People of the World Lift a Finger Against the Hummer
by Jacob Gordon, Nashville, TN on 01.18.06
If you ever had the urge to give a Hummer the finger but felt it lacked the context of a movement, you can now join hundreds of frustrated citizens as they jubilantly flip off “the ultimate poseur vehicle,” the H2. FUH2 is a site that compiles pics of people flipping the bird to Hummers the world over. You can browse through oodles of pics people have submitted, submit your own, read fan mail and hate mail, and buy nifty merchandize—including a Chuck Close-style poster of tiny images of people fingering Hummers that makes up a composite image of a yellow H2. Pretty damn clever.
The H2 might well be the most un-Treehugger thing you can buy on the market. Classified as a truck, it escapes federal fuel efficiency standards, gets about 10 mpg, is hazardous to other drivers, and isn’t any safer for the kids inside, as we’ve recently learned. If you really want one, just get the cologne—I’m sure it smells a little better. Maybe. Coincidently, I’ve been conducting my own personal Hummer thumbs-down campaign for a while now, not even knowing that other hand gestures were being rallied for the cause. I don’t think I could go for face to face bird-flicking, personally, but part of me relishes the sight. C’mon, admit it. :: FUH2 via Jalopnik
I don't find the little girl flipping the bird humorous at all.
I think it's the best picture yet!
There should be a site for the Lincoln Navigator, though I can see how the H2 is a better symbol of ostentatious consumption. A Navigator passed me in my Honda the other day and I thought it was a bus at first.
I agree with Patrick. I am ashamed at vulgar actions like these that give us treehuggers a bad impression.
Don't much care for the kid doing it either, there are better ways to teach. But, I will admit I like the site and have submited a few times over the last year. Pissed the booth guy off at the washington auto show last year.
Check out the site's awsome new collage poster.
Only $12 for a good laugh.
Whatever makes you feel good, I guess.
I'm not really worried about H2 owners getting the wrong impressions of treehuggers. In fact, I think this is prety funny. While driving in a compact car I've had huge SUVs try to run me off the road simply because they couldn't see me. My life was spared thanks to my trusty horn. After that, screw 'em. Let people know they're hated. And, I know this isn't very nice, go ahead and let some of the air out their tires while you're at it.
yes, because a large vehicle with underinflated tires is much safer/better for the environment, right, fungus?
nice plan
I think this is sooooo hilarious. I approve.
Yes, it might be controversial, but I think that it's a good addition to the work of Les Degonfles and others who put fake bills on SUVs. I think I recall someone was arrested for torching them a while ago. That's a bit of a stretch tho...
well, if Bambooben doesn't approve (but sends them pics and endorses the poster), and SROakes gives it a thumbs up, inside with them over Cat, Pat and anyone else that tells you that you, TH, have to keep standtards so that people don't look at "us treehuggers" in a bad way... keep pushing that envelope on the tech, appropriate tech, green consumer, and CULTURAL fronts! even if you do offend a few...
But just remember kids:
don't do what jeffrey did even if you don't like 'em, acts of vandalism (esp. like noted, fungus, small ones that make the vehicle even less efficient) are against the law. and as you can see from what jeffrey did, that is not taken very lighly these days...
I totally approve of it. It makes the H2 a cultural pariah instead of something "cool."
That is sooooo 4 months ago...way to stay ahead of the curve Treehugger.
I think that "Dummer" is a good branding for these vehicles.
Moe: "Think of the children ... Won't somebody please think of the children?!"
WELL THATS JUST IT!! now that i can't have my children looking at treehugger (you know, they might learn about how there's something called "drugs" in society, and then next thing you know they'd be off flipping the bird to cars, trucks.. TREES!!) So, thanks TH, now I cant have kids!
Then again, that's not bad since in north america 1 kid consumes as much as 20 kids in Brazil or 60+ kids in Somalia, so you know what? becaue of your racy content and flagrant disregard for the um, moral majority, you have just led to 1 less over fed, over dressed, over ensconced, xbox'ed kid. hope you feel good about yourselves, hippies!
Nice, I said that letting the air out wasn't very, erm, nice, but if you replace "little air" with "all the air," then that's more of a statement. The only time this came to mind was when I came back to a parking area where every spot was filled and there was this gigantic, brand-new SUV straddling two spots and had only paid the meter on one.
I wrote a note that said that I had let a little of the air out of a couple of the tires, but I had forgotten which ones. In the end, I didn't deflate any of the tires. I just wanted them to wonder about it.
As for being better for the environment, I feel that if the car can't move at all, then that's a success. I'm not going to burn one and go to jail, but I think that these people should feel like they're despised. Again, this is for the huge vehicles that are clearly about ego and not large trucks which can have legitimate uses and are usually scuffed up.
Wow, I didn't know I had been inadvertendly participating in a movement for the past few years. All of a sudden I feel so empowered...
right. so we conclude that setting SUVs on fire and other acts of vandalism are no good. i like the idea of leaving a cryptic note saying you did something when you didn't, that's funny. and for the record this may seem like vandalism, but imho ought to be considered kosher.
The picture is offensive to our org and its mission.