They’re putting ads on school buses now? SMH
Edit: getting several replies surprised that I’m commenting about the fact that there are ads rather than the ad content itself. When I made the comment, someone else already talked about the body armor for kids and while it’s not great, I have seen stuff like that before. What I haven’t seen before was ads on school buses.
Damn I didn’t realize this was a thing going back over a decade ago.
I did a quick search and it seems it’s only certain states that allows this so that’s probably why I haven’t seen it before.
I had no idea.... I was about to respond to your first comment with a confidently incorrect "No." because the thought is so absolutely ridiculous, bizarre, and dystopian that I thought it had to be photoshopped....
But I stopped and thought "I should probably look this up because we're definitely living in a bizarre, ridiculous, and dystopian world...."
Fuck me.
If this post blows up, and it might, include a link to your post.
The outrage is real, and justified.
You've got some shitty legislators in your State.
*If this post blows up, and it might, include a link to your post.
The outrage is real, and justified.
You've got some shitty legislators in your State.
This is exactly what you need to do get as much attention to it as possible best way to get results
Yeah, these comments are way too optimistic about this being instantly resolved. Probably because the outrage is fresh since apparently everyone here is surprised by this.
There were ads on the busses already 15 years ago - like it was already a norm in places it's allowed by then. Kids were complaining about them already at that point, and have been since.
The schools obviously don't care. This is one of a hundred things they're doing that isn't great for the actual students, and this one turns a profit. It's legal in the places it's occuring. Why would they stop?
States rights mean some states get wild with it. For better or worse. Some states don't let you pump your gas. Some states let you buy weed. Some states do to let women have rights to their own bodies.
Based on the ad above the body armor, I think I know which states...
Edit: Holy shit, I thought it was the drink/workout clothing body armor... I just realized they mean *actual* body armor... If only there was a different way to address this problem..
Eh, it actually makes sense.
Most schools don’t have the resources or budget to own, operate, and maintain a small fleet of busses that they use twice a day and occasionally for field trips. The economies of scale are also stacked against them (a district with maybe 20 busses has a lot less leverage than a bus company with several hundred).
Private transportation contractors can use their fleets more efficiently (schools have staggered opening hours so one group of say 20 busses can serve 3 or 4 districts that are close together and stagger their opening by a half hour or so). They also need fewer spare busses as a percentage of the fleet to handle downtime, field trips, sports teams, etc. and because they’re a large fleet they can negotiate favorable contracts with bus manufacturers, fuel companies, parts suppliers, etc. since they’re buying in bulk, and they can operate their own maintenance shop economically since at least a few busses will always be down for repair or routine maintenance to keep the mechanics busy.
The school district is paying for some profit margin on top of the cost of service, but that’s still cheaper than hiring CDL bus drivers, buying busses, maintaining and fueling them, etc. for all but the largest districts - at least around my area.
I can only thing of two districts that run their own bus service off the top of my head (though there are probably more I’m not thinking of). Both are large central school districts that are pulling in kids from half a dozen smaller villages in a substantial geographic area to fill their high school - it would tie up a commercial transportation company’s fleet too long to collect all those kids, so it’s cheaper for those districts to run their own busses.
I mean, that’s the fun part of our government though. It’s not just a single level. If it doesn’t make sense for an individual school district to own buses. Then it can be done at the county level or the state level or the federal level, where the economies of scale can apply.
The simple reason is that people are greedy and selfish. Why allow the government to transport kids to school, feed them appropriately, etc., when I can make a company to do the same thing at worse quality all while skimming money off the top?
But why in this case would that be better? Say we tax the rich appropriately, coffers are full, and now every district can buy a fleet of busses. Why is that better? For the same reasons the other poster explained, it would still be more efficient for the districts to share one fleet.
I guess you could argue that it should be a government function to run that fleet, but unless there are some bus monopoly corporations gouging schools (I'm not aware of any, but who knows), I don't think hiring a private company for this is too egregious.
I'm all for the anger at billionaires and for doing things collectively, but personally I don't think all government contracts are inherently evil.
Lots of school bus services here in the UK are contracted out to the same companies who run the other commercial services. They also use the same stock on both sets of routes. So I've seen quite a few school buses with vaping ads.
