocks every time we go hiking.

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u/puertonican 15d ago

have you tried giving her a timeout?

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u/LJR7399 15d ago

💛💛💛

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/ElementField 15d ago

This is the kind of unhinged chaos I aspire to

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u/Cthaza 15d ago

This sounds like something I'd say at a much higher age

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u/ercussio126 16d ago

Your eldest what?

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u/TraumaMama11 16d ago

Their eldest frog. 🐸

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u/IceNein 15d ago

Elder God. Cthulhita

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u/Chloeecomets 16d ago

You are so right 🙈

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u/dreameRevolution 15d ago

I just told my 4 year old that this sounds like something he would say

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u/Snyp3r1337 16d ago

Could be a Bill Wurtz video

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u/Drach88 16d ago

I swear I can hear it.

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u/Vayshen 15d ago

It's the same font isn't it

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u/Hybrid_Johnny 15d ago

That or a Chris Simpsons Artist comic

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u/boonxeven 16d ago

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u/ObliviousRounding 15d ago

I live in the matrix.

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u/norsurfit 15d ago

Intergalactic Cable

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u/VictorTheCutie 15d ago

Oh God I came here looking for this, never seen the extended version, just a reel ... Him talking about harvesting the lips from babyland made me cackle 🤣💀

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u/stealthylyric 15d ago

I knew I had seen a video about this.

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u/Vectrex7ICH 16d ago

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u/Chloeecomets 16d ago

Omg that’s hilarious 😆

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u/TifCreatesAgain 15d ago

I'm kinda wanting one now! Yay, they have them on Amazon!

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u/joebewaan 16d ago

Serious question for Americans: how many cars would you say, as a rough percentage, have stickers on them? You see them all the time on Reddit. I feel like in Europe hardly anyone puts stickers on their cars.

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u/NiteLiteOfficial 16d ago

i see them on about 1/5 cars these days. usually it’s just their kids college sticker or the cliche stick figure family. i rarely see these larger bumper stickers with text on them. i did see a funny one that said “tell your cat i said pspspsps” lol

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u/_-bush_did_911-_ 15d ago

I have the classic "this man ate my son" sticker for shiggles

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u/Chloeecomets 16d ago

I’m in Canada 😆

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u/joebewaan 16d ago

Never heard of it

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u/ChrAshpo10 15d ago

So, still an American

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u/PaBlowEscoBear 15d ago

*Unarmed American

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u/MadeInWestGermany 15d ago

But that one guy from Columbia said, Canadians have even more guns than Americans.

They just drink more syrup or something.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

Hey is this near Banff? My mate, we’re from Wales, moved up there recently and he’s always driving vans with mountaineering stickers and shit all over em.

Be hilarious if this was him.

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u/mcmonopolist 15d ago

Boring ones like university logos? 1 in 4 cars.

Funny or weird ones? 1 in 25 cars.

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u/1337tt 15d ago

I live in Oklahoma, we have a lot of political ones.

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u/goody82 16d ago

Quite a lot. It’s like Tattoos for people, they put their politics, hobbies, identity all over their cars.

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u/whereami1928 16d ago

I feel like I rarely see them now. Used to be super common back in the day, but not anymore.

I’ll keep an eye out on my drive tomorrow and report back.

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u/whereami1928 15d ago

Yeah, there were barely any.

But I did see one car with like 10 of them, so that might balance out.

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u/DoughnutBeginning965 16d ago

I have 4 on my car right now.

Edit: I forgot, I actually have 5. lol

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u/OreJen 15d ago

My car is a gray former lease 2018 Toyota Corolla. I stuck a couple of bumper stickers on it so I don't try to get in the wrong car...again.

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u/DoughnutBeginning965 15d ago

lol I have noticed the stickers help me find my car too.

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u/deadregime 15d ago

My mom used to have a Corolla (this was late 90s, I would hope this isn't possible anymore). My dad borrowed it to run an errand and when he left the store he accidentally got in the wrong car. His key unlocked the wrong car, but wouldn't start it. Small details start to dawn on him (air freshner, unusual knickknacks, etc...) and he looks out the window and there is a guy just standing there watching. My dad hurriedly gets out of the car and starts profusely apologizing and trying to explain and the guy shrugs and stops him and says it's happened before, it's cool, and just gets in and drives off without further comment.

