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Tempe Police arrest man suspected of vandalizing "Penis Man" on buildings (lemmy.today)
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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (11 children)

The people who get angry over graffiti are so weird. I feel like being in a city with no graffiti anywhere would feel really weird and unsettling

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I go either way since graffiti can range between beautiful works of art and some douchebag tagging his local 'crew' name on my neighbors fence.

    This one is amusing and definitely gets a pass from me though.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    If it’s artistic, sure. Even if it said “penis man” in an artful way. But this is as close to art as a adult still drawing stick figures. It’s almost embarrassing we don’t have better vandals in the neighborhood.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago*

    In some respects the art is in the act itself, in the rebellion, in defiance, in the declaration that "I was here." Even something as simple as a tag scrawled on a wall that seems illegible to the uninitiated but actually contains complex letterforms like Philly's wickets, or even the simplicity from the great Cornbread himself.

    In some ways Penis Man here is more of an artist IMO than anyone who only paints legally, even Sofles level murals.

    And he went back over the buff too, props to Penis Man.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It’s a weird thing I see some amazing graffiti here and there. My city actually pays for and has a competition for it…….. but like 99% of it it’s gang tags and neo Nazi’s sadly

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    I stayed in downtown Denver and right across the street from my hotel where I'd go to catch the bus somebody wrote in sharpie on an electrical box

    MY YAMMY IS IN FLORIDE DUH

    It was one of the highlights of my trip and I hope it's still there if I ever make it there again

    Edit: found a picture

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