Social Media Replacing Graffiti

Amid the rise of social media oversharing, you’ll notice at least one peculiar change: people don’t seem to write on the walls of public restrooms anymore. But if you’re in search of some good old fashioned bathroom stall graffiti, we recommend checking out Allen Walker Read’s Classic American Graffiti. This is part of a complete episode.

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  • Hi, I think another reason for the decrease in graffiti stems from the fact that young people in particular don’t carry a pen or a marker anymore. You just don’t really need one when everybody has a smartphone right? And I definitely don’t think the bathroom graffiti is an American thing specifically, as I also encounter(ed) it a lot in Amsterdam where I am from.

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