It is a fashion. A fad. They come and go. It used to be the fashion for a widow to wear black for a year or for the family to give gifts to the people who attended the funeral. Society changed in the way they show that they are in mourning.
The window decal is just one of the latest. I may not think much of it but then I might if I was 40 years younger. I do not keep up with the new fashion trends so it means little to me. But that is not to say it does not mean a great deal to those that adorn the windows with decals.
And yes you can judge it. I think what I want about this fad but that is no matter to the people who like it.
It is just a fad, no big deal.
I also find them tacky . . . like “power grieving” via bumpersticker. But I also dislike the Calvin pissing/family member graphics/etc tacky.
However, my butch-y Jeep stickers are different! :D:D
Rocks are expensive.
I’ve seen quite a few from the Obama I wars.
Window decals I can handle, but please, please let this fad be as short-lived as its subjects.
I also agree that people mourn in their own way. God knows my way is to shut it out entirely and ignore it because I’m a grown-ass man who has yet to come to any sort of comfort level with his own immortality. Therefore the death of anyone I know… I just can’t quite handle the feelings it brings up regarding my own mortality.
That said, I do find them very tacky. When driving with Mrs. MeanJoe one day we saw one on the car in front of us. I warned her that if she, or any family or friends, ever put such a memorial on their car for me that I would haunt them until they either removed it or died, whichever comes first.
This subject popped up in my Facebook feed today.
Being a sarcastic group, we decided the most likely explanation is that the window is actually the tombstone, and the body is the in trunk.
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