I'm sure this is how most taggers envision themselves when they're coloring outside the lines of life, man -- like punk rock ninjas pulling off some design school Spiderman shit. The truth is, we've always thought of you more like arts and crafts hobbyists with aggressive self promotional skills, kind of the art world equivalent of blogging, you might say.
Except now we can't even call you that anymore, because that group literally exists.
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| (Yoon S. Byun/ Globe Staff) |
The Boston Globe reports on the new trend of "yarn bombing" today... “It’s street art with attitude,’’ says one member...
...These guerrilla knitters are part of a growing global movement of “yarn bombers.’’ They borrow the visual and verbal language of graffiti artists who leave their marks with spray paint — but practice the craft in a less destructive manner. After inclement weather, they have even been known to take pieces down and launder them.
So think about that next time you're on a sick tagging run, bro. You're no different than this group, it's just that instead of wanting to knit the city a scarf, you fix up its makeup.
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Although it's nothing new, this might be a good time to reiterate that young people will never be tough ever again.
Haha, what do you mean by that more specifically?
I agree, but at the same time, I'm way more scared of a group of like ten 16 year old boys walking down the street / on the train late at night than I am of a group of adult men.
I've got a pole they can wrap in sweaters right over here.
Hmmmm, good point. I’ve been pants shittingly scared getting off at Alewife at midnight on a Friday because six black kids in skinny jeans were being normal loud goofy teens. I guess it’s more like there will never be a tough white middleclass liberal, and since they never existed in the first place, it’s probably not necessary to point it out. Carry on.
because kids are too stupid to know that smashing someone hard enough kills them.
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