I Don’t Get – Florida
Published: May 05, 2009
My deep rooted hatred for bumper stickers aside, I would rather see a window full of faith than this license plate. This is what bumper stickers are for.
I should be very cautious when venturing into the realm of Christian America. Even though it seems a lot of the contributors here are Atheists, or at least masked as Atheists, and some even masked as Atheist Pandas (a redundant phrase indeed), I should tread softly. I do have strong thoughts on this, but to venture there would be to venture into philosophical devil’s advocacy, pardon the pun.
I am confident, however, that those contributors who do not fall into the aforementioned categories (even though we are all a little panda) would still find this license plate a violation of church and state. Florida Governor Charlie Crist (pronounced with a soft I, as in ‘insist’), when asked about this violation, stated, “If they don’t want one, they don’t have to buy one.” No shit.
More on this from the Huffington Post, and from a cool new blog I just found while researching, Friendly Athiest.
I look forward to the seven days I’ll be spending in Florida at the end of the month.
To compile on the ‘Don’t Get’-ness of Florida, Busch Gardens no longer offers free beer samples. WTF, Florida? Granted, this is more InBev’s decision, but do not say this is to appeal to the non-drinking or underage crowd. Rollercoasters. Watching drunkards puke after riding said rollercoasters. That is the draw.
Fuckin’ Florida. I don’t get you. The swarm of pandas is on the way.
the best license plate ever:
Oh, I dunno, a tortured dying dude on Florida’s license plate? Kinda appropriate.
Also, Atheists? You’re just Fundamentalists. Yes, you are, and it’s kinda cute.
And, yeah, Florida’s maybe the second-to-last worst state. (Hey, Texas! How’s it goin’?) But what do you expect from a resort built on a cannibal swamp?
ATHEISM ROCKS!!!!
is the funniest thing I’ve read all week.
F&C: I’ve now officially withdrawn my hatred of Florida.
SW: I didn’t think about that. Appropriate indeed.
V dub: Well thank you. More panda-larity is in store.
Meh. Atheism shmatheism. Agnosticism rules.
Fence straddler. Your feet will be snipped at by pandas.
I like that plate. I like Jesus even. But I think I would react to seeing that the same way I react when I see the fish sign: willies. I don’t like this either: “Families who pray together, stay together” car window stickers. Can’t find an image sample though.
I hate novelty license plates of any sort. Slap Florida’s ugly standard license plate on the back of your car and shut the fuck up about the things you support. I don’t care if it’s your religion, sports team, a cause or whatever. Find some other way to express it. Florida has 113 plates on their “2008 Specialty License Plate Rankings.” I found this by clicking on the “Hottest Selling Specialty License Plates in 2008″ link on the state website. The fact that they have these titles on a government website is absolutely ridiculous. University of Florida’s plate is number one incidentally. You atheists can comfort yourself in knowing that the In God We Trust plates finished just behind the Horse Country plates at 113 – dead last. Jesus is not yet ranked.
So those of you who are fighting the battle over such core issues that affect our every day lives like “God” on money or in the Pledge, apparently Florida is more obsessed over SEC football than faith. Just relax.
CL: Yes, novelty plates should be banned. Unless pandas are involved. In all seriousness though, the only novelty plate I’ve seen worth keeping was, simply, “STFU.” Loved it.
Also. Relaxed. SEC football plates are just another reason to not get Florida.
OH! What about if you get that there Jesus plate but also gitcherself a set of these?
This site has gotten fairly sac-centric as of late.
@SW:
Two things:
1). Awesome picture of a very veiny sac.
2). Awesome word: “gitcherself.”
It is sort of funny though to see “Sunshine State” under a dude dying of crucifiction. Yes, how sunny.
@Wences: Nutz on a motorcycle instead of a pickup? Now I’ve seen everything.
VP: Holy shit. Why didn’t I see that? That is excruciatingly hilarious. Panda points for VoxPopuli!