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DaBair

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Apr 17, 2024
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Not sure how these would be categorized. Some would call it making art, some would call it making memes, and some might call it parodying. There are conversations for each, why not for this?

I'm told this used to be much more of a pastime than it is now. In any case, the procedure would be simple. The advertising we so often get, someone would look at that and think "I'm going to have some fun with this" and "ad vandalisms" were born. They would consist of everything a certain ad would say but with things scribbled over them like one would do with graffiti and ordinary vandalism, which would then sometimes be seen by people who like a good time.

Ad vandalism 1

Ad vandalism 2

This was especially the case during certain eras when advertisers would happen to violate certain rules imposed on them regarding how to go about what they were doing (which, depending on your source, is more or less the case currently). In the off-chance that some of these advertisers would object to what was going on by the way, they couldn't do anything as the advertiser would often have broken too many rules on the outset in the act of doing what they came to do (e.g. when they began being "in your face" in the way they currently are in some spaces), so it would have implications on them.

In your face? More like fair game, as many would say.

Sometimes the results were genuinely funny.

Is this something anyone else has ever been into, or is this a unique thing for me to bring up?
 
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jw_sisyphus97

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Mar 19, 2026
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Ha, are you thinking billboards, or just having fun with online ads yourself?
 
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iguazo falls

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May 20, 2026
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everytime i see an ad assault my eyes, especially in physical spaces i think about it all the time. ads are disgusting and want to waste brain power that could be used for anything else, or for recuperating. the biggest targets should be vehicles who use LED screens because frankly if someone doesn't black it out, its just dangerous to everyone else on the road. if there weren't cameras everywhere i would be doing it 24/7 as public service
 
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witchcraft

it's too painful to live but I'm too afraid to die
Nov 27, 2024
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Instead of random walls getting graffiti, or nice art in a museum, I wish it was billboards.
 
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Forever Sleep

Earned it we have...
May 4, 2022
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I enjoy satire/ parody. So- stuff like this:

 
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Forveleth

I knew I forgot to do something when I was 15...
Mar 26, 2024
4,245
I love IRL ad vandalism if it features some giant corporation no one likes.

Or this bitch
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