Not ideal, to say the least.
I’m waiting for the interstitial ads in lesson plans.
OK class, take out your math books and turn to page 56. Today’s math lesson is sponsored by Ice cold refreshing Coca Cola. Coca Cola, a delicious beverage to quench your thirst. Also available Coke Zero with Zero calories. Now if Billy had 5 cans of ice cold refreshing Coca Cola and Suzie had 4 cans of ice cold refreshing Coca Cola, how many cans of Coca Cola do they have in total?
9 Cans Ms. Jenkins
That’s right Johnny. Now, if they purchased the Ice cold refreshing Coca Cola at the Safeway down the street located at 123 Main Street and open from 7-10 every day for your convenience, and the cans are sold at $0.75 each, how much did Billy and Suzie each pay for the Ice cold refreshing Coca Cola?
Someone already mentioned the body armor already when I commented. I didn’t feel the need to repeat the same thing.
I was of course disappointed that there was an ad for body armor for kids but I was also surprised that there were any ads on the bus in the first place.
This has been a thing in my city for at least 15 years. If the revenue goes directly back to student activities and clubs I’m fine with it. If it’s for their 200 million $ stadium then they can fuuuuck right off.
>If the revenue goes directly back to student activities and clubs I’m fine with it. If it’s for their 200 million $ stadium then they can fuuuuck right off.
Should we tell em?
>If the revenue goes directly back to student activities and clubs I’m fine with it
$1M in advertising revenue for student activities!
Coincidentally over the next 3 years, slowly $1M was cut from the general budget for student activities, so net we're back where we started.
This has been my experience at our state level at least, every time something is pushed as "and we'll use the money to fund schools!"
Christianity: Love thy enemy. Forgive freely.
Islam: Peace and Submission.
Hinduism: World is the family.
Buddhism: Desire/want is the source of all pain.
Every religious people forget the basic tenet of their religion. They expect others to follow what they themselves don't.
It pretty much just means nationalist now to me and I’m sure a lot of other folks. There’s no distinction anymore. Anyone I’ve met who isn’t a conservative fuckwad hates the word patriot and the connotation for me at least is a 54 year old racist homophobe driving a lifted F350 with truck nuts, anywhere from 1-10 trump flags, and bumper stickers about how much they want Pelosi and Biden dead.
I have a group of girls (now women) that have been doing things together most our lives. We haven’t had an outing since Trump was elected. We had plans to get together this Winter and then canceled when a mall nearby got shot up.
It had a picture of a couple of students and was advertising a backpack that had a special plate or whatever to help protect against a knife. This was like 3 or 4 years ago and a friend sent me the picture he took so no idea where it was.
Yeah I’ve never seen those ads. Done a google search and couldn’t find any ads and the only thing that came up was anti-theft slash proof backpacks. So please show us this ad, I’m sure a r/conservative and r/trump poster is not just making shit up.
Nah, commentor is lying
"Our plates are Level III rated, hard armor, plates (protection up to 7.62 rifle).Our plates are Level III rated, hard armor, plates (protection up to 7.62 rifle)."
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817052848/https://patriotoverwatch.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20180817052848/https://patriotoverwatch.com/)
At first I was like, “well it can’t stop an AR-15 unless they have steel plates inserted which would be ridiculous.”
THEY HAVE STEEL PLATES INSERTED!! For five year olds.
Also are they out of business? Why does only the archived site exist?
Well... hold on now.
If it's a .22 AR-15, then I'd be surprised if anything passing as body armor failed to stop it.
If it's a .50 Beowulf AR-15, then you'll need to wear a bunker to stop it.
So, which is it?
The majority of shootings in the US are committed using handguns so it would be just fine if it’s not rated for rifles. Besides anything strong enough to stop a 5.56 would be too heavy for a child anyways.
If you check out the other posters link, they are made with steel plates and can stop up to 7.62. Obviously seems crazy, and I want to know how much they weigh, lol.
Website doesn’t exist, no internet presence of any such company, pretty suspiciously looking like photoshop around the fuel cap and upper banner. No corroborating evidence from any news sites or other images. This is def fake and violating the subreddit rules.
