My First Personalized License Plate

So being in a new state and all I had to get a new license plate for my car. When making my selection of which “skin” to use (wildlife, colleges, etc), I remembered that I could go the personalized route too if I wanted to.

So, as of tonight, I now have my very own “GENTOO” license plate. I’ve been highly enthused about getting it, but to be honest it feels kind of lame now that I have it. I’ve never liked the whole “display” thing too much — bumper stickers, flags, etc. But here I am not only sporting a glider on my car, but now a Gentoo license plate.

I guess my only saving grace is that nobody knows what they mean. That makes it better, I think, but not much. The question I keep asking myself is, “What would I think if I saw a Gentoo plate on someone else’s car?” The answer is that I would simultaneously think it was two things — cool and lame.

I’d probably go up to the guy and share some Gentoo stories, but I am inclined to think less of people who fly flags for their causes. It’s so…”look at me”.

So what the hell was I thinking in the DMV when I got a damn Gentoo license plate? Oh, I remember, I didn’t want to get one randomly assigned to me. I wanted to define myself what went on it. I tossed around a few ideas and settled on Gentoo. Bah.

Oh well, most people won’t think it’s custom anyway. I went with the default theme and it’s not a common word by any stretch of the imagination. Most everyone seeing it will assume it *was* assigned to me.

So what are your opinions? Is it ok to support a distro like this since it’s obscure enough to not stand out, or is it lame to do anything that’ll be recognized? That’s my problem — I’ve always liked to blend in. I’ve never liked to stand out, and that’s what this runs the risk of doing (at least with a few people).

Thoughts?