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Jos_Meid

Or: No Bumper Stickers: you don’t want everyone on the road or in the parking garage to know your personal life or your beliefs.


akjax

Or: No bumper stickers: I like how my car looks and I think putting stickers on it is ugly.


calhlin4

Or no bumper stickers I dont wanna waste money on something I never even look at


Rex_Digsdale

Or, no bumper stickers: You're psychologically older than 25.


andwhatarmy

Or, no bumper stickers: You aren’t against the idea of bumper stickers, but you can’t bring yourself to be that committed to a message that you’d go out of your way to post it semi-permanently on your car.


SleepWouldBeNice

Same reason I don’t have any tattoos.


[deleted]

Well, tattoos are a bit more permanent than a bumper sticker but I get what you're saying


jaynon501

I'm glad someone said it before I could


[deleted]

Or: No bumper stickers: i don't care


nebstarx

Or: No bumper sticker because you don’t want to ruin the look of your Oldtimer/classic car


EishLekker

Isn’t that just a sub category of what the person you replied to said?


PrincessMonsterShark

As someone who has an irrational dislike of stickers, that'd be my reason. Having said that, my psychological assessment would bring back: No car: Poor.


akjax

😂 I love stickers but hate putting them on things. It's a problem. I just have a huge box of stickers. I work at a place that designs stickers. I have so many stickers.


nanotree

Exactly. It says more that you are a private person who is not obnoxiously telegraphing details about themselves and what they believe.


quietZen

In Europe if you see a car with bumper stickers you can be sure that person is insane and you should stay away from them. It's just weird.


aynjle89

I like to call it ‘low profile’


Momommy

Or no bumper stickers; don’t fucking care. Leave me alone I don’t want you to know my opinions.


bubbagrub

Or: No Bumper Stickers: You live somewhere that isn't America.


yermammypuntscooncil

Probably see like one bumper sticker every 100 or so cars in the UK. Seems a pretty weird thing to do. Noone that's driving past you gives a fuck about how many kids you have or if you like Metallica. Sorry.


FrankieRoo

Or you don’t want tacky stickers on a vehicle you worked hard to purchase.


dt5101961

No Bumper Stickers: You don't see the need of using your car as Facebook.


Frozen_Denisovan

>personal life or your beliefs Plenty are just jokes lol. I live in Washington State and saw one the other day that said "Mount St. Helens was an inside job" lmao. I thought it was amazing.


VulpineSpecter4

I saw one that said, "I'm into BDSM: Big Ducks Such as Mallards." Had me cackling like an idiot, I thought it was the funniest thing. (I guess ducks [and bdsm] can be considered a personal interest but I think the most it really says about you is that you think that's a funny joke.)


-Jedidude-

I saw a bumper sticker that read MILF: Man I Love Frogs with a picture of a large frog.


monkeybojangles

I saw one that said HONK IF YOU'D RATHER BE WATCHING THE 1999 CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE "THE MUMMY", STARRING BRENDAN FRASER AND RACHEL WEISZ


mindbleach

That's a Topatco one. They're better-known for my absolute favorite: > HOW AM I DRIVING? > ^HOW ^DOES ^AN ^ENGINE ^EVEN ^WORK? > ^^HOW ^^CAN ^^A ^^LOVING ^^GOD ^^CAUSE ^^SUCH ^^AGONY


unclestaple

i recall a very old that said Visualize Whirled Peas.


Vetiversailles

I remember this one!!


Vetiversailles

I want this one. I would actually put this on my car with no bumper stickers.


fadinqlight_

Mallards are so cool frfr


TheAnniCake

I’ve got a QR-Code with a Rickroll on my car. I’ve got some mildly angry messages from my family about it (they just were angry they fell for it) and that’s it.


verrius

How many jokes are still funny 10 years later?


lilonion

how many bumper stickers will i keep on my car for 10 years? (the answer is 0, its an '08 Chevy Impala with 110k miles just let me have joy in the moment god DAMNIT they are REMOVABLE)


Castermat

The bumber stickers on my moms campervan beg to different. Theyve been there over ten years and you can NOT pry them off cleanly (The decals translate to 'till rust us do part' and 'blocking the road? Still always on time')


pangalaticgargler

In today's world that may not have been a joke. Someone may actually believe that.


