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Separation

(1,975 posts)
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:50 PM Apr 2016

Bumper Stickers, yea or nay?

So my wife and I had a discussion about putting our choice for president on our car. I don't like the idea, not because I'm worried about somebody messing with the car, although these days that is a real possibility. I just don't like bumper stickers, I never have. If my wife had her way out car would probably be held together with bumper stickers , she has a great sense of humor and just find some funny or would like to show her support one way or another.

I also look at them as a social experiment. Ill look at bumper stickers and see how they are driving. 😀 My daughter has a small sticker on her rear window. It says, "Nobody cares about your bumper sticker family", and has a car mowing down a stick figure family.

So what is your opinion? Political? Humor? Causes? Etc.

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Bumper Stickers, yea or nay? (Original Post) Separation Apr 2016 OP
I've had a Hillary sticker on my muscle car for months. onehandle Apr 2016 #1
I've never liked them either. MissB Apr 2016 #2
I use magnetic bumper stickers MiniMe Apr 2016 #3
I did that in 2012 due to where I worked underpants Apr 2016 #7
and they really last. I have had an anti-war one on my car demigoddess Apr 2016 #33
Rock band & Marine Corps stickers mostly. GOLGO 13 Apr 2016 #4
Check your left rear brake light underpants Apr 2016 #8
Another vote for magnets NightWatcher Apr 2016 #5
I liked "Nuke the Gay Whales." mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2016 #6
"I couldn't go to work today, the voices told me to stay home and clean the guns" underpants Apr 2016 #9
Kind of grim now Bucky Apr 2016 #42
I had these 2 awhile back on my Suzuki... EX500rider Apr 2016 #17
I refuse to trash up a $20,000+ purchase with ohheckyeah Apr 2016 #10
I put mine on the help's car, and then tell them to drive around town Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #19
Bless your heart. ohheckyeah Apr 2016 #35
Or as Jesus said, unto the disciples Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #37
Yes, you are. ohheckyeah Apr 2016 #44
I'm impressed Bucky Apr 2016 #43
I won't trash up a 3k purchase. ileus Apr 2016 #29
Don't like bumper stickers ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2016 #11
Goo be gone, or simply nail polish remover. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #20
No bumper stickers. No yard signs. EL34x4 Apr 2016 #12
I don't put bumper stickers on my car--- mnhtnbb Apr 2016 #13
I've always stickered up my car. Bands, causes, funny stuff, fandoms..... Coventina Apr 2016 #14
A propo of nothing lunatica Apr 2016 #15
Depends on my car. During the BushCheney era I taped a changing gallery inside the windows... Hekate Apr 2016 #16
That's what I do when and if I 2naSalit Apr 2016 #30
I had an Obama-Biden sticker DawgHouse Apr 2016 #18
I used to drive around a sticker-covered gratefuldeadmobile or two Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #21
I only ever have a Steal Your Face sticker anymore. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2016 #52
Yep. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #53
I would not let a loved one drive with a political bumper sticker. lpbk2713 Apr 2016 #22
Someone told me about one that says ... Whiskeytide Apr 2016 #23
You won't catch me trashing up my car with a bunch of ugly bumper stickers that ruin the finish. WillowTree Apr 2016 #24
This is an older picture of my truck. It now has a Texans For Bernie sticker hobbit709 Apr 2016 #25
Nice one Separation Apr 2016 #46
I used to have that one about pissing off the religious right, too. Warren DeMontague Apr 2016 #50
They really work. Nye Bevan Apr 2016 #26
Zero here... ileus Apr 2016 #27
Never on my cars. Nt hack89 Apr 2016 #28
if you must, use the magnetic stickers Fresh_Start Apr 2016 #31
I lived in Kansas for 18 years, and SheilaT Apr 2016 #32
My thoughts Raissa Apr 2016 #34
Exactly! Separation Apr 2016 #48
My husband hates them. I like them now that they are easy to remove. Maru Kitteh Apr 2016 #36
I have a "Birdie" sticker, one for "Move to Amend Corporations Aren't People," Blue_In_AK Apr 2016 #38
I've had people get out of their car in traffic to ask me what this one means... Fumesucker Apr 2016 #39
That's disgusting Bucky Apr 2016 #41
Never heard of that one either. Separation Apr 2016 #47
I had a Wes Clark bumpersticker on my car in 2003. I had a DU bumpersticker in 2005. Bucky Apr 2016 #40
Nay for me. hamsterjill Apr 2016 #45
I would never put one on my car, too many psychos around. nt Raine Apr 2016 #49
I don't like bumper stickers end of. Bad Dog Apr 2016 #51

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
1. I've had a Hillary sticker on my muscle car for months.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:51 PM
Apr 2016

I only allow one bumper sticker at a time on my car and it must be a vinyl sticker (easy to remove).

