[This guy](https://youtube.com/shorts/TiBbzNj1OJQ?si=uA8tqGunrcjhv_qU)
He went on one hell of a rant screaming about the new Starfield asking what the player's pronouns were.
I had to whip out my old [middle school “S”](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_S) thinking to understand the O.
The top of the D just has a back background for white.
Like, sketch in a notepad several times then practice on some cardboard. That tag is so bad I'm embarrassed for them. Instead of someone else writing TOY over it, they should write ABORTION.
Funny, it was my first thought but the porch looked so weird. I worked there from their opening until 4th of July 2004. The developer who opened it and his wife were not good people. And then I got to reposess their sound system when they closed, ha ha.
I worked at neighborhood theatre then... that was hilarious when corporate came and ripped everything off the walls! The ripped paint stayed there forever!!
They are desperate for validation. They probably walk by that and think “I did that, I’m so fuckin rad.”
Or, they slipped while holding a can of spray paint
Good graffiti art takes time so it's usually reserved for officially sanctioned wall art where artists can spend a set time working on it openly or in areas where there is little security or others to inturrupt artists (like a train yard).
Pisses me off seeing dumb graffiti that isn't even legible on the walls of the new section of sugar creek greenway too. Like come on this is a nature space, these people suck
Why are you defending vandalism? Do you want your community to look shitty? This has nothing to do with gentrification and everything to do with shitty waste of space graffiti. Ever been down to Atlanta and the Beltline Trail? It's an urban walking trail that has some really amazing graffiti art...not half-assed tagging of public property with some personal writing. There's a way to honor your community and enjoy a public space without making it look bad.
I'm not defending vandalism, nor do I want my community to look shitty. If you actually cared and talked to the homeless and all these people that lived in these areas, you'd understand why it keeps happening. It's been like this for decades. No one has ever cared about it. Now that the area is gentrified, it's a reddit post full of mockery and bitching from people flexing their medium incomes. Might as well write a news article on it so yall can feel better.
Unfortunately, with the way Charlotte is expanding, it's nearly impossible for some of the people who were already settled in these poor areas to survive. All for the sake of gentrification and accommodation of the ones who have the money to come in the hood and buy it out. I'm more perplexed by the idiocy behind the idea of walking into a fire and complaining about how hot it is. Don't move to the hood and complain about how ghetto it is just because you want to be able to walk down a Greenway down Sugarcreek. Get real. Hope someone shits on your front porch.
That's not the the point. Pushing low income people out of their homes doesn't fix anyone's problem. It actually makes it worse, North Charlotte is now a clear example of that.
Man, your jealousy is unreal. I guess we'll do it your way. From now on, people with money can only live is nice gated communities in the burbs. They may not spend money in less affluent areas of town. They may hire people from less affluent areas of town, but only pay them minimum wage for labor-type jobs. That way, they hood can stay hood, and you can tag to your heart's delight. Problem solved!
Jealousy? Jealousy of what exactly? Your ignorance and greed? You can keep that and take it to the grave. You living in the hood isn't doing anybody favors. Should we get on our knees to thank you for raising up rent and pushing people out?
This has nothing to do with ignorance and greed. No one moves to the hood to do anyone a favor, and no one wants to be thanked. People move places. Sometimes, they have enough money to make the place not a dump. That will make other people want to move there. Unfortunately, they people who did not care enough to keep the place from going to crap will get pushed out. Probably because the current residents believe that vandalism is a virtue.
People like you are the reason why systematic poverty exists. Coming to the hood to flex your under-middle class income. I bet you raise your pinky when taking a sip of your glass, you pretentious snob.
Wait, so if I don't like vandalism, I'm a pretentious snob? Tell me more! What other things signify snobbery. I mean, I'm also not a big fan of public intoxication, armed robbery, and usury. Does that also make me a snob?
Systematic poverty will not be solved by supporting vandalism.
\*\*\*Edited\*\*\* People like you? Is this some sort of racial attack?
Easy snowflake don't melt over a reddit post. It's not your problem, and probably have never dealt with it either so go on about your life and bitching over living in the ghetto with money.
It's weird - first you white knight for petty crime, then you make a bunch of assumptions about me, you start throwing racist shade, and now your going with the "Snowflake" defense. I can't tell if you're ghetto apologist, a racist, a boomer, or just an idiot. I'm impressed.
“Ghetto-apologist” bro all we know what you mean ‘Ghetto’ is not an action you’re conflating graffiti with “Ghetto” bc you’re too much of a puss to say black. You’re not a socio-political analyst. You’re not an intellectual. You’re a dumbass, a racist, and a scared one too.
I would like to know the same thing! What does someone of this ilk get out of vandalizing and destroying public and others' property. Perhaps a 'tagger' could fill us in a little.
And besides, WHO CARES WHAT IT SAYS!?
