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Three women with a 'constipated' car, USA?, ~1926 (media.piefed.social)
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[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Was this from the States? Because something related to Prohibition upon alcohol would be my guess. 1920-1933 in the States.

Could also be something about womens' rights?

EDIT: "!" to "?." Not sure why I did that.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The banner is wordplay regarding "passed" being able to mean "overtaken on the road" or "defecation"

They're saying this car slow af (or traffic is bad) XD

[–] uservoid1@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

I read the banner as: This car is less polluting than a horse.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago

I'm pretty sure it's about being slow, haha.

I've seen this bper sticker in recent years, awesome to see it has such a long history!

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Nome of the above - it's pretty clearly about being slow.

Not sure where you got any of those ideas from.

Also, these gals would've been pretty well off to even afford that car - definitely not the average person.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Passed" in this context isn't always intuitive to some English speakers.

We Americans are the heirs of a speed demon culture 💪

Daily reminder that President Grant was arrested and fined (by a Black cop, no less) for speeding in a dangerous fashion with a horse-drawn carriage. I salute both men o7