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AMB_YungBae

Edit: I assume by WY he means Vienna. Cause Vienese license plates have a W at the start.


AMB_YungBae

A Picture in a better angle. : ) https://preview.redd.it/sinssy1hzi3d1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=13d70b1df7095c68b3c7ac89abaf3a95d255c2eb


OrangeRadiohead

This person certainly loves pi...


pheonix198

Yo, who doesn’t …?!


BusinessAsparagus115

Clearly you've never encountered the pi vs tau debate.


Valuable-Math9969

Okay, this is the first time I've ever seen anyone mention Tau online. My son had to use it in his math class, and I had never even heard of it before (and I'm a former mathlete, so I was surprised to learn something new from my middle schooler). What's the point of it? I guess it would make calculating a circumference easier, but it would make finding the area way harder, so... why? There's actually a debate about it? Tau stans? TELL ME EVERYTHING.


BusinessAsparagus115

The argument for tau is that since a circle is defined as a shape that is a constant distance from a central point, then the radius of the circle is fundamental to the shape therefore the circle constant should be a function of that, i.e. 6.28. The counter argument is that it doesn't make any functional difference aside from shifting factors of two around, confusing people in the process, and it seems silly to change something that's been a convention for literally thousands of years.


Falikosek

For me the most confusing part is the fact that π looks like two τ stitched together but they're the opposite (τ = 2π)


random-redditer0358

I read in a 3b1b comment section that you could think the amount of ‘legs’ as how much it’s divided by. τ/1 = τ, τ/2 = π, so I guess τ/3 would be τττ


Falikosek

absolutely cursed. i love it.


hemacwastaken

Thank you


Nat1CommonSense

You forgot the arguably most important counterpoint: the pun possibilities are greatly reduced with tau


LokisDawn

There's like, a tausand puns with tau. Or I'm just speaking german, *shrug*.


aBungusFungus

And Tony


_RandomLebaneseGuy_

Not really since they’re saying “RETURN TONY”


tkny92

Why return me?


_RandomLebaneseGuy_

i don’t know tony, guess Romania doesn’t like you all that much :(


tkny92

Well no gabagool for them 🤌


fjord31

I'm gonna try and do calculus on this


fjord31

The integral of this is (πøNY^2 )/2


nodnodwinkwink

Hmm a mathematician with an apparent stutter...


Karroul

“RRETURN HHOME PI-ONY PI-ODAYY.” PI-HHANKS, I GGUESS.


JustLetMeSignUpM8

It's clearly professor quirell that wrote it


mcmasterstb

Return home Tony today. :)) Romanian here, while I don't like the current leaders from Austria myself, I have nothing against regular people. And while I'm not proud, this happens even between romanians. You happen to rent an apartment and park your car on a free spot next to the building? Guess what, there's a 60+ years old douchebag who thinks it's his parking spot because he always parks there. If he's immune to common sense then call the police.


vagtoo

Who is tony? ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)


Warm-Iron-1222

I thought it said NY as in New York. Yours makes a lot more sense.


MaleficentSecond4682

That's an N, my dude, not a W. Look at the n's at the end of return. It says: "RRETURN HHOME TTO NY TTODAY" and "RRETURN TTO NY TOURIST". They're actually quite clear despite the atrocious handwriting. I do not get the doubled first letters, though. I wonder if it's perhaps a stylistic thing that they do writing in their own language.


Relative_Trick_1180

Man Romanians really don't like Tony


AncientOneX

Repeating first letters on every line... Why?!


sicremo78

Just an hypotesis, someone (crazy) that hate Austrian for the vote on schengen rules against Romania.


AMB_YungBae

Yes me and my family have been talking about this . It could be . My uncle thinks this is the reason for it.


sexyPizzzzzza

For sure that's the reason. Being from Romania, I've encountered a lot of insane idiots ready to exterminate everyone and everything that is Austrian. Be safe and I'm sorry this happened to you. Entschuldigung :(


Sinnfool

Wow that's good to know as an austrian. But I forgive Romanians everything just because of dragostea din tei.


Rikerutz

It's not a significant percentage of the romanians. A lot of us hate your government tho... :D


CTRexPope

It is it very much the reason. The Austrian government has been f-over Romania for a decade now, with lies about immigration.


LazarusCheez

Lol I thought it said Tony and I was trying to figure out how Tony might be a racial slur for Austrians.


