Comments on: Grime Writer: detergent-filled graffiti pen

By: heng

heng — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:01:00 +0000

Why would I want to use my tongue to clean walls? euch!

By: gd23

gd23 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:33:00 +0000

Yes, fairly common to see it done with stencils, and a scrubbing brush, and a dirty sidewalk.

By: occupyordie

occupyordie — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:10:00 +0000

graff writers have been using those envelope things for years. shoe polish roll on dispensers work well, as do empty VHS housings with a chalkboard eraser as the ultra-wide nib.

By: anansi133

anansi133 — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:12:00 +0000

Now I’m thinking about how to combine this idea with stencils. A quick hit and run spritz in a bunch of dirty places could carry quite a lot of impact.

By: dragonfrog

dragonfrog — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:49:00 +0000

I’m saying – how do you react when police and lawyers agree that there are so many laws that you are probably breaking them, if not at every single moment, then certainly often enough that no knowledgeable officer has to wait more than about ten minutes to get you on something.

The lawyer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik
The cop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE&feature=relmfu

By: ChicagoD

ChicagoD — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:12:00 +0000

What? I don’t know what you’re saying.

I will say that people can always (a) lie and arrest you, or (b) conduct a Terry stop. That just isn’t the same as what that person said.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:06:00 +0000

Or maybe someone could clean an entire wall with those things, and claimed they were influenced by Robert Rauschenberg’s White Paintings.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:01:00 +0000

Hehe…I’m imagining Edward McLachlan’s Simon (you know, and his land of chalk drawings) being led off in handcuffs.

By: ChickieD

ChickieD — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:29:00 +0000

me too…and then you could go big and like squegee stuff. I think this soap and water thing could catch on.

By: baroncaveyeti

baroncaveyeti — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:55:00 +0000

Makes me wonder if you could use a refillable envelope moistener.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:17:00 +0000

Heh :) My comment was in relation to the UK – but it wouldn’t surprise me if you found one for us too.

By: Erasorhed

Erasorhed — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:05:00 +0000

Relevant: “Girl draws with chalk, mom hit with vandalism charge”
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-02/news/33005438_1_chalk-vandalism-charge-mom

By: dragonfrog

dragonfrog — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:47:00 +0000

How do you account for lawyers and cops making that sort of comments?

I’m not going to search out the relevant video right now, someone has probably linked it in a reply to one of your comments in the past.

By: ChicagoD

ChicagoD — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:36:00 +0000

This sort of comment always makes me sad. In fact, most laws are regulations intended to protect people, rules on how the government must act, and other specialized legislation. However, in fact, almost all municipalities, cities, and states (as well as the Federal government) in the United States make their laws readily available, generally in searchable form, on the internet. It’s really not that hard to see what’s against the law for normal people out doing normal things. Business regulations? Yes, those can be complicated. You walking to the corner store? No.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:31:00 +0000

“The companies were presumably prosecuted for breaking planning laws and advertising somewhere where they’re not supposed to.”

I think that you’re probably right – otherwise all those kids drawing with chalk on the street need to be rounded up immediately.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:23:00 +0000

Yes, immediately where my mind went as well.

At the very least, this is someone who is promoting a message for the public good, and with strong artistic skill. Much better than some fool etching his name into glass or affixing name tag stickers everywhere you look.

By: acerplatanoides

acerplatanoides — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:22:00 +0000

So it’s a sponge attached to an empty tube, shaped like a marker, which you can purchase instead of making yourself.

Take that consumerism!

By: xzzy

xzzy — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:05:00 +0000

They’ll just find some other charge to stick on the poor bastard. Law books are so thick that every single one of us is in violation of something at any given point in time.. the only challenge for the police is picking one.

By: ChicagoD

ChicagoD — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:49:00 +0000

Yes. Regular graffiti leaves a mark when the area it was done in is cleaned. Here removing the graffiti leaves a larger area cleaner. Hard to see how that is defacement or damage. And I say that as a person who hates graffiti.

By: AlexG55

AlexG55 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:42:00 +0000

The companies were presumably prosecuted for breaking planning laws and advertising somewhere where they’re not supposed to. Ordinary graffiti artists tend to be prosecuted for criminal damage, and I’m not sure if a criminal damage charge would stick in this case.

By: Jesseham

Jesseham — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:20:00 +0000

Reminds me of this from a while back http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLbiBHnJSqw