Image: Screenshot of a microblog post quoting another post. The quoted post states, “autistic people will see a ‘honk if you like pizza’ bumper sticker and think it means ‘if i like pizza, i should honk’”. The blogger that quoted that wrote, “Wait…”
now I’m confused. what is the actual intention of these stickers?
I read somewhere that the purpose is to frustrate anyone that is upset with their driving. So let’s say someone cuts you off while driving, if you honk at them, they will pretend that it’s because you are telling them you like pizza. It’s pretty dumb because assuming both understand the intention of the
sticklersticker, they both know the real intention of the honk. Basically, the sticker owner is being a preemptive passive-aggressive jerk to further irritate someone else they will offend. That’s why I honk at them even when they haven’t upset me. I’m cutting off their preemptive passive-aggression with preemptive passive-aggression. I’m actually winning so much 😆edit: typo
Wiat what? Are you serious? That… makes no sense!
Yep, that’s how it was explained to me. I still take it as them asking for a pizza lovers to honk and follow thru tho.
On a tangent but passive aggressive shit confuses the hell out of me. Just COMMUNICATE. My general rule is that if I even suspect someone’s being passive aggressive I’ll just go with what ever they say to do/not do.
If that pisses them off more, tough shit, they should have just communicated. I’m not gonna risk getting picked up and placed in more shit on the off chance they actually were expecting me to do/not do something.
I have been overly cautious for about the past 2-3 years with passive aggression. But something in my mind switched in the past 2 weeks, and now I’m on a self-affirming growth spurt. I plan on following your style of dealing with potential passive aggression. And, if they then get upset, snarky, or insulting that I misunderstood their passive-aggressive comment, they’re getting put on a longer spoon or removed from my life entirely. I’m setting healthy boundaries all over the place, and they are being enforced.
A few months ago, I pulled up to a red light behind an SUV. The SUV had a sticker (it didn’t fit the bumper) that said:
Honk if you would rather be watching the 1997 masterpiece The Mummy starring Brendan Frasier and Rachel Weiss
Of course I honked. Just a short little tap.
He was SO happy! I’ve never seen someone immediately ramp to 100, start bouncing, then rapidly roll down the window so he could punch the air and give a thumbs up.
Would I honk for pizza? No. But I honked for this, and I’m glad I did.
That’s awesome! What’s the deal with that movie tho? Why do people like it that much??
It’s a really good movie for the time. I like movies with bad guys that have a sympathetic goal instead of just wanting to take over the world, or being evil “just because”. I don’t quite remember, but I think the mummy just didn’t care about the consequences of what he was doing.
What the fuck I thought you’re supposed to honk and wave… Like a way to show that “yeah we got something in common!”
Uhhh oops.
I took it the same way, and will continue taking it the same way.
…I am over 30 years old, and I am absolutely mortified at this realization.
Oh…
I was just not honking cause it’s rude to everyone else. I didn’t realize those stickers aren’t actual requests.
Only sometimes! :D
