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Post by Desert Dweller on Feb 26, 2017 1:35:55 GMT -5
Bunnies! Remember last year when I said I saw a rabbit outside the place where I was house sitting? Well I am back house sitting there for a week this year. Now there are at least 3 bunnies.
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Post by Dellarigg on Feb 26, 2017 12:01:42 GMT -5
For about five seconds, a rainbow.
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Feb 27, 2017 13:43:53 GMT -5
two bird heads, within 5 meters of each other
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Feb 27, 2017 14:00:43 GMT -5
So I’m working (“working”) from home and a couple of guys just went through our building’s courtyard carrying a giant, gorgeously-framed group of Hindu paintings.
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Post by Superb Owl 🦉 on Feb 27, 2017 14:02:49 GMT -5
A vet's office with "squirrels are just tennis balls thrown by God" on their marquee sign.
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Feb 27, 2017 16:06:34 GMT -5
two bird heads, within 5 meters of each other Just the heads? Ew. |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Feb 27, 2017 16:07:52 GMT -5
A vet's office with "squirrels are just tennis balls thrown by God" on their marquee sign. As someone who's constantly shooing the little furry fuckers away from the bird seed we put out every winter, I fantasize about throwing them as hard as I can into traffic. |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Feb 27, 2017 19:38:40 GMT -5
When you see people with Trump bumper stickers and also other bumper stickers you sort of get a good feel for what sort of bigoted asshole they might be. Like the bearded 30-something guy I saw on the way into work a couple of weeks ago with a Trump sticker, but also an Infowars sticker and a bunch of bumper stickers that are just the silhouettes of firearms; that guy's probably got some views that would align pretty closely with, say, Three Percenters (if he's not himself already a member of some far-right militia-type group). But today I saw a Trump-sticker car which kinda baffled me. There was the Trump sticker, then another one with a cross and the words "God rules", and I start to think "Yep, looks like a Southern Baptist guy who hated Trump and was Ted Cruz all the way until the primaries were over, then spent a couple of weeks really squaring the circle on why Trump is now actually pretty great", and then there was another sticker beneath that one with the words "Satan sucks", and I thought, "Oh, OK, so he's like the same guy from before, but now he's also a 40-something year old dad who thinks he's cool and edgy because he buys bumper stickers that read 'Satan sucks' and probably gives his kids Jack Chick tracts to read". But then I see another bumper sticker, and one which is so at odds with the faux-self-righteousness of this Evangelical Trump supporter, that it just fucking confused me, which read "I'm not losing hair, I'm getting head". And, apparently, this is a real bumper sticker whose manufacturers are self-aware of the fact that it's a double-entendre referencing oral sex, but it seems so bizarrely out of place on this racist asshole's truck, that I genuinely wonder if he's aware of the double meaning, or if he just oblivious and just thinks of "getting head" as an increase in the surface area of bare scalp skin. I like to think he is in fact just fucking oblivious, and that, in the proud tradition of Trump supporters, if one were to point out the double meaning of the bumper sticker he would angrily declare that obviously wasn't a reference to oral sex, but rather only a reference to receding hairlines.
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Feb 27, 2017 20:58:49 GMT -5
When you see people with Trump bumper stickers and also other bumper stickers you sort of get a good feel for what sort of bigoted asshole they might be. Like the bearded 30-something guy I saw on the way into work a couple of weeks ago with a Trump sticker, but also an Infowars sticker and a bunch of bumper stickers that are just the silhouettes of firearms; that guy's probably got some views that would align pretty closely with, say, Three Percenters (if he's not himself already a member of some far-right militia-type group). But today I saw a Trump-sticker car which kinda baffled me. There was the Trump sticker, then another one with a cross and the words "God rules", and I start to think "Yep, looks like a Southern Baptist guy who hated Trump and was Ted Cruz all the way until the primaries were over, then spent a couple of weeks really squaring the circle on why Trump is now actually pretty great", and then there was another sticker beneath that one with the words "Satan sucks", and I thought, "Oh, OK, so he's like the same guy from before, but now he's also a 40-something year old dad who thinks he's cool and edgy because he buys bumper stickers that read 'Satan sucks' and probably gives his kids Jack Chick tracts to read". But then I see another bumper sticker, and one which is so at odds with the faux-self-righteousness of this Evangelical Trump supporter, that it just fucking confused me, which read "I'm not losing hair, I'm getting head". And, apparently, this is a real bumper sticker whose manufacturers are self-aware of the fact that it's a double-entendre referencing oral sex, but it seems so bizarrely out of place on this racist asshole's truck, that I genuinely wonder if he's aware of the double meaning, or if he just oblivious and just thinks of "getting head" as an increase in the surface area of bare scalp skin. I like to think he is in fact just fucking oblivious, and that, in the proud tradition of Trump supporters, if one were to point out the double meaning of the bumper sticker he would angrily declare that obviously wasn't a reference to oral sex, but rather only a reference to receding hairlines. He's fucking with you |
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Post by Roy Batty's Pet Dove on Feb 27, 2017 21:13:51 GMT -5
