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- lkmbrd, on 10/10/2007, -12/+318"Change?" - South Park
- ajresch, on 10/10/2007, -7/+280Too bad it's just a copy.
The original was done by an English graffiti artist named Banksy:
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b19/sandyclaw/coins.jpg - usrlocalbin, on 10/10/2007, -14/+181I like it! Great play on words for a strong message.
- bradallen18, on 10/10/2007, -7/+144"spare some change?"
"leave me alone I dont have any change"
"alright god bless you sir"
"aw, now i feel bad - here" - Desolite, on 10/10/2007, -3/+127ah, i get it. he's just trying to break a twenty.
- davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -0/+84a college student was plagiarizing?!??
- hokie47, on 10/10/2007, -2/+83I cut out the middleman and just give them the alcohol they want. I am all about efficiency.
- nicku, on 10/10/2007, -9/+79Banksy ripoff?
- mrshll, on 10/10/2007, -3/+67NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY CHANGE FOR THE BUS!
- consoneo, on 10/10/2007, -11/+73I never give to beggars... but that guy, if he were real, might actually get something from me... maybe not money, but some kind of help.
- mds40, on 10/10/2007, -7/+66I'm all for art but this is essentially banksy's work in a nutshell. way to think outside the box there...
- kalikachrisp, on 10/10/2007, -2/+59"If a homeless guy has a funny sign, he hasn't been homeless that long. A real homeless guy is too hungry to be funny." ---Chris Rock
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+52Jimbo Kern: What happened, Glenn?
Glenn: There's no help coming! Because of all the homeless... because of all the homeless in South Park, property values have plummeted. I had two leans against my house and now the bank is foreclosing. I don't have a home anymore!
Linda Stotch: [Randy ***** shotgun and aims at Glenn] Randy, what are you doing?
Randy Marsh: He's homeless now. We aren't safe!
Glenn: I'm not like them!
Randy Marsh: Not yet. It's only a matter of time.
Linda Stotch: And what are you gonna do, huh? Just blow his head off?
Randy Marsh: If we have to! Sit down, Glenn!
Glenn: Randy, you can't just ...
Randy Marsh: SIT... DOOOWWWNNN! - jeffeb3, on 10/10/2007, -9/+39I donate to charities instead, that way, they get the right help, not drugs or alcohol.
- Bricks, on 10/10/2007, -7/+37He'll still just find a way to spend it on booze.
- dball48, on 10/10/2007, -1/+30very similar to the other five people who said that
- Rikushix, on 10/10/2007, -8/+36If you'd rather enjoy looking at cereal box illustrations as a means of artistic talent, then you live a sad life indeed.
- cheeze_ballz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+28eh? did you look at the image?
- Lennalf, on 10/10/2007, -2/+29You completely missed the point of the picture... The poster is referring to "change" as in the act of changing something. It's a clear play on the concept of begging for change, but very clearly says "keep your coins" to establish that the message does NOT refer to change in the monetary sense. It may be that the artist is trying to say that impoverished people need large, systemic changes in our government/society... or simply that we all require a change.
- CletusJones, on 10/10/2007, -5/+25I give directly to the beggar. Hell, when I needed a smoke, and didnt have them, if someone floated me one, I was grateful. Some old drunk wants $1 for a shot of cheap vodka, hell, I know its not best for him, but they leave me alone.
- Philluminati, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21this could mean anything!
- orangester, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21I'd like to go to a school that encourages you to use it as a canvas. Here if you so much as put up a flyer that isnt stamped by the school then it gets ripped down right away. Plus it's also a way for students to make the school theirs and leave their mark. Imagine 50 years from now if you went back and your mark on the wall was still there for generations of students to see. Maybe I'm just crazy.
- GeneralFailure0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18Except most of the time you just get:
JAMES WAS HERE (AND WAS GAY!) - centran, on 10/10/2007, -3/+20I have had food thrown back at me! They don't want food. They want money for drugs and/or alcohol.
In a big city, there are dozens of places of them to get free food. - Lennalf, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17imitation is the sincerest form of flattery... I wouldn't mind seeing a replica of this piece in every city, even if they aren't originals.
