Yeah, it's much better if you don't know what it's actually about. For anyone curious it has nothing to do with blueberries and is a much more philosophical trip down the rabbit hole
"according to the man who finally came forward to identify himself as the person who commissioned the sign.
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“This is a stunt. It was something I decided to put up to grab people’s attention so they could start thinking about blueberries,” he said.
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“But now you need to make the transition to know what the heck I’m talking about. Blueberries are the concerns and the hurdles and the struggles that all of us deal with in a day.
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“Some people want it to be about racism or drugs or the school system, but it’s all about something very simple and very human that touches all of us.”
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And there you have it.
The inspiration behind the Billboard had something to do with some guy he and his wife met on vacation in Alaska, who seemed super happy go-lucky. But then when he asked how the guy was his "whole demeanor changed" and he eventually informed them that he was "concerned about the blueberries. Not enough rain."
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The story then delves into how he thought this young guy was stupid for having that as his biggest worry, but then he thought about it more and realized maybe it wasn't so stupid after all, and maybe we should all try to "understand each other's blueberries" which is a sentence I never thought I'd say.
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Can read it here if you want https://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/2013/10/mystery_solved_owner_of_the_st.html
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“This is a stunt. It was something I decided to put up to grab people’s attention so they could start thinking about blueberries,” he said.
.
“But now you need to make the transition to know what the heck I’m talking about. Blueberries are the concerns and the hurdles and the struggles that all of us deal with in a day.
.
“Some people want it to be about racism or drugs or the school system, but it’s all about something very simple and very human that touches all of us.”
.
.
And there you have it.
.
The story then delves into how he thought this young guy was stupid for having that as his biggest worry, but then he thought about it more and realized maybe it wasn't so stupid after all, and maybe we should all try to "understand each other's blueberries" which is a sentence I never thought I'd say.
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Can read it here if you want https://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/2013/10/mystery_solved_owner_of_the_st.html