“It’s Graffiti, But Why?”: 30 Laugh-Inducing Bits Of Graffiti That Prove Not Everyone Is Meant To Be An Artist
Art comes in all shapes and sizes. Be it an impressionist painting, an ancient sculpture, an intricate mosaic, or a toilet. Straight lines or swirly lines, monochrome or an explosion of neon, realistic or abstract, yes or no. Yet, what unites these diverse mediums and applications is the message and emotional impact on the viewer.
However, there’s one art form that sits on the fine line between vandalism and art, and that’s graffiti. From works that make you ponder your existential purpose in the universe, to the evocative message of “I ams here lol,” graffiti is here to stay, and today we’ll be looking at some of the finest works that humanity could have ever come up with, as shared by the “It’s Graffiti, But Why?” Facebook group.
It’s chucklesome goodness that hit the spot for quality content. So make sure you’re upvoting your favorites and leaving comments along the way, and, if you’re craving some actual art, here is a link to our previous article. Oh, and another one, because I couldn’t choose. Now let’s get into it!
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" nothing really mattress, anyone can see, nothing really mattress, to me... any way the wind blows...."
God dammit this person missed a trick by not saying “anyone can sit” and now I’m pissed
People are often divided when it comes to graffiti. Is it art? Is it vandalism? Should it be more heavily penalized or more encouraged? Is any form of writing on the wall to be given any meaning above its original? Whilst smarter people than myself discuss these topics and aim to find answers, the rest of us can simply chuckle at the silliness of it all.
The Facebook group “It’s Graffiti, But Why?” has united over 66k members who love sharing and laughing at the silliest and most random graffiti finds. Ever since September 2015, it’s become a hub for those who appreciate the absurdity of life, as well as its fragility. But enough of fancy wordy talk, let’s get into some more interesting bits about graffiti as a whole.
Yeah, wish I knew that before throwing an elevator on my kitchen fire.
Load More Replies...I fear this isn't a thorough list. No instructions in event of grease fire that should never be doused with water.
Ok, but props to the artist, that would make an excellent webcomic style dragon.
Graffiti by it self is not enough for keeping rents in a certain area low. You have to supplement it by nightly discharge of a firearm every so often; maybe once every two weeks or so.
It also works when buying a house. Can confirm.
Load More Replies...lighting stuff on fire also lowers rent...FLAMING GRAFFITI!!!
Intentionally devaluing someone else's investment for my personal gain is peak humanity for you.
Yes, but how do you stop at just a decent rent level and not a downward price spiral that drives out decent landlords who make an effort to maintain their properties and replaces then with slum Lords who don't care and will charge less while still sckrewing over the renter?
As stated by the Eden Gallery, graffiti is a form of visual communication created in public places. It’s usually illegally produced and often involves the unauthorized marking of public or private spaces by individuals or groups. It bears an uncanny resemblance to ancient inscriptions and cave drawings, telling a story of present-day life.
Regardless of that fact, the art form has been very much criticized by the public as a whole, with it only recently beginning its journey to being recognized as actual art. As stated by Jonathan Jones, the vast majority of graffiti is ugly, stupid and vaguely threatening, with only a tiny portion of it all being witty or creative. “It is boring and expresses a generalized contempt for community, kindness, and the weak,” he says. But one should probably look at why people graffiti in the first place.
That's the sign all aliens see, when trying to visit Earth.
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Load More Replies...And for any forseeable future it may have had...lol
Load More Replies...I didn't get it. Would you please explain this one?
Load More Replies...I don't even know what that word is supposed to be. Is it supposed to be 'peeve'?
Yeah, the whole language is confusing like that. I can testify as a Sean (like Shaun not seen) Edit: BTW, Sean means old, Séan means denied, and Seán means John. We use Sean as a name just because there are no fadas in English.
There was an Irish girl in my middle school named aoife. Teachers were probably sweating seeing that at the top of the list. Coming out of the gate swinging lol
Totally gotta keep that poker face when inside you're thinking 'oh f**k.. oh f**k... f**k f**k fuckitty f**k'. Otherwise people will think you're not British old chap.
I mean.. I jest now.. but this is one of the first things they legit teach you when you go to officer school. xd..... that and erasing your regional accent just in case you come off as normal person.
Load More Replies...Modern graffiti started in the 1960s in New York City and Philadelphia, with one of the very first graffiti writers being Taki 183, who one day found himself bored. Walking around the streets, he was met with a small piece of writing that spelled out Julio 204. Taki got inspired and started to write his name everywhere. Others got inspired and wanted to try it too, and suddenly the city of New York was covered in names and addresses.
