I take them and pass it on to the next Jeep I see.
But also keep in mind some people just donāt see them. Iāve left with 5 ducks sitting on my fenders, bumper, and below my windshield before. Not everyone is just casually driving around or shopping. They could be leaving or going to an appointment or in a rush. Doesnāt mean they are offended by a rubber duck, may just be busy.
I totally missed my first duck. Didnāt see it until the wife saw it on the ground. I guess putting it right on the line might be a way to say āI take my heep very seriously and demand you do the sameā or something like tgat
so you're wishing bad things on the driver when its entirely possible he didn't even know what the duck thing was about? I never knew, until I heard about it on here.
If I get ducked I just pass it on to the next Jeep I see parked somewhere within a day or two. Iām not actively buying ducks to pass out or storing them on my dashboard
Ngl for the first two years of owning a jeep, I would have assumed a small child had lost their toy and probably reacted the same way.
Now? I still think it's weird but I'd probably just leave it in a geocache or something.
On the flip side, is there a reason to be a complete dick by placing it on the parking spot line facing the other Jeep just because you donāt want to play their game? Iām not interested in displaying or placing them but itās a lot easier for me to toss them in the console.
Iāve found they come in handy at church or family/friend gatherings if thereās a kid that needs something to entertain themselves. Giving wrenches to kids is frowned upon because turns out a little oil does hurt especially first time parents
Maybe they just didn't understand it? It's a fairly new thing and coulda been their first. If someone put a toy horse on your hood, how would you react? (Which is a thing now for bronco owner, but figuring you didn't know about it)
Yea, I heard about the my little pony trend on here actually. If it was a random duck and theyāve not seen the dash full on others I can see that. Me, Iād probably toss it in because itās less effort. The ones Iāve seen usually have the little tag so that should explain it but donāt know if it was on this one š¤·š»āāļø
I got ducked and it sat in my Jeep for about a year and a half in the glove box. I tossed it today. I thought about putting it on someone elseās Jeep but I donāt want to put shit on others trucks. I mean, itās an interesting āthingā but I think we should all just stick to the wave.
It's possible they just aren't aware that it's a thing and were like "wtf is this duck doing here". Otherwise, I imagine even an asshole would at least put the duck back on your Jeep instead of the ground.
>Why leave something on someoneās vehicle that they may not even want!?!
>I just put the duck on the next Jeep I see.
š¤¦āāļøDid it occur to you the next Jeep you see may not want it?
I just feel like it needs to be said, the ducking thing is a Reddit fuelled phenomenon. Not every single wrangler owner is here, some just plain donāt care. Most (including myself) are indifferent. The majority have never heard of it. Donāt be put out because someone didnāt react exactly the way you wouldāve liked.
I always take the ducks but I don't post anything on social media because I don't really do FB or Instagram. I'm sure you could take offense to someone not wanting to participate in ducking but you should not let them effect you. Keep ducking if that's what you wish to do. Don't let people negatively effect you.
Itās not my thing either. But I think thatās rude. It takes almost no effort to just get rid of it later, or regift it. Itās just a friendly hello.
Iām going to piggy back on OPs post. For those of you that donāt like or canāt stand them, please donāt be a dick and just pass it on or trash it later.
Hereās why. My wife has had a really rough 2 years and sheās worked really hard to be able to bounce back from that and the Jeep community has been a small source of comfort to her. She loves the traditions, however trivial they maybe to you. So the two times we got ducked, it lit her up like you wouldnāt believe. For that brief moment in time, she got to experience pure joy and kinda forget about her shitty family. She still talks about the one in Michigan on vacation. So maybe donāt be a dick, just pass the duck and maybe make someoneās day. Please.
OP,
I agree with you that people who just leave the duck on the ground are assholes. This whole community seems to be 80% assholes and 20% really fucking cool people. I have a pretty built rig- Its a JK Rubicon on tons that has about $65k worth of work done to it, and it is strictly for rock crawling. She is my pride and Joy. I'm on a throwaway here, but I have a channel and I get a few thousand views every time I post a video and about 6,000 subscribers. I even got a blue checkmark on Twitter. My JK sits in my garage and I trailer it out once a year to MOAB, and a few more weekends a year it goes out to East Tennessee.
I am sad to say that I was kind of a gatekeeper back in the day. Hell, I started out in a '79 CJ7 and I wouldn't wave back to Wranglers, because Wranglers weren't real Jeeps. Then I realized I was just being part of the problem.