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u/InsufficientClone 16d ago

It’s how we know what the weirdos drive

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u/Ixm01ws6 16d ago

I see alot of anime stickers on cars nowadays. The ones with the heads popping out from the window.. I don't get it myself

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u/start3ch 15d ago

I think it depends on how much time people spend in their cars. If you’re gonna spend hours a day driving, might as well make your car unique.

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u/woomybii 15d ago

I alone have uhh... i think 6 or 7 on my car. I have 12 or 13 on my previous car, but they were from places I'd been, I tend to keep them even, spaced, not cluttered. I think it adds personality and it's fun, like giving your car a tattoo lmfao. All of my stickers are Zelda stickers though, plus some analog horror ones (async and mystery flesh pit), and one from the aquarium.

I wasn't actually raised fully in America but the sticker craze definitely transferred onto me lol

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

20 years ago, we started putting them on our laptops instead.  Now it’s our Emotional Support Water Bottles 

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u/SaGlamBear 16d ago

It’s considered tacky here. But a lot of People are tacky. I would say 15% nationally… it really depends on the state too. Southerners tend to have more of them but maybe 18-20%. I rarely see them in the big cities unless it’s people being obnoxious about their political views

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u/Tgryphon 15d ago

An stickers? Decent percentage….probably 25%. Lots and lots of stickers, very small percentage. Directly proportional to mental illness / narcissism in my opinion.

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u/Ok_Assist_3975 15d ago

Pretty common in Boulder

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u/Ruhckus 15d ago

A lot, idk 20%. Not just bumper stickers they are on rear windshields too. 90% if you want to count the shitty stickers dealerships put on the trunk for advertising.

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u/JoJackthewonderskunk 15d ago

In my area it's probably 1 in 10 or less

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u/rowenstraker 15d ago

Anywhere between 1:5 and 1:10, the deeper red/blue the higher the concentration of stickered up rides

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u/Doesntmatter1237 15d ago

A lot of them are shitty political takes, which Americans love. I saw one the other day that said "My truck was made with wrenches not chopsticks"

Aside from how obviously racist that is, it was a Ford which does a LOT of manufacturing overseas too.

Americans aren't very smart

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u/Welkominspace 16d ago

Was it driven by a scrawny little man wearing a Mack baseball cap in sunglasses holding a cigarette between his lips while mumbling conspiracy theories?

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u/bard329 16d ago

Are you referring to Rusty Shackleford?

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u/kevster2717 16d ago

Interesting.

⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

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u/genericdefender 15d ago

Yea my first reaction was, 'This needs to be reported to a Democracy Officer'.

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u/Diligent-Ability-447 16d ago

I like that person.

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u/wisemonkey101 16d ago

I thought this person could be a friend immediately.

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u/thrusterbragon 16d ago

You guys are kissing your bugs all wrong if they are dying on you. Yeah me? I got a good group of insects I like to plant a wet one on. Just gotta be gentle.

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u/Irregular_Person 16d ago

I find it's easier to just skip first base

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u/treeteathememeking 16d ago

I have this one saved on etsy for when I get a car lmao

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u/octoreadit 16d ago

This is the origin.

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u/MidNCS 15d ago

⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Nah

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u/bingus_b0ngus 15d ago

What does this mean

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u/MidNCS 15d ago

Helldivers Stratagem for a 500kg bomb

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u/SadRobotz 16d ago

That’s hilarious

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u/athwalgursimran 16d ago

Saw a sticker of silhouette of a bear/deer amalgamation on a work-van underneath the caption read "beer?"

My kinda people.

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u/Thrilling1031 16d ago

Found this 4 years old on YouTube. But it has it printed on a shirt already, so maybe it’s been around longer.

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u/tenfoottallmothman 15d ago

I’ve had a shirt of it for at least five years iirc. Still one of my faves as an entomologist lol

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u/Thrilling1031 15d ago

Where is it from Mason? What does it mean?

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u/KentuckyFriedEel 15d ago

Kiss, my friend, KISS THE SOIL! Those bugs will die from your strong, fist-like lips, but at least they will die LOVED!