MissB

(15,810 posts)
2. I've never liked them either.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:55 PM
Apr 2016

Never had one on any of my cars.

In this neighborhood, few people put up lawn signs either. The only thing in our neighborhood is the school, so the school and it's events are the only thing keeping us all together. I think most folks prefer to assume that we are all alike, even though we probably divide perfectly between Ds and Rs.

demigoddess

(6,641 posts)
33. and they really last. I have had an anti-war one on my car
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:32 PM
Apr 2016

since 2002 and it is still working. The one bumpersticker that got me into trouble was the one that said, "If you don't like abortion, don't have one."

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,527 posts)
6. I liked "Nuke the Gay Whales."
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:05 PM
Apr 2016

I'm not sure it really existed. Maybe it was just apocryphal. I have seen the "My kid can beat up your honor roll student." That's guaranteed to annoy someone, so it's also good.

So sue me.

Other than that, I'd rather not have one.

underpants

(182,846 posts)
9. "I couldn't go to work today, the voices told me to stay home and clean the guns"
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:24 PM
Apr 2016

Saw that back in the 90's thought it was hilarious

EX500rider

(10,849 posts)
17. I had these 2 awhile back on my Suzuki...
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:03 PM
Apr 2016


My other one said:

"My girlfriend is nude dancer of the month at Mons Venus"

(at the time I was a party bus driver, lots of stripper friends...lol)

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)
10. I refuse to trash up a $20,000+ purchase with
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:28 PM
Apr 2016

Bumprr stickers. I don't get the need for them. I think they're all tacky.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
19. I put mine on the help's car, and then tell them to drive around town
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:09 PM
Apr 2016

While I sit on the porch sipping mai tais. It's wonderful, dahling!

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
11. Don't like bumper stickers
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:30 PM
Apr 2016

They peel paint on newer cars. I will get a magnet one if it's something cool, but they are so easy to steal I'd be pissed if I lost $10 bucks like that.

And no political stickers. Especially with Trump around. These people are fucking nuts.

 

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)
12. No bumper stickers. No yard signs.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:35 PM
Apr 2016

People are just too pissed off these days and tires and windows are expensive.

mnhtnbb

(31,397 posts)
13. I don't put bumper stickers on my car---
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:37 PM
Apr 2016

although I was tempted to put a Carolina Mom on it when my youngest son was at UNC - Chapel Hill.

We see a lot of college stickers around here.

My husband and I actually saw a Trump sticker the other day. Made us both want to puke.

Mostly it's Hillary or Bernie stickers in our oasis of blue in Chapel Hill.

Coventina

(27,129 posts)
14. I've always stickered up my car. Bands, causes, funny stuff, fandoms.....
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:44 PM
Apr 2016

I've never had any problems.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
15. A propo of nothing
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:49 PM
Apr 2016

Bumper stickers are a uniquely American thing. And they are really quite clever because they have to encompass a completed thought as well as a concept with as few words as possible. It really can be an artform.

I like to read other people's bumper stickers. Some of he funniest things I've read are on them.

Hekate

(90,737 posts)
16. Depends on my car. During the BushCheney era I taped a changing gallery inside the windows...
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:52 PM
Apr 2016

... because the Camry's bumpers were made out of some matte black substance that wouldn't "stick." I got my Accord in time for Obama to run and had a nice collection of 8 Obama bumper stickers, including the classic one by Fairey indicating we had won.

But a year ago the entire back bumper and left rear door were taken out by a small steam roller, so now I have no bumper stickers. The insurance company said they normally wouldn't have repaired an almost 10 year old car, but it has low mileage so now it looks brand new.

I am contemplating moving to a more conservative town, so have not replaced any of them. (Yet.) However, just today I sent away for some Window Cling stickers.

2naSalit

(86,671 posts)
30. That's what I do when and if I
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 08:45 PM
Apr 2016

consider "wearing" any, put them inside the rear window.

I don't like to advertise much. I did see a good one for my state recently that I would consider getting (I do have a small collection gathered over decades and sill unused) it said:

"Montana is FULL! I hear North Dakota is nice."

I'm looking to get one whether I put it in my window or not.

