Here’s my experiment (read: overly elaborate joke), inspired by the thread on the Left Behind series. Get a temporary tatoo of 666 (or what ever most fundementalists consider the mark of the beast) on my left hand. Then when ever I buy something I’ll show it to the clerk. My predictions are as follows (I’m in Boulder, CO btw):
Everyone will recognise it, but about 10% won’t realize what its refering to or why I’m showing it. Another 10% will find it amusing. 70% or so will think its offensive but not really be shocked and/or will think I’m some nutso (the reaction would look about the same I think so it would be hard to distinguish these two groups). 9.95% would find it appalling, think I’m Evile and freak out. The remaining .05% would show me theirs.
I pulled the numbers out of my ass btw. Anyway anyone else want to contribute to my experiment?