Nikita Krakhofer explains that it became a sort of game and challenge. The way to become better at this game was to write in a better way than the others, which is how different styles emerged. Needless to say, it was highly illegal and dangerous. It could land you in prison, make you pay a hefty fine, or you could simply die due to the risk involved in being on the train tracks, in the subway, or at other dangerous spots. But that didn’t seem to deter people.
I'll never scream about 4 men either...... well not since half the Beatles died.
Men, women, ect. Anyone who breaks your heart don't deserve your tears!
My dad bought the one of these. It’s just by the bottom of the front door on the porch. I just assumed it was a dad joke.
Load More Replies...There are certain aspects of creating graffiti that give one a rush unlike that of simply drawing or painting. It gives one a sense of freedom to create anything and everything without limits for space. It also brings a sense of rebellion against the system, society, and any norms that may be critical of their message.
Furthermore, it can lead to fame and notoriety on a global scale. As long as one is incredibly good at what they do, or incredibly stupid to attempt to tag the most dangerous locations. But, similar to mountaineering, graffiti artists want to ‘climb’ them all—collect all the street spots, subways, cars, etc.
There's always the "prison pocket", and I don't think I'd want mine picked. Then again, if I was already using it for storage...
Load More Replies...And standing near the doors in crowded subway cars....
Load More Replies...well considering i have more pockets when i am naked, that notion doesn't do much for my pickpocket anxiety.
Yeah I kinda do too. I want to watch a cartoon drawn by this person.
Load More Replies...Regardless of all these reasons, the one that may unite every single graffiti artist is the craving to leave one’s mark on the world. To express oneself and to be recognized for existing. Being known for something as illegal as vandalizing property, no matter how beautiful or artistic the ensuing graffiti is, makes the effort worth it for these graffitists.
Besides, if we look at some absurdist philosophy, we may realize that we’re looking far too deep into this as is. Absurdism refers to the complex human tendency to find meaning and inherent value in life and the inability to do so in a purposeless existence within an irrational universe. Having the ability to be conscious of the absurd and responding to it allows individuals to achieve a greater extent of their freedom, and thus, we land back here to these examples of graffiti.
I hate this stupid sh ite that normalizes men pi ssing all over the bathroom
Same like at least wipe up you pi ss its just lazy not too
Load More Replies...Game is the most environmentally friendly meat AND the animal has lived it's life as intended. Free (and full of fears and struggle). I'll hunt my own meat as much as I can for those reasons. Also, game is way tastier than farmed meat❤ Edit; typo ofc.
Load More Replies...my suggestion would be to sit the f8ck down on the toilet and aim ur ween down then when drunk
We don’t miss the toilet but like the deer: stuff splashes everywhere.
Better than Sand Rash..lol. That stuff gets everywhere...
Load More Replies...That happens in a lot o English cities most Friday and Saturday nights.
With today's rent prices (even motel/hotels) freaking in the streets is our only other option
This was at an entrance to a park in the kittaning pa area. Circa 2012
At the end of the day, graffiti is a language of modern-day society. Whilst the actual scribble or genital silhouette may not have any artistic value, it speaks volumes about current-day issues, some of which still revolve around the fact that we’re an inconsequential part of the universe with limited lifespans, trying to satisfy our craving for life eternal.
Or it means absolutely nothing and just acts as a means for temporary happiness for the artist and for the beholder. Although that building may not stick around forever, the memories and paint may do so longer than the people who put them there in the first place, and that’s all that matters.
As you continue scrolling through the list, make sure you’re upvoting your favorites and leaving comments below, and I shall see you all in the next one!
If only they took that marker and drew a line between the legs, help people understand better lmao
I am on the tube and I just saw this sign and now I can't unsee it...
Fab record takes me back to bopping to it at the local youth disco in the 80's. This reference will be lost on 99.9% of my fellow pandas.
Load More Replies...Primates consist of a diverse group of about 200 species that include humans, apes, monkeys, lemurs, and others.
Speaking of pasta; years ago in an inner Sydney suburb “ mining Uranium is like throwing spaghetti on the ceiling”
The problem with lasagna is the sauce gets all over your fur when you lie in it.
True Shyla, but when you stand up, you have a take-away dinner!
