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> A chalked tire was ephemeral. I doubt that whatever replaces it will be. My girlfriend tells me of a homeless guy that used to roam the streets of Bondi, Aus

> A chalked tire was ephemeral. I doubt that whatever replaces it will be. My girlfriend tells me of a homeless guy that used to roam the streets of Bondi, Australia – as in the famous beach – rubbing the chalk off the tyres. This guy never said a word, just shuffled about rubbing off chalk. Suffice to say he was a local hero. Now he’s gonna have to learn how to DROP TABLE.

cialowicz 8y ago
> ...roam the streets of Bondi, Australia This ruling applies to the US, not Australia.
- avh02 8y ago
  It was a highly relevant but non-local anecdote - who cares where it is? I happened to find it a cute random act of kindness (or rebellion).
  - chrisseaton 8y ago
    Not cute or kind for people who want a fair shot at parking like everyone else and can't because people are abusing the system for their own selfish reasons, enabled by someone rubbing the chalk off.
    - avh02 8y ago
      I agree, which is why I put the "or rebellion" bit, at the same time, it's not like the people parking are paying someone to go around rubbing chalk off so I can't say they're "abusing the system" as they have no expectation of getting away with it. Regardless, it's story a friend of a friend told somebody, who knows how true
    - cschep 8y ago
      who hurt you?
      - cuckcshep 8y ago
        https://schepman.org/about/schepman-beach_hud5107476b889d72752939f7767f82f5c_216931_0x500_resize_q75_box.jpg https://schepman.org/about/schepman-beach_hud5107476b889d727... lol.
Sendotsh 8y ago
It was a thing all over Sydney throughout the 90s. We used to do it too (and I'm pretty sure I saw the guy your girlfriend is referring to, or another like him). We'd skate down at Bondi and throughout the city and if we saw the inspector chalking a street, we'd come down later and wipe them off. Same as topping up parking meters. If you found money on the ground you'd just stick it in the next expired parking meter you saw. No one liked having coins rattling around in your pocket while skating.
- perl4ever 8y ago
  The emotion/motivation behind this seems kind of peculiar to me. Sure, it's a nice thing for the person who is parked, but not for the person who isn't parked, at any given moment. Would it be a worthwhile good deed to find people who have just been to an ATM and give them some more money? I don't go around ranting about inequality much in general; I'm just bemused by the implication that increasing it is obviously good karma.
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  - ImprovedSilence 8y ago
    na, it's more anti-authority us v. them than it is "how can I be most effective at helping others". cops can sometimes be a pain to skaters, and cops can sometimes be a pain to illegally parked cars. The less times the cops win, the better.
    - Sendotsh 8y ago
      Yup pretty much this. Any benefit to the car owners was purely a happy coincidence. I'd say the homeless guy mentioned above (and know for a fact others who did it in the same area/era) were doing it for the same reason.
      - perl4ever 8y ago
        I remember seeing a homeless guy feeding a large amount of bread to pigeons on the sidewalk, if you get my drift. I thought it was amusing, but I didn't park on the street.

cialowicz 8y ago

> ...roam the streets of Bondi, Australia This ruling applies to the US, not Australia.

avh02 8y ago
It was a highly relevant but non-local anecdote - who cares where it is? I happened to find it a cute random act of kindness (or rebellion).
- chrisseaton 8y ago
  Not cute or kind for people who want a fair shot at parking like everyone else and can't because people are abusing the system for their own selfish reasons, enabled by someone rubbing the chalk off.
  - avh02 8y ago
    I agree, which is why I put the "or rebellion" bit, at the same time, it's not like the people parking are paying someone to go around rubbing chalk off so I can't say they're "abusing the system" as they have no expectation of getting away with it. Regardless, it's story a friend of a friend told somebody, who knows how true
  - cschep 8y ago
    who hurt you?
    - cuckcshep 8y ago
      https://schepman.org/about/schepman-beach_hud5107476b889d72752939f7767f82f5c_216931_0x500_resize_q75_box.jpg https://schepman.org/about/schepman-beach_hud5107476b889d727... lol.

Sendotsh 8y ago

It was a thing all over Sydney throughout the 90s. We used to do it too (and I'm pretty sure I saw the guy your girlfriend is referring to, or another like him). We'd skate down at Bondi and throughout the city and if we saw the inspector chalking a street, we'd come down later and wipe them off. Same as topping up parking meters. If you found money on the ground you'd just stick it in the next expired parking meter you saw. No one liked having coins rattling around in your pocket while skating.

perl4ever 8y ago
The emotion/motivation behind this seems kind of peculiar to me. Sure, it's a nice thing for the person who is parked, but not for the person who isn't parked, at any given moment. Would it be a worthwhile good deed to find people who have just been to an ATM and give them some more money? I don't go around ranting about inequality much in general; I'm just bemused by the implication that increasing it is obviously good karma.
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- ImprovedSilence 8y ago
  na, it's more anti-authority us v. them than it is "how can I be most effective at helping others". cops can sometimes be a pain to skaters, and cops can sometimes be a pain to illegally parked cars. The less times the cops win, the better.
  - Sendotsh 8y ago
    Yup pretty much this. Any benefit to the car owners was purely a happy coincidence. I'd say the homeless guy mentioned above (and know for a fact others who did it in the same area/era) were doing it for the same reason.
    - perl4ever 8y ago
      I remember seeing a homeless guy feeding a large amount of bread to pigeons on the sidewalk, if you get my drift. I thought it was amusing, but I didn't park on the street.