72 Hilarious, Weird, And Low-Key Offensive Bumper Stickers That Made A Statement And Revealed Everything There Is To Know About The Driver

English judge Sir Edward Coke wrote in 1604 that a person’s house is their “castle and fortress.” Four hundred years later, the statement still stands. Only now, we’ve added a mobile extension to our estate.

Our cars are not just machines that get us from point A to point B, but also a way for us to show off our taste, opinions, and, sometimes, complete lack of restraint.

The subreddit r/BumperStickers is proof of that. It’s a place where people share the funniest, strangest, and downright unhinged messages they spot on the streets.

#1 Keep The Immigrants Deport The Racists

#2 Abso-Freakin-Lutely!!

In one survey, CarMax Inc. found that the number one reason people display bumper stickers, decals, or magnets on their cars is to make a statement about themselves, their values, and their interests.

Of the respondents who had not displayed a sticker, nearly a quarter said it was simply because they hadn’t found one that represented them.

#3 I Wish

#4 Maybe That Was The Point All Along?

#5 Found In Classroom I’m Subbing In Today

And it’s not just big companies that are capitalizing on the demand. Since bumper stickers are so deeply personalized, individual designers have found success as well.

For example, one that made the rounds around Brooklyn said, “Keep Honking! I’m Listening to Alice Coltrane’s 1971 Meteoric Sensation ‘Universal Consciousness.'”

As it gained popularity all over the United States, it turned out that the creator was Los Angeles-based artist Christopher DeLoach.

#6 Another Member Of My Tribe Jk.. Chill

#7 Honk!

#8 Seemed Like A Good Time To Re-Post

#9 Hell Yeah Brother. Seen Is Bisbee, AZ

DeLoach told GQ that he first came up with the idea for the bumper sticker while listening to Alice Coltrane’s rendition of “Going Home” (which appears not on Universal Consciousness but on 1973’s Lord of Lords). That same day, he happened upon the classic vintage bumper sticker, “Keep Honking, I’m Listening to Jazz” and decided that message could be improved.

DeLoach estimates that he gave away the first 300 or so to friends and friends of friends, but in a few months, he found himself selling several hundred a week. “I was mailing them out in these large manila envelopes, which I had never foreseen myself doing,” he said.

#10 Wondering, Waiting, Wishing

#11 Good Question

#12 I’ve Never Actually Took The Time To Think About, Honestly

#13 I Wholeheartedly Agree

DeLoach has sold around 8,000 bumper stickers so far: still a fairly niche phenomenon, but enough to help him financially.

The stickers, which retail for $7 each, have paid for his studio over the past year and allowed him to subsidize the cost of investing in a restaurant he opened in Mexico a few years ago.

#14 Portland Oregon

#15 I’m Only Driving This Until

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#16

#17 Books

However, bold statements aren’t always universally accepted. University of Cincinnati researchers found that political polarization is seeping into bumper stickers as well.

UC College of Arts and Sciences Assistant Professors Rachel Torres and Ben Farrer said people who watched a driving simulation in which the motorist ahead of them cut them off in traffic were more likely to honk if the offending vehicle had a political bumper sticker, particularly one for the party they did not support.

#18 Found In A Target Parking Lot

#19 Survive Out Of Spite

#20 Saw This Today

#21 All The Family She Needs

Torres and Farrer conducted attitude surveys with paid volunteers, who then took part in a short driving simulation. In half of the simulations, another vehicle cut them off without signaling. The offending vehicle featured either no sticker or one of three bumper stickers: “Proud Democrat,” “Proud Republican,” or the neutral “I love my dog.”

In the other half of the simulations, the other vehicle stayed in its own lane before making an unremarkable left turn.

“It activated their partisan hostilities,” said Torres, who teaches political science in UC’s School of Public and International Affairs.

For more, check out these 53 Crazy Bumper Stickers People Have Spotted In The Wild.

#22 This Person Means It , LOL