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submitted 14 hours ago* (last edited 17 minutes ago) by alexei_1917@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

I think this might be the same person who did this last time, it's very close to where I saw the last one. Which the city dealt with in a matter of days from when I saw it, so maybe this particular canvas of "street art" will also get cleaned/painted over.

(I'm not against "street art" - I'm rather fond of some of the prettier examples of it as an art form, and tagging is an interesting form of self expression - I just said that in that I'm curious how long it will take the city to do something about this tag, since the previous one I found on City property also caused it and nearby graffiti to be quickly cleaned when previously ignored, and graffiti on a trash receptacle is the ultimate "not worth cleaning".)

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[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Man, this post was anti-graffiti all along? I thought it was a "rad, someone tagged 'DPRK' here" type of post. Disappointment in this website never ends catgirl-disgust

[-] Sneakytrickyyy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 hour ago

Probably some teenagers going on a tagging spree, can't do much about it shrug-outta-hecks

[-] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 15 points 4 hours ago

anti graffiti is so funny i know it's pretty low stakes not a heinous opinion or anything but enjoying seeing this thread filter out the total dweebs on here

[-] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 1 points 58 seconds ago

Yeah, me too. I didn't post this to be anti graffiti but it's funny to see how many people think I did.

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 27 points 8 hours ago

Lol sorry, are you anti graffiti? On the bear site? Its one of the most basic forms of resistance against the concept of private property there is! Street art is often the expression of the creative who lacks the tools, resources, and space to be creative. Its a form of radical reclamation in the face of the enclosure of public spaces. It is the art of the oppressed and marginalized. Hobos created entire forms of language expressed through graffiti to communicate to other travelers if places where hostile or safe, if they had food or would provide lodging.

It is proletarian through and through!

[-] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 1 points 1 minute ago

I'm not against street art, I think it's really cool. I'm mostly just wondering what will happen next and keeping my favourite bears updated on what the taggers do and what the city does in relation to these DPRK tags.

[-] departee@hexbear.net 4 points 6 hours ago

i dont think they're against it, look at the last post, they just posted because of the DPRK tag

[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 5 points 2 hours ago

Why is street art in quotes then? Seems to imply it's not art.

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[-] opiumfree@hexbear.net 22 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

so you and other anti graffiti people in this thread type on here all day about wanting a revolution, taking breaks inbetween to scratch your ass and then not wash your hands before putting them back on the keyboard, but cant handle something as innocuous as street art from someone who is probably a teenager? seriously, how are you going to do anything meaningful in the overthrow of capitalism if this gets you riled enough to post about it?

if you knew anything about the history of street art you would understand why people do it. im not a street artist but i am inclined to defend them because i belong to the marginalized groups that started it

[-] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 1 points 4 minutes ago

I'm not trying to be anti graffiti here! I don't always understand it, but I do think it can be interesting to see, and to see what gets left alone and what gets "dealt with". I'm mostly just curious what'll happen next in the saga, and keeping you bears updated because you liked the last post.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 31 points 11 hours ago

Tagging the ugliest most obnoxious monstrosities in our urban environments is a perfectly good form of artistic expression. Making those monstrosities stand out more for the ugliness they are by making them even uglier is a good way to highlight them.

A nice object doesn't attract tags.

[-] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 1 points 6 minutes ago

Absolutely. I don't think I've seen a single dumpster in this city without at least one tag on it. They're garbage receptacles, sure, but do they have to be so ugly?

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