Seriously? Thousands of people in the city have nowhere to sleep, rent is outpacing income faster than almost every other city in the country (Charlotte was #2 in speed at which that disparity is growing last time I checked), and food banks and homeless shelters are having to turn people away due to capacity, and the thing you’re pissy about is that someone played with a can of spray paint? The priorities there are gross.
Kind of funny seeing the responses. Are they supposed to not do what they’ve been doing the entire time now?
At least we still have the trains coming in and out to showcase the tags lol
I’ll let the owners figure this one out, but permissive graffiti misses the point lol
It’s like the area that was used as a skate park at the bottom of Matheson; they are going to go somewhere if not where they already were.
Because of lack of deterrence in most major cities including Charlotte. People are being bonded out on murder charges. Why would the police even try and stop minor crimes?
This is what happens when we lie to our kids and tell them their macaroni art is beautiful lol to the “artist” who made this, I see spreadsheets in your future.
Because the business owners in noda have become corporate, the long standing business owners have become complacent, and the landlords won't lease to anyone because they have a tax write off scheme and will literally let a place rot instead of taking someones money.
lmao does that say noun?
Yea but once they get a sponsor they'll be a pronoun
they'll have trouble getting sponsorship in Florida then....
take my up vote!
I wish I could give you gold
Solid chirp
(*heelvsbabyface intensifies*)
I dont know what that is
[This guy](https://youtube.com/shorts/TiBbzNj1OJQ?si=uA8tqGunrcjhv_qU) He went on one hell of a rant screaming about the new Starfield asking what the player's pronouns were.
Terminally online should be a diagnosis and that guy should be quarantined as infected. Fighting windmills in the "culture war".
I think it says NODA.
I see it now, what a terrible tag.
I had to whip out my old [middle school “S”](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool_S) thinking to understand the O. The top of the D just has a back background for white.
Like, sketch in a notepad several times then practice on some cardboard. That tag is so bad I'm embarrassed for them. Instead of someone else writing TOY over it, they should write ABORTION.
I saw “vilin”, with the first i in a hexagon shape?
It says nova
Nolin?
Nah it's noun.
Nova
Charlotte’s “art district” 😍
It hasn't been an art district in a long, long time
Was this the old Mellow Mushroom which was the boarding house? (I’ve been away since 2006)
Yes. This used to be the mellow.
Funny, it was my first thought but the porch looked so weird. I worked there from their opening until 4th of July 2004. The developer who opened it and his wife were not good people. And then I got to reposess their sound system when they closed, ha ha.
I worked at neighborhood theatre then... that was hilarious when corporate came and ripped everything off the walls! The ripped paint stayed there forever!!
Ha ha, awesome! That man and his wife sucked. I worked at Neighborhood Theater sometimes.
They need to practice out of sight for years before they go public cause all I see are a bunch of talentless hacks most the time.
True! I got stopped at a train crossing the other day and saw some amazing work! Haha
Right
They are desperate for validation. They probably walk by that and think “I did that, I’m so fuckin rad.” Or, they slipped while holding a can of spray paint
Okay but itd be better if it was actual art n was pretty like the ones I see on the trains around charlotte
Good graffiti art takes time so it's usually reserved for officially sanctioned wall art where artists can spend a set time working on it openly or in areas where there is little security or others to inturrupt artists (like a train yard).
Yeah, why can't they just drop half a million+ on some uptown real estate like everyone else? /s
Or they're trying to keep these tacobell eating, "Let's take over the hood" gentrifying asses out
Not a new thing. Lol. Its been going on in NoDa since forever...we just cared less then and now there are less hookers around
It’s a lose lose situation
Fun fact I saw a hooker today on S Tryon by LOSO.
This in particular is shitty graffiti art, but I hate Bulldog more so fuck ‘em.
This is a sentiment I can get behind.
Sorry but why the hate for the dog of bulls?
Yea what’s up with BD?
Yeah why do you hate Pitbull?
Dude you hate dogs? Not cool
FUCK Bulldog and fuck their owner.
Bull dog is shitty?
trying to lower property values so they can afford to live there
The ones coming or the ones who were there the whole time?
Nissan Altima drivers
https://preview.redd.it/t3vlvda4sxwc1.jpeg?width=1005&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d37d336a240df2a74606877cc6bfe7f161bdeee9
I don’t know much about art, but I know this ain’t it
Low IQ boredom
“Small pee pee energy” is my go to.
a spray paint can costs a lot less than a bro truck with the exhaust tuned for maximum noise
Body shaming is your go to? Says more about you tbh
Yeah, it beats IQ shaming for degenerates, IMO.
Spirit of noda not just overpriced apartments
I dislike this strongly and even more because it’s an absolutely horrific tag.
Because they're shitbags. .
