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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Cara Anna

Stick it to them: Before social media, bumper stickers were the Twitter of the roads

America 250 Objects The Bumper Sticker - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Before we had social media, Americans used bumper stickers to share their strongest and strangest views with people who didn’t necessarily care.

The medium back then was cars. Slap a belief on the rear end and go. If people agreed, they honked. If they disagreed, they honked. Drivers figured it out, usually without crashing.

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