I see this guy's [nytimes.com] stuff all over the city.

When does graffiti become art?

When does graffiti become art?

When it's on someone else's property.

In Response to zamphir (#15856):

I was under the impression that graffiti is usually on someone else's property.

In Response to jon (#15857):

From the perspective of the painter, yes.

From the perspective of the viewer, no...

When the art yuppies say it is. But they're shroomed off their asses most of the time anyway, so this sort of thing can be expected.

In Response to Lonely Goatherd (#15897):

Woohoo! A moron! Our first winner! how does it feel, moron?

When does graffiti become art?

Graffiti becomes art when the "artist" has permission to pain in that location.
Otherwise it's vandelism.

In Response to Lonely Goatherd (#15938):

Ha, I don't think I've ever seen anyone with karma so low that they attain a negative level. Are there any other under-levels that I don't know about? (probably)

In Response to Lonely Goatherd (#15938):

Where'd you learn such amazingly clever retorts?

Third grade?

Go back to reading sprite comics and drinking Michelob Ultra, mullet-head.

In Response to FeldmanSkitzoid (#15940):

Just as karma can only go up to 50, it can (I believe) only go down to -5. Our morons are a small and select lot, but there have been others.

More accurately, there are people whose karma was low before, and who were retroactively titled 'morons' when that rank was added to the karma chart.

In Response to sakuruth (#15945):

From what I remember, Phillip said something about karma going to -25.

Damn this karma thing, though. If I was to post another 50 or so of those moron posts, I might end up one, too.

Or maybe if I was to bend over. Makes me wonder how Tele* feels about all this.

In Response to FeldmanSkitzoid (#15940):

droog_surgeon like to ride on! -7 and keeps on goin!

In Response to DantePendragon (#15921):

Otherwise it's vandelism.

That reminds me, in my bio class a month or so ago, we were talking about Gregor Mendel (in his pre-comic state), and in talking about contributions he had made to science, my prof used the word "mendelism". I enjoyed that.

By the way, proofreading is a blast once you learn how...

In Response to Lonely Goatherd (#15951):

i didnt make it through 3rd grade.

We can tell.

i learnt them from your mamma!

I dunno who's "mamma" you think you learned anything from, you ignorant redneck loser, but my mother was a Rocket Scientist, and would have taught you better than you've shown.

Look, just because you're nine years old and have figured out how to use Daddy's computer, doesn't mean you should try to show off your (very limited) vocabulary of "curse" words and "insults".

Go away.

In Response to Lonely Goatherd (#15952):

Mate.

You're not cool. You're -7 because no one likes you. Don't take this personally, but... you're an idiot.

If you need help pointing out any other personal failures or compounding anything you may be experiencing at school or at home, please don't hesitate to consult us. We'd be only too glad to help.

Or you could be civil and we could return the courtesy.

In Response to unFalln (#15970):

Shh. He's testing to see how low the karma can go. Don't interrupt him in the midst of serious scientific inquiry.

In Response to unFalln (#15970):

Or you could be civil and we could return the courtesy.

    Do you really think morons are capable of courtesy? Mabye we're asking too much here, I mean we could start by letting droog-y know where the FAQ [goats.com] is at, even if it's blazingly obvious to anybody else... And we also have another unofficial Newbie Resource [goats.com] where some prior Moron [goats.com] (s) [goats.com] were educated proper-like. When we tell Newbies where they can educate themselves about proper Goats etiquette [reference.com], we are absolving ourselves from any further proofs of moronicism.

In Response to sakuruth (#15976):

Shh. He's testing to see how low the karma can go. Don't interrupt him in the midst of serious scientific inquiry.

    A study that has already been compiled. [goats.com]

In Response to unFalln (#15949):

Even i have standards, believe it or not. One of these standards is: leave children alone, ignoring them until they reach some passable proximity of adulthood.

Then, and only then, may the bending commence.

(As an aside, you said: "Or maybe if I was to bend over." Please don't tug at a poor old lech's heartstrings like that if you're not making a serious offer, you delicious red-headed hottie [goats.com], you! ;-)

it is not "traditional" graffiti if it is a chalking because it is temporary. The temporariness of this is its beauty, its art.

When does graffiti become art?

When someone is willing to pay for it.

In Response to daubergoat (#15954):

That reminds me, in my bio class a month or so ago, we were talking about Gregor Mendel (in his pre-comic state), and in talking about contributions he had made to science, my prof used the word "mendelism". I enjoyed that.

God, after this comic, I will never think of Mendel in the same way again.

In Response to Phobos (#16191):

after this comic,

Blasphemer! There's no such thing as "after this comic"!

I will never [...something something...] in the same way again.

Do you hear that, Jon? I've been convinced for some time that you would change the world. Now we have testimony.