In this day and age, where the digital world and the real world are so intertwined, incidents like this remind us of the unpredictable nature of online culture. Whether the person who came up with that “Go back to California” plate did it on purpose to cause a stir or it was just a spur-of-the-moment thing, they’ve definitely left a mark on the internet landscape. It just goes to show that you never know what’s going to go viral next, and sometimes, it’s the simplest things that have the biggest impact.