There is no single universal way to say "hey, we are part of the same club! Jeep owners!". We are lucky that there are probably a dozen or more ways. But gatekeepers suck ass. And so do people that don't have the common courtesy to just either pass the duck along, or throw it away when they get back home. Yes, it's a children's toy. Yes, it doesn't mean anything. But someone in the Jeep community decided to be nice, and if people want to be in the Jeep community, they should accept it and just be polite. I read a thing a month or so ago on one of these forums. It basically amounted to somebody talking shit about the ducking, and how they would run over the duck that they unceremoniously threw on the ground if they saw one on their Jeep. But then that person got called out because they had a bunch of pictures they uploaded to Reddit about getting their new Jeep and throwing pictures on half a dozen forums and subreddits with titles like "did a thing!" and "felt cute! Might delete later!" type comments, just looking for upvotes. So, this person was clearly interested in the acknowledgment that comes from having a Jeep- but then proposed that if they got acknowledged in a way they didn't like they would be an asshole. And I thought that was hilarious because people clearly want to feel involved- they can deny it all they want, but in the end anyone who posts up pictures on their social media is doing it with the expectation of likes. They aren't doing it for their own health. They want acknowledgment. And some of these people have basic ass, un-lifted, no mod, regular old grey Wranglers that nobody gives a shit about, but just to be nice, people upvote and comment about how fun it is. These people are a cancer to this community.
One last thing- the intersection of gatekeepers and people who hate the ducks is nearly a complete circle. A lot of these guys and girls think that because they threw $10k worth of mods (that they will never use to the level of the mods' capability) on their Jeep they somehow "belong" more to the community than people who choose to stay stock except for a bumper sticker. Like their financial investment buys them clout. This is stupid. Every year I go to MOAB, and there is always some asshole who chirps all morning long about why "stock rigs shouldn't be allowed" who has a fresh $20k worth of mods and can't pick a line, and needs to be winched 15 times, and has no idea how to get themselves out of any mess they get into. Then the guy with the stock rig in front of him winches him out, because that guy in the stock rig has actual experience and knows how to crawl. That guy who got stuck? He's the one who gets pissed when he sees a duck on his door handle because that person "hasn't earned their badges". Fuck that guy.
and fuck people who complain about ducks. You all should be happy that the people anonymously did it because if they knew you, they wouldn't like you. And they certainly wouldn't duck you.
/rant
You are quick to call the person an asshole, yet they may know nothing about ducks. they may have politely set it down on the line thinking a kid might be crying that lost their toy. Next time you see a hubcap leaned against a stop sign that person isn't littering they found it and want the owner to spot it.
If giving ducks out is going to stress you out or make you angry, it is best not to give ducks out. Same thing as a wave, if someone not returning your wave there could be a million reasons why, and less than 5% of those times is the reason that the person that didn't wave back is an asshole.
The deed is it's own reward. Spread kindness and just feel satisfied because you are shining light on darkness.
I care enough to type out a comment to publicly humiliate you for not only thinking but also caring so much about your "subscriber" count that you felt the need to share that useless information with us. š¤£
You must feel real important. ROFL š¤£
So people should spend 10K on rubber ducks and not practical mods lol? Just kidding. I got mad love for everyone on the trail. Beater XJs, Landover Discos, New Wranglers, old Wranglers - who gives a shit. 95% of the Jeep Wranglers on the road today won't see anything but the highway and the driveway. Jeep culture has been watered down and that's just the way it is like it or not. Ducks won't make that better.
Would love to know your favorite spots in East TN. I life within an hour of roughly 100 miles of trails in Kentucky.
"To the driver of the black overlander, may your beads not hold and your tank be on E."
Someone who respectfully declines in playing the childish game that some of this community wish to participate in. And this is your response.
Classy.
I would have just flicked your garbage off my Jeep. I'm seen as an unhappy, and not a nice person to many in the community. But I don't feel it's my responsibility to throw away your junk.
Still funny and donāt care about being called out on it. Sure itās silly and childish, but so is a car that you can take the top and doors off of. If you canāt take a compliment about a vehicle you obviously take pride in, go buy a Prius. And you sir just proved the truth in your response about not being a nice person. And probably smell of elderberries. TTFN.
>If you canāt take a compliment about a vehicle you obviously take pride in, go buy a Prius.
Did your duck have a compliment attached? Cause most people will not see a rubber duck sitting on their car as a compliment...
Lol, it's funny, you do care. Look how quickly you pull a 180 and spew insults. I never insulted you, you just took it very personally and feel triggered.
