# Yeah, that makes sense. Unless you actually read it! (this is not a political post) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 16, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855 "2011-08-16T01:42:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/41 "2011-08-19T17:08:53Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > [sub]If [/sub] **God is my copilot** [sub], then why did I crash and burn?[/sub] This is why I have a Pedobear plush in my back window! Pedobear is my co-pilot. This is slightly less creepy because I’m female. But just slightly. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/42 "2011-08-19T17:10:58Z")
> [@kushiel](#): > > This is why I have a Pedobear plush in my back window! Pedobear is my co-pilot. > > This is slightly less creepy because I’m female. But just slightly. I have a t-shirt that says ‘‘Nietzsche is my copilot’’ and he’s even wearing little aviator goggles and a scarf. I would so buy the bumper sticker. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/43 "2011-08-19T17:19:23Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > If the victims were innocent, they’d be raptured too. . . 😉 > > I saw a car with bunches of stickers on it. One was anti-welfare, one was anti-sex education, and one was anti-abortion. > > Hmmmm. Did this car happen to be in Somalia? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/44 "2011-08-19T17:39:06Z")
Here’s one I see a lot: **Border patrol, not gun control!** I mean it **kinda** makes sense … the owner doesn’t like: 1.) illegal immigrants, and 2.) gun-control laws. But it conflates two very different things in a way that always makes me wonder if the owner thinks that there’s a connection between the two (which, of course, there isn’t). In other words, I guess that because of the way it’s constructed, grammatically speaking, I’m supposed to believe that one has to make a choice between the two … and that makes no sense at all. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/45 "2011-08-19T18:42:33Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I have a t-shirt that says ‘‘Nietzsche is my copilot’’ and he’s even wearing little aviator goggles and a scarf. I would so buy the bumper sticker. Ooooh, do you have the [Nietzsche Little Thinker](http://www.philosophersguild.com/index.lasso?page_mode=Product_Detail&cat=Little%20Thinker&skip=23&item=0085&sortby=rank%20DESC) plush? ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/46 "2011-08-19T18:43:33Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > Here’s one I see a lot: **Border patrol, not gun control!** > > I mean it **kinda** makes sense … the owner doesn’t like: 1.) illegal immigrants, and 2.) gun-control laws. > > But it conflates two very different things in a way that always makes me wonder if the owner thinks that there’s a connection between the two (which, of course, there isn’t). > > In other words, I guess that because of the way it’s constructed, grammatically speaking, I’m supposed to believe that one has to make a choice between the two … and that makes no sense at all. Obviously they in the camp that is _against_ opening the border and shooting people who come across, not _for_ it. Do they also have one that says “Just say ‘no’ to rape” so you know what their opinion is on that too? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/47 "2011-08-19T18:56:09Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I think the rub for **tenacious j** was the emphasis on the words **WE** , thereby drawing attention to the concept of two parents. But it doesn’t particularly strike me as a slap in the face to anyone. There are often a bunch of variations, anyway. I’ve seen “I am the proud grandmother of a…” and “I’m the proud godparent of…” stickers, too. Obviously you’d get the “We” one if there was a we involved, and you wouldn’t if there weren’t. There’s no judgment attached to the fact that there are couples who share both cars and children. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/48 "2011-08-19T19:58:03Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > Yes, because the world would be such a better place if everyone thought exactly like ME! And if they don’t, they should be wiped from the face of the planet! Honestly, do atheists of your stripe even listen to yourselves? > asshole. In your universe there are no Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Wiccans, etc, etc? Yep, the world would be better without sanctimonious Christians. It strikes me that this bumper sticker is just like one saying “When I become a billionaire, this car will be a Rolls.” In your dreams, chump. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/49 "2011-08-19T20:30:43Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Yep, the world would be better without sanctimonious Christians. What about sanctimonious atheists? ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/50 "2011-08-19T20:33:34Z")
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**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/51 "2011-08-19T20:35:23Z")
ok it’s just me then. It was the WE part that got me. I’ve never seen that before, and this school has a reputation for being somewhat elitist around here. My bad for taking it as an insult to my single-mom friends. Plus, I promised not to make this political. shuttin up now. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/52 "2011-08-19T20:38:59Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > There are often a bunch of variations, anyway. > > I’ve seen “I am the proud grandmother of a…” and “I’m the proud godparent of…” stickers, too. Obviously you’d get the “We” one if there was a we involved, and you wouldn’t if there weren’t. There’s no judgment attached to the fact that there are couples who share both cars and children. I was going to say this too. I think the poster is just another one of those people that go around getting offended just to be offended so they can feel all righteous about themselves. What should parents who share a car do? Get two bumper stickers? One for each parent? “I am the proud mom of…” and another one saying, “I am the proud father of…” Of course then they’d still probably be offended thinking, “How dare those assholes! My many single mom friends have kids that don’t have father. Why are these assholes going around being mean to my single mother friends with their bumber sticker.” ---
**Author:** ![chillywilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@chillywilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chillywilly)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/53 "2011-08-19T21:08:13Z")
Christians aren’t perfect, just FORGIVEN. ---
**Author:** ![orchidcolors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e8c25b/32.png) [@orchidcolors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orchidcolors)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/54 "2011-08-19T21:21:17Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > What about sanctimonious atheists? The world would be better if _nobody_ was sanctimonious. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yeah-that-makes-sense-unless-you-actually-read-it-this-is-not-a-political-post/592855/55 "2011-08-19T21:57:57Z")
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