When I started putting out fliers for the RegRemix contest, I decided to stop posting graffiti photos for a while, out of a fear that it would cause more people to start writing on walls. A week later, it seems– if anything– to have had the opposite effect. A number of previously very active (and at times vitriolic) threads have been silent. On the other hand, there’s been a few additions that I’m guessing are not the direct result of the publicity around Reg graffiti. I’m inclined to post them, with the understanding that all future graffiti will be posted at my discretion and you shouldn’t write on walls as a way to seek fame and glory.
This week, Glaretron advises that you not sit at his study desk in the stacks.
The “Andrew loves Allen” graffiti has taken a lot of abuse. It was written at multiple study desks, and another location has now been scratched out entirely after receiving a few additions (fags; that is hateful; your mother is hateful). This one hasn’t had it quite as bad in terms of derogatory comments, but it was nice to see what had been written there turned around in its tone.
Speaking of tone, seeing a semi-philosophical, slightly cranky thread invaded by absurd memes almost always puts a smile on my face.
Ms. Pac-Man + om nom nom nom + “one little voice” = Happy Thanksgiving from Crescat Graffiti.
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