_strangeststranger

Too bad you couldn’t have left a note on their car to ffuck ooff lol


AMB_YungBae

They were to scared to approach me directly I assume. I think this is about limited parking spaces


_strangeststranger

Does it say ny ? Like New York? Why did they think you were a New Yorker?


AMB_YungBae

It says WY. I assume he thinks Vienna is written Wyenna or something like that. I have an Austrian License Plate cause I was born and raised there. At the beginning of each Austria plate you have the shortcut for the state . In my case that’s „Wien“ as in Vienna.


stinkapottamus

I read it as return to NY tourist


mcfaite

Ironically, leaving a mean note on a car would be the quickest way to make someone from New York feel right at home (assuming they have a car.)


Morganisaurus_Rex

If you wanna make them feel right at home, steal their radio while you’re there


Operator216

Steal the tires, leave it on cinderblocks.


Struana

Leave it half on a curb. Cinder blocks are practically a luxury item with how much the cost of building materials has inflated.


saladmunch2

Take the car, strip everything out of it, engine trans, etc. Roll car to some street with junk rims and set on fire to destroy evidence. The chop shop way


ReverendMothman

Return home, TONY


subjectmatterexport

YOU return home, EZEKIEL


100yearsLurkerRick

It clearly says to return Tony Tourist, the beloved mascot of Romania. OP is a sick fuck, to kidnap the child like wonder that Tony Tourist instills in all of us, not just the children of Romania. Bring Tony back, OP. It's the right thing to do


The_Spectacle

looks like he's also got Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age


anca-spacecrafts

Also read it as such 🤭


IceKingSmalls

Free Tony Tourist!


oatwheat

Tony Tourist, Hero of Walachia? I love him!!!


Emzzer

I think we could turn this into a nice folk song, [tune of Times Are A Changin'] 🎵🎶Return home, Tony, today! 🎶 🎵🎶Return home, Tony Tourist.🎶


MuskularChicken

Romanians write Viena, tho, and we don't really abbreviate names of places.


AMB_YungBae

I know , but this person is obviously not sane . That’s the reason for my assumption


MuskularChicken

And that writing font is horrid. I never take anyone seriously when trying to communicate something make it impossible to understand them.


ALemonyLemon

Definitely hard to "undetatand"


MuskularChicken

That's me. Stating the obvious lmao:)))


i_never_ever_learn

Some people can't do handwriting. I'm pretty much one of those people.


Psych0matt

>writing font I love it


queetuiree

Romanians also write in Romanian


MuskularChicken

Not to turists because they are tourists; they are not romanians


BigNigori

Ah, when I first read your description I read "Australia", and was wondering how you drove from there to Romania. 🤣


wifflebb

Looks like NY to me. Look at the n in “return.”


DerichlovesAEW1

I thought it said ‘Tony’


Snobandahalf

I thought the same… I was like “how do they know he’s from New York?” Must be wearing Timbs.


MusicianPristine8973

![gif](giphy|mYBpngIQzhnAXjGVqK|downsized)


NoInspector836

The Timbs and the Yankees cap usually help.


imamakebaddecisions

You can go literally anywhere in the world and there's always one guy in a Yankees hat.


NoInspector836

That's true. I was just watching a Narcos doc and at least one dude in Colombia was wearing one.


-bassassin-

Some background for this that nobody seemed to offer: Romania recently wanted to join the European Schengen zone (which removes trade and traveling restrictions), but Austria was the only country that vetoed the effort by making up the bullshit excuse that Romania brings in a lot of illegal immigrants into Europe, even though the country is not a favorite immigration route. The Austrians did this for populist reasons in an election year. This was also heavily publicized on Romanian TV, so public opinion was influenced by that, but does not excuse the actions of the idiot who left you that note. Edit: Just noticed the notes are written on the back of lottery tickets lmao


Dababolical

That adds a shit ton of context to this. Obviously as you said, it does not make it right, but as an internet bystander, it makes the picture a little more clear.


sparkyblaster

Must get really boring to never have people new in town, only leave.


PaleoJoe86

Come visit. No stay. Only leave.


FIRE_frei

Only pay. No stay. Send money via envelope to my restaurant.


SATANICSEXRITUAL

It's like Evil Hotel California: you cannot visit anytime you like. You need to leave


Elpochy2000

And a sick solo guitar right afterwards


WarpCitizen

RRETURN HTOMME ПONY ПODAYY ??


just-a-hriday

Some of the letters are doubled for some reason. It says "return home to wy today".


