Why do so many people put private school bumper stickers on their cars?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I put my LSAT score on the back of my car.

I wondered what that "130" was on your car....seemed random but it makes sense now.

“LSAT” is written next to that sterling 130. You went to University of Phoenix with me, right? And then Trump U? Good path to the administration.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So when I am on the road and see another I jokingly say "oh there goes another member of our cult" . Our sticker does not spell out the school name-it is just a logo

Hmmmm, what could it mean?!

Prick?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This reminds me of the recent attitude that reading in public is always performative “bragging.” Turns out some of us just like to read and see it as a normal activity.

😂 you need new SAT words. All that reading should be adding to your vocabulary. Come back and give us something else.

What are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The reason is that schools has some of the features of a country club and people like to signal that they are part of the club.

It also happens with clothing. Why do people buy famous brands ?

I was going to say, people like OP who are Big Mad about private school stickers must be the same people who are Big Mad about the Rolex on my wrist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason is that schools has some of the features of a country club and people like to signal that they are part of the club.

It also happens with clothing. Why do people buy famous brands ?

I was going to say, people like OP who are Big Mad about private school stickers must be the same people who are Big Mad about the Rolex on my wrist.

Ironically I (OP) send my kids to private and wear a Rolex

To be fair, I bought the Rolex 20 years ago when I thought money and material goods were the path to happiness. I'm glad I did though because I still enjoy wearing it (and it's a good reminder of how inevitably fleeting the dopamine hit from a new purchase will be)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In England people wear ties that signify what university they went to, please. The ties are also coded so only people who know know.

When I was a child, my dad wouldn’t let me put a school decal on our car, because he thought it looked like bragging. Now I let my kids, because who cares what triggers adult strangers with confidence issues.

Seriously. I really love when the posters show up acting like this is a US-only thing. Sure, maybe people in the UK don't use bumper stickers, but they sure as heck have ways of broadcasting their membership in the elite. You want to see elitism in education, try France! Basically every European country has a separate elite track for education and they have their subtle ways of telling everyone else they're in it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In England people wear ties that signify what university they went to, please. The ties are also coded so only people who know know.

When I was a child, my dad wouldn’t let me put a school decal on our car, because he thought it looked like bragging. Now I let my kids, because who cares what triggers adult strangers with confidence issues.

Seriously. I really love when the posters show up acting like this is a US-only thing. Sure, maybe people in the UK don't use bumper stickers, but they sure as heck have ways of broadcasting their membership in the elite. You want to see elitism in education, try France! Basically every European country has a separate elite track for education and they have their subtle ways of telling everyone else they're in it.

I guess I just appreciate the subtlety then lol if you're going to be an elitist snob about your group find a better way to signal it than a bumper sticker

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason is that schools has some of the features of a country club and people like to signal that they are part of the club.

It also happens with clothing. Why do people buy famous brands ?

I was going to say, people like OP who are Big Mad about private school stickers must be the same people who are Big Mad about the Rolex on my wrist.

Ironically I (OP) send my kids to private and wear a Rolex

To be fair, I bought the Rolex 20 years ago when I thought money and material goods were the path to happiness. I'm glad I did though because I still enjoy wearing it (and it's a good reminder of how inevitably fleeting the dopamine hit from a new purchase will be)

Your rolex is a flex

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason is that schools has some of the features of a country club and people like to signal that they are part of the club.

It also happens with clothing. Why do people buy famous brands ?

I was going to say, people like OP who are Big Mad about private school stickers must be the same people who are Big Mad about the Rolex on my wrist.

Ironically I (OP) send my kids to private and wear a Rolex

To be fair, I bought the Rolex 20 years ago when I thought money and material goods were the path to happiness. I'm glad I did though because I still enjoy wearing it (and it's a good reminder of how inevitably fleeting the dopamine hit from a new purchase will be)

Your rolex is a flex

Yeah turns out OP is a braggart!

[Anonymous]

I do it so everyone can understand that I'd be driving a much nicer car but for my kids' taking all my money!!!!

[Anonymous]

These magnets come in the swag package when you are admitted. Most people probably don't put too much thought into it. They receive it and put it on the car.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reason is that schools has some of the features of a country club and people like to signal that they are part of the club.

It also happens with clothing. Why do people buy famous brands ?

I was going to say, people like OP who are Big Mad about private school stickers must be the same people who are Big Mad about the Rolex on my wrist.

Ironically I (OP) send my kids to private and wear a Rolex

To be fair, I bought the Rolex 20 years ago when I thought money and material goods were the path to happiness. I'm glad I did though because I still enjoy wearing it (and it's a good reminder of how inevitably fleeting the dopamine hit from a new purchase will be)

Your rolex is a flex

Yeah turns out OP is a braggart!

I will say, in my defense, that I see a difference between spending ~$4K on a stainless steel watch 20 years ago and putting a sticker advertising a six-figure-a-year ongoing expense on my car

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In England people wear ties that signify what university they went to, please. The ties are also coded so only people who know know.

When I was a child, my dad wouldn’t let me put a school decal on our car, because he thought it looked like bragging. Now I let my kids, because who cares what triggers adult strangers with confidence issues.

Seriously. I really love when the posters show up acting like this is a US-only thing. Sure, maybe people in the UK don't use bumper stickers, but they sure as heck have ways of broadcasting their membership in the elite. You want to see elitism in education, try France! Basically every European country has a separate elite track for education and they have their subtle ways of telling everyone else they're in it.

This. We are just more direct and open about it as a culture (or tacky and ostentatious for those who sneer at the U.S. way). It's like the old money new money or city slicker country bumpkin dynamic. The elitism and exclusivity "I'm better than you" is universal, but just manifests differently. We are a car culture where much public interaction is on the roads, so there's that.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, the elitism and classism is WAY WAY more accepted and broadcasted in most (all?) other wealthy democratic countries, and kids are "sorted" academically and by projected ability fairly early. That's why there's such a grind to try to attend the top 1-2 universities in some countries. In some countries, eg Germany, you're just tracked directly to vocational work if you're not reaching top levels of academic achievement during grade school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In England people wear ties that signify what university they went to, please. The ties are also coded so only people who know know.

When I was a child, my dad wouldn’t let me put a school decal on our car, because he thought it looked like bragging. Now I let my kids, because who cares what triggers adult strangers with confidence issues.

Seriously. I really love when the posters show up acting like this is a US-only thing. Sure, maybe people in the UK don't use bumper stickers, but they sure as heck have ways of broadcasting their membership in the elite. You want to see elitism in education, try France! Basically every European country has a separate elite track for education and they have their subtle ways of telling everyone else they're in it.

I guess I just appreciate the subtlety then lol if you're going to be an elitist snob about your group find a better way to signal it than a bumper sticker

People do. It's just so subtle you don't even know to know about it.

You don't care, nor do they. But they know that they don't want to know you.