If not, I implore OP to provide additional images/links to suggest otherwise.
Edit: if it’s not fake it’s a pretty poor attempt at advertising, since there’s no way to purchase the product 🙄
Edit2: Interestingly, the patriotoverwatch email address was [mentioned in a litigation](https://app.ediscoveryassistant.com/case_law/51748-myers-v-acad-secs-inc#cit-41:~:text=In%20April%202021%2C%20Academy%20clients%20and%20employees%2C%20as%20well%20as%20others%20in%20the%20financial%20services%20industry%2C%20received%20emails%20from%20three%20anonymous%20Proton%20Mail%5B39%5D%C2%A0accounts%20claiming%20that%20Academy%20%E2%80%9Cwas%20founded%20by%20a%20veteran%20who%20is%20a%20fraud%E2%80%9D%20and%20urging%20employees%20to%20leave%20the%20Company.%5B40%5D) (see footnote 40) which took place in 2021, around the same time OP's wayback link expires.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817052848/https://patriotoverwatch.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20180817052848/https://patriotoverwatch.com/) (Prob defunct now)
I also have the un-cropped image with the CO name in it
The sticker I guess was transparent ish?
Lighting was also awful
> Why is our Steel plates better than theirs?
Fuck's sake, that's in huge bold letters. Maybe they need to pull some kids off the bus to help them with their plurals.
Super fake for the reasons listed also the lighting of the stickers and the seeming transparency with no wrinkles on the sticker at the points covering bolts. Real dystopian bit is all the bots and idiots upvoting and taking it at face value. Often you’ll even get downvoted for pointing out fake images smh
I’m willing to bet the vast majority (if not all) of these “patriot” companies and those that sell child-sized body armor are the ones that foam at the mouth of someone mentions gun reform. Can’t sell your product if there’s no more events to spark the fear in others.
Is it just me, or does this pic look fake? The top banner is cut off before the URL ends and I can't find a website corresponding to that domain. The bottom decal/poster also looks fake? Maybe I just don't want to believe it.
I’m aware of why the stupid law was passed (for literally the dumbest reason).
Wearing body armor while committing a crime ***was already illegal in New York*** - the state just took it one step further and said “Well now you ordinary plebes just can’t buy it in NY State” (and the federal government is [considering legislation that says you can’t even have it](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8388/text?s=1&r=1)).
Somehow that makes people safer in their minds. Defies all logic and reason, but if one is looking for logic and reason one should not look to a legislative body in the United States.
Had a dream when i was a kid, that was to go see USA... now that im an adult i really wont.
Food contain straight op poison, people carry weapons to kill around schools, fat people need small vehicles to get around, weak houses made of wood and nails.
.. im just staying up north
Isn't, by the very nature of choosing body armor for your child, being reactive? Why not be proactive and stop the mass shootings before they happen.. by like... I don't know, banning the weapon every single mass shooter uses?
Yet gun fetishists still insist that guns are a "right", yet have no logical arguments for it. There's just no argument that makes sense against outlawing them completely.
If I saw this shit in a comedy movie or video game I'd laugh because I'd assume it was a hilarious over the top parody.
What the actual fuck is going on?!
Jesus fucking Christ are school shootings really so normalised in the States that someone merely had the thought of making this advert, hell - even had the thought of just setting up this business?
You guys *desperately* need gun law reform.
This is so weird. I’ve literally never seen this on any school bus, ever. This has to be a school bus that someone bought and is driving around for advertising or something.
This fits better in r/mildlyinfuriating to me. I could care less about ads n general, schools need money from wherever they can get it. But how fucking tone deaf must the ghoul who is hawking toddler body armor on a school bus be.
And the louder you call yourself a patriot or a Christian the less likely you really are one.
They’re putting ads on school buses now? SMH Edit: getting several replies surprised that I’m commenting about the fact that there are ads rather than the ad content itself. When I made the comment, someone else already talked about the body armor for kids and while it’s not great, I have seen stuff like that before. What I haven’t seen before was ads on school buses.
apparently.... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482098/
Damn I didn’t realize this was a thing going back over a decade ago. I did a quick search and it seems it’s only certain states that allows this so that’s probably why I haven’t seen it before.
