Once again, we spot a bunch of random stickers around town and summon the power of Google to explain their raisons d'être.
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"Don't Hate, Procreate."
Location: Midtown NYC
Possible Meaning: a pro-life movement in New Jersey?
Googling this phrase with the word "sticker" resulted in a lot of anti-Obama right wing stickers, which is odd.
But we did find a version of it on a t-shirt with the New Jersey state for the "O" in "PROCREATE." Still no idea what it could mean.
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"Paone Dezire 145.60"
Location: Soho NYC
Possible Meaning: The name of some dude who charges $145.60 in Bitcoin for a back rub.
Googling "Paone," "Deszire" and "145.60" brought us to a similar photo on Pingram with the same sticker. And then another shot on Instagram revealed a comment by user "pane_nyc" who turns out to be a Brooklyn-based graffiti artist. who at one point DID have stickers out and about. So, that's certainly a possibility.
Maybe? Results are 12% inconclusive.
"BRWTNESS"
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Possible Meaning: Either an Armani Exchange knockoff brand or the logo for a neo-Nazi youth movement.
Bingo! It's a skate brand with other pithy t-shirt designs as "FUCK," "Middle Finger," and "FUCK YOU DIE" (with middle finger).
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(Unknown Anchor Symbol with E and M)
Location: Jersey Shore
Possible Meaning: A funky brand of rugged nautical children's wear?
Gah. This is a toughie. I tried to Google "EM Anchor Wings" but nothing came up except images of plates of hot wings. I tried to isolate the logo and run it through reverse image search engine Tineye.com, but nuttin' came up.
Result: Frustratingly inconclusive.
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"Young Whales"
Location: Union, NJ
Possible Meaning: Ironic hipster rock band makes fun of Capitalism in their kid-friendly songs.
First Google result was a closed down online shop. Then another link showed that this was in fact another brand of urban clothing, run by NY Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz and launched with his fellow Giants rookie Nate Collins in 2010.
Phew. Only 2 out of 5 solved. We should Google harder next time.
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Man, I found a smaller black vinyl EM Anchor Wings sticker on Sourland Mountain near Hillsborough, NJ.
Closest thing I could find was an old US Navy Navigator Gilt badge from World War II. Looks like it's just the inspiration for it though.
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