Load More Replies...Joan's initial reaction was to dismiss such childishness. "This is what happens when people encounter a strong woman," she thought. Later that night, after the typical solitary dinner and a few drinks, she felt that familiar emptiness inside. Those untold thoughts were again turning to anger and resentment, but then interrupted by a small picture she always meant to hide. A small brown frame obscured by clutter, displaying the class photo of a young girl with shimmering auburn hair, and the daughter she never knew. "I've never let anyone in," she sobbed. "All this time they were trying to reach me, and I felt as if they were only in the way." Joan's mind was suddenly filled with images of those she pushed aside in favor of her career. With a shaky hand she reached for her phone. Her ex-husband always made sure she had this number available. A friendly voice answered, "Hello?" "Hello Kate, it's your mother."
It isn't that nice of a door. Two random screws visible at the bottom left of the photo. A really nice door wouldn't have those. A+ for the intent of this post, C- for the actual door itself.
Load More Replies...100%. Upvote because I agree! You're now at -2. Lots of love from someone who also believes in trans rights!
Load More Replies...The problem is not trans using toilets. The problem is perverts that claim themselves trans to use girls' toilets. What i mean is that trans wouldn't seem like a "problem" sometimes if there weren't already-existent problems in the world. That aside, i don't care whether you're trans or cisgender: feel a girl, a boy or whatever? Okay, I don't care, i'm good with it. You being trans shouldn't involve drama.
Perverts don't need to claim to be trans to walk into the girls bathroom. It's not like there's bouncers at the bathroom doors.
Load More Replies...I assume that's a bathroom door.. as in, the person used that bathroom
Load More Replies...I don't care what or who you are, everyone p*sses. Why can't people just do things without making a big fanfare about it?!!
I agree. I'm Cis, but, I think people should be free to do what is associated with the gender they want to be
Load More Replies...Why tf would it be a bedroom door? Outing yourself? Edit: I feel like I should point out, this is a joke
Load More Replies...Everyone knows the measurement of adult is having toilet paper or not. If you run out of toilet paper, you have failed Adult that pay cycle
Load More Replies...Same. So done with this "living" thing. It's too hard :(
If the Spider from #10 is in there but leaves his 'shoes' then I'm happy
Wouldn’t that need a colon not a comma? (Free: The Robots) I dunno
Load More Replies...Oh wise and powerful Chicken of Truth..............tell us............Why did you cross the road?
I once had a hen who could count her own eggs… She was a mathmachicken. (Hold the door for me while I run out?)
Did she count the before or after they hatched? Coz you know.....
Load More Replies...Looks like the love child of Bart Simpson and a bucket of KFC…
I feel this one. It's true. Gone they are, in the trash.
Load More Replies...Tried to. At least that's what I think since this seems to be necessary now.
Load More Replies...Presumably someone who asked for their actual shoe size. I had to go up about three sizes for my feet to actually fit in them
Load More Replies...I saw one that not only had ur Hope's and dreams to start, but also ur exes favourite t-shirt
I know nothing about being a bird..... but I reckon I could wing it.
I want to be a magpie. I could finally dedicate myself to collecting odd little things and challenge foxes to eat fly agarics.
I would be one of those seaguls in the Burger King parking lot who steals fries and screams at people.
And why is it always burger king?! I work at one and people feed the damn seagulls but McDonald's is free and clear
Load More Replies...I'd be a parrot because I am a colorful noisy disaster
Load More Replies...I think I'm more of a budgie. Quite content to quietly chatter to myself while being entertained by my toys, but also possessing the ability to senselessly squawk when the occasion arises.
This can go both ways: MILF, as generally understood, implies she would have to share the same values or she wouldn't satisfy the ILF requirement. But, taken tongue-in-cheek, it might mean Marxists I'd Like to Frig.
You like communism? Well, then you've come to the right place. We've got open socialism & communism all while pretending to be a democracy. Dumb them down. Make them lazy & useless like the one who wrote that & get them to give up rights & liberties for "free money". I'll take rights, liberties and the constitution please.
Gawd people are stupid, communism doesn't work! Read a book of historical facts ..
my local supermarket put out hot crossed buns on December 26th.That’s too soon!
Load More Replies...A lot of Christians don't know this because very few of them have read the book.
LIES. That's not vandalism. That's a traffic light pedestrian request stop button thingy.
I raise you scampi fries - those rectangular crispy things you (used to?) get in packets in dodgy pubs. Used to stink to high heaven, but I loved them.
Load More Replies...Best crisp flavour ever, especially if they're Seabrook's. Actually drooling now.
That's a hard ride on a penny farthing with a 1930s typewriter under your arm just to write on a wall that you're a hipster.