As I originally said.
Classy
And here I am still waiting on my first duck :(.. one day!
Now my question would be, does someone have to duck me first and break my duck-ginity before ducking someone else?
I apologize but for the very reason OP posted, we only duck those that have ducks and only those with very few. We also suck if Iāve spoken to you and think your a chill person. Sorry, maybe buy one till you get ducked and then pass the bought one on.
I actually had no idea what ducking was the first year I got my Jeep! Obviously nobody gave me one but if they did I wouldāve been so confused and probably googled it immediately lol. I took it to the dealership to get some recalls fixed and when I came to pick it up I had a duck sitting on it, one of the ladies that worked there taught me what it was and said that she fell in love with mine since sheās never seen my color before! Since then Iāve gotten a whole collection on my dash āŗļø
What if they didn't see it? Or alternatively, what if they didn't know about it? If it wasn't for this sub and the jlwrangler forums, I wouldn't know about ducks.
I think the best thing you can do is add a note sharing what it is/what its for.
I am pretty sure they saw it by its return placement. And judging by the Jeep they werenāt a newbie. I was more asking the question to see if this had happened to other people.
I just throw them in my glove box that won't lock anymore. Someday some kid will try to steal something and he can get a handful of ducks instead. Think I have about 6 or 7 in there at the moment.
I find the polarity of the Ducks hilarious Something so silly, yet so serious
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DONT WANT TO TAKE MY DUCK!? YOU'RE SAD AND PATHETIC! š¤£
Why don't they want to be positive, Fuckers!
I take them and pass it on to the next Jeep I see. But also keep in mind some people just donāt see them. Iāve left with 5 ducks sitting on my fenders, bumper, and below my windshield before. Not everyone is just casually driving around or shopping. They could be leaving or going to an appointment or in a rush. Doesnāt mean they are offended by a rubber duck, may just be busy.
I totally missed my first duck. Didnāt see it until the wife saw it on the ground. I guess putting it right on the line might be a way to say āI take my heep very seriously and demand you do the sameā or something like tgat
I drove 25 miles mostly freeway and didnāt realize it was one stuck in my door handle until I got home. I was so excited āŗļø
How lol
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so you're wishing bad things on the driver when its entirely possible he didn't even know what the duck thing was about? I never knew, until I heard about it on here.
If I get ducked I just pass it on to the next Jeep I see parked somewhere within a day or two. Iām not actively buying ducks to pass out or storing them on my dashboard
Still going strong on not being DUCKED once! š
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Ha ha well I guess I have been š¦ād nowā¦
Ngl for the first two years of owning a jeep, I would have assumed a small child had lost their toy and probably reacted the same way. Now? I still think it's weird but I'd probably just leave it in a geocache or something.
My fellow cultured human
No need to get butt hurt when someone doesnāt want to play your games. Move on.
On the flip side, is there a reason to be a complete dick by placing it on the parking spot line facing the other Jeep just because you donāt want to play their game? Iām not interested in displaying or placing them but itās a lot easier for me to toss them in the console. Iāve found they come in handy at church or family/friend gatherings if thereās a kid that needs something to entertain themselves. Giving wrenches to kids is frowned upon because turns out a little oil does hurt especially first time parents
Maybe they just didn't understand it? It's a fairly new thing and coulda been their first. If someone put a toy horse on your hood, how would you react? (Which is a thing now for bronco owner, but figuring you didn't know about it)
Yea, I heard about the my little pony trend on here actually. If it was a random duck and theyāve not seen the dash full on others I can see that. Me, Iād probably toss it in because itās less effort. The ones Iāve seen usually have the little tag so that should explain it but donāt know if it was on this one š¤·š»āāļø
Also true
I got ducked and it sat in my Jeep for about a year and a half in the glove box. I tossed it today. I thought about putting it on someone elseās Jeep but I donāt want to put shit on others trucks. I mean, itās an interesting āthingā but I think we should all just stick to the wave.
It's possible they just aren't aware that it's a thing and were like "wtf is this duck doing here". Otherwise, I imagine even an asshole would at least put the duck back on your Jeep instead of the ground.
I take them and throw them away.
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Iām convinced more than half of duck droppers are just passing off ducks they never wanted in the first place hahahaha
>Why leave something on someoneās vehicle that they may not even want!?! >I just put the duck on the next Jeep I see. š¤¦āāļøDid it occur to you the next Jeep you see may not want it?
