• slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Graffiti is a spectrum: on one hand, you get beautiful murals that add something to the structure, making it more than what it was.

    On the other hand, you get dicks and swastikas.

    Tattoos are the same way. There’s a difference between someone having a beautiful sleeve done and someone who has TRUMP tattooed on their forehead.

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      1 year 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.

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        4 months 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.

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        1 year 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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          4 months 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.

  • Etterra@discuss.online
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    1 year ago

    I’ve never been a fan of tattoos. They look awful and, in the case of women distract from beauty, not add to it. That said, they can do whatever the hell they want. It’s not my body or problem and they ain’t hurting anyone.

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      They look awful and, in the case of women distract from beauty, not add to it.

      You did the thing where you gave a very personal, subjective, opinion as if it was a pure fact. You probably meant “it distracts me from their beauty” but you wrote it as if it’s a universal truth that applies to everyone.

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        Ehh I dunno… I don’t agree with him but we don’t have to preface our opinions with “this is just how I feel, but…”.

        If I say “this pizza is horrible”, it’s clear that it’s just something I think and not everyone has to share that opinion. The subjectivity of the statement kinda speaks for itself y’know?

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            4 months ago

            What if I said the same thing about a painting in a museum? If I said “wow that thing is hideous”, no one would take that to mean “everyone must also think this is hideous”. Just because it’s a cultural norm doesn’t change anything I think.

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        You did the thing where you policed the way someone else phrased their opinion by purposely misunderstanding their intent. He literally began his post by stating an opinion.

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      Maybe not all women actually want you to be looking at them thinking ‘Wow, beautiful, yum.’ So many women get so much shit from men every day all the time, often since they were still wearing school uniform. Like you say, it’s not your body and they ain’t hurting anyone. I just think it’s really easy to understand why some women want to take ownership of their skin when there’s so many arsehole men thinking they’ve got a right to stare and touch it.

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      4 months ago

      I’ve seen tons of tattoos on women that I feel profoundly add to their beauty. Emphasis on the “i feel” since it’s subjective.

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    She would look way better without the tats. Even this shitty building would look better without this artless crap. And how is this a political take?

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      Comparing women to objects tends to be more frowned upon by civilized people, which excludes the right.

      You’re welcome to find whatever you like attractive. She clearly doesn’t care about your opinion.

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        See how her boobs are round, but the bikini is flat on the front of them? Her bikini isn’t covering her sideboob. This top was designed for a girl with much smaller boobs, they’d be capable of actually bending around a smaller pair. These look like they’re stretched over the front, because they are. The bridge (part connecting the cups) also looks to not even be in contact with her chest, because her top can’t go all the way down around her boobs. She’s probably wearing a sister size with a bigger band and smaller cups, which means the part of the top designed for her underbust is stretching over her boobs.

        If she does very much physical activity, the edges of the cups will dig into her boobs, maybe painfully, and there’s a risk of slipping if she goes swimming or diving. Bras are designed so your boobs go in the cups, not entirely behind them. This picture doesn’t look comfy at all. She might be under the impression she’s a C or a D, when her actual cup size is much larger. This is what happens when our society pretends D is the biggest bust size. Thanks to decades of women being misinformed about their clothing, many people have been convinced that this appearance here is just what a big bust looks like in a bikini. So some people go for this look on purpose. That’s valid, but it isn’t comfortable.

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          You’ve clearly spent more time thinking about boob support than about dragon seduction strategies

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          Very well, valid points, but can we consider that was a conscious option? There are women that willingly buy smaller bikiny tops to create the illusion their breasts are bigger. Or that just prefer to show more skin.