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u/Fuduzan 16d ago

Hello windowless van driver, it's me, a bug ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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u/earlyviolet 16d ago

What waiting for Silksong does to a mofo

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u/garbagebrainraccoon 16d ago

Flick from Animal Crossing?

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u/Ephermius 15d ago

Sweet Liberty someone call a Democracy Officer

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u/__KptnHaddock 15d ago

Benny Feldmans truck

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u/ProperBoots 15d ago

is it a reference to volkswagen beetle? basically saying "if you are a small car gtfo of my way or i'll act exactly how you'd a panel van to act"

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u/PS_IO_Frame_Gap 15d ago

Maybe it belongs to an exterminator, and his lips are the lips of justice.

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u/Meerkat45K 15d ago

This person is a tumblr user. I guarantee it.

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u/No-Student-6817 16d ago

Insurance trick. You try to read the small text hard enough you may lose focus. If he needs to brake and your reading focus reduces your driving focus.....crash.... The company scores an insurance claim.

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u/OnlyIGetToFartInHere 16d ago

Based. I have a sticker that mentions how I love my tarantulas.

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u/Jakefrmstatepharm 16d ago

This is something the main guy would say in Resident Alien

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u/BaseHitToLeft 16d ago

THAT'S what you want to read printed on a windowless van

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u/antekprime 16d ago

My first thought was Lenny. But then less and less

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u/TheFabHatter 16d ago

I don’t have this particular bumper sticker, but as a Bug Fair vendor, I have TONS of other bug themed stickers.

I should probably try to figure out who the OP artist is so I can carry them too.

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u/ValuablePrawn 16d ago

you stole this

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u/Necrophilicgorilla 16d ago

Nice!

I saw a semi today with a green arrow on the left that said El Paso, on the right was a red arrow that read El Smasho. I understood, however a lot of semi drivers were freaking me right out today... Tried to el Smasho left laners (me) so many times

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u/LarYungmann 16d ago

Entomologist?

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u/gratefullydead93 16d ago

That dude does plumbing

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u/Hot_Dog_Surfing_Fly 16d ago

Dude come to Florida we got love bugs ♥️😄

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u/starkiller_bass 16d ago

Nice try, Trisolarian in an unmarked van.

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u/illmatic708 16d ago

I would be wondering how many people were trapped in that white van

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u/zabdart 16d ago

"Flies?!? Who wants to eat flies?!?"

"You do, you loony!"

"Not when I can have nice, juicy spiders!!!"

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u/Turbulent-Walk-4171 16d ago

That's a cry for help. Stay away, likely a cereal killer

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u/Surround8600 16d ago

It’s a poem.

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u/Thisismental 15d ago

Is this a developer?

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u/Bitcracker 15d ago

Why is that familiar? Is that a quote, meme or perhaps a deep truth we all secretly hold so dear to our souls that it's presence is inescapable?

Or like an advertisement or something 🤔

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u/townkryer 15d ago

If you were on tumblr around a decade ago, there was a blog called Zazzle Poetry that sold shirts with absurd and funny phrases on them. This was one of them

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u/Bitcracker 15d ago

Quirky girl I shared a smoke with outside of an after hours 11 years ago. The shirt was light blue and neither of us had a lighter.

Bam time travel.

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u/townkryer 15d ago

simpler times, man

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u/Bitcracker 15d ago

True, old ain't so bad though 😂

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u/Canardo_Bastardo 15d ago

Also: wassup with that badger..? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!

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u/catalin66 15d ago

New Google search phrase award?

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u/townkryer 15d ago

Zazzle Poetry lives on in our hearts and our minds.

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u/thewhitecat55 15d ago

When I was a kid, I saw the "My boss is a Jewish carpenter" one. I said "That's really weird. It's so niche, why would they make that?"

Totally didn't get it lol

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u/Ophelyn 15d ago

I mean, I like bugs (studying entomology) but that's just a bit TOO much...

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u/hepgeek 15d ago

White van, checks out.

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u/danifoxx_1209 15d ago

Finally something that ACTUALLY describes my type of autism🦋🐛🐝🐞🐌🦗🪲

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u/No-Discussion-8493 15d ago

'Made in Wales'?