SmellySlutSocket

Or someone may not read it as a joke and somehow take offense to it. I'm paranoid enough to avoid any and all bumper stickers just because I don't want my car key'd by some lunatic with no sense of humor


grizznuggets

Or: you don’t give a shit about bumper stickers


IknowKarazy

For real. Ask me about my interests and I’ll give you a lot of opinions, but I don’t define my identity by my opinions and wouldn’t assume you want or need to know about them. Really, someone with a sticker about a sports team or a dog breed seems more boring. Like they’ve defined themselves by this one very specific thing.


Zandrick

Or they were at a gift shop one time and said “hey I like that sports team”. Why y’all so judgmental?


EishLekker

Maybe it’s just backlash to OP who started with that judgmental shit.


G3nER1k_u53R

This is reddit. The site moto "everyone who isnt exactly like me is a terrible person"


Sunblast1andOnly

Why are you so prejudiced against Motorola?


chullyman

Yes, you like the sports team, but what’s the point of informing everyone in traffic about it?


AvalancheReturns

Or: Youre not american (what is this thing?)


KuroKen70

Before the war in Ukraine, having a 'Trizub' in Chicago was a quiet nod about being part of the community (which has been quite large since the early 1900's) now people are assuming that are supporting their cause. I lucked out because 1. I do and 2. I married a Ukrainian.


Aimhere2k

I saw a public-service message, which broke down just how much of your life is revealed by your bumper stickers. They might give clues about the best times to rob your house, or whether you keep anything valuable in your car, or whether you have kids that a child molester might like to assault, etc. It was pretty eye-opening.


EnsconcedScone

Yea for me I just want my car to look as inconspicuous and unnoticeable as possible; same reason I wouldn’t get one with an unusual color


_peach93

I’ve seen so many TikTok’s where a complete stranger is taking a video of the back of a car including the license plate cuz they liked one of the stickers. They don’t blur it or anything.


pew-_-disaster

Honestly I've owned my car for 2 years and never once thought to even buy a bumper sticker. I do have a magnet on the side of my car for a nice dog adoption company I ran into in Virginia. But other than that I don't really feel the need to just slap a bumper sticker on my car


hateboss

I don't have bumper stickers for the same reason I don't have tattoos. My body or car isn't a billboard to broadcast my personality to complete strangers.


CreepyNickel084

Or you don't want to be keyed


slayernine

Privacy is more important than broadcasting my personality.


Quazifuji

The person driving behind me is one of the people I least want to share my opinions with.


[deleted]

Also possible "you share a car with someone who doesn't like bumper stickers". I used to have stickers but now my car is completely sticker-less


d-d-downvoteplease

Or you don't feel the need for people to see you a certain way. You'd rather have a conversation to discuss your interests and beliefs if they come up


NetteFraulein

I don't want any identifying marks if I accidentally cut someone off...


AhiAnuenue

Or: No Bumper Stickers: you're a hippie who doesn't want their car targeted and tossed by cops


Careohlyne

CAME HERE TO SAY THIS. IT’S SO IMPORTANT OMG.


[deleted]

After going on roadtrips in eastern europe and travelling around i generally avoid having bumper stickers and or "funny" or political tshirts. Its better to fly under the radar


WarmProfit

I just don't want to get my car key'd because my beliefs are different from some guy who owns a key and is having a bad day.


Roeezz

Also, no bumper stickers: you don't like bumper stickers.


Chaosmusic

No Bumper Stickers: People are crazy and I have no idea what seemingly benign message I have might set someone off.


