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Did you ever notice the writing on bathroom walls or on the sides of stalls? Do you read it? Don't you think its kind of like a forum for real life?

When I was doing my degree, I once saw "Sign here if you hate graffitti" on the inside of a toilet cubicle. :D

Did you ever notice the writing on bathroom walls or on the sides of stalls? Do you read it? Don't you think its kind of like a forum for real life?

I think people who vandalize property are losers.

I think people who vandalize property are losers.
How many times have you been a loser then? :D

I like the bathrooms with blackboards.

My school doesn't have much bathroom graffiti, just swastikas and badly drawn pr0n.

You know seriously though, I think they are alot like forums, at least the ns general forum. I mean in one single bathroom I can read about all the current racial, political and social issues, complete with immature arguing and bickering!!!

How many times have you been a loser then? :D

I like the bathrooms with blackboards.

I haven't ever vandalized anything.......that I remember.

I have a room in my house where the entire wall 4 feet and below is blackboard, above that is dry erase........my house rawks!

One of my favorites is on the inside of the big handicapped stall: "You know you only shit in here for the leg room." :D

I have a room in my house where the entire wall 4 feet and below is blackboard,

I am envious! that sounds awesome, and must make it easier to allow your children to express themselves without mess.

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There are some great ones at my school.

Above the Urinal "Don't poop in the urinal" (In reference to a recent spree of this happening.)

There was a poem written in a few stalls around the school. It went "Some come here to sh*t and stink, some come here to sit and think. I come here to..." It was left blank, and filled in by a variety of people. Some interesting responses.

Someone started to write diary entries on the wall once, but a huge variety of comments on this proclaimed him gay, and they were discontinued.

There was a swastika at one point, but it was backwards. This was pointed out that the person who drew it was dumb.

I am envious! that sounds awesome, and must make it easier to allow your children to express themselves without mess.Well, I'm not so sure about the "no mess" part...
I had such a wall in my bedroom as a kid, it ran the whole length of the room including where the bed was. So when I had to stay in bed with some infection once, I naturally passed the time by drawing on the blackboard, not even noticing the huge mess all the colored chalk crumblings made in my bed. >.< My mum wasn't amused, to say the least.

I think people who vandalize property are losers.

One more thing we agree on. I hate graffiti and other such defacement.

The bathrooms in the science department are the only one I know of with blackboards. Someone wrote "Going to drop the kids off at the pool". All of the rest of the writings were crap.

But that one is months old Sumamba Buwhan!!!

I am envious! that sounds awesome, and must make it easier to allow your children to express themselves without mess.

we write notes, and draw pictures, and when people come over they are invited to add, although I erase everything every two weeks, so they know not to put in too much effort LOL, one day I will have a room where people can really write on the wall, but not in this house.

One more thing we agree on. I hate graffiti and other such defacement.

I think we agree on most things. I am considering giving you my kids when I die. At least then I know they will be raised properly :p

I think we agree on most things. I am considering giving you my kids when I die. At least then I know they will be raised properly :p

Aww, and I just sold my religion deprogramming tank thinking I'd settle for pristine tabulae rasae from Mali. Hmm, I guess I could take your kids on the old fashioned way and try to be supportive no matter what, but, you know, where's the fun in that?

I think people who vandalize property are losers.

Truth.

My school doesn't have much bathroom graffiti, just swastikas and badly drawn pr0n.

They once locked down the boys bathroom for that.

Yes it is a shame but every so often they "purge the threads" in the "bathroom forum" with a coat of white paint -_-

Aww, and I just sold my religion deprogramming tank thinking I'd settle for pristine tabulae rasae from Mali. Hmm, I guess I could take your kids on the old fashioned way and try to be supportive no matter what, but, you know, where's the fun in that?

I am not entirely sure they don't think I am insane for believing all the "God stuff", it probably helps that when they ask questions like "how do you know God exists?" I answer with "I don't", they look at me confused.

They once locked down the boys bathroom for that.

For the swastikas? or the porn?

Once when I was 10 or so, I wrote "If you read this, you are gay."

For the swastikas? or the porn?

I do edit swastikas into boxes with plus signs in them.

For the swastikas? or the porn?

someone drew a naked woman...they had this big, tall guy outside, who seemed like ho could easily knockout anyone.

Here I sit
Broken hearted
Come to shit
But only farted.

I do edit swastikas into boxes with plus signs in them.

I do that too, if it's with pencil I erase it, nazi vandalism blows.

I think people who vandalize property are losers.
QFT.

