• atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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    6 days ago

    I’ve never understood why people think those signs are so you won’t hit them. They are for first responders to know to look for a kid in a wreck. But people don’t take them off when the kid isn’t in the car so they are mostly ignored.

    • bcgm3@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I always assumed they were just another way for people to broadcast mundane factoids about themselves to total strangers that don’t care. Like an early form of social media, if you will.

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        6 days ago

        Yes. It was early social media.

        I always kept a Garfield plushy in my car window, to let people know how I felt about Mondays.

        We were pretty desperate back then.

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          5 days ago

          People used to post their phone number in newspaper personals so they could talk to someone. Now they’re probably live streaming on twitch

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        6 days ago

        Not if you get to the scene from the back of the car, where the sticker is and from where you can’t see the seat.