# Today in Civilization I Saw

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**Created:** [May 23, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-civilization-i-saw/1018708 "2025-05-23T15:59:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-civilization-i-saw/1018708/5 "2025-05-23T19:42:44Z")

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I don’t have pix, but here are two recent sightings I enjoyed and posted elsewhere:

> [@Does the word tactical have any meaning in advertisements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-word-tactical-have-any-meaning-in-advertisements/1018587/70):
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> We’re all familiar with truck nuts. So dumb. The other day out driving I saw something odd hanging from a pickup’s trailer hitch area. Two weird dangly things. I was far enough away I couldn’t quite tell what I was seeing.
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> I finally got close enough at a traffic light. Two opaque blue things hanging that looked about like 7-11 Big Gulp cups: 6-8" tall, a narrow tapered part ~3" in diameter then a step to a larger ~5" diameter section and open at the top. With about 4 thin brightly colored tubular things leading out of the opening and up to wherever they attached to the truck’s hitch.
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> Yep. Truck wire nuts. I had to laugh. Not exactly these, but close: **[Wire Nut Truck Nuts - Etsy](https://www.etsy.com/listing/1846395026/wire-nut-truck-nuts-trailer-hitch)**

  

> [@Amusing Signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusing-signs/997074/641):
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> A couple weeks ago I saw something on the back of a car that looked from a distance like a campaign bumper sticker. Background was three wide horizontal stripes in bright blue / red / blue pattern. The writing was white letters and included some 5-pointed stars. So far so ordinary.
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> But as I got closer I saw it said
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> > GIANT METEOR  
> > \*\*\*\*\* 2024 \*\*\*\*\*  
> > Just End it Already
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> I’m sure lots of us can get into that sentiment.

This latter car belongs to a clerk at a nearby store. So I can get a pic if we need it.

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