• mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml
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    I think many people underestimate the level of impulsivity associated with crime.

    The average criminal who breaks and enters is not doing research based off your bumper stickers to determine your weekend routine so the house is empty.

    They usually are just walking down the neighbourhood and spot an open door, run in and grab valuables then leave.

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    The baby on board sticker is mainly to alert EMS services to look in case of a car crash and possible ejection of the child.

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    This is why I have no bumper stickers on my car at all. I’m tempted to get rid of my veteran license plate, but the normal one costs quite a bit more and says “in god we trust”.

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      I go “Gray Man Theory” with my car and try to blend in as much as absolutely possible. I drive a popular reliable car in a popular color with a standard license plate and no stickers. I figure there is no reason to stand out and cars are some of the easiest ways to waste a ton of money.

      I’ve genuinely considered putting a ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag or MAGA sticker on it just because it’d make cops in the area think of me as a friendly but I don’t think I could live with myself.

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        I had briefly considered putting a Luigi bumper sticker, but then promptly decided against it.

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    I’ve got a pirate flag that says “I’d rather be drinking rum”. I never drink and drive, but I like reminding everyone to pirate things.

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    In high school, I used to look for the most offensive bumper stickers possible. My favorite was from a band I liked that said “Genitorturers sodomized my honor student”. Let’s just say that parents of other kids did not like it.

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    It’s not wrong. Not quite as much info as following the average person on socials, but it can be a lot of info at a glance.

    Once had a cop show up one day, just asking about something going on in the area, and noticed an empty TV box by my trash can outside. Suggested I uh, don’t do that. Basically a big sign pointing to my house “brand new TV inside!”. Not done that since.

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      My solution for the tv box is unfolding the box inside out and tying it into a bundle if it doesn’t fit in a recycling box. Also maybe don’t put out your boxes right after Black Friday or holidays.

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        I cut up the cardboard and use it for various things around the house, like putting it under the car when I do an oil change, or as liners for the wire rack shelving in my cold storage.

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    “How’s Max doing?”

    “Max is fine”

    hangs up

    “Your Foster Parents… are Dead”

    Plot Twist: The Dog’s name is actually Wolfie, the car sticker is a trick to fool mass surveillance.

    Take that, Skynet!

    (Sorry if this is offtopic, but I had to post it)

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    A friend advised me to put lots of Hello Kitty stickers on my bike so that nobody would want to steal it. I wonder if the same logic applies here.

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    Only bumper sticker I have says “shoot your local predator” with a camera (thanks anxiety war!) What does that say about me?

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    We’re getting a whole introduction?? Why not put your SSN on there while you’re at it?

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    They forgot to add political stickers which make you a target for the extremists who don’t agree with you.

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    I put an NRA sticker on mine, not because I support them or own a gun, but because this helps me get rid of tailgating cars behind me

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      Doesn’t really work though.

      Source: me, tailgating the boomer in his 2004 Silverado extended cab with a gigantic bed cap because we’re going 37 in a 50 and I don’t have all day

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            I dunno, I like going slow- that is to say near the limit- and will have people ride me the entire time in a passing zone or blaze past me in a double yellow.

            Edit: It’s the best because I get to watch these same cars pull into the parking lot 500 yards down the road. Really saved them the extra fraction of a second.

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        Pretty sure that boomer doesn’t even see you though 🤣🤣🤣

        Honestly, 90% of the time I go slower than the speed limit is because someone else is slow in front of me, but people still tailgate me

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    I remember for a while back in the late 90’s maybe, a lot of kids would have one of those custom airbrushed shirts youd get at a flea market or county fair with their name in BIG BOLD and colorful lettering all the way across the front.

    Little kids playing at their local park could easily be approached by a stranger saying, “hey joey! Your mom told be to pick you up. She’s in the hospital and we have to leave right now!” The panicked child follows the man who is seemingly confirmed sent by his mom because he knows his first name, forgetting anyone who’s not legally blind within a block of him also knows his name.

    Luckily we don’t see much of that these days. Creeps are now limited to accessing merely every single detail of a child’s life because mom runs a Facebook or Instagram for their child.