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Who dugg this? Made popular Apr 23, 2009

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  • mgd4, on 04/23/2009, -11/+679The image of the little boy is totally wrong. He is holding the paper bag totally wrong, it should be held with a tighter grip. As soon as the snipper fires the kid will probably drop his candy.
  • fallout49, on 04/22/2009, -13/+383So I dugg a submission of an image of an article about the inaccuracy of the graffiti art that an artist produced to send a message to the public in hopes that they talk about it.
  • NJSlacker, on 04/23/2009, -25/+291Since when was art required to depict life accurately? Obviously the serviceman's never see a painting by Picasso.
  • Velocity14, on 04/23/2009, -1/+262Local third-grader, Wally "Skidmark" Wilson, 8, has carried paper bags of many varieties and contents since the first grade. He had this to say about the technicalities of holding a paper bag and how it was inaccurate in the artist's depiction: "I like turtles."
  • csrster, on 04/23/2009, -2/+247Well it's obvious that the sniper is facing the wrong way. He needs to turn a full 180 degrees in order to hit the annoying kid with the flaccid bag.
  • cawfee, on 04/23/2009, -3/+203๏̯͡๏﴿
  • Azerael, on 04/23/2009, -1/+197Snippers don't fire, they cut grass.
  • rupertd, on 04/23/2009, -5/+181As a Professional prankster, with a Major in Paper-Bag-Related-Hilarity, I must also weigh into this debate. The child's stance, hand positioning and hat angle all indicate the artist has done no research whatsoever.

    Any media may contact me on my private address.
  • boredco, on 04/23/2009, -1/+160Actually, some Spanish people do actually look like that
  • Dr3w, on 04/23/2009, -2/+135So the firearms instructor doesn't have anything to say about how competent soldiers shouldn't let kids sneak up on them during live ops?
  • b3and1p, on 04/23/2009, -20/+140uhh this is crazy, but maybe he just wanted to make sure you could see the face of the man. Insane.. I know.
  • JoeCool1986, on 04/23/2009, -0/+115__̴ı̴̴̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡ ̡͌l̡*̡̡ ̴̡ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡͡͡ ̲▫̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ̲̲͡▫̲̲͡͡ ̲|̡̡̡ ̡ ̴̡ı̴̡̡ ̡͌l̡̡̡̡.__
  • GhostInAShell, on 04/23/2009, -13/+99The gun is just a detail. A good realist artist would have gotten that detail right, but for a guy like Banksy, the message and the humor are more important than the damn details.
  • aralls, on 04/23/2009, -14/+98I love Banksy...

    but I also love accurate marksmanship....

    can't decide whether to dig this or bury it.
  • FastZ, on 04/23/2009, -4/+83how in the hell?
  • gamebittk, on 04/23/2009, -0/+78That's art.
  • inactive, on 04/23/2009, -1/+79Actually to achieve maximum popping, the bag should be held horizontally.

  • gingerboy, on 04/23/2009, -9/+77Whooooooooooooooooooooooshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!
  • DemDude, on 04/23/2009, -0/+54True. Every time I go to Spain I think I'm on shrooms.
  • LouBrown, on 04/23/2009, -1/+48Thai characters and parenthesis:
    http://metachat.org/index.php/2008/09/23/p34959
  • Samurai77, on 04/22/2009, -2/+48It's really a mini RPG.
  • MrSAI, on 04/23/2009, -0/+46Where's the question in that?
  • DavidTurnbull, on 04/23/2009, -9/+55Maybe Banksy is saying snipers are incompetent.
  • ASfinkterSezWut, on 04/23/2009, -0/+42And I dugg you in a discussion forum for digging that submission after a friend referred me from another social networking tool to read a thread on a social networking site linking to an article about the inaccuracy of the graffiti art that an artist produced to send a message to the public in hopes that they talk about it.
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  • RUBallsingMe, on 04/23/2009, -0/+36every time i go to spain i AM on shrooms, only way to stand that place
  • Shakermaker, on 04/23/2009, -4/+39Well, look who else missed the point.
  • joeyjoejoe99, on 04/23/2009, -5/+40Let me ask all my geek friends a question...

    If Banksy created graffiti of someone using a dell laptop, and on the laptop was OS X, we would ALL jump over his ass for falseness.

    Just sayin is all...
  • inactive, on 04/23/2009, -2/+32hey how did you make that backwards d?
  • RUBallsingMe, on 04/23/2009, -0/+28I'm just kidding, i've never been to spain
  • AtWorkSurfer, on 04/23/2009, -2/+28Not everybody looks at both Digg and Reddit.
  • Ki77erB, on 04/23/2009, -1/+26When you become a really good sniper, they give you a second "p". Its like a level-up.
  • VaticanSlayer, on 04/23/2009, -2/+27And I dugg you for making me read your comment at least twice to verify it made sense after I studied the picture and literally posed in the position a sniper would be in to actually fire a shot both left and right handed while i'm at work to make sure the article dugg is worth digging to send a message to the public in hopes that they talk about it.
  • redcodenl, on 04/23/2009, -0/+24No... this way its still wrong dummy :) The side where the gun rests on the shoulder should be used to pull the trigger, not to aim! So the original and this one are both wrong, read the article next time.
  • lee1060, on 04/23/2009, -3/+27The title. I think you may have stolen it.
  • ch0pin02, on 04/23/2009, -2/+24(>^.^)>
  • TrouserJazz, on 04/23/2009, -2/+23He's obviously got a bung shoulder and is blind in one eye and there was no-one else available that day so they had to pull him out of retirement for one last job. Seriously: shame on you if you think was a mistake. There's some kind of comment here about incompetent police marksmen who are easily spooked to pull the trigger.
  • Phyltre, on 04/23/2009, -1/+22As a retired exhibition-level Supreme Prankmaster, with multiple doctorates in air pressure collapse and forced accidental firearm triggering, I would counter that the boy's hands and body were positioned in such a way as to allow the boy to flee the situation after the detonation, which is obviously the wisest course of action during a firearm-related prank.

    Furthermore, your slanders against the artist have earned you death by scorpions.

    Guess where I hid them.
  • duewydo, on 04/23/2009, -1/+21ಠ_ಠ
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  • theOster, on 04/23/2009, -3/+22and even then, you could speculate that the depiction is illustrating ineptness of authority. jes sayin.
  • SawButter, on 04/23/2009, -0/+18http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/8665/snippercutti ...

    Satisfied ?
  • dseang, on 04/23/2009, -1/+19This comment submitted by mgd4 is totally wrong. He has spelt the word "sniper" totally wrong, it should be spelt with one 'p'. As soon as anyone reads the comment, they are going to go "WTF is a 'snipper'".
  • TrouserJazz, on 04/23/2009, -3/+21The way he's holding the gun is the message...
  • d2002, on 04/22/2009, -12/+30Mirror:
    http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3738/snippercut ...
  • crash331, on 04/23/2009, -1/+18If he were left handed then the gun would be on his left shoulder, not right.
  • Janv1er, on 04/23/2009, -1/+17This is on his website.
  • pezoamo, on 04/23/2009, -2/+18is it boobs in a field?
  • marshalkowski, on 04/23/2009, -3/+18In hindsight, Salvador Dali screwed up, too. Clocks do not melt like that. And don't get me started on Escher.
  • Spudgun88, on 04/23/2009, -4/+18That's the point.
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