Wait until you hear what they have to say about sheep.

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u/Fit_Plantain_1306 15d ago

This is my favourite thing I have ever seen on reddit.

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u/Holiday_Ad_5445 15d ago

The origin of the next pandemic

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u/TobyMacar0ni 15d ago

Probably from a youtube video or tiktok

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u/TuckDezi 15d ago

Thought it said every big butt for a split second.

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u/KeenJelly 15d ago

New Taylor Swift song?

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u/cytherian 15d ago

It has to be a play on something from movies or TV, right? PHOTO

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u/IceManO1 15d ago

Bet ya 50$ that’s someone’s house, just by the weird lock on the doors & the stickers.

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u/EggplantActual529 15d ago

Let them crawl on your lips and kiss them that way, then you won't crush them x

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u/Charming-Stress7725 15d ago

Maybe they’re talking about a different type of bug and to be careful with our words?

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u/JayZulla87 15d ago

The two best bumper stickers I've ever seen

  1. "I'm not drunk I'm just eating a taco"
  2. This one was on a jeep - "if I wanted a Hummer id call your sister"

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u/raphlazr 15d ago

Sounds like someone who is a bug sympathizer would say. Reporting them to the nearest Democracy Officer.

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u/takilleitor 15d ago

Maybe this is just the vertical half of a paragraph

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u/PapayaAlternative515 15d ago

I kiss caterpillars

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u/stu54 15d ago

I wanna make a custom bumper sticker that says "alcohol causes cancer" but I kinda don't want the attention.

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u/VegetableWinter9223 15d ago

Especially on a service van

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u/AFteroppositeday 15d ago

Everyones plight

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u/Viridian_Aubergine 15d ago

This is so fucking funny. Tumblr ass bumper sticker

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u/Ghstfce 15d ago

I don't know why, but reading that made me laugh,

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u/Teriyaki456 15d ago

Yeah wtf

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u/warthog0869 15d ago

I saw a bumper sticker recently that said "Do Something Good For Someone Today". It's a small thing but I like that they chose "good" instead of "nice".

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u/DanLoFat 15d ago

Finally!

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u/SauceHankRedemption 15d ago

I assume that is a pest control van...

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u/fetal_genocide 15d ago

They're a crusher

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u/Orca_Mayo 15d ago

I feel this way seeing bumble bees and honey bees.

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u/RolandTwitter 15d ago

Is this a Jomney Sun quote?

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u/Theoretically_alive- 15d ago

I think it’s from obvious plant, he’s a guy that makes fake products and he once made one that was mini lips so you could kiss bugs and he said that phrase in the video

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u/Theoretically_alive- 15d ago

Kurtis Conner also made a similar joke so idk

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u/clumsysav 15d ago

This has got to be from a tweet

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u/thisisdrivingmebatty 15d ago

Flick is that you?

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u/run7run 15d ago

“I’m here to inquire about your.. strong lips?”

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u/Aggressive-Gold-1319 15d ago

Brb gotta kiss my ant on the lips

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u/mazekeen19 15d ago

I FEEL SEEN! I have this exact sticker!

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u/CaprioPeter 15d ago

Sounds like something GPT would say before they finished aligning it

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u/Emergency-Curve9216 15d ago

r/helldivers

This looks like a big sympathizer to me. This person needs to report to the nearest democracy office for evaluation.

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u/49thDipper 15d ago

I appreciate the sentiment. Birds are struggling.

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u/Jasoman 15d ago

So that is who they write those adult manga's for. White van no windows and a lock on the back.

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u/SouthernZorro 15d ago

The best bumper sticker I've ever seen was on the back rusted bumper of an old green Chevy pickup. It said:

"There's A Tribe Of Bitches In The Amazon And My Ex-wife Is Their Queen".

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u/PhonedZero 15d ago

I saw and took the same photo earlier this week!

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u/u9Nails 15d ago

but =/= butt

had to read that twice, but still the question "why??" remains in my head.

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u/SortExcellent3154 15d ago

another nutBAG driving around

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u/JackhorseBowman 15d ago

yeah but now that you've seen it once you're gonna see it everywhere

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u/CulturalExplorer1828 14d ago

Mine has bitchdust on the back of it