Bumper stickers and what they mean

[muck_a_luck]

I was behind a big-assed SUV the other evening. It had a discreet, small-print sticker in the lower, passenger-side corner of the rear window.

"I fucked your girlfriend."

I could not stop wondering what it means about a person (I presume a guy) that he would have that sticker.

The agressive sexual hostility it suggests. The disdain for women and the need to commit violence towards other men.

Or maybe they just thought it was funny (which of course begs the question...). Which actually it wasn't, just dumb.

Anyway, I thought this ranked right up there with the vanity tag "I H8 EM" for broadcasting the owners own psychosis to the universe.

Comments

[princessofg.livejournal.com]

i've seen that one too; it's also meant to convey, imho, i'm smarter and more powerful than whatever guy is reading this.

i can take your girl away from you, sucker -- that kind of thing. something meant to shock.

i really don't want to know the kind of person that would feel moved to put something like that on their car. around here you also see big plastic testicles hanging from the trailer hitch of pickup trucks. this is supposed to be a funny joke.

[alpha-strike.livejournal.com]

That dim-witted practice annoys me, and gives respectable gun-toting, Nascar watching, beer-drinking rednecks a bad name.

[princessofg.livejournal.com]

I know! cripes.

i get kind of choked up, on the other hand, when I see those "3" stickers with angel wings, or those bumper stickers that say, "God Needed A Driver."

[catzslave.livejournal.com]

I generally stay clear of people with that kind of mentality. (They tend to p*ss me off pretty quickly and I in turn p*ss them off.)

[green-grrl.livejournal.com]

Testosterone poisoning of the brain cells. Ugh. The worst one I ever saw was:

Girls suck. Throw rocks at them.

[alpha-strike.livejournal.com]

A bitter divorce, perhaps? More likely a misogynistic would-be Lothario in desperate need of social housebreaking. Sometimes I'm embarrassed to be a guy.

[muck-a-luck.livejournal.com]

Oi! This post was not meant to suggest all men should be ashamed! Far from it! Plus, I'm sure your bumper-stickers are very cleaver, intended to inform people of the hazards of interfering with you and your vehicle, considering the amount of firepower you can bring to bear! :D

[alpha-strike.livejournal.com]

I don't think I have ever had a bumper sticker. Best Beloved (who did not own a firearm when I married her) had one that read "Anything that does not kill me had better do enough damage to keep me from firing back" but because I often have one or more weapons in the truck, I prefer not to have anything around that can be construed a threat to anyone, ever. Discretion. Valor.

[muck-a-luck.livejournal.com]

Excellent point! :)

[charlietudor.livejournal.com]

I find those kinds of stickers useful--they say, in essence, "I'm an asshole and you should avoid me."