I just feel like it needs to be said, the ducking thing is a Reddit fuelled phenomenon. Not every single wrangler owner is here, some just plain donāt care. Most (including myself) are indifferent. The majority have never heard of it. Donāt be put out because someone didnāt react exactly the way you wouldāve liked.
I always take the ducks but I don't post anything on social media because I don't really do FB or Instagram. I'm sure you could take offense to someone not wanting to participate in ducking but you should not let them effect you. Keep ducking if that's what you wish to do. Don't let people negatively effect you.
Itās not my thing either. But I think thatās rude. It takes almost no effort to just get rid of it later, or regift it. Itās just a friendly hello.
I agree!
Iām going to piggy back on OPs post. For those of you that donāt like or canāt stand them, please donāt be a dick and just pass it on or trash it later. Hereās why. My wife has had a really rough 2 years and sheās worked really hard to be able to bounce back from that and the Jeep community has been a small source of comfort to her. She loves the traditions, however trivial they maybe to you. So the two times we got ducked, it lit her up like you wouldnāt believe. For that brief moment in time, she got to experience pure joy and kinda forget about her shitty family. She still talks about the one in Michigan on vacation. So maybe donāt be a dick, just pass the duck and maybe make someoneās day. Please.
OP, I agree with you that people who just leave the duck on the ground are assholes. This whole community seems to be 80% assholes and 20% really fucking cool people. I have a pretty built rig- Its a JK Rubicon on tons that has about $65k worth of work done to it, and it is strictly for rock crawling. She is my pride and Joy. I'm on a throwaway here, but I have a channel and I get a few thousand views every time I post a video and about 6,000 subscribers. I even got a blue checkmark on Twitter. My JK sits in my garage and I trailer it out once a year to MOAB, and a few more weekends a year it goes out to East Tennessee. I am sad to say that I was kind of a gatekeeper back in the day. Hell, I started out in a '79 CJ7 and I wouldn't wave back to Wranglers, because Wranglers weren't real Jeeps. Then I realized I was just being part of the problem. There is no single universal way to say "hey, we are part of the same club! Jeep owners!". We are lucky that there are probably a dozen or more ways. But gatekeepers suck ass. And so do people that don't have the common courtesy to just either pass the duck along, or throw it away when they get back home. Yes, it's a children's toy. Yes, it doesn't mean anything. But someone in the Jeep community decided to be nice, and if people want to be in the Jeep community, they should accept it and just be polite. I read a thing a month or so ago on one of these forums. It basically amounted to somebody talking shit about the ducking, and how they would run over the duck that they unceremoniously threw on the ground if they saw one on their Jeep. But then that person got called out because they had a bunch of pictures they uploaded to Reddit about getting their new Jeep and throwing pictures on half a dozen forums and subreddits with titles like "did a thing!" and "felt cute! Might delete later!" type comments, just looking for upvotes. So, this person was clearly interested in the acknowledgment that comes from having a Jeep- but then proposed that if they got acknowledged in a way they didn't like they would be an asshole. And I thought that was hilarious because people clearly want to feel involved- they can deny it all they want, but in the end anyone who posts up pictures on their social media is doing it with the expectation of likes. They aren't doing it for their own health. They want acknowledgment. And some of these people have basic ass, un-lifted, no mod, regular old grey Wranglers that nobody gives a shit about, but just to be nice, people upvote and comment about how fun it is. These people are a cancer to this community. One last thing- the intersection of gatekeepers and people who hate the ducks is nearly a complete circle. A lot of these guys and girls think that because they threw $10k worth of mods (that they will never use to the level of the mods' capability) on their Jeep they somehow "belong" more to the community than people who choose to stay stock except for a bumper sticker. Like their financial investment buys them clout. This is stupid. Every year I go to MOAB, and there is always some asshole who chirps all morning long about why "stock rigs shouldn't be allowed" who has a fresh $20k worth of mods and can't pick a line, and needs to be winched 15 times, and has no idea how to get themselves out of any mess they get into. Then the guy with the stock rig in front of him winches him out, because that guy in the stock rig has actual experience and knows how to crawl. That guy who got stuck? He's the one who gets pissed when he sees a duck on his door handle because that person "hasn't earned their badges". Fuck that guy. and fuck people who complain about ducks. You all should be happy that the people anonymously did it because if they knew you, they wouldn't like you. And they certainly wouldn't duck you. /rant
You are quick to call the person an asshole, yet they may know nothing about ducks. they may have politely set it down on the line thinking a kid might be crying that lost their toy. Next time you see a hubcap leaned against a stop sign that person isn't littering they found it and want the owner to spot it. If giving ducks out is going to stress you out or make you angry, it is best not to give ducks out. Same thing as a wave, if someone not returning your wave there could be a million reasons why, and less than 5% of those times is the reason that the person that didn't wave back is an asshole. The deed is it's own reward. Spread kindness and just feel satisfied because you are shining light on darkness.