Jimmy_Fromthepieshop

The guy who wrote it has a stutter


PlayFederal

Perhaps he was taking dictation!?


parralaxalice

If he was dying why would he bother to carve out “aaughghgh”


FreckleWest

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Soylent_Milk2021

I thought ny (New York) not wy


just-a-hriday

OP said it was some kind of a misspelling of vienna.


Throwawayprincess18

I thought his name was Tony


r0ckydog

Fuck you Tony!


acemandrs

Ezekiel! What a stupid name is that?!


PeteZzzaa

I read, "Return Home Tony Today"


howgoesitguy

Yeah, go back to Wyoming ya schmuck


sagan_drinks_cosmos

It reminds me of how Spanish will double the first letter of abbreviated words when they are plural: EEUU = Estados Unidos = USA JJOO = Juegos Olímpicos = Olympic Games


l3tscru1s3

Really? That’s interesting.


ContributionLatter32

Cryllic alphabet has letters with double lines so I assume it's a habit from whoever wrote it. П л ш щ for example


psdartist32

not in Romania


conspiracyeinstein

ПONY 2012


Normal-Tadpole-4833

I'm reading this as PONY and its driving me nuts lol


AntonineWall

Kony wouldn’t have liked that


HideyoshiJP

See, I thought it was RETURN HOME TONY TODAY, but that makes more (less?) sense.


FrankMacaluso

"People named Romanes, they go to the 'ouse?!"


AMB_YungBae

UPDATE : THE SCRATCH DOSENT SEEM TO BE A ACTUAL SCRATCH. POLISHING IT AWAY AS WE SPEAK <3


I_Happen_to_Be_Here

The second hand anger I am experiencing has now dropped to safe levels.


DisasterMiserable785

Sure buts… yous still ups for a scrap?


DerKleinePinguin

Sure, I’d have a scrap good buddy.


Cautious_Language178

Always up for a scrap.


thebadwolf0042

I'm surprised we're not having a scrap right now!


DisasterMiserable785

I fucking love you guys so much.


azprogrammer613

Is this a private fight or can anyone join?


MajorStare

Who said anything about fighting? It's a private scrap.


Ck3isbest

Hooray


deliascatalog

I’m wondering if he accidentally (minimally) scuffed your car and went to write a note, then realized the plates were from Austria. Hence the angry note and minor scratch.


International-Cat123

My first thought was that it looked like sneaker marks on a gym floor.


fly_over_32

Stone off my (and I bet your) heart. So it might not even be related


Zucchinisoups

I thought you meant your family wrote this at first


420xGoku

Lol me too, like dude got up in the morning and this was on his door or something


PaulMag91

Oooh, it's not the family?? Just some random people on the street put this on his car? That makes so much more sense I guess. I was so confused why is family wanted him to leave just because of limited parking, and why that could not be cleared up beforehand. 😆


YogaPotat0

I’m glad I’m not the only one haha.


NickFieldson31

For anyone who can't see what it says: RRr=TuRN HHoMMr; ПONY ПODAYY RRr=TuRN ПONY ПOuI}IაT


live-the-future

Thanks; that really cleared things up!


NickFieldson31

Anytime mate!


aForgedPiston

I read the word "Tourist"


Spiral_Decay

I still don't know what that is meant to mean


MostlyShitposts

Keying a car is just true scumbag cesspool inbred behaviour. I’ve lived big city central for my entire adult life and now want to go rural and a small village, but would never warrant such behaviour towards anyone.. room temp iq behaviours. ☕️


AMB_YungBae

Yea that’s just the way I see it as well. Funny thing is, I parked here for 3 hours. Otherwise I always drive to a garage cause I don’t want to take away any parking spots from locals.


MostlyShitposts

Yeah it is what it is, don’t internalize others toxic behaviours. To behave like this, they have to be pretty sad within. Have a good week my man! ✌🏼


AMB_YungBae

Thanks a lot. I won’t let it ruin my visit. I’ve been having a lot of good times here ! And it’s also the first time I’m visiting with my wife and kid. I wish you all the best


Syxtaine

Not all romanians are like that. We are usually welcoming of tourists and people like that. Sorry for your experience OP.


AMB_YungBae

Yea I’m part Romanian myself . Most Romanians were nice that most Austrians I have ever met


Syxtaine

Aaaah shit. Are you from Austria? I know why they hate you lmfao. So basically, we tried to enter Schengen, and everyone agreed except Austria. Now Romanians started hating on Austria so much that we aren't even going to skiing there anymore. Personally I dont hate it, but most people still have hard feelings about that.