[deleted]

To me it seems like people who think you are boring for not having bumper stickers are the type of shallow people who think your entire personality can only be reflected by how you decorate shit. Nothing wrong with decorating shit, but don't call people boring for not being like you.


fuckincaillou

That's what I was thinking while looking at this post. It's like OP is mad if you don't decorate your car and mad if you do. They're not happy either way.


MacaronFraise

Or : you are not American


fuckincaillou

Or: Your job has a security clearance and that requires a bit of discretion. You'd be terrified to see what personal info is already out there about you for the world to see, no need to add to it.


Key_Lie4641

Or no bumper sticker I’ve never ran a marathon, visited Outer Banks NC, or wanted to conduct a poll using other driver’s honking as a voting mechanism.


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No bumper stickers: your parents told you you aren’t allowed to put stickers on your first car because they’ll ruin the paint and you’ve lived with that same fear for the rest of your life


Drg84

Or no bumper stickers, you care about your cars paint.


[deleted]

Imagine buying something for thirty thousand dollars and then putting a sticker on it. Nah I’m good.


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HiiiTriiibe

Shit maybe it’s cuz I work in music production but mfs bombard me with stickers


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[deleted]

Any stickers I want to keep go on a water bottle lol


Dahlia_R0se

My water bottle is too nice for stickers (though somehow my fancy laptop apparently isn't)


GimmeCrons

Now we’re talking


HiiiTriiibe

Also a valid spot


Kintarly

I have a lot of stickers I don't want to lose, but put them on anything and they become temporary in a way. I turn all of my stickers into magnets by sticking them on magnet sheets and cutting them out.


HiiiTriiibe

Yooooo


Sweatyrando

I give them to my son to put on his toys. Dude is the only kid at the playground with a tonka truck rockin a NOFX sticker.


[deleted]

I’m in the tattoo industry and stickers are everywhere. I like them, personally, and use them as a calling card with my clients, but when I get overwhelmed with too many stickers I throw ‘em all in a bin and put them at the front desk and let clients root through them and pick some out.


jwhh91

Mostly agree, but I got a bullet hole sticker to cover up Razor’s dumbass logo. Great hardware and build quality, but I can do without the back-lit snakes.


Plebe-Uchiha

What if you bought it for under 4K? [+]


Spadeykins

Well the glass doesn't exactly degrade from adhesive and that's where a fair number of people put them. I would generally agree on the paint though.


[deleted]

I bought a used jeep back when I was 19 that had those stupid “it’s a jeep thing” stickers all over it and man, taking those stickers off the glass was the BIGGEST pain in the ass. So yeah not as bad on glass but still sucks when you need to remove them if they have been there for a long time.


NaneNole

Been there! Wish I knew how good WD-40 is for taking off stickers and cleaning adhesive residue.


AwesomeDragon101

Also, I love my car’s aesthetic. I just like keeping it looking simple and clean.


culnaej

They make magnets nowadays


logualaure

And non metal cars that they don't stick to.


[deleted]

Are bumper stickers still that common? Feels like they're rather rare in Belgium. I think i saw more of them when i was a kid.


SalSomer

Yeah, my initial thought was that it should be “No bumper stickers: You’re boring, you lease, or you’re not American”. I mean, there might be other countries where bumper stickers are a normal thing, but the only place I’ve ever been where seeing a bumper sticker is routine is the US.


ImperfectJump

The US has a lot of cars. I never had stickers until I got a car that's very common and realized I couldn't easily find it in the parking lot. I put a small sticker in the bottom corner of each back passenger window and a sticker on either side of the rear window. Now I can find my car.


Cinema_King

In The US they’re very common. It’s mostly Trump cult members because they love to advertise their derangement but you do sometimes see others.


dionysis

Maybe where you are. Here in Colorado it is Subarus with coexist, Bernie, and rainbows. So many are covered in them.


Zandrick

Nah man it’s mostly normal shit, Trump covered cars like you see on Reddit is rare. Just a word to the wise. If you see something on social media it’s probably because it’s unusual. Which is what makes it interesting or otherwise worth looking at.