I've had to spend too many hours cleaning up bathroom graffitti to ever want to write it. However, I always read it. You get to realize how little places clean up their washrooms after you get to memorize all the individual phone numbers and various imagery.

(Also, never forget to wash your hands folks. Washrooms are icky.)

The majority of the vandalism at my school isn't funny, isn't clever, and poorly drawn.

The majority of the vandalism at my school isn't funny, isn't clever, and poorly drawn.

Well yeah; it's graffitti.

I think people who vandalize property are losers.

But is all grafitti really vandalism?

I like the bathrooms with blackboards.

Hmmm...

I have a room in my house where the entire wall 4 feet and below is blackboard, above that is dry erase........my house rawks!

Cool. Indeed your house does. :cool:

There was a swastika at one point, but it was backwards. This was pointed out that the person who drew it was dumb.

There's no such thing. The svástika can face either direction.

But is all grafitti really vandalism?
yes. I don't tend to look kindly on people who ask questions like that either, just so you know. It reminds me of those people who say things like "is oral sex really cheating?" and "is shoplifting really theft?"

One more thing we agree on. I hate graffiti and other such defacement.

Graffiti isn't defacement! It's art!
The crap you see in bathroom
(Dial ___ ___ ____ for sex or swaztikas or the like)
isn't true graffiti. It's rampant moronism in vandalism form.

True graffiti is even in some cases completely legal, wherein the graff artist in particular is hired to spray their art on a surface. Graffiti RULES! Bathroom graffiti is just a low grade knockoff n_n

yes. I don't tend to look kindly on people who ask questions like that either, just so you know. It reminds me of those people who say things like "is oral sex really cheating?" and "is shoplifting really theft?"

But the difference is, it doesn't have to be intercourse to constitute sex, and taking something that you don't have proper ownership of is theft. However, graffiti is in many cases not illegal, and therefore not vandalism. It's vandalism if it "vandalizes". If it's placed legally, or done as a defiant work of art, then it is not vandalism. However, if it's swaztikas, naked women, and poems about taking a dump.. well it's not art, and it's not natural.


B) One day I will move to Germany and become a Graffiti Artist.
By which I mean graffiti artist
Not one of these fucking... loser bathroom bastards!

what's stupid about the graffiti at the university is it's not clever at all, just the usual, someone writes "joe was here" then the next crosses out "wuz here" and writes "gay" then someone draws an arrow to the "gay" and writes "whoever wrote this is a fag" to which someone will write "your mom sucks" with an arrow to the previous one. One I do rememeber was a tally, it said out a mark here if you whacked off in this stall, there were about 7 marks or so. though one guy must have sat on a stall for an hour to write one I saw. it's really long. it was all about how the toronto maple leafs suck (for those of you who have no clue what the maple leafs are, they are a hockey club)
that's one I agree with. stupid maple leafs :gundge: :mp5: :sniper: :upyours:

so you're saying graffiti is vandalism if you do it on your own wall?

The uni toilets are mostly along the lines of

Person 1: "AZN MALE 23 Y/O IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME AND HARD COCK CALL _________".
Person 2: "FUCK OFF AND DIE FAGGOT"
Person 3: "I do believe that comment was uncalled for, homophobes such as yourself are the real problem with todays society..."

The uni toilets are mostly along the lines of

Person 1: "AZN MALE 23 Y/O IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME AND HARD COCK CALL _________".
Person 2: "FUCK OFF AND DIE FAGGOT"
Person 3: "I do believe that comment was uncalled for, homophobes such as yourself are the real problem with todays society..."

=P
I would like to add:
AZN MALE - Nobody wants your tiny asian dick
FAG HATER - Tell your mom to call me back. I lost her number
MORALLY JUST FELLOW - Go fuck your boyfriend fag!

I like to piss people off, even if I agree with them.
It makes life more fun that way n_n

=P
I would like to add:
AZN MALE - Nobody wants your tiny asian dick
FAG HATER - Tell your mom to call me back. I lost her number
MORALLY JUST FELLOW - Go fuck your boyfriend fag!

I like to piss people off, even if I agree with them.
It makes life more fun that way n_n

Haha. :P

I read it all, looking for the occasional diamond in the coal mines. On some occasions I found something really witty, but not so witty that I can remember it now (it's been years).

And I haven't been in a place that had any for years. That's the problem with these "nicer" places...nobody's got a thing to say, no message (no matter how stupid) to leave. I actually think it's sad when there's no spontaneity.

