In Indiana, there was a huge RV dealership called Tom Raper and it turns out men will always name a business after themselves no matter what. - ThreadSky

ahoycaroline.bsky.social • 29 days ago

In Indiana, there was a huge RV dealership called Tom Raper and it turns out men will always name a business after themselves no matter what.

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naomikritzer.bsky.social•29 days ago

Madison Wisconsin has a "Quisling Clinic," apparently on the premise of, "why should we change our name, it's the other guy who sucks," which OK but maybe don't name your clinic after your name then

ahoycaroline.bsky.social•29 days ago

Yikes!!! I swear it’s a man thing. Whenever I see a small company named initials or a noun, pretty sure that’s a woman owned business 😆

lateonsetgirl.bsky.social•29 days ago

The Quisling Clinic building is now Quisling Terrace Apartments!

naomikritzer.bsky.social•29 days ago

I cannot IMAGINE telling, for example, Marissa Lingen that this was where I lived.

lateonsetgirl.bsky.social•29 days ago

I mean I would love to live in a building Elvis Costello referenced in a song, and it's either the Quisling Clinic or "The Hoover Building, but not THAT Hoover Building" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Building

nulldevice.bsky.social•29 days ago

The “this is Raper country” billboards were always mystifying to me. How did this get greenlit

wormfood-local-510.bsky.social•29 days ago

never been to Indiana but I gotta be perfectly honest, if the goal was “Confuse, bewilder, and chase away nearby tourists,” they’ve done a damn brilliant job

nulldevice.bsky.social•29 days ago

And in that part of Indiana it’s one of the less upsetting things you can see on a billboard

ahoycaroline.bsky.social•29 days ago

It’s truuuuuuuue.

wormfood-local-510.bsky.social•29 days ago

I do not doubt it, not for any Indiana-specific reason, but because it’s one of these glorious U-Nited states.

ahoycaroline.bsky.social•29 days ago

Lol. We’ve basically got a little splash of sports and that’s it.