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Seems wild that a now beloved phrase, started as a government slogan to get people to stop throwing trash on the road.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I legit had no idea! I've heard it a lot in media as just like a joke about how tough texans think they are.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Same with "everything is bigger in Texas" I think that was a reference to the increased fines.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember when it started. I even remember Shamu singing about it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Shamu and the Texas Tuxedos

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Speaking of ad misfires, South Dakota had their own set of... ideas.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

"Cuz Texas is already trash"

God these assholes never ever finish the fucking sentence.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lady Bird Johnson (first lady, wife of Lyndon Johnson) was the first to push for anti littering and anti billboards. She was also moved by the amount of trash she saw in Texas.

https://www.pbs.org/ladybird/shattereddreams/shattereddreams_report.html

Looks like the trash was still a problem into the 80s when the Texas DOT started their own anti littering campaign.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Mess_with_Texas

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is badass. Wish my region made something like this!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Then you could make it your entire personality like the "everything's bigger in Texas" idiots