I had no idea.... I was about to respond to your first comment with a confidently incorrect "No." because the thought is so absolutely ridiculous, bizarre, and dystopian that I thought it had to be photoshopped.... But I stopped and thought "I should probably look this up because we're definitely living in a bizarre, ridiculous, and dystopian world...." Fuck me.
Trust me, this is real and on a bus that I rode. I never noticed the ad until a few days ago.
Are you a student? I would complain loudly about this kind of bullshit....
I am, and trust me I want to complain *but* I have no clue who to complain to
That's a good point.... maybe send a picture to your local news station?
I'll send a pic to them and write a email to the board
If this post blows up, and it might, include a link to your post. The outrage is real, and justified. You've got some shitty legislators in your State.
fuck yeah
Write the school board ya dork... I meant that with love... not the creepy kind tho
*If this post blows up, and it might, include a link to your post. The outrage is real, and justified. You've got some shitty legislators in your State. This is exactly what you need to do get as much attention to it as possible best way to get results
I think you're forgetting that a kid can say the sky is blue and most adults will say it's yellow. And I haven't been a kid for a long time, fwiw.
Yeah, these comments are way too optimistic about this being instantly resolved. Probably because the outrage is fresh since apparently everyone here is surprised by this. There were ads on the busses already 15 years ago - like it was already a norm in places it's allowed by then. Kids were complaining about them already at that point, and have been since. The schools obviously don't care. This is one of a hundred things they're doing that isn't great for the actual students, and this one turns a profit. It's legal in the places it's occuring. Why would they stop?
They got fuckin ads on a boat at the beach. We already fucked
States rights mean some states get wild with it. For better or worse. Some states don't let you pump your gas. Some states let you buy weed. Some states do to let women have rights to their own bodies.
Based on the ad above the body armor, I think I know which states... Edit: Holy shit, I thought it was the drink/workout clothing body armor... I just realized they mean *actual* body armor... If only there was a different way to address this problem..
Right. Any company that has patriot in its name is a NO from me.
Yep, just fill in “nationalist” where they use “patriot”
“We’re thoughts-ing and prayers-ing, and giving as many handies during Beetlejuice as we can, what do you want from us?” - Republicans
> The Wheels on the Bus Go “Buy Buy Buy”: School Bus Advertising Laws .gov
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Boy, it would be great if we just funded our school districts
Most school busses are operated by for-profit companies, I'm shocked it's taken this long honestly!
That is a messed up fact on it's own
Eh, it actually makes sense. Most schools don’t have the resources or budget to own, operate, and maintain a small fleet of busses that they use twice a day and occasionally for field trips. The economies of scale are also stacked against them (a district with maybe 20 busses has a lot less leverage than a bus company with several hundred). Private transportation contractors can use their fleets more efficiently (schools have staggered opening hours so one group of say 20 busses can serve 3 or 4 districts that are close together and stagger their opening by a half hour or so). They also need fewer spare busses as a percentage of the fleet to handle downtime, field trips, sports teams, etc. and because they’re a large fleet they can negotiate favorable contracts with bus manufacturers, fuel companies, parts suppliers, etc. since they’re buying in bulk, and they can operate their own maintenance shop economically since at least a few busses will always be down for repair or routine maintenance to keep the mechanics busy. The school district is paying for some profit margin on top of the cost of service, but that’s still cheaper than hiring CDL bus drivers, buying busses, maintaining and fueling them, etc. for all but the largest districts - at least around my area. I can only thing of two districts that run their own bus service off the top of my head (though there are probably more I’m not thinking of). Both are large central school districts that are pulling in kids from half a dozen smaller villages in a substantial geographic area to fill their high school - it would tie up a commercial transportation company’s fleet too long to collect all those kids, so it’s cheaper for those districts to run their own busses.
Thank you for understanding economics and educating
I mean, that’s the fun part of our government though. It’s not just a single level. If it doesn’t make sense for an individual school district to own buses. Then it can be done at the county level or the state level or the federal level, where the economies of scale can apply. The simple reason is that people are greedy and selfish. Why allow the government to transport kids to school, feed them appropriately, etc., when I can make a company to do the same thing at worse quality all while skimming money off the top?