As for it being "vandalism" I could never really get into that thinking. A few pencil marks, meh. Yeah technically it's vandalism, but having something to look at other than a boring blank wall usually strikes me as a benefit as long as they don't gouge it into the paint or something like that.

Someone started to write diary entries on the wall once,

In junior high (aka "middle school"...was grades 7 & 8 at the time) I used to write essays on the wall, but I wasn't getting enough readership. Hardly anyone wrote back (except one did write that I was nuts :p )! So eventually I quit it and hoped for a classier "publication" in which to showcase my writings.

Now the Internet is my wall, and I can write on it all I want to muaa haa haa (I have several websites).

Still not too classy of a place to write, is it LOL!




True graffiti is even in some cases completely legal, wherein the graff artist in particular is hired to spray their art on a surface. Graffiti RULES! Bathroom graffiti is just a low grade knockoff n_nI can hardly ever read what the hell that "art" style of graffiti says, it's so overstylized.

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I can hardly ever read what the hell that "art" style of graffiti says, it's so overstylized.

It's usually a non-sensical name the artist gave themself like "Trazmowak" or something. Apparently many graffiti artists forget to use a gasmask and in turn become total morons =P

You should look for some graffiti art though. A lot of it is really well-painted art.

There was a swastika at one point, but it was backwards. This was pointed out that the person who drew it was dumb.

There's no such thing. The svástika can face either direction.

Actually, the "backwards" (counter-clockwise) swastika is a Buddhist symbol.

Actually, the "backwards" (counter-clockwise) swastika is a Buddhist symbol.

I believe it stands for "luck" :D

I don't write on them but I do read them. Some can be kinda funny.

But that one is months old Sumamba Buwhan!!!

heh I know but I wanted to gloat about having started it first! :D :p

But the difference is, it doesn't have to be intercourse to constitute sex, and taking something that you don't have proper ownership of is theft. However, graffiti is in many cases not illegal, and therefore not vandalism. It's vandalism if it "vandalizes". If it's placed legally, or done as a defiant work of art, then it is not vandalism. However, if it's swaztikas, naked women, and poems about taking a dump.. well it's not art, and it's not natural.
if it's placed legally, it's not vandalism.

van·dal·ism (văn'dl-ĭz'əm)n- Willful or malicious destruction of public or private property.

if you have permission to do it, it's not wrong......I give my kids permission to write all over the blackboard wall in my house, if they go around marking up my living room, then it's wrong.


so you're saying graffiti is vandalism if you do it on your own wall?

no, it's vandalism if you do it to someone else's property without their express permission.

A good exchange I saw once:
Warning, this wall does not exist!

Nor does the toilet, that's why I pissed on the floor

Then, what am I shitting in?



Also, the tiles were washed at one stage:
Where's the writing gone?

These are new tiles.

Although I hold a generally dim view of stupid graffiti in bathrooms, there was one I saw in most military facilities I rather liked.

Here I sit, cheeks a-flexin'
Look out below, here comes a Texan!

I keep meaning to buy a marker to write witty rebuttals to accusations and statements in pre-vandalised bathrooms.:D

i am guilty of reading them, some r funny, some r not..... but i do remember one that i still use years later:

"If the ocean were wiskey and i were a duck
i would swim to the bottom and drink it all up
but the ocean aint wiskey and i aint a duck
so i stick to my weed and get all fucked up"




i like the saying, it was funny, and btw, i do not do drugs


:sniper:

Sometimes I'll write positive messages on the toilet paper roll with permanent marker - "Love thy neighbor, the world is your neighbor." - stuff like that.

I'll come back two hours later and someone will've wiped their ass with it. It's funny.

There was a swastika at one point, but it was backwards. This was pointed out that the person who drew it was dumb.
There's no such thing. The svástika can face either direction.

Actually, the "backwards" (counter-clockwise) swastika is a Buddhist symbol.

Well, yes. But the both the clockwise and counterclockwise svástika are used in pretty much all the Dharmic religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism).

Again, there's really no such thing as a "backwards" svástika.

I believe it stands for "luck" :D

The Sanskrit word more or less means "luck charm".

I know one from my school (I translate it for you):

In this toilet is a ghost, who bites everyone who shits for a too long time into the ass.
It did not bite me, I shat on its head.

(In diesem Klo da wohnt ein Geist
der jedem, der zu lange scheißt
von unten in den Hintern beißt

Mich hat er aber nicht gebissen
ich hab ihm auf den Kopf geschissen!)