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Someone in the UK did this years ago, but they painted rather cruder designs around the potholes. Naturally, the media dubbed them 'Wanksy'.
by cjs_ac 5mo ago
Someone in the UK did this years ago, but they painted rather cruder designs around the potholes. Naturally, the media dubbed them 'Wanksy'.
- kjs3 5mo agoThis was exactly what I thought of when I read the headline. Very amusing at the time, and it somewhat unsurprisingly was effective. I lack your laudable sense of decorum, so I'll post the link... https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/street-artist-wanksy-spray-paints-penises-around-potholes-to-get-them-filled-1.3055612 https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/street-artist-wanksy-spray-... There have been copycats... https://www.vice.com/en/article/guy-paint-penis-potholes-new-zealand/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/guy-paint-penis-potholes-new...
- atmavatar 5mo agoThat seems like a huge missed opportunity to draw the goatse guy.
- kjs3 5mo agoAgreed. In less...anatomical...inspiration, there's a guy in Chicago who took this idea straight to the fine art phase: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/11/11/pothole-artist-jim-bachor-mosaic/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/11/11/pothole-...
- BuildTheRobots 5mo agoThere's also a gent in Horsham who's recently been planting flowers in potholes to draw attention to them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mgjklmzwvo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mgjklmzwvo