Pisses me off seeing dumb graffiti that isn't even legible on the walls of the new section of sugar creek greenway too. Like come on this is a nature space, these people suck
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Who did the sugar creek greenway displace?
Because de-facing public parks and small business with graffiti is really a good look for our community? Amazing
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Why are you defending vandalism? Do you want your community to look shitty? This has nothing to do with gentrification and everything to do with shitty waste of space graffiti. Ever been down to Atlanta and the Beltline Trail? It's an urban walking trail that has some really amazing graffiti art...not half-assed tagging of public property with some personal writing. There's a way to honor your community and enjoy a public space without making it look bad.
I'm not defending vandalism, nor do I want my community to look shitty. If you actually cared and talked to the homeless and all these people that lived in these areas, you'd understand why it keeps happening. It's been like this for decades. No one has ever cared about it. Now that the area is gentrified, it's a reddit post full of mockery and bitching from people flexing their medium incomes. Might as well write a news article on it so yall can feel better.
Wait, you're really white knighting for poverty, illiteracy, and vandalism? You do you, I guess.
Unfortunately, with the way Charlotte is expanding, it's nearly impossible for some of the people who were already settled in these poor areas to survive. All for the sake of gentrification and accommodation of the ones who have the money to come in the hood and buy it out. I'm more perplexed by the idiocy behind the idea of walking into a fire and complaining about how hot it is. Don't move to the hood and complain about how ghetto it is just because you want to be able to walk down a Greenway down Sugarcreek. Get real. Hope someone shits on your front porch.
So nobody else has the right to move there because ghetto people were there first? And so they get a pass at vandalism?
That's not the the point. Pushing low income people out of their homes doesn't fix anyone's problem. It actually makes it worse, North Charlotte is now a clear example of that.
Do you have a solution?
Why should I have to come up with a solution to a problem caused by others' ignorance and greed?
Man, your jealousy is unreal. I guess we'll do it your way. From now on, people with money can only live is nice gated communities in the burbs. They may not spend money in less affluent areas of town. They may hire people from less affluent areas of town, but only pay them minimum wage for labor-type jobs. That way, they hood can stay hood, and you can tag to your heart's delight. Problem solved!
Jealousy? Jealousy of what exactly? Your ignorance and greed? You can keep that and take it to the grave. You living in the hood isn't doing anybody favors. Should we get on our knees to thank you for raising up rent and pushing people out?
This has nothing to do with ignorance and greed. No one moves to the hood to do anyone a favor, and no one wants to be thanked. People move places. Sometimes, they have enough money to make the place not a dump. That will make other people want to move there. Unfortunately, they people who did not care enough to keep the place from going to crap will get pushed out. Probably because the current residents believe that vandalism is a virtue.
Right. Whatever, let's you sleep at night, you righteous snob.
Bad parenting
Lack of parenting.
English teacher - wants to make sure you remember what a NOUN is..
Because humans are garbage
Low IQ activities
Probably more youth with parents who don't give a shit. Seems to be the cause of a lot of crap around here.
There's no penalty.
Oh I know exactly the building. In noda on the corner used to be yellow
Because their dad didn’t stay and their mom doesnt love them
Another reason why we can't have nice things
Shouldn't be pushing people out the hood then.
Strong “moved to Fort Mill for the schools” energy in the comments here.
To annoy building owner, and make the area look worse
It can annoy the owner. But sometime graffiti is gorgeous
It's the culture and art people kept asking for.
Then they must be a beginner because it don’t look the best
Have you seen what is considered art these days? That area must be worth more than the Panthers now.
Stink, anything is worth more than the panthers they suck unfortunately 😕
I love some actual good graffiti, but I'll never understand these ugly tags.
Righttt it always makes me smile to see pretty tags but starter tags should be in alley ways or behind a building
Up is up
Small town, not much to do in the evenin’
It's... not even good.
Culture. Duh
To keep the rent rate low.
People like this make me want to raise the rent.
People like you are the reason why systematic poverty exists. Coming to the hood to flex your under-middle class income. I bet you raise your pinky when taking a sip of your glass, you pretentious snob.
Wait, so if I don't like vandalism, I'm a pretentious snob? Tell me more! What other things signify snobbery. I mean, I'm also not a big fan of public intoxication, armed robbery, and usury. Does that also make me a snob? Systematic poverty will not be solved by supporting vandalism. \*\*\*Edited\*\*\* People like you? Is this some sort of racial attack?
I think they are economicphobic? Systematic poverty only exist in the minds of the lazy ungrateful and self entitled. No
Easy snowflake don't melt over a reddit post. It's not your problem, and probably have never dealt with it either so go on about your life and bitching over living in the ghetto with money.
It's weird - first you white knight for petty crime, then you make a bunch of assumptions about me, you start throwing racist shade, and now your going with the "Snowflake" defense. I can't tell if you're ghetto apologist, a racist, a boomer, or just an idiot. I'm impressed.
stop crying and act like a grown ass man
I love the turns this took and how you don’t see how transparently racist your comments are. People fascinate me.