There's a gene some people have and some don't (can't remember name). But basically the difference is one experiences Licorice as sweet and the others do not. I am firmly in the latter category, stuff is NASTY.
Load More Replies...Syphilis names when it appeared: England: French disease, France: Spanish disease, Russia: Polish disease, Poland: Turkish disease, Turkey: Christian disease, Germany: French evil, Japan: Chinese pox. Beethoven, Napoleon, Henry VIII, Tolstoy, Capone, Lincoln and V Gogh all had it.
Garfield is flying this way with a 40 meter long axe… but he stopped on the way for a lasagna dinner
Because it lies shamelessly to get fed by every person in the household
My fat cat would say: “Well, Mom got me neutered and I had nothing else in life to pursue.” Well played Henry. Well played.
I love "your mom" jokes as much as "that's what she said" jokes. Yes, I'm a 13yo boy trapped in a 41yo woman's body..... No, wait. That doesn't sound right.
Definitely wasn’t a honey badger because Phil would be dead. Honey badger don’t give a fu€k
And Honeybadger said: “Yeah, that guy Phil…he only kicked me once. ONCE. Go ask him what I did to HIM!”
Either love in the traditional sense, or lv from undertale. I can do either
please do the first one, we don't need a genocide
Load More Replies...nope, only thing i could hear lol
Load More Replies...I'll add this to my plan for world peace which includes long hot baths and plenty of fluffy robes and recliner chairs for everyone.
he publicly timmed his tims and tim was arrested and banned for public indecency 😔
Load More Replies...This reminds of a story on the Australian news recently. There was a council area where they put up QR codes on places that had previously been graffitied. The code took you to the Vic police (or similar) site on penalties for graffiti. Unsurprisingly it was subsequently graffitied over!
Tell Noddy I have big ears. If he doesn't pay the ransom, I will send him one of his fingers
When I was completing high school, the marks we got at the end of the year were called an ENTAR score, so this is even funnier in that context
The first time a read it I thought it was 'My gran dads loves dead guys.'
Load More Replies...The lizard king, can do anything. Sorry was a teenage doors fan
Load More Replies...I instantly heard it in my head on the melody of Richard Wayler's "I Am the Music Man"
Fun fact my wee village in Scotland is about 5 miles away from Susan Boyles house
Kinda lost it in the end there.....a grass wich 3 teeth? That's going to far!
A person can be gay and cis. Straight/Gay are sexual orientations, trans/cis are not.
Load More Replies...Were they gay for 22 days, or vegan for 22 days, or both? I think we should be told....
I was trying to figure out what "dereclipsen" means... didn't even notice the potato comment
So is it the potato comment or "Americans are just uneducated Englishmen?"
Long live vaping and smoking (well smoking pot anyway!). Time to go meet up with daddy bong legs now.
I would think used nappies, wipes, or disposables would be anything but sanitary.
"sanitary" is a fabulous bit of britishism for period products. God forbid you actually call it what it is.
Load More Replies...Ah yes. I will immediately stop my alien self-consciousness from sleeping now
Nope. Earth is round. Sun is flat. Moon is flat, that's why we only see one face of the Moon.
If only I had a bucket of white paint and a bucket of black paint to correct this
Ridiculously stupid people! Everyone knows the Earth is triangular! Sheesh! 🙄
I think that each section is about 1.79 smoots, just in case you were curious. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot
I did say that, but I didn’t think anyone had heard me😬
Load More Replies...Yep. Denim on denim. Also affectionately known as a "Texas Tuxedo" in the States.
Load More Replies...He has eyeballs for testicles! (line from Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Revisited by the Angry Video Game Nerd)
Load More Replies...But, they're fun to play with. When I'm sad, I play with my boobs and it makes me less sad.
Load More Replies...I can say with 100% certainty that playing with my moobs does not ease my pain. It just reminds me that I need to start going to the gym.
Although I concur with Top Gear's assessment of people who own Audis, I agree. Defacing a car is beyond the pale.
Load More Replies...Is the artist insinuating that the driver has never showed off before and that’s why they are a showoff virgin?
Or, if you read it too fast the way I did, it could mean he drives virgins around to show them off...?