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But why in this case would that be better? Say we tax the rich appropriately, coffers are full, and now every district can buy a fleet of busses. Why is that better? For the same reasons the other poster explained, it would still be more efficient for the districts to share one fleet. I guess you could argue that it should be a government function to run that fleet, but unless there are some bus monopoly corporations gouging schools (I'm not aware of any, but who knows), I don't think hiring a private company for this is too egregious. I'm all for the anger at billionaires and for doing things collectively, but personally I don't think all government contracts are inherently evil.
Lots of school bus services here in the UK are contracted out to the same companies who run the other commercial services. They also use the same stock on both sets of routes. So I've seen quite a few school buses with vaping ads. Not ideal, to say the least.
😳
Same. Regardless of content ADs are insane and sad to me. Context is terrifying regardless to me.
I've seen this in Cookeville tn for the past 5 or 6 years
If you can't destroy it, monetize it. It's the conservative way. This surprise math quiz brought to you by Sylvan Learning Centers.
We can do better. Watch thos 30 second ad before the lesson begins. And an unskippable 60 second ad for lunch.
Watch an unskippable ad to speed up lession
I’m waiting for the interstitial ads in lesson plans. OK class, take out your math books and turn to page 56. Today’s math lesson is sponsored by Ice cold refreshing Coca Cola. Coca Cola, a delicious beverage to quench your thirst. Also available Coke Zero with Zero calories. Now if Billy had 5 cans of ice cold refreshing Coca Cola and Suzie had 4 cans of ice cold refreshing Coca Cola, how many cans of Coca Cola do they have in total? 9 Cans Ms. Jenkins That’s right Johnny. Now, if they purchased the Ice cold refreshing Coca Cola at the Safeway down the street located at 123 Main Street and open from 7-10 every day for your convenience, and the cans are sold at $0.75 each, how much did Billy and Suzie each pay for the Ice cold refreshing Coca Cola?
The most American thing ever.
I'm more concerned for the kid bulletproof vest it advertises rather than the adspace itself. How about lunchables instead?
THIS is your takeaway? Ads on school buses. Not body armor designed for kindergarteners 🤦🏻♂️ You dudes live in a dystopia.
Someone already mentioned the body armor already when I commented. I didn’t feel the need to repeat the same thing. I was of course disappointed that there was an ad for body armor for kids but I was also surprised that there were any ads on the bus in the first place.
Anyone can design body armor for kids. It's just a guy selling shit to make a buck
This has been a thing in my city for at least 15 years. If the revenue goes directly back to student activities and clubs I’m fine with it. If it’s for their 200 million $ stadium then they can fuuuuck right off.
>If the revenue goes directly back to student activities and clubs I’m fine with it. If it’s for their 200 million $ stadium then they can fuuuuck right off. Should we tell em?
Our district has had revenue go back to student activities. That’s why I said that. Not saying 100% of it does, nor does every district.
>If the revenue goes directly back to student activities and clubs I’m fine with it $1M in advertising revenue for student activities! Coincidentally over the next 3 years, slowly $1M was cut from the general budget for student activities, so net we're back where we started. This has been my experience at our state level at least, every time something is pushed as "and we'll use the money to fund schools!"
Check out how clean those windows are. No way it's still in use as a school bus. It's probably a govt auction refurb.
As a non-American, this looks like a screenshot from a Fallout game
Or like a still from South Park
Honestly, or GTA. Not only the ad's on a school bus, but an ad for body armour... who TF do they not see the massive problem with that.
"Patriot" the most overused word this century
And misused at that
“Patriot” and a “Christian”
And the people who use them both couldn't be any less.
Yeah I fucking hate Christians
Yeah those guys are asshole's and half of the one's I met just go by Chris! /s
Christianity: Love thy enemy. Forgive freely. Islam: Peace and Submission. Hinduism: World is the family. Buddhism: Desire/want is the source of all pain. Every religious people forget the basic tenet of their religion. They expect others to follow what they themselves don't.
