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English judge Sir Edward Coke wrote in 1604 that a person's house is their "castle and fortress." Four hundred years later, the statement still stands. Only now, we’ve added a mobile extension to our estate.

Our cars are not just machines that get us from point A to point B, but also a way for us to show off our taste, opinions, and, sometimes, complete lack of restraint.

The subreddit r/BumperStickers is proof of that. It's a place where people share the funniest, strangest, and downright unhinged messages they spot on the streets.

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    In one survey, CarMax Inc. found that the number one reason people display bumper stickers, decals, or magnets on their cars is to make a statement about themselves, their values, and their interests.

    Of the respondents who had not displayed a sticker, nearly a quarter said it was simply because they hadn't found one that represented them.

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    #5

    Another Member Of My Tribe Jk.. Chill

    Unfiltered bumper sticker on a car saying "Feminism is the radical notion that women are people."

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    And it's not just big companies that are capitalizing on the demand. Since bumper stickers are so deeply personalized, individual designers have found success as well.

    For example, one that made the rounds around Brooklyn said, "Keep Honking! I'm Listening to Alice Coltrane's 1971 Meteoric Sensation 'Universal Consciousness.'"

    As it gained popularity all over the United States, it turned out that the creator was Los Angeles-based artist Christopher DeLoach.

    #6

    Wondering, Waiting, Wishing

    Wild bumper sticker on a car window with a drawing of the Tardis and the text Can someone please fix the timeline?

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    WindySwede
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Burn the sports almanac! 🚗8️⃣8️⃣

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    #7

    Maybe That Was The Point All Along?

    An unfiltered bumper sticker with floral accents reads, They didn't burn witches, they burned women, a truly wild bumper sticker.

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    #8

    Found In Classroom I’m Subbing In Today

    A close-up of a wild bumper sticker with a Voltaire quote amidst other stickers on a surface.

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    #9

    I Wholeheartedly Agree

    Funny bumper sticker on the back of a Jeep that says This is why we can't have nice things.

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    to old to care
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh, new take on Jeep ducks!

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    DeLoach told GQ that he first came up with the idea for the bumper sticker while listening to Alice Coltrane’s rendition of "Going Home" (which appears not on Universal Consciousness but on 1973’s Lord of Lords). That same day, he happened upon the classic vintage bumper sticker, "Keep Honking, I'm Listening to Jazz" and decided that message could be improved.

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    DeLoach estimates that he gave away the first 300 or so to friends and friends of friends, but in a few months, he found himself selling several hundred a week. "I was mailing them out in these large manila envelopes, which I had never foreseen myself doing," he said.

    #10

    Seemed Like A Good Time To Re-Post

    A funny, wild, and unfiltered bumper sticker on a dark car reading: like Jesus would ever own a gun & vote Republican.

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    Miss Ann Thrope
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jesus was a liberal and the victim of the d***h penalty.

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    #11

    Good Question

    Funny bumper sticker: How do you grow up listening to punk and hip hop and still end up a bootlicker?

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    #12

    I've Never Actually Took The Time To Think About, Honestly

    Unfiltered bumper sticker on a car's rear that reads there is absolutely NO WAY everyone was kung foo fighting.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were all significantly slower than lightning, too >:(

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    #13

    Portland Oregon

    A funny bumper sticker on a dark blue car reads, I've Got A Perfect Body, but it's in the trunk.

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    Der Kommissar
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    14 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    D4VD's Tesla? Too soon ? here's a handy hint for you first-time murderers; don't stash the corpse in the trunk of your own car.

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    DeLoach has sold around 8,000 bumper stickers so far: still a fairly niche phenomenon, but enough to help him financially.

    The stickers, which retail for $7 each, have paid for his studio over the past year and allowed him to subsidize the cost of investing in a restaurant he opened in Mexico a few years ago.

    #14

    I'm Only Driving This Until

    Funny bumper sticker: Im only driving this until we can afford a better president.

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    Bored Jellyfish
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m holding onto my car until they start offering them, sans touchscreens, with buttons, McKnobs, dials, and analog speedometers.

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    #15

    Survive Out Of Spite

    Funny bumper sticker that says "Survive Out Of Spite" with blood splatters on a car.

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    Miss Ann Thrope
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can do all things through spite which strengthens me.

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    Never miss a story that brings joy to the world. Follow on Google News

    #16

    Books

    Funny bumper sticker featuring Archer saying, SERIOUSLY READ A BOOK on a car window.

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    #17

    Thought This Was Pretty Funny

    An unfiltered bumper sticker on a car that reads The only ICE I like is the ice my two gay hockey boyfriends skate around on.

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    However, bold statements aren't always universally accepted. University of Cincinnati researchers found that political polarization is seeping into bumper stickers as well.

    UC College of Arts and Sciences Assistant Professors Rachel Torres and Ben Farrer said people who watched a driving simulation in which the motorist ahead of them cut them off in traffic were more likely to honk if the offending vehicle had a political bumper sticker, particularly one for the party they did not support.

    #19

    Found In A Target Parking Lot

    A funny bumper sticker on a white car reads Keep Honking! Im Listening To Ska And Youre In The Band Now.

