Jesus Fish on Cars

Night_Sprite · May 2010

Do you think if someone has a Jesus fish on their car they are immediately a nutjob?

salt78 · May 2010

I saw a car once that had a whole school of them and thought they were crazy.

Just one though, no I wouldn't automatically assume crazyness.

526SadieSadie · May 2010

pretty much, but i feel the same way about most bumper stickers, especially political and religious ones. i got so upset by a bumper sticker once i actually spit on the car. irrational, yet very satisfying.

Night_Sprite · May 2010

What if it is a specific denomination Jesus fish? I saw a Jesus fish today with a px in it, which is a Catholic thing. If there was a Catholic Jesus fish on a car would you assume they are a nutter?

FutureMsAlexander · May 2010

I live in the land of offensive bumper stickers and auto decals, but I hardly notice jesus fish.

dwebster02 · May 2010

no, i don't think they're nut jobs.

spinner84 · May 2010

I think anyone who puts a bumper sticker on is silly for devaluing their car. My husband has one though (of his country) and yes, I think it's dumb.

As for religious ones in particular.. they are 5% worse, but that's not a big difference.

tidetravel · May 2010

No - they're free to express their opinion/beliefs. It is fun to see the looks that they give me when they read my bumper stickers though.

My favorite:

Dyslexic devil worshippers sell their souls to Santa.

Night_Sprite · May 2010

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[QUOTE]My favorite: Dyslexic devil worshippers sell their souls to Santa.
Posted by tidetravel[/QUOTE]
That is awesome, Tide.

SarahPLiz · May 2010

Nah, they can do what they want. I like the ones with legs, though.

My newest one says "Put the fun between your legs". Its a slogan for a cycling law advocacy group. I have one for my car and one for my helmet.

tidetravel · May 2010

For some reason, people get hung up on the whole "devil worshippers" part and miss the joke. OR they just don't get it in the first place.

maratea · May 2010

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[QUOTE]I live in the land of offensive bumper stickers and auto decals, but I hardly notice jesus fish.
Posted by FutureMsAlexander[/QUOTE]
Ah yes, Indiana at it's best. Perhaps my favorite is the ongoing war between the "My Man Mitch" and "Ditch Mitch" stickers.

ETA: To answer original question, no. But if they have bumper nuts, then I judge the hell out of them. Testicles are kinda gross looking anyway, I don't want to see them swinging from your car.

Aedes* · May 2010

I think it's funny when a person cuts you off or flips you off and then you see the Jesus fish. I just always think, "Yeah I bet Jesus wants that kind of advertisement."

But no, I don't assume they are all crazy just for having the fish. I thought the Darwin fish were pretty funny when they first came out but I am over them too.

betrothed123 · May 2010

I don't typically judge people based on bumper stickers, unless it's a judgey bumper sticker (like the pro-life and pro-choice ones that just slam the other side). Why would you think someone is a nut job for having a belief? Does their Jesus Fish hurt you in some way?

dmiller9274 · May 2010

The fish don't bother me so much...It's the "truck nuts" that drive me crazy.

Night_Sprite · May 2010

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[QUOTE]I don't typically judge people based on bumper stickers, unless it's a judgey bumper sticker (like the pro-life and pro-choice ones that just slam the other side). Why would you think someone is a nut job for having a belief? Does their Jesus Fish hurt you in some way?
Posted by betrothed123[/QUOTE]
I suppose I'm leery because most of the people I've met with Jesus fish have been pushy with religion. H in particular doesn't do well with it, and some new acquaintances of ours have a Jesus fish and he got concerned, so I thought I'd ask if it was a general consensus.

dwebster02 · May 2010

oh gawwwwwd the truck nuts. really!?!?! jesus fish are fine with me but the nuts are really dumb.

salt78 · May 2010

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[QUOTE]If there was a Catholic Jesus fish on a car would you assume they are a nutter?
Posted by Night_Sprite[/QUOTE]

<div>I don't even know the difference. All Jesus fish look the same to me. </div>

FutureMsAlexander · May 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Jesus Fish on Cars : Ah yes, Indiana at it's best. Perhaps my favorite is the ongoing war between the "My Man Mitch" and "Ditch Mitch" stickers. ETA: To answer original question, no. But if they have bumper nuts, then I judge the hell out of them. Testicles are kinda gross looking anyway, I don't want to see them swinging from your car.
Posted by maratea[/QUOTE]

Yeaaah. Also, I live in Indiucky. Kentucky also has a Mitch. So I get that from both sides. I find many of the anti-Obama stickers reallyyy offensive.