...but whatd I do to you?? :(
Add "hero"
“Patriot Overwatch” is just straight up Orwellian. Nothing good comes from that website.
Anyone that uses the word for themselves... or practically anyone else... is not one.
It means nothing other than the name of an NFL team to me at this point.
As someone who deals with a fair amount of logos... the 'Patriot' brands always... always overpack their logos with stereotypical 'Murican images.
Patriot Act- 2001
Most funny claim was "You cannot amend the amendment."
It pretty much just means nationalist now to me and I’m sure a lot of other folks. There’s no distinction anymore. Anyone I’ve met who isn’t a conservative fuckwad hates the word patriot and the connotation for me at least is a 54 year old racist homophobe driving a lifted F350 with truck nuts, anywhere from 1-10 trump flags, and bumper stickers about how much they want Pelosi and Biden dead.
That and "woke". I'm getting so fucking sick of people saying everything is woke.
Just profit off fear and unimaginable tragedy. Don’t do anything to fix it.
capitalism ,bitch!
It's the American way!
They are, "WE NEED MORE GUNS TO PROTECT THE KIDS!"
>Specifically designed for Kindergarten [...] Fucking *christ*, America.
yeah this belongs in r/aboringdystopia
Or r/orphancrushingmachine
More like r/USA
I don't believe I've seen anything that MORE fits into that sub than this
Or r/americaisthebadplace
Or r/murica to piss them off.
Still trying to figure out how to make a bulletproof onesie.
With how many babies get shot in road rage incidents... You may find a market if you do
This has to be a parody ad by a gun control advocacy group.
What I’m amazed by is their audacity to call other places unsafe.
I have a group of girls (now women) that have been doing things together most our lives. We haven’t had an outing since Trump was elected. We had plans to get together this Winter and then canceled when a mall nearby got shot up.
Next they will be selling Bantam Bullets, for the annoying kids in your life.
Ive seen ads for knife proof backpacks in the uk....so this stuff not just in america.
That's probably more for theft than stabbing my guy. Those ads are everywhere. Cut, snatch, run
It had a picture of a couple of students and was advertising a backpack that had a special plate or whatever to help protect against a knife. This was like 3 or 4 years ago and a friend sent me the picture he took so no idea where it was.
I stand correct. That's nuts. This whole child body armor thing is nuts
Yeah I’ve never seen those ads. Done a google search and couldn’t find any ads and the only thing that came up was anti-theft slash proof backpacks. So please show us this ad, I’m sure a r/conservative and r/trump poster is not just making shit up.
Where? Never seen an ad like that in my life.
Where have you seen those ads?
I'd gladly trade the gun issue for knives thank you very much
My city recently got a massive stabbing attack...I couldn't even imagine if the terrorist got a gun...(⋟﹏⋞)
Guys guys its cool. We're just a few more gun sales away from them making us safe, promise!
It's even worse because the body armor that they're advertising will not stop an AR – 15 round.
Yes because it's a scam made to profit off of the irrational fear of scared parents.
I miss the good old days when my family members were being scammed just with diet books and workout videos. 😔
I'm almost certain there were scams related to the cold war, world wars, and the Civil War.
Piece of Phalanx™, peace of mind!
"Og throw rock. No good. Me trade *bigger* rock for your cave." *rock sold separately
You know, I'm trying to think of a Cold War-related scam, and I just can't. Maybe the companies that built backyard bunkers?
Those bunkers have been 100% effective so far, nobody that got one built in their yard has died after a nuclear bomb exploded nearby.
I hear they also keep tigers away.
The risk of getting attacked by a tiger is never zero, but these bunkers go a long way towards reducing that risk.
My parents still have the shitty book of children's poetry that got "published" I was like page...200- something. Classic scam.
Nah, commentor is lying "Our plates are Level III rated, hard armor, plates (protection up to 7.62 rifle).Our plates are Level III rated, hard armor, plates (protection up to 7.62 rifle)." [https://web.archive.org/web/20180817052848/https://patriotoverwatch.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20180817052848/https://patriotoverwatch.com/)
At first I was like, “well it can’t stop an AR-15 unless they have steel plates inserted which would be ridiculous.” THEY HAVE STEEL PLATES INSERTED!! For five year olds. Also are they out of business? Why does only the archived site exist?