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    #20

    Spotted On A Subaru

    Two wild bumper stickers on a car; one about good girls and craft store, the other about childlike wonder.

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    WindySwede
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're going to the seed store! (No, not thaat one!)

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    Torres and Farrer conducted attitude surveys with paid volunteers, who then took part in a short driving simulation. In half of the simulations, another vehicle cut them off without signaling. The offending vehicle featured either no sticker or one of three bumper stickers: "Proud Democrat," "Proud Republican," or the neutral "I love my dog."

    In the other half of the simulations, the other vehicle stayed in its own lane before making an unremarkable left turn.

    "It activated their partisan hostilities," said Torres, who teaches political science in UC's School of Public and International Affairs.

    For more, check out these 53 Crazy Bumper Stickers People Have Spotted In The Wild.

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    #23

    I Feel This In My Soul

    Two funny bumper stickers on a car. One reads My Dog Is Smarter Than The President, and the other Surviving Purely Out Of Spite.

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    Potato Vic
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A piece of rotting wood is smarter than the president....

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    #24

    Hell Yeah Brother. Seen Is Bisbee, AZ

    An unfiltered bumper sticker on a white Ford truck showing support for Obama 2028, sparking drivers to do a double take.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The small text reads "Make America Intelligent Again".

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    #25

    Small Town In- McDonald's Drive Thru

    The back of a white pickup truck showing two unfiltered bumper stickers about being gay.

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    #26

    Ok True

    Funny bumper sticker on a white car reads, Sometimes when I close my eyes, I can't see.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Flying Spaghetti Monster too! R'amen!

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    #27

    Scratch And Sniff

    A car's back window with a funny bumper sticker reads, Scratch a republican, Find a racist. This unfiltered bumper sticker makes a double take.

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    Multa Nocte (she/her 8647)
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    14 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love that this is a Florida plate! And someone who had been in the Coast Guard as well!

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    #30

    Samesies!

    Two funny bumper stickers on a silver car: got bears? and BIG FAN OF TURN SIGNALS, catching drivers attention.

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    Lily bloom
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to have a bumper sticker that read "visualize using your turn signal"

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    #31

    Tripping Over Wieners

    A funny bumper sticker on a truck that reads, I TRIP OVER MY WIENER, with a dachshund silhouette.

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    Gail Fox
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    1 minute ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s the fun part of having them

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    #32

    Gem I’ve Seen As A Repo Mechanic

    Various funny bumper stickers on a silver car, including I Lie To My Therapist, Have A Day, and Power Of Love.

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    Lily bloom
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love the bottom one. Have a day has a special place in my heart due to the poster I had on my wall in the 90s and later found again many years later that hangs on my wall currently. However, "have the day you deserve" is more apt due to *gestures widely*

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    #33

    What’s The Story Here ?

    A funny bumper sticker on a car reads Horse Denier, with a horse image stamped not real.

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    BossyCloud
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So ridiculous. Everyone knows it's birds that aren't real, duh.

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    #34

    Sounds Like Their Car Has Been Rammed A Few Times

    Funny bumper stickers on a car, one saying That's my bumper! I don't know you! and another DO NOT HIT ME I'M TRANSPORTING SOUP.

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    #35

    Portland Oregon

    Funny bumper sticker that says I'm not like the other girls, I'm an actual worm, along with other stickers.

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    #36

    Hell Yeah, Brotherrrrrrr!

    A funny bumper sticker that reads Pro-Science. Pro-Choice. PRO-WRESTLING.

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    #37

    Ossum

    A wild bumper sticker with two possums in pink hats and the text Pro-Possum & Pro-Choice.

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    #38

    This Person Means It , LOL

    Multiple unfiltered bumper stickers on a black car, including "Criminalize LED Headlights".

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    #39

    Finally Got My Favorite Bumper Sticker Put On!

    A funny, wild, and unfiltered bumper sticker on a red car reading: If you can read this: You are in a coma. Wake up. Please wake up.

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    #40

    My Other Ride…

    Wild bumper sticker on a car window reading My other ride is a deteriorating body of flesh and bones with sparkles.

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    #41

    This Person Knows The Witch Of November Very Well

    A close-up of a bumper sticker that reads Never Forget Edmund Fitzgerald on a red car, one of many funny bumper stickers.

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    CD King
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How can you? They made a song about it. Very powerful

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    #42

    To Be Or Not To Be

    A funny bumper sticker on a red car reads Honk If You Don't Exist in yellow text on a blue background.

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    #43

    I Agree

    A funny bumper sticker on a red truck that says DOGS HELL YEAH! making drivers do a double take.

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    #44

    Do You Like My Stickers?

    A blue car's bumper displays several funny bumper stickers, including political and pride-themed ones.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The small-text ones on the right: "My favorite 'far left' idea is that people should be able to afford a roof over their heads" - "Make lying wrong again; make America think again; make humans matter again; make people care again" - and "No one's treading on you, sweetie"

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    #45

    Vindication!!!

    Funny bumper sticker on a white car, Restore Voting Rights and IRAN spelled out.

