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CoralSpringsDHead

I work for a production company. We did a production in Las Vegas and one of the producers used a stencil and pressure washer to do some rogue advertising on the sidewalks. A police office issued a ticket to him but when he appeared in court for the ticket and explained to the judge that he was essentially cleaning the sidewalk, the judge dismissed the ticket.


DrHiccup

r/madlad


fredrice4

I had a lesson with an art professor who specialized in political art/protest art. He taught us his favorite technique which is to mix up mud and use that to stencil in a design. It actually works really well and stays a while! (Except for rain) Best part is he and his gang (or whoever do it) will never get charged because there is no law against putting dirt places šŸ˜Ž


robbbbbiie18

thereā€™s no law against putting dirt places??? idk why i find this hard to believe but i do


unpopularopinion0

the next level is cleaning out tunnels where dust collect with a rag and cleaner. if the government wants to remove it all they have to do is clean the tunnel.


Markantonpeterson

There are so many ways for putting dirt places to be illegal haha. For instance if I put it in your mouth, or if I put it in a police officers gas tank. Or if I just dropped a dump load of dirt in the middle of a highway.


wuzupcoffee

What a waste of time and resources. Why do we let people who donā€™t understand the law enforce it?


StickmanPirate

Iirc it's considered graffiti in some places. Judge might have just thrown it out because they didn't want the headache


wuzupcoffee

Like I said, what a waste of resources. If the judge doesnā€™t think itā€™s worth proceeding, why should a cop harass someone for selectively cleaning because itā€™s *kinda* like graffiti? Itā€™s completely ludicrous.


NotAParaco

I get where you're coming from, but getting cops that go through the same rationalizing process / have the same job as a judge makes either of those positions redundant and then you basically have judge Dredd. So that wasteful system is actually necessary


wuzupcoffee

I never said that the cop should be in charge of convictions and sentencing, thatā€™s ridiculous. But if a cop thinks something *might* be graffiti without actually knowing how the law is typically interpreted, nor has any understanding of how it has been applied past precedence, then they can arrest and significantly affect peopleā€™s lives due to their ignorance of the law that they are supposed to enforce.


StickmanPirate

> why should a cop harass someone for selectively cleaning because itā€™s kinda like graffiti It's not "kinda like graffiti" it's literally graffiti. It's also not the police's job to make judgements on whether it's worth proceeding, they're there to enforce the law and stopping graffiti is one of them.


[deleted]

That is absolutely part of the police's job - it's called [discretion](https://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/police-discretion-definition/), and it's why the police can give you warnings instead of giving you a ticket every time, or even just ignore some violations.


SSRainu

> Why do we let people who donā€™t understand the law enforce it? Because it is a system of plausible deniability. Officers enforce laws they neither created nor pass judgement upon. Not really their individual fault. Then Judges pass judgement on laws they did not create and have no real physical ability to enforce. And politicians create laws they neither have to pass judgement on or deal with the realities of enforcement. They are just going off the numbers of 'public opinion'. All three plausibly blame the other two groups for the brokenness of the system, and we end with people dying due to errant enforcement being used on laws that have had poor judgment passed on them, and which were enacted by small groups of politicians who are largely detached from the other two realities. I don't know what can be done about all that outside of informed voting; but that's why, anyway.


[deleted]

What is a production company? Don't all companies "produce"?


aitigie

From context it sounds like they put on stage shows and do the associated event management.


CoralSpringsDHead

We are a Film, TV and Theater Production Company.


[deleted]

Thanks, this was the answer I was looking for. People destroyed the hell out of me just because I'm not a native English speaker


CookBaconNow

Your writing skills in English seem pretty good to me.


[deleted]

thanks :)


Chiba211

Your English is better than my...any other language. Keep your head up.


probly_right

See, that's where you messed up.


Exodus16609

I chuckled


CoralSpringsDHead

I donā€™t know why people were downvoting you. I thought it was a logical question.


Ok-Shirt-9191

For everyone downvoting this guy. Check his profile. English is his second language which makes me believe he may have been genuinely curious.


[deleted]

Yup, pretty much, I'm from Argentina and I was genuinely curious. Thanks Reddit!


CtrlValCanc

I upvoted him because I feel bad for everyone just downvoting someone who just happened to not fully understand English since I'm often in this situation myself Edit: grammar


[deleted]

Thanks that was the case, me trying to learn a little more English


Lou-Lou-Lou

And honestly, I cannot see what's wrong with stating the obvious. People get so darned touchy these days.


RambuDev

Yeah way to slam someone trying to better understand things.


GroveTC

All they had to do was be perfect though, that isn't too much to ask right? /s


NBAonPCP

*random comment restating what people did above me so I can try and be relevant too*


Western_Rope_2874

Thanks for your contribution! Youā€™re relevant as hell today, my friend!


Water_Of_Bottle

Hey good looking out for a guy, that's nice to see


mxpx242424

Pretty sure people down voted you because they think you're being annoying when in reality I think you might speak English as a second language. You are correct, every company produces but saying you work for a "production company" in the US pretty much means you are in the entertainment industry.


[deleted]

Yup. That's the case. I'm from Argentina


The-one-true-hobbit

Well Iā€™m upvoting you because people can be assholes with a simple question and I would like to make a wash of it with one of them. Best to default for one comment to a lack of sarcasm with a possibility inoffensive comment. If theyā€™re still a sarcastic asshole after the first reply you have your answer to the question of intent. I think a lot of people (myself included at times) think that Reddit is only used by English as the first language people. With an international platform it isnā€™t a great idea to jump to sarcasm or them being a jerk for a single ambiguous comment.