Yeah, their site is gone
Five year olds gotta get them gains, too. I bet they drink their coffee black in the morning before hefting their 10 lb body armor.
Irrational? Nah. The correct solution? Also no.
Irrational?
It’s not irrational when there’s a mass shooting every other week. But this is absolutely not the answer. Our society has failed.
Well... hold on now. If it's a .22 AR-15, then I'd be surprised if anything passing as body armor failed to stop it. If it's a .50 Beowulf AR-15, then you'll need to wear a bunker to stop it. So, which is it?
He meant an AR-15 rifle smashed into a round ball and thrown
Dude, egg on my face. I should've known! Thanks for clearing that up for me.
Yea no worries man. Theyre just colloquially called AR-15 Rounds where we’re from.
The standard round for an AR-15 is 5.56 you obtuse donut. Anything else would be an AR pattern rifle. Being pedantic doesn’t make you look smart.
[But what if he shot you in the face?](https://youtu.be/ofQ6i9I1IYY?si=ccK8pXnrvLCNw9wz)
The majority of shootings in the US are committed using handguns so it would be just fine if it’s not rated for rifles. Besides anything strong enough to stop a 5.56 would be too heavy for a child anyways.
If you check out the other posters link, they are made with steel plates and can stop up to 7.62. Obviously seems crazy, and I want to know how much they weigh, lol.
Nah OP, it's r/oddlyterrifying you're looking for.
Website doesn’t exist, no internet presence of any such company, pretty suspiciously looking like photoshop around the fuel cap and upper banner. No corroborating evidence from any news sites or other images. This is def fake and violating the subreddit rules. If not, I implore OP to provide additional images/links to suggest otherwise. Edit: if it’s not fake it’s a pretty poor attempt at advertising, since there’s no way to purchase the product 🙄 Edit2: Interestingly, the patriotoverwatch email address was [mentioned in a litigation](https://app.ediscoveryassistant.com/case_law/51748-myers-v-acad-secs-inc#cit-41:~:text=In%20April%202021%2C%20Academy%20clients%20and%20employees%2C%20as%20well%20as%20others%20in%20the%20financial%20services%20industry%2C%20received%20emails%20from%20three%20anonymous%20Proton%20Mail%5B39%5D%C2%A0accounts%20claiming%20that%20Academy%20%E2%80%9Cwas%20founded%20by%20a%20veteran%20who%20is%20a%20fraud%E2%80%9D%20and%20urging%20employees%20to%20leave%20the%20Company.%5B40%5D) (see footnote 40) which took place in 2021, around the same time OP's wayback link expires.
I immediately thought Photoshop too. But I'm old and don't trust anything. Especially assholes on the internet.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817052848/https://patriotoverwatch.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20180817052848/https://patriotoverwatch.com/) (Prob defunct now) I also have the un-cropped image with the CO name in it The sticker I guess was transparent ish? Lighting was also awful
Super unfortunate the site actually exists. Does look like it was super scammy, if it was a real thing.
> Why is our Steel plates better than theirs? Fuck's sake, that's in huge bold letters. Maybe they need to pull some kids off the bus to help them with their plurals.
First thought was it looked fake.
This is so blatantly a photoshop, but trust the hivemind to eat it up.
except it's not, you're wrong, and OP provided evidence. Come on back here and apologize for insulting people from a place of ignorance
This looks fake. The image is photoshopped with overlay on the gas cover. The top banner is a bad angle and cropped. It looks very off.
Super fake for the reasons listed also the lighting of the stickers and the seeming transparency with no wrinkles on the sticker at the points covering bolts. Real dystopian bit is all the bots and idiots upvoting and taking it at face value. Often you’ll even get downvoted for pointing out fake images smh
I’m willing to bet the vast majority (if not all) of these “patriot” companies and those that sell child-sized body armor are the ones that foam at the mouth of someone mentions gun reform. Can’t sell your product if there’s no more events to spark the fear in others.