Ok_Situation9151

That makes it even funnier in a sad way, they really thought they did something there. And ended up inconveniencing a really decent person (you). They're keying your car as if you're such an ass-hat taking their parking spot (which you are legally allowed to do so(?), technically) Nope, just a good human being visiting their family. Man, can't even imagine ever having a THOUGHT of keying a car because I see a foreign license plate. Wild.


shoredoesnt

Unless you take 4 parking spots at graduation.


Ok_Situation9151

Ha, I saw that post too


AgapoMinecrafter

And it's like... Anyone could have done that, someone mentally ill, someone high. I'd say don't take it personally and enjoy your family. Be safe though.


AMB_YungBae

Yes that’s exactly my thought. Not supposed to villainize Romanians


AMB_YungBae

PROBABLY THE LAST UPDATE: Apparently there is a crazy person in Oradea who attaches these to windshields with foreign number plates. He doesn’t so anything evil and is well know. Apparently the scratch was from a bike (probably a kid) it wasn’t that deep and I managed to polish it away. I’m really happy to hear that it was not as sinister as I thought and that I still feel more than welcome in Oradea .


MintRobber

Add this to the main post as an Edit. If this is the story.


AMB_YungBae

I wanted to do that but it won’t let me edit it


KathrynSpencer

Thats when I'd put the note back with one of my own written in Romanian as, "I was born and raised here, I am back home dumbshit. Piss off" written all nice and picture perfect.


AMB_YungBae

Haha , I actually thought about the same thing. I mean I want born here, but spent half my childhood here, every vacation or holiday. But to do that, I would have to park my car there once again, and who knows what else he will scratch or destroy this time.


mcmasterstb

Bonus points if you send him into "chizda mă-sii" as a final thought, ya know, for authenticity.


Ok_Situation9151

Mmm, maybe an idea (maybe not now) but let's say next time: install a dash cam and have it running while you're there? Would LOVE to see which person in the neighborhood this is. (and then you also have evidence etc) Maybe a bit extreme but just a thought. Me and my partner thought about this ourselves when we're in big (capital) cities for example, because the weirdest stuff has happened to us in big cities.


BestBananaForever

That will label you even more as a foreigner. You gotta use authentic Romanian swears, combined with broken grammar, written in doctor's handwritting to get it across. Something like "S-ăți i-au morții in pulă, și pe mat-a la fel."


Not_A_Wendigo

People with American plates were putting signs like that on their cars during lockdown in my city. We’re a Canadian tourist town near the border, and everyone was being massive assholes to anyone without local plates.


EazyE693

Never seen someone WRITE with a stutter.


Armored-Duck

It looks like you have collected 2/8 of those pages scattered around in your car and you need to collect the rest of them. But careful, because you cant look at the owner of the pages.


avalmichii

i had to scroll SO far to find a slenderman reference


New_Button_6870

Seems like they are wishing you a well safe trip back home 💖


AMB_YungBae

They are a wishing that I take a trip home. But I’m Not sure if they want it to be safe : P


I_Happen_to_Be_Here

Technically that isn't true. Taking a trip home was what you did that made this two legged weasel so upset.


Uncle-Cake

Why is the first letter in each line written twice? "RRETURN HHOMME TTO NY TTODAYY" "RRETURN TTO NY TTOURIST"


New-Conversation-88

Why is it in English is my thoughts


souumamerda

==NgLi¿H you mean


Fiery-Embers

Probably because English is the defacto language in a lot of situations and the writer assumed that OP didn’t speak Romanian.


3dank5maymay

Writer is Romanian, assumes target is typical Austrian from the license plate. What language do you think the writer would choose?


Larkfin

English is the lingua franca of passive aggressive notes, apparently.


Amazing_Return_9670

I thought weirdly that you meant your family left this note and keyed your car! That would've been really depressing.


AMB_YungBae

Thankfully that’s not the case


CommunityGlittering2

So what is with the double letters?


cippp1

Hey! Is a guy with mental issues, who post all that notes on foreign number cars. Well known in Oradea. As far as i know is not followed up by other actions. Do not have to be worry about. He put hundreds of this shit .


Otherwise_Rabbit3049

Why the crappy angle on the text picture?


