Bread and CircusesI found this truck parked on the street in my neighborhood. Notice that the life-threatening bumper is actually labeled ROAD ARMOR.
We sometimes talk about a #WarOnCars. But what's really happening is a war BY cars on pedestrians and cyclists.
CANELA BLANCA@breadandcircuses Even a more subtle “militarization” of personal vehicles has been some of the new paint colors. I see so many olive drabs, battleship greys, desert sand, and other flat colors applied to military vehicles that I feel like a kids shopping for Testors paints.
Court Cantrell does not comply@christopherbrown @breadandcircuses Okay, I had been calling them various shades of "bougie gray," but I think you're onto something more accurate and far more worrisome with the military slant.
@courtcan Aside from desert palette, I purchased these colors as a teen to paint my model military aircraft. Sometimes, lighter, Sky Blue for the bottom of wings, fuselage. A darker Sea Blue perhaps for sides or naval camo. Battleship Gray for all the not so shiny metallic bits. Beret Green, Olive Drab, Brown, and Flat Black for the land camo.
Slap a Punisher sticker, Thin Blue Line, Come And Take It decal on your windscreen to tell everyone you’re that kind of American.
@christopherbrown It all makes sense now, and I say this with no sarcasm. It especially explains the matte beige, brand-new pickups I've been seeing more of here in OKC of late. Driven by people in suits. Not manual laborers.
@courtcan TBH, I do not believe most people give it a thought. Some of the colors are sharp, but also wow because they’re “new.”
For me, it’s a blast from the past: going to Michael’s on the weekends to grab more paint for a hobby.