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    #46

    And Now We All Suffer The Consequences

    Unfiltered bumper sticker: My window is down because I farted, with a stick figure farting.

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    #47

    White Van Sticker

    A white van features a funny bumper sticker on its back window, Not a kidnapper van (we are Catholic), a truly unfiltered bumper sticker.

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    Lily bloom
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Too many windows to be a competent kidnappers van. Hypothesis - religion does not equal intelligence

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    #48

    Warsaw Indiana

    A collection of funny, wild, and unfiltered bumper stickers on the back of a green Subaru, one reads: Cute as Hell.

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    #49

    Um. What

    A close-up of a car's rear window featuring a funny bumper sticker about kissing bugs.

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    UnclePanda
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    16 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plot twist - add a second t in line two.

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    #50

    For The Project Hail Mary Fans

    Wild bumper sticker on a blue car featuring a spider and the text YOU LET ME MERGE. QUESTION?

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    #51

    That Escalated

    A funny, wild, and unfiltered bumper sticker on a brown car asking: How am I driving? How does an engine even work? How can a loving God cause such agony.

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    Norm Gilmore
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read a SF story where all works as normal. Until the day people stop believing in things working because the majority of people don't know HOW they work. Cue cars stopping on roads, planes falling from the sky....

    #52

    Satanism Is A Thing? Or A Tongue In Cheek Atheist??

    Unfiltered bumper stickers on a white Ford, including Fueled by Satan and 6 VI VI on the license plate.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gee, with that license plate, what do YOU think? XD

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    #53

    Just Got A New Car And Want To Put A Bumper Sticker On. Which One Would You Let Merge?

    Two funny bumper stickers: one pink saying bestie please let me merge, and another, MY BROTHER IN CHRIST PLEASE LET ME MERGE.

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    #55

    I’m Covered In Bugs And I Vote!

    Various funny bumper stickers on a white spare tire cover, including I'm covered in bugs and I vote!

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I, too, love roly-polies! When I see them crossing the sidewalk, I pick them up gently and put them into the nearest dirt/grass so no one will step on them XD

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    #56

    Fall In Love In A Mosh Pit

    Wild bumper sticker: Fall in love in a mosh pit on the back of a car.

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    #58

    Hmm……

    A rear view of a silver car with a funny bumper sticker that reads You should quit your job and play outside with me.

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    #59

    I Was Gifted This

    A funny bumper sticker reads, I am a menace first and a woman second. This unfiltered bumper sticker provides a double take.

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    Kelly Scott
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a person first and a menace second and being a woman is way down the list, along with having brown eyes and hair.

    #60

    "I Saw Your Husband On Grindr"

    Unfiltered bumper sticker: I saw your husband on Grindr and a dinosaur on a car.

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    43Duckies
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No no no, they saw your REPUBLICAN husband on Grindr!

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    #61

    Same

    Wild bumper sticker: When Shania Twain says Lets Go Girls I could run through a brick wall.

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    #62

    Resist

    A funny bumper sticker on a Tesla that reads RESIST, with the Tesla logo replacing the T.

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    43Duckies
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh, just someone trying to dodge criticism for owning a Trashla. (But if they bought it after about 2018 at the latest, they can't claim that the Muskrat wasn't already showing clear signs of bloated ego and evil.

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    #63

    Please Explain This To Me

    Wild bumper sticker on a car window depicting a cowboy riding a long pink worm with the text Makin' My Way Downtown.

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    43Duckies
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The phrase is a reference to a song. The image is a creative reinterpretation.

    #64

    What Does This Mean?

    Funny bumper sticker showing a no smoking symbol over an alligator woman on a car window.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No Lot Lizards. Apparently "lot lizard" is a term for the ladies you can hire by-the-hour in truck stop parking lots. I know this because.... uh... I read books. Yes.

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    #65

    I’ve Had The Defund Paw Patrol Sticker Scratched Off Twice

    A green Kia Soul car with many wild bumper stickers covering its rear window and bumper.

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    #66

    Bumper Sticker In Toronto

    Funny bumper sticker: WARNING THIS VEHICLE MAKES FREQUENT STOPS AT YOUR MOMS HOUSE.

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    BossyCloud
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cup on the back window looks like a dog

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    #67

    Aged Like Absolute Milk

    Funny bumper sticker: Whoever voted for Biden owes me gas money.

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    Chich the witch
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wonder what they think now that Hormuz aint Hormuzing

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    #68

    Ughhh Good Lord Wth Are We Witnessing

    Wild bumper sticker on a gold Toyota showing Jesus breaking through the back window.

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    UnclePanda
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Inna Gadda De'Visor, baby, don't you know that I'll always see through?"

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    #70

    My Hometown Keeping It Classy As Usual

    Wild bumper sticker on a car's rear window, Paper beats rock in a rock-paper-scissors game.

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    #71

    Oof

    A car with an unfiltered bumper sticker on the window that says, JESUS IS MY VACCINE.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were all amusing, up til this one :/

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    #72

    I Don’t Understand Their Way Of Thinking

    A car bumper features two funny, unfiltered bumper stickers: Bullying builds character and I'm proud to be everything liberals hate.

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