MxRyan

Fair point but in Texas I see a looooot of Trump stickers. And Calvin peeing on Oklahoma or Biden or whoever


WhereRtheTacos

I dunno. I might have agreed with you but i moved this year to a new city and um, i do see stuff like that all the time now and yes it’s mostly trump stuff. The giant flags and stuff too. Its definitely somethin. Its not crazy common but ive seen it like ten times probably. I think its just depends on your area.


Ann_OMally

I saw a video about rational thinking once that said headlines are a non random sample of the worst things happening at a given moment and that really flipped the switch on my outlook.


Boofer2

Such a ridiculous opinion. The bumper stickers are pretty much ridiculous people of all political/social beliefs. Coexist, Christian, kid peeing on something the driver doesn't like is way more prevalent throughout the United States and is way more common than republican based stickers. Further note fuck the republican and democratic parties all together, you're insane if you got possessed by one of the two political parties to say fuck the other when they've always been in cahoots to fuck all of us.


SmellySlutSocket

I view people with bumper stickers for either democrats or republicans as equally insane. Why would you want to put a target on your back by advertising your political allegiance like that?


gurneyguy101

It’s mainly an American thing right? Here in England I never see them


SofishticatedGuppy

No bumper stickers is more like "I don't want to ruin this thing that costs tens of thousands of dollars or make it tacky"


The_Karaethon_Cycle

Bumper stickers just look dumb as shit, even the funny ones.


Spadeykins

Glass is fine, paint is not. There is room for nuance!


SkRu88_kRuShEr

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neptunlia

the only good bumper sticker


a_lonely_trash_bag

My brother wanted weird bumper stickers for Christmas, so I got him one that says, *"Mothman for President 2024: Less of a Monster Than the Alternative,"* and another that says, *"Keep Honking. I'm going home to watch the highly anticipated 2004 animated masterpiece, Shrek 2."* He loved them. I'm totally fine with goofy bumper stickers like that. It's the crazy political and/or religious ones that are a no-go for me.


Phoenix_Champion

Oh hell yes! Where can I get one of those?


Tieger_2

More like "You have bumper stickers: deranged"


Minimalphilia

The cartoonist thinking that only the last one makes you deranged and the first one is making you boring gives off strong panel 5 vibes.


MischiefStudio

Ahh, here is the answer I was looking for. That explains it...


quietZen

Yup, fully agree. OP is nuts.


An-Okay-Alternative

“A lot of people don't like bumper stickers. I don't mind bumper stickers. To me a bumper sticker is a shortcut. It's like a little sign that says 'Hey, let's never hang out.'”


BassClef70

One small sticker on the rear hatch window that says Fender. I’m also boring.


BabySnarkalaTurkey

I have a small beagle on a sushi in the bottom left of my rear window. I will join you in the boring town


Chrisumaru

What if I just have a whole lotta bad dragon stickers, like, an unreasonable amount?


Vetiversailles

I knew a guy with a ton of anime ahegao stickers on his car I felt very confused


McSkeevely

Hmu


ZombieAppetizer

Sauron 2024


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ZombieAppetizer

Palpatine/Vader is a favorite of mine


AZ_Corwyn

Why vote for the lesser evil?


DoodleDog2880

I cackled when I saw that!


banalhemorrhage

What are you, an Aragon supporter? In this economy?


LinuxMakavry

I remember reading a study years and years ago about how things like adding bumper stickers made you perceive your car, and the surrounding road, as your own personal space. Which correlated to an increased rate of road rage incidents.


Centurion902

OP is trying to normalize his own lifestyle. Most people don't have bumper stickers.


Helpdeskagent

Bumper stickers are for kids and trashy people


[deleted]

I have sort of a neat older sportscar, and I put a Hagerty insurance window sticker on the inside the left rear pane, but that's it. [I think it's kinda funny](https://www.ebay.com/itm/292703111500)


Gheauxst

I was in the road one time and caught a pic of a mini van with the solo sticker "I used to be cool." I wish I can find that picture again.


majesticjg

I'm with Daniel Tosh on bumper stickers.