Load More Replies...Best bit of graffiti I saw was written in really tiny writing on the very bottom of a toilet stall door, it read "if you can read this you just s**t up the wall" so stupid but so clever lol Second best was simply "EFFIN YEAH!" In giant letters. They censored themselves, perhaps board panda staff wrote it lol
My restroom fave was in an eatery by the NW corner of Hollywood & Vine: "Here I sit / On the pooper / Giving birth to / A state trooper". Another stall was double-graffitti-ized. One hand wrote: "My mother made me a homosexual". Below that, in another hand: "If I give her some yarn, will she make me one too?"
Load More Replies...I thought this thread would have some clever entries of the mundane becoming amusing through art. It was just childish humor defacing property 🙁
I laugh at stupid s**t. Learn to smile so ur resting b***h face doesn’t get stuck
Load More Replies...I saw some graffiti while I was driving once. It said 'I hate you'. It made me sad. Two miles later there was more. 'I still hate you'. I started taking it personally by then... 😑
Graffiti I'll never forget, some girl had used her feces to write "Eat S***" on a middle school girls' bathroom wall. This was about 30 years ago. Turned right around when I saw this. Lol. People are gross.
Maybe... Just maybe, it was melted chocolate. Just saying... 💁♀️
Load More Replies..."I feel like I've been cheated out of something, but I don't know what it is." Graffiti along entire wall of building in California. Must have resonated with the neighborhood... it was there for years.
Probably Still there to this day. I can feel that. 😥
Load More Replies...My favorite graffiti was a bunch of grout puns ('grout Scott!' for example) written in the grout between the tiles in the downstairs bathroom of the physics department of my alma mater. Second favorite is probably the sign for "ICE" where someone had added an "M" in front, which made a lot more sense for the 4/5 of the year that the area was too warm for ice.
My favorite "graffiti" is a classic from Tornio (Northern Finland) with the adorably miss-spelled sentence "Yuo're life you'r tsois".
One of my faves: (in one hand, scrawled in big, all caps): "QUESTION EVERYTHING!!!" (below in another hand, written small and meek): "why?"
I forgot I saw this on the back of a van, over 20 years ago. Thanks for the reminder.
Load More Replies...NGL bored panda loves to hate on an entire country (US) but loves defacing property, questionable priorities...
We all do, especially those from the U.S. Stop lying to yourself that that is the worst thing on this damn planet. 😂
Load More Replies...Best bit of graffiti I saw was written in really tiny writing on the very bottom of a toilet stall door, it read "if you can read this you just s**t up the wall" so stupid but so clever lol Second best was simply "EFFIN YEAH!" In giant letters. They censored themselves, perhaps board panda staff wrote it lol
My restroom fave was in an eatery by the NW corner of Hollywood & Vine: "Here I sit / On the pooper / Giving birth to / A state trooper". Another stall was double-graffitti-ized. One hand wrote: "My mother made me a homosexual". Below that, in another hand: "If I give her some yarn, will she make me one too?"
Load More Replies...I thought this thread would have some clever entries of the mundane becoming amusing through art. It was just childish humor defacing property 🙁
I laugh at stupid s**t. Learn to smile so ur resting b***h face doesn’t get stuck
Load More Replies...I saw some graffiti while I was driving once. It said 'I hate you'. It made me sad. Two miles later there was more. 'I still hate you'. I started taking it personally by then... 😑
Graffiti I'll never forget, some girl had used her feces to write "Eat S***" on a middle school girls' bathroom wall. This was about 30 years ago. Turned right around when I saw this. Lol. People are gross.
Maybe... Just maybe, it was melted chocolate. Just saying... 💁♀️
Load More Replies..."I feel like I've been cheated out of something, but I don't know what it is." Graffiti along entire wall of building in California. Must have resonated with the neighborhood... it was there for years.
Probably Still there to this day. I can feel that. 😥
Load More Replies...My favorite graffiti was a bunch of grout puns ('grout Scott!' for example) written in the grout between the tiles in the downstairs bathroom of the physics department of my alma mater. Second favorite is probably the sign for "ICE" where someone had added an "M" in front, which made a lot more sense for the 4/5 of the year that the area was too warm for ice.
My favorite "graffiti" is a classic from Tornio (Northern Finland) with the adorably miss-spelled sentence "Yuo're life you'r tsois".
One of my faves: (in one hand, scrawled in big, all caps): "QUESTION EVERYTHING!!!" (below in another hand, written small and meek): "why?"
I forgot I saw this on the back of a van, over 20 years ago. Thanks for the reminder.
Load More Replies...NGL bored panda loves to hate on an entire country (US) but loves defacing property, questionable priorities...
We all do, especially those from the U.S. Stop lying to yourself that that is the worst thing on this damn planet. 😂
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