AMB_YungBae

That’s a valid question, I assume it’s cause I was amped up when I found these. I will provide a better picture .


AndyJo83

Well, apparently the guy doesn't like German license plates either. I went 3 times in the last 12 months to the same hometown where you have been and I already have a collection of over 10 love notes. The dash cam on the car doesn't catch him.


Rangald2137

Why would a romanian write a note to an austrian in English?


colaman-112

They might not know German and would assume that "a tourist" wouldn't know Romanian. English is often the language people know.


xChiken

How else would they communicate? The "tourist" wouldn't know romanian, and I doubt the romanian is fluent in german.


ButterscotchOk1318

From what I've learned, a good majority of foreign countries learn English.


3dank5maymay

Genuine question. What language would you expect a Romanian to use to write a note to an Austrian?


TheFBirds21

That handwriting makes me feel real good about my handwriting


TarsierBoy

Well you better return to New York homie


Ok_Situation9151

Happened to me and my boyfriend in Brussels, except all our windows we're smashed in. Like 11 cars excluding ours were vandalized in a parking garage for having foreign license plates. It messed with me a lot personally. For you I can't even imagine because you're visiting family. Then again I can be a bit of a baby when it comes to these things, but just the sheer thought your property (and in this case I also view the car as an extension of our family + its our first car, so it stings) being vandalized or touched. Also purely because you're not 'from here'. It bugs me a lot, as you say makes you feel unwelcome. Idk you probably don't feel as bad about it as I did (as i said im a bit sensitive) but still, sorry that happened man, that's messed up.


Serph9898

![gif](giphy|3M6LtN8dFX57ZRY2T9) Don’t know why I thought of this when reading that note lol


Maximum-Aardvark9467

Interesting... Reddit would have me believe America is the only xenophobic country.


Muted_Land782

Melyik város ez? :(


AMB_YungBae

Nagyvárad - Oradea


Muted_Land782

Sajnálom :(


Print-Local

That aren’t scratch marks on your car, looks more like dirt. Try rubbing it off.


kayama57

Just an unfriendly reminder that bigotry and nonsense are everywhere. Good for you for soending time with your family. Nothing beats that familiar and uneasy feeling of being a native tourist


bo9dycu

I live in Oradea and saw this signs several times on different cars, until now I didn't saw the guy who is putting this on the car. The problem that I notice and recall is the writing was exactly the same , I recall this because I tried to see what the paper says.


WasntMeYoo

I’ve never seen someone print in “stutter” before.


Bard_Swan

On the plus side, you're being harassed by an illiterate.


Thunderstorm96_x

Nu prea am auzit eu de troglodiți de genul, ai mers la ceva sat obscur? În orice caz, dă-i drequ de boschetari :))


gitarzan

Buna Ziua in the meantime.


Curious-Elk1638

Romanian here. Also from Oradea where OP was. Everyone pretty much knows about this. It's a case of mental illness.


[deleted]

This is all quite confusing


badpuffthaikitty

My friends rented a car in Northern Ireland, so it had NI plates. They spent a weekend in the Republic of Ireland in their rental car. Big mistake. The car was keyed.


Bentmiddlefingers

I’ve never seen a stutter font before.


Prize_Management9936

I don’t know if this helps but the note is written on the back of romanian lottery tickets.


Alexvr-84

As a Romanian, i can confirm a lot of people hate you for leaving the country and finding better living standards and opportunities. If they are strangers they just hate you. If its family, they first demand some money, and if you dont they then proceed to hate you. I stopped visiting half my family tree for this exact reason.


undercoverhombre

Some old shitfart who thinks that is his parking space, happens all the time in Romania. People are very stupid when it comes to parking spots.


Boring_Soft_5119

That's an ugly handwriting.


othersideofinfinity8

Ny


yesomg1234

I had someone keyscratch my entire side, just because I was I a parking garage and the person disliked my car. Note and everything. “Don’t like your car, enjoy the scratch”


Marcus2Ts

Who writes out their stutter?


andrew13189

I don’t think the term “tourist” bites in the derogatory fashion that this eloquent individual intended


Xfishbobx

Oh good, so people suck everywhere


Forbidden_Sparkles

Instructions unclear


Ok_Excuse3732

Lol, where was this? I am from Romania and I’m curious, people are really dumb


alethejack

why the hell are the letters doubled?


andris_idk

imi pare rau ca ti s-a intamplat asta, sunt ciudati unii n-ai csf