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)
18. I had an Obama-Biden sticker
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:06 PM
Apr 2016

and a Ready for Hillary sticker up until a few months ago. This election cycle is bringing out the crazies and I had several strangers make rude comments about my choices.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
21. I used to drive around a sticker-covered gratefuldeadmobile or two
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:10 PM
Apr 2016

Honestly, its surprising i wasnt pulled over every five seconds.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,330 posts)
52. I only ever have a Steal Your Face sticker anymore.
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 05:38 AM
Apr 2016

A small one on the Escape and a slightly larger one on the Expedition. Centered on the back windows.

lpbk2713

(42,761 posts)
22. I would not let a loved one drive with a political bumper sticker.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:14 PM
Apr 2016



Some mouth breathers are not above running the car off the road or waving a gun.

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
23. Someone told me about one that says ...
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:33 PM
Apr 2016

... "IF I PASSED YOU ON YOUR RIGHT, YOU'RE AN IDIOT"

I might get that one since it is one of my most pronounced pet peeves.

I have had some political ones in the past (I had one in 2004 that was a "W" with the red circle and diagonal cross bar over it), but my area is really too red to take the risk now - especially with the vitriol that seems to drip from the pores on the other side these days.

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)
24. You won't catch me trashing up my car with a bunch of ugly bumper stickers that ruin the finish.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:54 PM
Apr 2016

Even one. Ever. Ugly. Ick! Ptooey!!

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
26. They really work.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 08:18 PM
Apr 2016

Everytime I see one I commit myself to voting for the candidate whose name is on the sticker. Of course it only works until I see another bumper sticker with a different candidate's name on it. Or a yard sign.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
32. I lived in Kansas for 18 years, and
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:11 PM
Apr 2016

just didn't want everyone who saw my car to know I was a Democrat. So even though I now live in New Mexico, and see lots of Bernie stickers here, I'm still not very likely to put one on my car. And it's a shame, too, because I do have a nice collection of Bernie stickers I've gotten from donating to his campaign.

However back during the Bush II era, I'd get bumper stickers made at Makestickers.com. I've forgotten most of them, but my personal favorite was He wasn't elected on 9/11 either.

I only once had someone react negatively to any of my stickers. I'd carry extras in the glove box, and if someone admired what I had, I'd offer to give them one of what I had. I believe people always took one.

Raissa

(217 posts)
34. My thoughts
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 09:46 PM
Apr 2016

... Political stickers really depends on area and how far you travel. I've lived in some red areas where I wouldn't want to deal with repercussions.

Bumper stickers in general I like simply so that I can find my mom van in a sea of similar looking mom vans.

Separation

(1,975 posts)
48. Exactly!
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:50 PM
Apr 2016

I live in the mountains of Tn. It doesn't get more religious or conservative than around here. I would give it a week before my car would be vandalized. Especially with this election cycle. I literally have never seen anything like this election ever. It's kind of exciting because it's so electric, but scary at the same time.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)
36. My husband hates them. I like them now that they are easy to remove.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 01:49 AM
Apr 2016

Unlike the old days. Bumper stickers can be kind of fun.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
38. I have a "Birdie" sticker, one for "Move to Amend Corporations Aren't People,"
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 04:45 AM
Apr 2016

one for "no Pebble Mine," and one for "Inletkeeper - Clean Water, Healthy Salmon."

Most of those ideas are pretty popular around here, so I've had no vandalism.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
39. I've had people get out of their car in traffic to ask me what this one means...
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 04:58 AM
Apr 2016

It's a little difficult to explain in a few seconds to someone who has never heard of Gondwanaland.

Bucky

(54,033 posts)
41. That's disgusting
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 05:09 AM
Apr 2016

If that's how you feel, why don't you go back to Gondwanaland where you and your fellow homo sapiens belong!!!11!!

Bucky

(54,033 posts)
40. I had a Wes Clark bumpersticker on my car in 2003. I had a DU bumpersticker in 2005.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 05:08 AM
Apr 2016

But other than that, I don't think I've ever been a bumper sticker man. I like to keep my car clean.

hamsterjill

(15,222 posts)
45. Nay for me.
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 02:37 PM
Apr 2016

I used to have a "spay/neuter" magnetic sticker, but I forgot to remove it when I went through the car wash!!! Duh!!!

I think cars are for driving. I don't much like vanity plates either.

Bad Dog

(2,025 posts)
51. I don't like bumper stickers end of.
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 03:41 AM
Apr 2016

Over here the political ones tend to be the rabid right UKIP supporters who want to leave. However I don't want to know if they've visited the Lions of Longleat or whether their other car is a porsche.

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