• slackassassin@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I was stuck at some train tracks in my area, and some of the graffiti on the trains left a gap around the safety information about weight limits and such.

    Not all of them did. Those that didn’t had to be painted over and re-written, but only the safety section. They left the rest alone.

    There was some mutual acceptance happening on both sides of the effort that warmed my heart.

    • Oka@sopuli.xyz
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      10 months ago

      As a graffiti enthusiast, I can say that is definitely part of “the rules”. Graffiti has a code of conduct, depite it appearing like anarchy. Many new writers are ignorant of it. Don’t tag:

      • Personal property
      • Places of religion
      • Memorials
      • Shipping or cargo data (like those train cars)
      • Places that are kept clean/painted (it’s going to get covered frequently)
      • F_State@midwest.social
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        24 days ago

        Anarchy isn’t a synonym for chaos my dude. If graffiti has a code of conduct that isn’t enforced by a government, that’s definitely Anarchy.

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      24 days ago

      It drives me nuts when people graffiti over the street signs on the freeway. Like damn, you’re hurting you community when there’s vast stretches of concrete retaining walls 20 feet away you could be spray painting.