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Why you should know: a number of reasons. My boss used to throw bologna slices at moving vehicles either as a prank or out of road rage. What made me think you should know is an incident that happened to a friend the other day where they saw an ex's car following them. That could be a subtle way to mark dangerous cars to alert others of stalkers or other such dangerous people.

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 week ago (4 children)

My boss used to throw bologna slices at moving vehicles

Did he have a road rage cooler all ready? Were they pre-sliced and ready to go for this occasion? Would he go to the grocery store and pick up some road bologna?

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is my thought too, did he just have them on hand and ready all the time?

Or were they like...sour smelling slices he kept in a weird tupperware on the passenger seat.

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

The boss is a bologna elemental meat golem.

[–] Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Didn’t your parents teach you to never leave the house without your pocket bologna? sheesh

[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Always remember to separate from your pocket sand.

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

never leave home without your lunchables

or your dinnerables, for that matter. not sure about breakfastables or second breakfastables though

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago

so what was the job? if your boss had time to whip lunchmeat at moving vehicles... what was he paying you to do?

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I assume he always has a road sandwich and just pulls a piece off

[–] guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Protip. Eat the bologna. Use brake fluid if you want to ruin car paint. It's hard to wash off without solvent and it will dissolve clear coats, paint and fog glass

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

for some of us kids, it's a bit easier to come by a slice of balogna than a pint of brake fluid. that said, I've known the many benefits of brake fluid since I was just a 12 year old dipshit in grade 7

[–] ileftreddit@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Spray ICE vehicles with brake fluid and shatter spark plugs to huck at their windows

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

Does this work on ICE vehicles too or just EVs?

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

These are the useless kind of you should know facts that I need in my life.

Could hot dogs serve the same purpose in a pinch?

[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 days ago

They don't have the same sticking power though, unless maybe you mandolin them into thin slices...

[–] AJ1@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

YSK: I've known this since I was in middle school in 1987

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ysk: not everyone is as old as you and got to have as many experiences

[–] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

Why should I know this? Who are you that I should know when you learned something in school?

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

do you like vaporwave?

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 1 week ago

Is this like, common in some places?