When you see people with Trump bumper stickers and also other bumper stickers you sort of get a good feel for what sort of bigoted asshole they might be. Like the bearded 30-something guy I saw on the way into work a couple of weeks ago with a Trump sticker, but also an Infowars sticker and a bunch of bumper stickers that are just the silhouettes of firearms; that guy's probably got some views that would align pretty closely with, say, Three Percenters (if he's not himself already a member of some far-right militia-type group). But today I saw a Trump-sticker car which kinda baffled me. There was the Trump sticker, then another one with a cross and the words "God rules", and I start to think "Yep, looks like a Southern Baptist guy who hated Trump and was Ted Cruz all the way until the primaries were over, then spent a couple of weeks really squaring the circle on why Trump is now actually pretty great", and then there was another sticker beneath that one with the words "Satan sucks", and I thought, "Oh, OK, so he's like the same guy from before, but now he's also a 40-something year old dad who thinks he's cool and edgy because he buys bumper stickers that read 'Satan sucks' and probably gives his kids Jack Chick tracts to read". But then I see another bumper sticker, and one which is so at odds with the faux-self-righteousness of this Evangelical Trump supporter, that it just fucking confused me, which read "I'm not losing hair, I'm getting head". And, apparently, this is a real bumper sticker whose manufacturers are self-aware of the fact that it's a double-entendre referencing oral sex, but it seems so bizarrely out of place on this racist asshole's truck, that I genuinely wonder if he's aware of the double meaning, or if he just oblivious and just thinks of "getting head" as an increase in the surface area of bare scalp skin. I like to think he is in fact just fucking oblivious, and that, in the proud tradition of Trump supporters, if one were to point out the double meaning of the bumper sticker he would angrily declare that obviously wasn't a reference to oral sex, but rather only a reference to receding hairlines. He's fucking with you I mean, probably, yeah. But it's way more fun to assume that he's just an oblivious idiot. |
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Mar 1, 2017 10:18:07 GMT -5
On the stretch of my commute where I normally see red-tailed hawks, today the bird-sighting was upgraded considerably... to a bald eagle! That flew about 15 feet over the road immediately in front of my car! I've only ever seen one in the wild before in my life, and that was a fleeting glimpse zipping along a highway. This one wasn't mature, so it didn't have its adult colorations yet (so I was a bit confused at first, thinking it was one of the usual hawks, but, like, hulked out), but had that distinctive USPS logo head.
This is almost as exciting a wildlife sighting for me as the time there was an announcement at work that there was a bear on the grounds, and we were all to remain indoors until the coast was declared clear. I worked at the time at an enormous campus, in one of over 20 buildings, so the chances the bear was anywhere near me were pretty much nil. But I glanced out the window anyway, and lo and behold -- the bear actually was directly outside! (I guess they're not all that uncommon around here, but I've only ever seen the one.)
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Post by Desert Dweller on Mar 2, 2017 2:55:49 GMT -5
In other weird bumper sticker sightings, today I saw an SUV with a Ben Carson bumper sticker. But also a bunch of "save the environment" type bumper stickers. To sum up: SUV + Ben Carson + Save the Environment =  ? |
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Mar 2, 2017 12:10:27 GMT -5
In other weird bumper sticker sightings, today I saw an SUV with a Ben Carson bumper sticker. But also a bunch of "save the environment" type bumper stickers. To sum up: SUV + Ben Carson + Save the Environment = ? I still remember seeing someone driving a Prius and smoking a cigarette. Those two things should not go together! |
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Mar 2, 2017 13:34:29 GMT -5
In other weird bumper sticker sightings, today I saw an SUV with a Ben Carson bumper sticker. But also a bunch of "save the environment" type bumper stickers. To sum up: SUV + Ben Carson + Save the Environment = ? I still remember seeing someone driving a Prius and smoking a cigarette. Those two things should not go together! Yeah, they should be vaping. |
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Post by Generic Poster on Mar 2, 2017 13:42:15 GMT -5
When I went for a run last night, I came across an empty six pack of O'Doul's Non-Alcoholic Brew (tm) scattered by the trail. Who sneaks into a public park to down a sixer of O'Doul's?
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Post by Buon Funerale Amigos on Mar 3, 2017 9:53:24 GMT -5
A road sign with a wheatpaste poster depicting Trump as an alien from They Live stuck to it.
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Post by Logoboros on Mar 7, 2017 15:20:43 GMT -5
I am actually in the process of seeing this right now at lunch at a Zaxby's. A black man and a white woman, both middle-aged, sitting in a booth. When I sat down a couple of tables away, the man was in the middle of explaining something at length to the woman. My ears perked up when I hears something along the lines of the following: "So I traveled from California to here. Imagine all the energy that took. [Something something for a half minute or so.] Where does that energy come from? From space! You gonna tell me it's from the ocean? From the ground? No, it's space!"
Again, the conversation lapsed into stuff I couldn't quite hear after this, but then this line sounded out clearly: "No human being is smart enough to invent a cell phone. Where do you think that comes from?" Exactly what the apparent answer to this rhetorical question was I couldn't quite decipher, but then the conversation shifted to the overtly religious, with lines about yielding oneself to God's will and so forth. And from the snatches I can pick up, that seems to be where the conversation is now, fairly typical evangelical self-help speak.
