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[–] [email protected] 72 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, it’d be Nice Fugging Meme Bro now, as Fucking has changed its name after too many tourists showed up and stole their signs.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why didn't they just sell Welcome To Fucking signs to tourists?

[–] wischi 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

That likely wouldn't have helped, because sadly some people still think it's funny to steal the actual town signs. I guess even if they'd sell identical 1:1 signs for a fair price, some people would still steal the installed ones.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

They should put a vending machine beside all of the signs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

With a keen mind like that, you could be president of something!

[–] wischi 4 points 4 months ago

Given the fact that a fair price for a real town sign is about 175€ somebody will probably just rob the vending machine, either to get the money or a sign. Maybe a card only vending machine would work but changing the name to "Fugging" was probably simpler.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Someone did set up a tourist shop selling T-shirts reading “I like Fucking in Austria”, though the locals found it a bit undignified. (Austria can be a somewhat conservative place, especially in rural areas.)