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[–] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Ducking is a fairly sacred community thing among Jeep owners, most specifically with Wranglers and now Gladiators. Ducks are always gifted as a random act of kindness, so a Jeep with a lot of ducks suggests that person has been rather active in the community.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 19 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I can't tell if this is real or not.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It is. Jeep people give ducks to each other. It’s weird.

[–] turdcollector69@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Idk I think that sounds kinda nice, it's rewarding positive behavior instead of being a dickhead so I think it's cool.

[–] dditty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

And apparently it just started recently during the pandemic?

EDIT: not sure why I was down voted, but yes this phenomenon started in 2020 like I thought:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep_ducking

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Its real. In the mercedes community (S class or better) we use dildos for the same purpose.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

This is so interesting. A friend of mine drives a Tesla and apparently with Teslas it's bricks.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I used to want a Jeep, the comments in this post as well as this insight into the subculture have turned me right around.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The comment you're replying to here sounds adorable though.

Personally I've found that no matter what car you buy there is a surprisingly large number of people that want to shit on it, and on you. Like, amazingly large and this thread is a great example.

So I guess you're stuck with thay no matter what, might as well get what you personally want and for your own reasons. Not what you're afraid people will think about it.

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Or they're like my neighbor, whose dash was completely covered a day or two after he got his Jeep. Plus handprint stickers on his mirrors, which I guess is another Jeepstagram trend?

[–] Joelk111@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As a Gearhead, I find this so dumb. I don't want people to leave trash on my vehicle, and I don't want my dash cluttered with toys.

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago

Normally, a driver won't want anything on the dash. Specially colourful stuff because it would cause reflections on the wind-shield.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

that's a stupid as shit take and a stupid as shit phrase but ok