I fully admit that I have never really been on top of trends, memes, or anything that's ever gone viral. Most likely not the best thing to admit as a blogger in today's society, but I like to think that it just makes me old-school. Part of it is the simple fact that I've never really been an internet browser. I have a couple of sites I visit on a regular basis but I generally don't go searching for new things. And the sites I do visit aren't ones that keep up with what the next viral sensation is. So when something does come across my radar, typically through Facebook, they usually fall into two categories. Either it's something I find funny/cute and deem worthy to share, only to be informed that everyone has already seen it months ago or I don't get it and I can only think "this is a thing". Today's sticker falls very solidly into the latter category.
I was walking to my bus stop after work when I happened to look up and see this sticker. I thought it was kind of funny so I made sure to capture it. I figured it would just be a small sticker, one that I wouldn't be able to pull up on the internet and I'd just present my thoughts on it. So I'm sure you can imagine my mild shock that I not only found things online about it but it's apparently a thing. You can buy this image as a car decal on Ebay as well as many other car focused sites. The image appears on a multitude of items actually and even looks to be the album cover for a band. There's even a hashtag on twitter and instagram for this phrase as well. Supposedly farfrompüken is a play on the 90's Volkswagen tagline Fahrvergnügen or at least that's what this forum says. It's definitely not something I doubt to be true, I just find it odd that's it's been picked up recently or has managed to last this long. I honestly can't think of that many things from the 90's that has made a successful resurgence or remained a piece of society's culture for this long. It's not really shocking that this out there, I'm originally from middle of nowhere PA and could totally see this decal on things, just really wasn't expecting it. But I guess it just goes to show why one should never make assumptions.
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Maggie Ondrey
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