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To be offended by these stickers on the back of a van?

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RosaMoline · 24/03/2024 11:40

So I was on a day trip with a friend yesterday and this van was up ahead of us in the traffic.
I’m no prude, but I think these are really offensive (you may need to zoom in)
Is it even legal to drive around like this?

To be offended by these stickers on the back of a van?
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DrJoanAllenby · 24/03/2024 16:30

@KarstRegion it's humorous to others that would also sport those stickers on their vehicles.

You don't find it funny and I don't find it funny but there are other people that do!

Westfacing · 24/03/2024 16:27

Where was this?

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RosaMoline · 24/03/2024 16:26

Westfacing · 24/03/2024 16:24

Was that driver really in front of you, or did you find the photo on the internet?

It looks fake to me

Now why would I do that?!
this vehicle was in front of us. I was the passenger & she was the driver FFS 🙄

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IDontLoveTheWayYouLie · 24/03/2024 16:25

Westfacing · 24/03/2024 16:24

Was that driver really in front of you, or did you find the photo on the internet?

It looks fake to me

I've seen the van quite a lot in real life 😬

Westfacing · 24/03/2024 16:24

Was that driver really in front of you, or did you find the photo on the internet?

It looks fake to me

KarstRegion · 24/03/2024 16:21

KarstRegion · 24/03/2024 16:20

In what way is misogyny ‘humorous’?

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And references to rape — lots of lolz.🙄

KarstRegion · 24/03/2024 16:20

DrJoanAllenby · 24/03/2024 16:18

The very nature of them is meant to be outlandish and humorous to others with the same sense of humour.

It's not my sense of humour but certainly not something I would be offended by.

They are preferable to those ghastly stick figure stickers though as they are truly hideous - www.aliexpress.com/i/1005003844687701.html

In what way is misogyny ‘humorous’?

DrJoanAllenby · 24/03/2024 16:18

The very nature of them is meant to be outlandish and humorous to others with the same sense of humour.

It's not my sense of humour but certainly not something I would be offended by.

They are preferable to those ghastly stick figure stickers though as they are truly hideous - www.aliexpress.com/i/1005003844687701.html

TempleOfBloom · 24/03/2024 16:18

Grim.

And grim that anyone thinks it is OK for kids to sit in a traffic jam behind this stuff.

The owner is showing themselves up as a thick misogynist scumbag.

StormingNorman · 24/03/2024 16:13

TBH I’m relieved he’s giving women the heads up about what kind of rapey misogynist he is.

Zyq · 24/03/2024 16:11

They might as well just put up just one sign saying "I'm not getting any" because that is definitely what that little collection screams out.

If I were a cop I guess I might want a word with them about being able to see out of the rear window and to commiserate on the tiny size of the owner's willy, but not much more than that.

LozzaChops101 · 24/03/2024 16:08

My workplace van is a hand-me-down from one of the admin staff's children. It has a FakeTaxi sticker on it. I've tried telling them...

Dweetfidilove · 24/03/2024 16:06

I like a tosser that’s loud and proud! Every dickhead should come with these hazard signs.

Sux2buthen · 24/03/2024 16:03

Fake taxi is more 'oh no I've forgotten my purse, however will I pay you?'

All this reminds me of the inbetweeners car sticker episode Grin

penjil · 24/03/2024 15:57

HelenaCh9 · 24/03/2024 13:09

The Fake Taxi thing - that’s a rape fantasy? Really disgusting.

The driver may already be known to the police. He might have form for sexual offences.

🙄 and 😂

Stop being so OTT.
Fake Taxi is a porn company.

If he wants to have stickers like that on his car, then he has a right to do it.

Liking them or not is your own personal choice.

We live in a democracy, not North Korea.

Giggorata · 24/03/2024 15:55

No one has the right not to be offended, when it boils down to it.

I would be offended by this vile twat's public display of idiocy too, but I wouldn't expect anything to be done about it.
But I would certainly avoid like the plague.

I agree that they're not usually so obliging as to put their red flags on permanent public display.
What is it we say?
When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

CranfordScones · 24/03/2024 15:55

Is it tasteless? Yes. Offensive? Maybe.

But there's no right not to be offended.

HelloMiss · 24/03/2024 15:50

Suck your mum is something I hear more and more

EllaPaella · 24/03/2024 15:46

One of those stickers appears to say 'suck your Mum'... absolutely gross, all of them.

PeggyPoggleshaw · 24/03/2024 15:45

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Thank you. Respect, sis. 😘

PeggyPoggleshaw · 24/03/2024 15:42

LauderSyme · 24/03/2024 14:55

This is fucking ridiculous.

Some prick has a vehicle covered in crap that is so inappropriate for children's eyes that you think other people should take action to prevent kids from seeing it, rather than dickhead driver should take action to prevent plastering it all over public spaces?

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@mrsdineen2 asked a question and I gave her an easy solution. Simple as that.

ScierraDoll · 24/03/2024 15:24

Well they are offensive to me but some might think they are funny. You ask if you are right to be offended, I don't think "right" is the word to use. You were offended and there it is. Guess what - nothing happens when you are offended, there are no long lasting effects. Announcing that you are offended does not make you a morally superior person there is no badge of honour to be gained here. You were going about your day and you saw something that offended you - do you really need to tell all and sundry?

Trulyme · 24/03/2024 15:15

I wouldn’t get worked up over it but I am definitely cringing for the man driving it.

And yes I can guarantee that it’s a man.

One who is obviously obsessed with porn, hence the fake taxi which is a porn show.

And as a PP said, he’s obviously not
getting any himself.

TheMarzipanDildo · 24/03/2024 15:13

Grimy af

SkiingIsHeaven · 24/03/2024 15:12

He's definitely not getting any. That's for sure.

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