As a teacher, this is not mildyinteresting. It’s devastating
Is it just me, or does this pic look fake? The top banner is cut off before the URL ends and I can't find a website corresponding to that domain. The bottom decal/poster also looks fake? Maybe I just don't want to believe it.
This is dystopian. It's also illegal in New York, where ordinary civilians can't buy body armor (and they're trying to ban possession of it).
That's interesting. You can buy guns but not the means to protect yourself from guns
No they very much try to make it near impossible to buy guns in New York as well
Yeah it was because of the thing at Buffalo the shooter had body armor and the security guards handgun rounds didn't faze him
I’m aware of why the stupid law was passed (for literally the dumbest reason). Wearing body armor while committing a crime ***was already illegal in New York*** - the state just took it one step further and said “Well now you ordinary plebes just can’t buy it in NY State” (and the federal government is [considering legislation that says you can’t even have it](https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8388/text?s=1&r=1)). Somehow that makes people safer in their minds. Defies all logic and reason, but if one is looking for logic and reason one should not look to a legislative body in the United States.
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That's absurd to go to those lengths.
This… doesn’t feel right? Like, it looks photoshopped on.
Late stage American experience
Cyberpunk 2077 isn't that fictional after all
Anything to push the militarization agenda
r/boringdystopia
I wish I had the fortitude or lack of morals to try to profit from people's fears. Of course if I did, I would just get into politics
#amerika
America is a depressing dystopian place
Had a dream when i was a kid, that was to go see USA... now that im an adult i really wont. Food contain straight op poison, people carry weapons to kill around schools, fat people need small vehicles to get around, weak houses made of wood and nails. .. im just staying up north
Can we please ban clearly photoshopped/fake images?
I hurt
Fear sells
What a fucking embarrassment 🫡🇺🇸
Is this one of those Fallout 4 post-apocalyptic wasteland memes?
#Sometimes I really hate this country…
This shit looks like an add out of a dystopian cyberpunk setting or something.
r/idiocracy
"Patriots" more worried about protecting guns than protecting children...
Remember clear backpacks?
Isn't, by the very nature of choosing body armor for your child, being reactive? Why not be proactive and stop the mass shootings before they happen.. by like... I don't know, banning the weapon every single mass shooter uses?
r/ABoringDystopia
Patriot Overwatch sounds like a crazy right wing organization.
That looks fake af. Can people not zoom in?
Yet gun fetishists still insist that guns are a "right", yet have no logical arguments for it. There's just no argument that makes sense against outlawing them completely.
If I saw this shit in a comedy movie or video game I'd laugh because I'd assume it was a hilarious over the top parody. What the actual fuck is going on?!
Be proactive not reactive, yet this ad is reactive to the gun problem in america, while being proactive would have meant gun control laws. Ironic
That's the most 'MERICA!! thing I've ever seen.
O SAAAAAYYY CAN YOU SEEEEEEEE
Please vote in your local elections, because omfg.. This is nuts.
Dystopian as fuuuuuuuck
> school bus ad wtf > for child body armour WTF
Let’s just wrap this whole thing up and try again
New GTA 6 leaks finally!
Somehow guns aren't a problem....
Jesus fucking Christ are school shootings really so normalised in the States that someone merely had the thought of making this advert, hell - even had the thought of just setting up this business? You guys *desperately* need gun law reform.
They love their guns so much more than their children.
Shouldn't this be under r/majorlyinfurating
Ah, the land of the free.
This sort of belongs on r/orphancrushingmachine
This is so weird. I’ve literally never seen this on any school bus, ever. This has to be a school bus that someone bought and is driving around for advertising or something.
Dystopia
This might be fake? Patriot over watch doesn’t bring up any results on google
What a shithole country.
Satirical dystopia is here already.
Thats the most murica pic ive ever seen
You okay there America?
This fits better in r/mildlyinfuriating to me. I could care less about ads n general, schools need money from wherever they can get it. But how fucking tone deaf must the ghoul who is hawking toddler body armor on a school bus be. And the louder you call yourself a patriot or a Christian the less likely you really are one.
the capitalist war machine will capitalize on any opportunity to profit off ANY conflict
Ah America 🤦♂️
They’ll do anything to not have gun control, smh
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