Tempe Police arrest man suspected of vandalizing "Penis Man" on buildings

That smirk

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36 Comments

Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 84 pts · 341d (1 reply)

It always bothers me so much how someone who "allegedly" committed a crime can have his photo and full name published in the newspaper in the US.

A_norny_mousse@feddit.org · 27 pts · 340d

Yep. Horrifying. That's some sort of mob justice right there, IMO. Who still needs a trial after that, and if you're found innocent it's up to you to sue the newspaper for defamation. Or the police department, good luck with that.

ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 341d (2 replies)

I only see Pen Is Man

RaoulDuke@piefed.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 341d (1 reply)
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Rusty@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 339d

Suck it Trebek

shittydwarf@piefed.social · 31 pts · 341d

It is not clear yet exactly how detectives traced Ballengee down before making the arrest

Jesus Christ it's not that complicated, you just find the man with the penis

ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 28 pts · 341d (1 reply)

They'd have to show up eventually

TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 339d

Don't tempt me

turbowafflz@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 341d (11 replies)

The people who get angry over graffiti are so weird. I feel like being in a city with no graffiti anywhere would feel really weird and unsettling

CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 341d (2 replies)

I go either way since graffiti can range between beautiful works of art and some douchebag tagging his local 'crew' name on my neighbors fence.

This one is amusing and definitely gets a pass from me though.

Godort@lemmy.ca · 19 pts · 341d (1 reply)

Graffiti should basically always be done on corporate or city property. Anyone tagging personal property is a dick.

sqgl@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 341d

Anyone tagging personal property is a dick penis man

invertedspear@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 340d (2 replies)

If it’s artistic, sure. Even if it said “penis man” in an artful way. But this is as close to art as a adult still drawing stick figures. It’s almost embarrassing we don’t have better vandals in the neighborhood.

ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 340d

In some respects the art is in the act itself, in the rebellion, in defiance, in the declaration that "I was here." Even something as simple as a tag scrawled on a wall that seems illegible to the uninitiated but actually contains complex letterforms like Philly's wickets, or even the simplicity from the great Cornbread himself.

In some ways Penis Man here is more of an artist IMO than anyone who only paints legally, even Sofles level murals.

And he went back over the buff too, props to Penis Man.

blarghly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 339d

Oh, so a urinal is art, but Penis Man isn't? So plebian. Scoff! I scoff at thee!

PacMan@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 341d (1 reply)

It’s a weird thing I see some amazing graffiti here and there. My city actually pays for and has a competition for it…….. but like 99% of it it’s gang tags and neo Nazi’s sadly

turbowafflz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 340d

Interesting, in my area almost all of the graffiti that isn't just random art or names is things like trans flags, acab, free palestine, etc. I don't think I've seen any nazi stuff I recognized

RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 341d (1 reply)

Were I God Emperor of New Jersey, I'm setting aside art money to have graffiti artists liven the place up a bit. A lot? Go wild at the Atlantic City Racetrack maybe.

PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 341d

God Emperor of New Jersey is the Dune spinoff I never knew I needed!

the_crotch@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 339d

I stayed in downtown Denver and right across the street from my hotel where I'd go to catch the bus somebody wrote in sharpie on an electrical box

MY YAMMY IS IN FLORIDE DUH

It was one of the highlights of my trip and I hope it's still there if I ever make it there again

Edit: found a picture

Blackmist@feddit.uk · 20 pts · 340d (3 replies)

You laugh now, but it's expected in phase 7 of the MCU.

Sideshow_B00b@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 340d

Can’t wait for ”Penis Man & The Vag: Creampiemania”

blarghly@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 339d

🎵 Penis man, penis man, does whatever a penis can 🎵

hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d

Peniverse Of Madness?

itztalal@lemmings.world · 9 pts · 340d (1 reply)

Let me guess, they tracked his phone's GPS.

brotundspiele@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 339d

Much simpler: They looked into his passport to see that he's a man and then they looked into his pants...

Juice@midwest.social · 9 pts · 339d

Psythik@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 339d (3 replies)

Back in April I snapped this photo at a strip mall in Tempe, near Broadway & Mill Ave:

Didn't think too much about it after that, but I'm glad his handiwork was intriguing and well-known enough that that I can have some closure.

ProfessorHoover@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 339d (2 replies)

Given the topic, what was so crude you had to censor the rightmost sign?

Psythik@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 339d (1 reply)
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Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 338d
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kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 339d (3 replies)

Here in Portland we have Penis Girl

Formfiller@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 339d

Damn dude that’s like his soulmate

hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d

Way nicer handwriting.

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 339d

That's funky. I love the second one basically asking if they got it right.

i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 341d (1 reply)

flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 340d

That's what I thought, looking at that sly grin

Ele7en7@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 341d

That title has to be written by ai

hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 335d

He should have written exclusively with a writing utensil from https://penisland.net/ (surprisingly SFW)