But I can't put together what the first part of this fellow's religious ideology is. Does he believe in both God and aliens? Or was he proposing that God invented cell phones and handed them down to humanity?
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Mar 7, 2017 15:55:58 GMT -5
I am actually in the process of seeing this right now at lunch at a Zaxby's. A black man and a white woman, both middle-aged, sitting in a booth. When I sat down a couple of tables away, the man was in the middle of explaining something at length to the woman. My ears perked up when I hears something along the lines of the following: "So I traveled from California to here. Imagine all the energy that took. [Something something for a half minute or so.] Where does that energy come from? From space! You gonna tell me it's from the ocean? From the ground? No, it's space!" Again, the conversation lapsed into stuff I couldn't quite hear after this, but then this line sounded out clearly: "No human being is smart enough to invent a cell phone. Where do you think that comes from?" Exactly what the apparent answer to this rhetorical question was I couldn't quite decipher, but then the conversation shifted to the overtly religious, with lines about yielding oneself to God's will and so forth. And from the snatches I can pick up, that seems to be where the conversation is now, fairly typical evangelical self-help speak. But I can't put together what the first part of this fellow's religious ideology is. Does he believe in both God and aliens? Or was he proposing that God invented cell phones and handed them down to humanity? Did it sound like the woman was disagreeing? |
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Post by Logoboros on Mar 7, 2017 16:11:21 GMT -5
]Did it sound like the woman was disagreeing? No. She mainly just kept asking him questions, but with an encouraging tone. She didn't say much and I couldn't hear much at all of what she said. And I really couldn't figure out the relationship between the two. I somewhat suspect she might have been a church person taking a homeless guy or someone who's in some kind of program out to lunch (he didn't look obviously homeless, but he didn't look obviously not homeless, either -- and I feel gross for going into that kind of stereotyping, but it was certainly a question I was asking myself). Or she may have been a carer. They didn't interact like a couple. But I got the impression that she was certainly positively reinforcing the God-talk, so I presume she was engaging in this conversation in a religious capacity. |
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Post by Pastafarian on Mar 7, 2017 17:25:31 GMT -5
A Robert Crumb "Keep On Truckin' " decal on the back of a van.
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Post by Pastafarian on Mar 7, 2017 17:28:56 GMT -5
In other weird bumper sticker sightings, today I saw an SUV with a Ben Carson bumper sticker. But also a bunch of "save the environment" type bumper stickers. To sum up: SUV + Ben Carson + Save the Environment = ? I still remember seeing someone driving a Prius and smoking a cigarette. Those two things should not go together! It was an American Spirit. |
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Mar 7, 2017 19:42:41 GMT -5
On Sunday morning: an occult book ripped apart and scattered across the street   |
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Mar 8, 2017 11:44:48 GMT -5
On Sunday morning: an occult book ripped apart and scattered across the street That'll teach that book a thing or two |
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Post by Generic Poster on Mar 9, 2017 10:03:22 GMT -5
I am actually in the process of seeing this right now at lunch at a Zaxby's. A black man and a white woman, both middle-aged, sitting in a booth. When I sat down a couple of tables away, the man was in the middle of explaining something at length to the woman. My ears perked up when I hears something along the lines of the following: "So I traveled from California to here. Imagine all the energy that took. [Something something for a half minute or so.] Where does that energy come from? From space! You gonna tell me it's from the ocean? From the ground? No, it's space!" Well, he's largely correct that the energy originally came from space. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Mar 9, 2017 11:58:20 GMT -5
A pickup with a bunch of CRUZ 2016 stickers hanging on forlornly, like the nearly-detached lid of an empty can of soup.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Mar 9, 2017 12:17:27 GMT -5
🔪 silly buns Though I have suspicion that some misfortune will befall the book’s former owner…
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Mar 12, 2017 19:01:07 GMT -5
(over the last week or so)
Four wild turkeys milling around in a field by the road
A beautiful, new construction, traditional design outhouse, Half-moon vent in the door and everything, sitting on a trailer waiting to be delivered somewhere
A woman sitting in her yard, trying to destroy a tree stump with a hatchet
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Post by Mrs David Tennant on Mar 17, 2017 18:23:34 GMT -5
A sticker on a couple of stop signs under the word STOP that said "eating animals".
Wait, let's try that again.
A sticker that said "eating animals" under the word STOP on a couple of stop signs.
Maybe ... A sticker on a couple of stops signs that said "eating animals" under the word STOP.
Yeah, that'll do.
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Post by Pastafarian on Mar 17, 2017 18:43:38 GMT -5
A pickup truck with a decal on the back window that read "Don't flatter yourself cowboy, I'm staring at your truck!" And another that read "Psst, you just got passed by a GIRL."
It's like some people out there have such different values and priorities in life from me, that they may as well be an alien species from a far off planet.
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Post by Pastafarian on Mar 17, 2017 18:45:46 GMT -5
A guy in the laundromat who looked like a young, Slavic George Harrison. "Tu prichádza slnko..." |
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