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minus-square Pete Hahnloser ( @Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink8•1 year agoGotta use the Bible as the reason when road-sign theft isn’t a problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_666
minus-square DocMcStuffin ( @DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoMile marker 420 had that problem.
minus-square Kolli ( @Kolli@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilink2•1 year agoIt wouldn’t make sense for religious people to outright steal an item they see blashphemous; they wouldn’t want to keep it around. I suspect edgy people just wanted the cool sign. That being said, I definitely can see religious people vandalising them.
Gotta use the Bible as the reason when road-sign theft isn’t a problem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_666
Mile marker 420 had that problem.
It wouldn’t make sense for religious people to outright steal an item they see blashphemous; they wouldn’t want to keep it around.
I suspect edgy people just wanted the cool sign.
That being said, I definitely can see religious people vandalising them.