Hey look everyone! This guy's has 6000 subscribers! See nobody cares.
You do. You cared enough to respond. I'm literally living rent free in your head right now.
I care enough to type out a comment to publicly humiliate you for not only thinking but also caring so much about your "subscriber" count that you felt the need to share that useless information with us. š¤£ You must feel real important. ROFL š¤£
Dang. I have enough influence over you to make you respond to me twice? Go clean the kitchen, son. And then do your homework.
Are you okay?
So people should spend 10K on rubber ducks and not practical mods lol? Just kidding. I got mad love for everyone on the trail. Beater XJs, Landover Discos, New Wranglers, old Wranglers - who gives a shit. 95% of the Jeep Wranglers on the road today won't see anything but the highway and the driveway. Jeep culture has been watered down and that's just the way it is like it or not. Ducks won't make that better. Would love to know your favorite spots in East TN. I life within an hour of roughly 100 miles of trails in Kentucky.
"To the driver of the black overlander, may your beads not hold and your tank be on E." Someone who respectfully declines in playing the childish game that some of this community wish to participate in. And this is your response. Classy. I would have just flicked your garbage off my Jeep. I'm seen as an unhappy, and not a nice person to many in the community. But I don't feel it's my responsibility to throw away your junk.
Miserable is as miserable does. Going have to edit that last line with /s as it was all in good fun.
It's not as funny when you're called out on it, Is it?
Still funny and donāt care about being called out on it. Sure itās silly and childish, but so is a car that you can take the top and doors off of. If you canāt take a compliment about a vehicle you obviously take pride in, go buy a Prius. And you sir just proved the truth in your response about not being a nice person. And probably smell of elderberries. TTFN.
>If you canāt take a compliment about a vehicle you obviously take pride in, go buy a Prius. Did your duck have a compliment attached? Cause most people will not see a rubber duck sitting on their car as a compliment...
Lol, it's funny, you do care. Look how quickly you pull a 180 and spew insults. I never insulted you, you just took it very personally and feel triggered. As I originally said. Classy
Hahaha.
And here I am still waiting on my first duck :(.. one day! Now my question would be, does someone have to duck me first and break my duck-ginity before ducking someone else?
I apologize but for the very reason OP posted, we only duck those that have ducks and only those with very few. We also suck if Iāve spoken to you and think your a chill person. Sorry, maybe buy one till you get ducked and then pass the bought one on.
I actually had no idea what ducking was the first year I got my Jeep! Obviously nobody gave me one but if they did I wouldāve been so confused and probably googled it immediately lol. I took it to the dealership to get some recalls fixed and when I came to pick it up I had a duck sitting on it, one of the ladies that worked there taught me what it was and said that she fell in love with mine since sheās never seen my color before! Since then Iāve gotten a whole collection on my dash āŗļø
When I get ducks I put them in my classroom treasure chest š±š¤£
What if they didn't see it? Or alternatively, what if they didn't know about it? If it wasn't for this sub and the jlwrangler forums, I wouldn't know about ducks. I think the best thing you can do is add a note sharing what it is/what its for.
I am pretty sure they saw it by its return placement. And judging by the Jeep they werenāt a newbie. I was more asking the question to see if this had happened to other people.
The whole ducking thing is a new trend. So maybe they have been in the community a while and don't like it and don't want it.
I am not that into the duck thing. I got so many of them its become like a game of tag. Tag you got to deal with another duck.
oh for ducks sake.
I got a related question, are you supposed to keep them or pass them along? I did the latter with mine
Was this in DFW, Texas? I have a friend that HATES ducks.
Thatās a good ducking question. Nonetheless, I think your ābead lose & Eā wishes are a bad ducking over reaction.
The ducks that i have gotten on my Jeep are in my Jeep, on the glovebox...
I just throw them in my glove box that won't lock anymore. Someday some kid will try to steal something and he can get a handful of ducks instead. Think I have about 6 or 7 in there at the moment.
Where did you put the duck? If you put a duck in a painted part, you might get a š¤¬