Is graffitti a cry for attention?

I'm not sure who does dumb sh*t like that anymore 🤔

It's a way of rebelling against a world they see as unjust.

🤔 I think some of the art is pretty, this is just an eyesore. I have seen actual artists take a bland building and change it into a form of art forever bonded with the building.

for some more than others, maybe. for some, it's a total artistic expression. so maybe all art is a cry for attention.

It may not only be a cry for attention, it may be something that screams..."Look at my talents!" I've seen some amazing graffiti work in NYC.

It can mean a lot of things .. defiance, opposition, alternative truth expressions .. I once took a unique tour in Berlin to study the underground art and such .. it's fun when you know what you are looking at .. apparently it's not lame most of the times and means something.. especially to the artist. The general public, being the general public .. remains illiterate and oblivious to the meaning .. ignorant of the fact that something of meaning or value to another human being was created in his/her vicinity .. it remains unappreciated..

Absolutely it is. And the taxpayer pays the price

There are interesting ones.

"No one is honest. No one cares for the people. I´ll vote for Dr. Noone"

Was just in Athens, very political graf all over the city. I don't really care for the tags but there is some very strong political/creative/artistic work out there.

About like a cat spraying a door to mark his territory

In the 70s & 80s, it was quite common in the NYC Transit system, the subways to be more specific, but it was also lethal, as many of the taggers got "tagged"(aka hit and killed) by the IND, IRT or BMT subway trains as they tagged cars in yards or while stopped at stations.

No. It has existed for millennia and there are many reasons behind it; political, aesthetic, memorial, recognition etc.

I like graffitti walls ... can be very cool art forms ... unless it has gang markings ... then I know I'm standing in someone's territory ... 😳

I like it makes walking through the city less boring

It is a form of expression

Somewhat. But it's entertaining to an extend

No it’s art.

Some of them make no sense at all, they're just letters that mean something to those who wrote them apparently (like wtf is DEMZO?). But I also see some consistent ones, like around my city there is someone who has written something that means "I am being tormented" with the biggest letters you could imagine! Who knows what this person was/is going through!

Not even cool graffiti. Lame

Some of it is gang stuff.

Yeah, pretty stupid to deface city property.

How the hell does one up & willingly go to Wally world just to buy some paint & write some stupid shit? 🤷‍♀️

Too much effort for me.🙄

Yup little bastards lol