A crude pothole graffiti tactic got Portland’s attention. Please don’t copy it, officials say

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/07/a-crude-pothole-graffiti-tactic-got-portlands-attention-please-dont-copy-it-officials-say.html

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tracker@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 1y

So…. A dick graffiti is so much worse than a damaging pothole that gets the government ass in gear. What a bunch of prude assholes!

Treczoks@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 1y (3 replies)

If an idea ist stupid, but works, it is not stupid at all.

Goretantath@lemmy.world · -15 pts · 1y (2 replies)

But you just said it was stupid at first, so are you lying with your last statement or your first?

VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 1y

What the fuck kinda response is this lmao. Ooo you totally got him! lol

Beacon@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y

If an idea SEEMS stupid, but it works, then it's not stupid

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Or else what?

phoenixz@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Or else the government might actually have to do their job. Can you imagine the mayhem?

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

dogs sleeping with cats. kids eating the vegetables. mayhem.

otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y

It's true, sir. This man has no dick.

SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I'm imagining it being said with a wink, wink and a nudge, nudge.

magnetosphere@fedia.io · 18 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Please don’t copy it? This tactic is effective, and I’ve been reading about it for years. It’s been copied plenty, and nothing that Portland “officials” say will change that.

otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y

IIRC, there were a number of weeks some years ago (pre panda?) when they were popping up along Michigan Ave in Detroit, and they had a resounding effect on repair times. Later on, it was discovered that it was just one guy on a mission. 🤷🏽‍♂️ Civic duty FTW. Be the change, citizens!

TomMasz@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y

What I hear is "please do___ copy it".

jarmitage@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 1y

By midday Monday, in a happy ending for the neighbors,

Nice.

SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Wanksy is the hero paved roads need, and always has been

billwashere@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Well, that’s one way to get the Portland Bureau of Transportation to come quickly.

Do you think the author did this on purpose?

otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Considering they're competing with The Mercury and Willamette Week, yes.

Mac@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 1y

Ooooohhhh 👻
This thing 50% of us have attached to our bodies is so scaaaarrryyyyy
Shield your eyes!

chuymatt@startrek.website · 1 pts · 1y

Oh, they did.

6nk06@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
BigTrout75@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 354d

Makes sense not to copy. People really need to make up their own art. I'm thinking some kind of b-hole or maybe even a fancy vajajay.