- Leviathan88, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17I cracked up more when I saw you had -11 diggs.
- dragon76, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16I was walking with a friend when a woman accosted us with an elaborate story. I gave her $5 at the end. My friend asked, "You didn't really believe that story?" and I replied, "Maybe I paid her for telling the story."
- vsaint, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16He spelled alcohol wrong...
- chillmandan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14"California, really loves the homeless" -Cartman.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15While you probably think your response is smart, it's actually full of ignorance and stupidity. Good jorb!!!11!!one!!!
- alex7575, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Let's just say, for argument sake, that you haven't completely missed the point on that piece. Not all homeless people out there are crack heads looking for their next fix, some are people who fell ill and coulnd't keep up with the medical bills, or abused women who were either kicked out by their abusive partners, or they decided to flee their situation.
There are a few more examples I can give you, but I'll skip them and go straight to the crack heads: the ones that have become homeless because of their addiction to drugs, did they do that to themselves? Yes! But, they made a mistake that cost them dearly, I for one don't believe those people need to live worse than animals because they made a mistake in life.
I believe what the artist is trying to convey is that we need a solution to poverty, nip it at the root of the problem, not just facelessly throw a few coins at a bum just to make yourself feel better. - purple, on 10/10/2007, -12/+24Sounds like the lyrics from Smash Mouth - All Star:
Somebody once asked could I spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place
I said yep what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change - zaco, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13i like how this follows a hundred pictures of gundams
- Everglow, on 10/10/2007, -5/+16I really wish there were more street art like this. Graffiti has such potential, and always seems to end up just being trash.
- HeyChinaski, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13It's certainly very "Banksyesque", similar stencil style and slogan. However has anyone got any proof this is a Banksy original? I've certainly never seen this one with the Banksy signature. As far as I can tell the original was by an artist called Meek:
http://youthoughtwewouldntnotice.com/blog3/?p=89
http://www.melbournearts.com.au/gallery/v/vidagaigalas/146694148.jpg.html - jsmith39, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10and I thought it was a political message, I love it when a good artist can create something that is meaningful on more than one level.
- Rikushix, on 10/10/2007, -5/+14That's really well done.
- ngmcs8203, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11If you had a spare sandwich in your bag, or leftovers you may not eat... you wouldn't give it to a beggar just because?
- mz00m, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9 "but seriously... I was just joking about the keep your coins part..."
- azimir, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7That's possibly because the image itself is asking for change, the work has already been done for us.
- 10scott10, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7its almot like the konami code
- ButterBuddha, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11yeah Banksy did it first, but that doesn't make the message less meaningful....
btw - surprised nobody has yet bitched about the lack of "Pic" section of digg on this post.... - Tenetri, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Dugg down, dugg down, Dugg Up, Dugg Up...
Weird how that works out > - IMustBeEmo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7I thought the original artist was Meek. Of all these I've seen (at least in photographs) on the right side on the beggar's shoe, it said MEEK.
- heaso, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Guys it is not Banksy.... it is Meek, there is lots of his work around Melbourne check out http://www.stencilrevolution.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=3522&cat=500&ppuser=658 (for the original of this) Yes Bansky is a great stencil artist but this is not his work.
- mastercheif, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4W.T Sancks is on your side as well
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3vHmnHLgcI - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4My father owns a ranch in Texas. He's passed homeless men on the street holding up those signs, "will work for food".
Everytime he says he'll take them to work and pay them well for a hard-days worth: 90% of them say they aren't interested.
The majority of homeless people in this country are there by choice. I do empathize with them, but it's not the job of society to provide for them. That's the job of themselves to do so, the rest of us do, so should they. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -6/+10Looks a lot like a banksy... http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&resnum=0&q=banksy+keep+your+coins+i+want+change&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
- alex7575, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4@OutlawTX
I guess I have to spell it out: "I believe what the artist is trying to convey is that we need a solution to poverty, nip it at the root of the problem", provide a way to break the circle of poverty by helping them put their life back together.
"There is a solution my friend. Employment."
I'm assuming you have employed a few homeless people yourself then... Or you just have the solution, but don't wanna be a part of it? - aoneal417, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I cracked up when I... ah forget it
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