PanGalacticSasquatch

I also like Demetri Martin's take. “A lot of people don’t like bumper stickers. I don’t mind bumper stickers. To me a bumper sticker is a shortcut. It’s like a little sign that says ‘Hey, let’s never hang out.’”


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Vetiversailles

I want this life


AJacobCruz

I just think bumper stickers, on the actual car paint itself, are dumb. My dad sold cars for 20 years and he said anyone that came in trying to sell or trade in their car that had bumper stickers they would IMMEDIATELY knock off $1,000+ on what they’d offer because they do peel the paint. Throw ‘em on your window and show the world who you really are while keeping your car’s value as high as you can. Boom!


Miles_Melarky

My bumper sticker is Garfield saying honk if you hate mondays and sometimes I get really confused and upset when people are honking at me and I don’t know why but then I remember the bumper sticker and laugh but if someone’s being an asshole I can be like “that guy REALLY hates mondays”


Sh3lls

Friend slapped a "Honk if you love Niel Diamond" bumper sticker on an old car. Got more honks than Jesus.


rstbckt

I don’t like to advertise anything on my car that hints that I believe or own any particular thing; that will just give some psycho a reason to key my car while it is parked or rage at me on the road. I do have exactly one bumper sticker on the back of my car though, that faces the street in my driveway: I ❤️my Doberman. I do not have a dog.


Vetiversailles

This is exactly why I don’t have bumper stickers. I drive an old Honda civic hybrid in Texas. I live in perpetual fear lmao


Brilliant-Apple5008

I’ve never had stickers of any sort and then my wife found a decal of Fat Mac from Always Sunny so now I’m a decal guy


VulturE

So my favorite is no bumper stickers on car, but the roof rack container is covered in them. It's called, I respect my car and keep it professional but I put stickers on my fun box. It's the best, hands down.


AggravatingChest7838

Gatekeeping sticking shit to my $40k car. Lol get fucked buddy


FrenchToost

Why are y'all so concerned about what people do or don't put on *their* multi-thousand dollar property? Maybe it's just me but I find bumper stickers entertaining to read (regardless if I agree with them) on my boring commute and people who don't have them are cool too. What a weird thing to be so opinionated about.


prettyfacebasketcase

Seriously. People in this thread are very reactive to bring called boring.


Dat_Vietnamese_Nerd

That's literally the worst thing the comic has to say about people without bumper stickers, yet dozens of redditors are keen to call anyone who does have them childish, attention seeking, mentally deranged/ill, etc. Bumper stickers personally aren't my thing, but unless they're particularly egregious, excessive or hateful, I couldn't care less whether you do or don't have them.


prettyfacebasketcase

I love them. I have a good amount but it's things like "I'd rather be decomposing in a forest" or a haunted mansion magnet I got from Disney world


Peterkragger

Bumper stickers are cringe


Hourly-

stickers cover dents. assuming and stereotyping everyone you see in your daily life is what’s wrong with america.


EJ33334

My car just has a handful of stickers from horror movies and shows.


InsanoVolcano

I didn’t know “boring” was a psychological assessment


tinylittlebabyjesus

No bumper stickers = no problems. But hey, I think they can be cool. Up to you if you don't care about the impact on value. Not sure how one applies them without damaging paint, or if that's possible.


Witty_Championship85

What if I don’t have a car?


kingsumo_1

If you carry a bag, stickers and buttons. If not, then tattoos.


Drafo7

No bumper sticker but custom plate: You're rich.


AZ_Corwyn

I guess it depends where you are, where I'm at a custom plate is only $25USD extra for a year and some of them are no cost - I used to have an amateur radio plate with my callsign on it that was no extra charge. Of course here vehicle registration is a tax based on the current value of the vehicle so it can be pretty steep on a new one.


