I’d expect yours to say “Well Cum” or some such
The trick is, it depends. All vampires are bound by obsessive compulsive behaviours, but the particular form that obsessive behaviour takes depends on a number of factors. The most prominent are age and culture of origin.
More recently embraced American vampires tend to become absorbed in the minutiae of the contractual, legalistic formulation of things, so if they have an aversion to entering without permission, it is more based upon an obsession with the sanctity of individualized private property. This leads to the trait of rarely making a direct entry into a home for predatory purposes but rather a focus on convincing the victim it is in their best interest to give willingly their vital fluids and life force. Many victims of such vampires are not even aware of what they have lost.
Older vampires from a more European context take a more hierarchical approach to property. If your home is in their territory, you are their subject and, as such, no permission is needed to enter what is effectively their house.
Other contexts, such as that of the Middle East of antiquity, produce vampires who hold sacred the unwritten yet iron clad laws of hospitality. They would never dream of entering unannounced, or taking more than a token sip from one who invites them willingly into their home, but equally would feel no compunction over slaughtering one who turned them away. To these, a welcome mat is an amusement, not an invitation, and only the most desperate leach would stoop to taking a whimsical decoration as written law.
But then again, vampires are an imaginary metaphorical construct for describing the greedy people of a society, so really the answer is no.
So a neck tattoo that says, “My body is a temple. Vampires not welcome in the sanctity of this temple” would do the trick?
HOW ABOUT AN ASS TATTOO THATS REAL BIG
edit shit i was trying to do the little type thingy
If you get one that says “Quarantine Zone” you can be assured vampires & humans will go away.
This is the quality of Showerthoughts we should strive for.
We need the community to get back to these.
I got told to shut up last time I said this. “people can think what they want in the shower.”
This com has turned into a “Just post” thing. They spirit is lost. Perhaps we need a “RealShowerThoughts” com.
It has indeed started to become a posting dump, with more politics leaning in.
Sounds like a bit from What We Do in the Shadows.
Would one of those “Hate is not welcome here” signs prevent them from entering, or does that depend on if the vampire hates their victim? I don’t hate the cow in my cheeseburger, so I’m guessing not.
A no soliciting sign doesn’t stop solicitors, so I don’t see why a welcome mat should have any more power.
Depending on the jurisdiction, soliciting often requires a permit and conditions of the permit include obeying no soliciting signs. Failure to obey typically means the permit can be revoked, or it could be a criminal offense. Could be worth looking into that for your area.
Thank you friend for that tip, I am going to look in to this.
is it a specific local code violation or a state thing? because it can’t possibly be a federal violation, i am certain it ain’t a federal permit.
when i search for [my town] + [solicitation] i get a bunch of pages on how to make a bid on projects with the town. but i have the high.
The apartment complex where I live is posted no soliciting. Management heavily encourages people to call the police if solicitors ignore the sign. Even more shocking, the police will actually come and throw solicitors off the property if they’re contacted. (This is also the same police department that tracked down and got an arrest warrant for the random stranger who broke into my car the day after it happened)
you’re welcome to stand on my mat as long as you want blood sucker, but you’ll never come inside my house.
Wasn’t there a serial killer that said an unlocked door meant he was invited to go inside? That’s why I’ve never used a doormat that has “Welcome” on it. Hopefully that applies to vampires too.
Yup, Richard Chase
I like how they caught that guy, he got found in the streets.
Yes
I don’t know what offends me more the photoshop job or the font.
It’s one of those Chinese mass photoashop jobs. Like when they Photoshop ear buds in somewhere ears and it looks like they just copy and pastes it.
I think it’s great that it’s a pre-door mat.
Is that so you can wipe your feet on it and get it dirty and leave the actual door mat pristine?
Welcome is present day “well met” or something more like “I’m happy you’re here” not “please come in my house”.
So no, I think you can keep your mat; most vampires are probably old enough to take the original meaning anyway.
This is an interesting interpretation, but even assuming that most vampire s actually are that old, which isn’t a given, id think theyd still abide by the modern definition. Language changes, and that’s not what it means anymore, especially not in the context of a welcome mat.
My door mat says, “Dogs welcome, humans tolerated”. I think I’m good.
Mine says GO AWAY.
It’s a door mat, not a welcome mat.
Mine is a hillbilly frog with a rifle and says “Hippity hoppity, get off my property”
is it specifically mr frog or mr toad? because that sounds really cool. i am getting a picture in one of my brains
No they just made their own frog design from what I can tell
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Sounds too assertive to be a door mat
Not to take this too literally but… According to pagan and wiccan practices, the welcome mat gives permission to all potentially negative spirits to enter
*some
i love those negative spirits. brew them with lemon balm, rosemary, and lavender and they become delightful spirits.
Take it literally.
Ward your house. Cleanse it. Gate keep your gates.
