Bumperstickers

Bumper stickers are always fun. They can turn a shitty car into an even shittier one, a nice car into a more down to eart "look at me I'm not afraid to put a sticker on my car" one, and a college kids car into a stereotypical one. Personally, I really enjoy looking at them and judging the person driving the car accordingly, but some people take them too seriously and get all bent out of shape and disrespectful for no reason.

My friend Sarah and her whole family proudly display Darwin fish decals on their cars. If you know the family, it's so appropriate and hilarious. When I first saw it on her car I was shocked because I thought it was a Jesus fish, but upon closer examination, I was comforted by the little feet I saw jutting out. Most people, however, aren't comforted by the fish with feet and find it very offensive. She has told me several stories about people coming up to her and telling her to take it off, trying to take it off themselves, or just flipping her off from their cars (probably also attributed to her horrible driving). But, of course, these are the type of people who probably don't fully understand the Theory of Evolution and think it says that we evolve from monkeys... which it doesn't. This just goes to show how much a symbol, a stupid little decal on a car, can affect people; How much a picture or visual representation can still be powerful without the use of words. It also goes to show that images spark controversy in every day life and not just when a child is photographed nude or live animals are used in some art form.

Though I think the ubiquitous Jesus fish strikers are annoying, I'm not going to ask anyone to take them off of their cars. I mean, it's just a bumper sticker, look like an ass if you want to.














My favorite of all time... I see this one way more than I should. I guess they want to gun down the endangered bald eagle, planes, blimps, and sky divers, too!