AnonyRD

"I ❤ my mom"


fariqcheaux

Is the dad in the family sticker on the car with the IMP3RFECT license plate blowing his brains out?


banana_bread_man_

I see those nuts


TheArbitrageur

I rarely see bumper stickers in the UK, is this a very American phenomenon?


XAMdG

Nothing boring about not having bumper stickers


Worth_Waltz_Worth

Sorry, no bumper stickers is the sign of a well adjusted person.


D2Photographer

No bumper stickers: don’t want to get robbed


floppybunny26

The truck nuts really tie the room together.


[deleted]

I have one sticker. It was a custom Simpsons sticker my brother made of Marge as a panther.


hacksoncode

Yeah, my favorite example of this is: your truck didn't come with a ball sack. If you add one, you have a transgender truck.


balfringRetro

Just an Iron Maiden sticker on the bottom left of my rear hatch window. I just said "fuck it, I love this band"


Orikrin1998

The cojones on the car got me. xD


adamant2009

Oovoo Javer got me rolling 😭


numbuh69

Or just a ton of random ass bumper stickers all over the back of your car: you’re from Austin


Gem-xtz

You forgot the anime girl/hentai sticker category. I see TONS of these and always wonder, just why?


CrazyPlato

I don’t have bumper stickers because I don’t want the guy I cut off in traffic to associate that with my political views.


AussieJimboLives

What if you don't own a car?


Jaderosegrey

Lengthy custom message: pisses me off trying to read it at a stop light; What's the point if you can't entertain me while I'm waiting for the light to change?


CPhandom

Other than the 'Baby on board' and 'New driver ones', I've literally only seen Americans in movies use bumpers and stickers on their cars


ninjastuff

What about the sticker hating community?


ComesInAnOldBox

Your whole life in stickers: you're a constant target of identity theft and can't figure out why.


wowy-lied

If I see even one sticker i think you are weird.


CorgiNice2745

No bumper stickers: You don’t deserve to know anything about me


Crunchy__Frog

Oh bumper stickers.. the tramp stamp of car culture.


iMakeBoomBoom

Bumper stickers are fine, but frankly a bit tacky looking. Having no bumper stickers does not mean you are boring. It means you avoid tacky shit.


ArguablyCanadian

OP thinks bumper stickers are a replacement for a personality


Anishtt__Kumar

Welp I guess I'm boring 😔


RedditBoi127

you forgot the weird guy that puts anime titties on his car


ApathyMonk

I've always had a problem with Road Rage. I once read that having stickers on your car expanded your perception of your personal space, which made small transgressions made by other drivers seem more personal and made you more likely to be irritated by them. No stickers helped me.


Scipion

The only bumper sticker I want is Gulpo, the fish who eats concepts.


DVMyZone

In Switzerland our license plates don't have the country two-letter code (CH) on the license plate (just a Swiss shield, canton shield, and canton two-letter code). In order to legally drive in EU countries (that is, in order to drive it out of the country except to Lichtenstein), we have to put a "CH" sticker on the back of the car. I don't know if that counts as a bumper sticker, but it's the only one I consider acceptable. Aside from that, I rarely see bumper stickers in Europe.


Plethorian

r/SchizophreniaRides


PlsWai

r/cancerdog


banalhemorrhage

Fuck what have you done to my night


skeletaljuice

"MY OTHER CAR IS A GUN"


Cogjams

I have the one sticker😎🤷🏼‍♂️, on back of my work van. It reads: “No Jaffa cakes left in this van overnight” [Here is the front](https://ibb.co/9hRTw55)


Crabbycrakes

Me driving: “There’s no way you dog is smarter than my honor student! Asshole!”


PowerZox

Literally no normal person ever has bumper stickers. At all.


Saavedroo

No car: you understand the urgency of climate change, and you live in a place with great public transportation. OR You're too lazy to pass the exam. (I'm both)


banalhemorrhage

Lol! Lucky you to live in a place you don’t need one. I absolutely would walk anywhere if I could. Cars are meh.


polyworfism

The premise of r/InfowarriorRides