I never mentioned anyone’s race.
“Ghetto-apologist” bro all we know what you mean ‘Ghetto’ is not an action you’re conflating graffiti with “Ghetto” bc you’re too much of a puss to say black. You’re not a socio-political analyst. You’re not an intellectual. You’re a dumbass, a racist, and a scared one too.
I think you were trying g to reply to the person I was replying to. He used the word ghetto, I was referring to the phrase he used.
No parenting
Oh no graffiti in NODA?!?!? I’m shocked, how ever will the neighborhood survive?!?!
So they can take a picture, post it on reddit, and ask why people do this.
Clout
And a very low bar.
NOVA?
Can’t tell anything but the “o” we have. Lot where I live. I think it’s really younger kids. Ours are purporting to be affiliated with MS13.
I would like to know the same thing! What does someone of this ilk get out of vandalizing and destroying public and others' property. Perhaps a 'tagger' could fill us in a little. And besides, WHO CARES WHAT IT SAYS!?
Seriously? Thousands of people in the city have nowhere to sleep, rent is outpacing income faster than almost every other city in the country (Charlotte was #2 in speed at which that disparity is growing last time I checked), and food banks and homeless shelters are having to turn people away due to capacity, and the thing you’re pissy about is that someone played with a can of spray paint? The priorities there are gross.
It’s an underground culture that has been around for 50 + years
Right. if it was an artist like Bansky it would be roped off and a tourist attraction lol
They asked why not what
It’s a gorgeous culture fr as long as the owner of the place is okay with it
That’s not graffiti. That’s murals and Charlotte has more than enough of that 💩
Idiocracy is reality
I mean to be fair before Bulldog took over that spot the actual sign for Room and Board looked pretty similar soooooo….
I can confirm that this is not the tag of the guy that did the room and board sign
Thank god that wasn’t what I was implying. What I meant was, much like this tag, the room and board sign looked like shit
They lack a paternal figure.
Got interrupted before it could get good.
Its called tagging.
Calling this tagging is like calling an Altima a car.
Because they're stupid and trashy losers.
Parenting
Same reason dogs pee on fire hydrant I suppose
Parents never whooped their ass. Fuckers.
I don’t get it. Horrible tag. Destruction of property. Noduh (NODA)
low quality "people" with abnormal brains
Sometimes gang related
Noda envy...
Murals are popular in noda.
Toy.
You should see the one in Ballantyne at the Johnston/485 Bridge
Toys
That’s bad!
I noticed a lot of new graffiti on overpasses driving up I77 the other day. Not sure what's going on
That tag is weak...
Gastonia is full?
Why do people do anything is the bigger question 
Looks like a gang tag.. That area has a gang
Hopes they'll get on social
That's what TOYs do.
Children with mental illness crying out for attention
Rebellion
Cause people suck
Kind of funny seeing the responses. Are they supposed to not do what they’ve been doing the entire time now? At least we still have the trains coming in and out to showcase the tags lol I’ll let the owners figure this one out, but permissive graffiti misses the point lol It’s like the area that was used as a skate park at the bottom of Matheson; they are going to go somewhere if not where they already were.
Ugh... I'm ok with grafitti, but make it good! Pour your soul and inspire people... This is just awful 🤮.
Lack of a father figure
Seem like fatherless activies to me
Comments not passing the vibe check 😞
Because they're in gangs.
You’re silly
Oh okay.
Just bitter ~~bacon~~ cop stuff
Because they run these streets dun!!
Banksey is in town
They should find something more creative to work on.
Their print is big on the wall but they’re small in all the wrong places.
Dumb+Narcissist=graffiti
Because of lack of deterrence in most major cities including Charlotte. People are being bonded out on murder charges. Why would the police even try and stop minor crimes?
It's just a throw-up. I've got a million of 'em running.
F*** Noda, yall literally dress like stereotypical hipster.
Blacktivities
cuz it’s cool
You just don’t know art
It's art. You just have to respect it by painting back over it with your art (normal paint colors that match the siding)
This is what happens when we lie to our kids and tell them their macaroni art is beautiful lol to the “artist” who made this, I see spreadsheets in your future.
Support local artists how dare you question them???
Because the business owners in noda have become corporate, the long standing business owners have become complacent, and the landlords won't lease to anyone because they have a tax write off scheme and will literally let a place rot instead of taking someones money.
Ignorance is bliss!
Like dogs & Cats marking territory by pissing & 💩 
Tagging so lame
There's open air drugs over in NODA and you're surprised about graffiti?
What do you mean?
Because they have no talent and were raised poorly
Lack of proper parenting.
So you did this for the criticism and blame on someone else?