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Bullet hole car stickers...

I know this may sound very random and quirky but hear me out. I absolutely cannot stand seeing a car/truck/suv with those bullet hole stickers on them. In case you don't know what I'm referring to...its a sticker that you pay money for at the store that you put on your vehicle...when its placed on your vehicle its designed to make it look like a bullet hole. Im sure we have all seen them. Most people group them in 3's on a tail gait or back panel...some people even place them in their windows. I don't know what your reaction is when you see these fake bullet ridden vehicles but for me its kinda like looking at those kid magazines at the doctors office and going to the "what's wrong with this picture" page. There is something wrong with this picture and I'll tell you what it is...Apparently the person who would place one of these stickers on his/her vehicle has an infatuation with drive-bys and gun fights. And somewhere in their minds they must think that there is something cool or prestigious about being a victim of such gun fire. What is the motive behind these stickers? Does it make one look tougher? ....."hey check out my ride...It's got bullet holes on it"...Does it make you look meaner?..." Oh you don't want to mess with this...i paid 40 cents for this sticker so i can look like i might be able to do the same thing to your ride." I just don't get it. I can see the west coast choppers sticker or a dave mathews band sticker because at least they represent something tangible....What does the bullet hole sticker represent? An air of hardcoreness? A standard of living? Are we making a statement? What is that statement? ....Don't mess with me cause I'm so hardcore that i can be in situations where my vehicle will receive bullet holes and i don't even care to get them fixed...
Another problem i have with these bullet holes is that we all know that if any of us were to ever actually somehow get a bullet wound on our vehicle then the very first thing we would do is to go get it fixed. The people driving around with these bullet holes would do the same thing. How is that ok? You would pay money to fix a real bullet hole so that your vehicle don't rust and look nasty but you spend more money to buy a sticker that makes it "look" like you have damage to your panel or window or whatever???? But why stop at bullet hole stickers...If we are gonna put fake stuff on our vehicles then why not fake bird crap stickers..."yeah look at me...i got fake bird crap all over my car." " oh you know i park my car under the trees with all the birds in them...That's right...crap all over my car...That's how i roll" ....or how about mud splash stickers...." check out my dirty car...that pave road can't hold me" NO NO NO!!!....this makes no sense because we all know that if we had bird turd or mud on our vehicles we will clean it up as soon as possible. SO WHY WOULD SOMEONE BUY A STICKER THAT LOOKS LIKE A BULLET HOLE AND PUT IT ON THEIR CAR? ...i may have put too much thought into this but i don't' hear anyone else out there calling out this inconsistency.

posted by hansen @ 9:09 AM