user_name@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I genuinely love vanity plates. I think they’re a really fun way to express youself and the plate goes with you regardless of context: you’ve got the same plate in the office parking lot and at the hobby group.
I’ve seen hobby and interest references, from LAXBRO to NCC1701. I’ve seen meta plates, from the VW Beetle with SCARAB to the Nissan Cube with RUBIKS. I’ve seen professional references, BONEMAN (a podiatrist) to CSHFLO (somebody I knew who worked in finance).
And I’ve once seen SQRTRGY which I can only imagine means “squirt orgy” but I’ll never know.
I know it’s a little thing, but I think it’s fun. (Doesn’t make up the pollution and danger of cars, tho.)
early_riser@lemmy.world 1 week ago
When I think of vanity plates I think of the guy who registered his as “NULL” in the hopes that he could avoid traffic tickets by looking like a database error. But he ended up showing up every time anyone’s plate number was missing, so it showed him as having thousands of traffic violations.