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Nov 8, 2023, 05:27 PM
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From: Kick "A" then takin' a nap
Yeah, fine. I didn't say I was going to show up and remove the plate. You guys get too pissy about anyone who disagrees with anything around here. He put up pictures of his vanity tag on a discussion forum. I didn't know this was strictly a "blow sunshine up everyone's ****" forum.
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They can be. But they can also be code. Ways to communicate to those who understand "the code". And they can also be ways of poking fun of established cliques and die-hard fanbois.
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Vanity plates are like paint color choices or spoiler choices. In other words, it doesn't matter what you or I like or think, it is what the owner likes or thinks.
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Yeah, fine. I didn't say I was going to show up and remove the plate. You guys get too pissy about anyone who disagrees with anything around here. He put up pictures of his vanity tag on a discussion forum. I didn't know this was strictly a "blow sunshine up everyone's ****" forum.
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From: Kick "A" then takin' a nap
Yeah, fine. I didn't say I was going to show up and remove the plate. You guys get too pissy about anyone who disagrees with anything around here. He put up pictures of his vanity tag on a discussion forum. I didn't know this was strictly a "blow sunshine up everyone's ****" forum.
Melting Slicks
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From: Mandalore
Then I gave up on getting a C8 for a couple years and had a $5k deposit down for an Emira. But while watching the Mandalorian I randomly said **** it I want a C8 and ordered the plate pictured below. Sort of an if you know, you know thing that speaks in code. But that show had 22 million viewers. Not sure how much of the general population would know what "C8 Z51" refers to or the various combinations of custom plate sequences referencing those alphanumeric GM codes. It's common knowledge to us but not to most people outside our echo chamber. My guess would be some number much smaller than that 22 million viewer count would know the meaning behind the alphabet soup of C8/Z51/LT2, etc. Fun to speculate on which sequence (Star Wars or GM code) might be more recognizable but not important. I like the sequence I chose either way, even more than RAYTED R.
Last edited by switchlanez; Nov 8, 2023 at 06:25 PM.
Melting Slicks
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When someone states their opinion about something (an inanimate object like a C8 or stuff done to it), it makes sense to not take it personally. But the moment someone states their opinion about someone and then says to not take it personally, that's hypocrisy. Because the focus gets redirected away from the object of discussion and towards the person specifically. AKA "Don't take this personally, but I'm going to say something about you personally that can only be taken personally." That devolves an otherwise civil discussion into a low IQ clown show 
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