sarahmk5 · May 2010

betrothed123 · May 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Jesus Fish on Cars : I suppose I'm leery because most of the people I've met with Jesus fish have been pushy with religion. H in particular doesn't do well with it, and some new acquaintances of ours have a Jesus fish and he got concerned, so I thought I'd ask if it was a general consensus.
Posted by Night_Sprite[/QUOTE]
I think it's ridiculous to stand by a sweeping negative generalization by saying "Well, that's all I know." How is it any different than saying "I'm scared of him because of the color of his skin. People of the same color have been mean to me before, so he must mean me harm"?

ohwhynot · May 2010

I tend to think that folks who wear their religious stances on their bumpers, whether it's a jesus fish or an atheist sticker, are probably not people I would like very much.

christyran1228 · May 2010

I worship at the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

shellydiane820 · May 2010

I don't mind fish so much, those are small and subtle. However, I hate the prolife ones. Hell, I'm Catholic and they get on my nerves!

btrflykate1230 · May 2010

Night-- I tend to agree with you. The people who have those kind of fish on their bumpers are typically proud of their religious beliefs, and since I'm leery of people who are overly religious, I would assume I wouldn't get along with them.

I wouldn't say they are "nutjobs" but, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt unless they start pushing their religious beliefs on me. Then I'm outtie.

Night_Sprite · May 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Jesus Fish on Cars : I think it's ridiculous to stand by a sweeping negative generalization by saying "Well, that's all I know." How is it any different than saying "I'm scared of him because of the color of his skin. People of the same color have been mean to me before, so he must mean me harm"?
Posted by betrothed123[/QUOTE]
I wasn't trying to give a sweeping generalization. I don't dislike religious people by nature. I just find pushy religious people offputting. Perhaps nutjob was too strong a phrase.

psichick · May 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Jesus Fish on Cars : I think it's ridiculous to stand by a sweeping negative generalization by saying "Well, that's all I know." How is it any different than saying "I'm scared of him because of the color of his skin. People of the same color have been mean to me before, so he must mean me harm"?
Posted by betrothed123[/QUOTE]

<div>hum...last time i checked, that's exactly what a preconceived notion was. prior experience has told me x about y group, so going forward i expect x group to act y. it's based on experience. and don't think for a second that you don't do this as well, all humans do it's the way our brains are wired (to take shortcuts like this). </div><div>
</div><div>
</div><div>to answer the original question - yes i judge them as religious nutjobs. they're the only ones that would bother putting something like that on their car. </div>

nyrek · May 2010

ETA: To answer original question, no. But if they have bumper nuts, then I judge the hell out of them. Testicles are kinda gross looking anyway, I don't want to see them swinging from your car.

Hahahahaha...I hate truck balls. I want to make big plastic vaginas and keep them in my trunk so everytime I see a truck with balls in a parking lot I can switch it! I picture them driving a pussymobile and laugh and laugh and laugh!

OP...I work for a Jewish agency. I've had a lot of people try to scam us for financial help and I have been able to call them out as scammers by their Jesus fish. Stupidest response I got was "Well, Jesus was a Jew." Retards.

[Deleted User] · May 2010

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Jesus Fish on Cars : hum...last time i checked, that's exactly what a preconceived notion was. prior experience has told me x about y group, so going forward i expect x group to act y. it's based on experience. and don't think for a second that you don't do this as well, all humans do it's the way our brains are wired (to take shortcuts like this). to answer the original question - yes i judge them as religious nutjobs. they're the only ones that would bother putting something like that on their car.
Posted by psichick[/QUOTE]

You're just saying that because sweeping generalizations are kind of your thing.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · May 2010

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[QUOTE]Truck nuts are gross. I don't get offended at Jesus fish though, but I hate the anti-Obama one that reads "I'll keep my guns, my money, and my Bible, and you can KEEP THE CHANGE!!!1" Uh last I checked the president wasn't going to ban the Bible, dipsquat.
Posted by K Byte[/QUOTE]

I saw one that said, "Socialist: Yes he is!" on a <em>hybrid escalade</em> yesterday. Yeah, that guy seems like someone I want to get to know. Oh wait, no.

luckyme502 · May 2010

Everyone who gets upset about the anti-Obama bumper stickers amuses me. Of course I belong to the facebook group I hate when I wake up in the morning and Obama is still president. It's called freedom of speech and they are allowed to hold and express different political views than you and you are allowed to get upset by them, but it won't accomplish anything.

Fish on cars don't bother me. They might not even have been the person who put it on the car, like if they bought it used.

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