3 ms·
> That only makes sense if you assume a sizable portion of the citizenry knows about it. Are you kidding? At least growing up in the 90s every teenager knew ab
by baron_harkonnen 6y ago
> That only makes sense if you assume a sizable portion of the citizenry knows about it.
Are you kidding? At least growing up in the 90s every teenager knew about PBA cards and any kid with cops in their family would eagerly whip out their collection of PBA cards for bragging rights. There were even different levels of cards, associated with different levels of officer you had connections too.
I was honestly surprise to see this as 'news' since at least where I grew up this was widely known.
- kbenson 6y ago> Are you kidding? At least growing up in the 90s every teenager knew about PBA cards and any kid with cops in their family would eagerly whip out their collection of PBA cards for bragging rights. Have you considered that it might be affected by locale, and be more prevalent in some areas than others? I grew up in the 80's and 90's, and I never heard of this and have never seen a card. What makes you think your experiences with this when you were a teenager scale to everyone in the United States?
- Talanes 6y agoAnd growing up in the 90's, this just entirely wasn't a thing in my area. Instead of a codified system of cards, our local PD just had a car sticker they gave out to families of officers.