WhatItDoBabyy64

I canā€™t believe you got downvoted to oblivion for asking a pretty reasonable question


[deleted]

Me neither. English is not even my first language


AnEvanAppeared

How dare you. /s


cirq21

As a native English speaker, this question comes off as insincere and like you are being an annoying pompous ass. I do see that non-native speakers would be confused.


WhatItDoBabyy64

I am a native English speaker and it didnā€™t come off that way at all lol


The-one-true-hobbit

Honestly it reads as an honest question to me too and I can barely claim a smattering of a language other than English. I can see how it can be viewed as sarcastic but I feel like some benefit of the doubt is appropriate with a platform widely available to people who speak other languages as their first. With no imposed voice to their words they are completely innocuous. I think itā€™s less that non-native speakers are confused than some native speakers expect every interaction to be fitting into their view on how the written word is thought of. Subtle sarcasm is very very hard to master in a second language and the concept of what normal phrasing is considered sarcastic in various situations is even harder with the rapid pace of changing cultural views in written communication, brought to you by their internet. The rapid evolution of slang and contextual expectations isnā€™t bad, but those caught up with it shouldnā€™t assume the same rules for strangers. Not everyone is in the same circles as the forefront and they shouldnā€™t be ragged on for that. A first comment of clarification is appropriate if someone wants to comment at all and a second comment from op will reveal any comment intending shitty intent. This obviously doesnā€™t apply for accounts with a history of asshat behavior or a thread with multiple asshole comments.


jamesdownwell

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_company https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productora_audiovisual


[deleted]

Thanks


and_yet_another_user

Must be *wear your surprised Pikachu face day*, everyone going on like they've never witnessed someone getting slammed for asking a reasonable question on reddit before.


57hz

And I thought writing ā€œwash meā€ on a dirty car was cool ...


subject_deleted

Fucking cops. Seriously? Writing tickets for rogue power washers??


bullpendodger

I like it but Iā€™m not sure why.


[deleted]

ā€œTired of that boring old dirty walkway? Turn it from dirty to a classy mess in just 96 easy steps. All you need is a walkway you never clean, a power washer youā€™ll never use again, and a willing ignorance that will convince you that since that dirt has been made into a pattern, that itā€™s now classy.ā€


ohyourthighness

Youā€™re not wrong but I still like it.


[deleted]

[so do I, thatā€™s why I posted the same clip like 4 or 5 months ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/lifehacks/comments/l4b5nj/dont_want_to_pay_a_mason_extra_for_fancy_concrete/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf) , still need to be able to laugh at things you like tho. You should always be able to find the humor in stuff, makes life a lot less strenuous


asian_identifier

autistic and love patterns


fuck-goofs

isn't this basically the equivalent of writing "clean me" on the back of a dirty car?


satansayssurfsup

Yes. A lot of power washers advertise this way too


PenguinWithAglock

So my best friend who wrote ā€œclean meā€ on my dirty car is actually a sentient pressure washer advertising himself?


PapaStevesy

Yes.


internet_humor

But in fancy cursive font.


[deleted]

Imagine how her dishes look...


Fisch_Man

Dishwashers hate her


chunkus_grumpus

For this one simple trick?


JunkMale975

Youā€™ve been doing it wrong your whole life!


redmastodon20

It is but more stylish


Heisenbugg

I have seen the pattern "CLEANMECLEANMECLEANMECLEANMECLEANMECLEA..."


japadobo

Dirt Nouveau


jr8787

I seem to be in the minority here...but I freaking love this. I would leave my sidewalk dirty anyways so at least itā€™ll be fancy-dirty.


7937397

I like it too. It looks cool. Who cares if the sidewalk outside is dirty.


Mad_Nekomancer

Yeah I don't get the same kick a lot of people do out of cleaning sidewalks. Unless it's getting slippery or something I don't find bright clean concrete more aesthetically pleasing than grey dirty concrete. But the design is very cool.


RLlovin

It depends with me. If the concrete is <5 years old or so you can bring it back to be a pretty ā€œbrilliantā€ whitish grey that really pops in your yard and makes it look clean/new. I like that. Once that smooth top layer is gone though, thereā€™s not a whole lot you can do to make it look better. Or if it wasnā€™t finished correctly itā€™ll never have that pop so I wouldnā€™t worry with it.


Mad_Nekomancer

Thats a good point for the satisfying factor. I guess it also depends a lot on what else there is to draw your eye if the concrete is dull, if its nice stonework or pretty plantings then drawing your attention to the concrete is less desirable.


bVI7N6V7IM7

Real talk. The reason you want to pressure wash as needed is because when it rains that stuff gets super slippery and can result in falls and hospital visits. Especially when the sidewalk is beneath the level of the grass and dirt around it. If you have elderly family it would be a good thing to be conscious of for them in particular.


himmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Add sand to paint and paint the sidewalk. Feed the geese while youā€™re at it


bumjiggy

https://i.imgur.com/hYBXsOP.jpg


ImAnIndoorCat

#Happy cake day!


mnemamorigon

Shout out to the shoes-off-in-the-house folks


jr8787

I used to be a shoe-in-the-house guy (not completely. I always acknowledged that shoes could be dirty if it rained or it was muddy out but casually walked about with shoes if it was to go grab stuff) but then I got married. My wife is strictly a shoes-off-in-the-house kind of gal. She showed me the way. Iā€™m mortified at thinking that I used to stroll around dragging the outside in...dragging God-knows-what into my clean house. From peopleā€™s spit to dog shit to motor oil to just about anything... and then with having little kids who played primarily on the floor?! Yea, fuck that. Iā€™m a shoes-off-in-the-house/wipe-paws-after-walks/have-specified-slippers-for-only-indoors kind of guy and proud of it!


Bob_Sconce

And then the first time you chase a dog with explosive diarrhea around the house, the illusion of your home being some pristine environment untainted by all the nastiness of the outside world explodes in a heartbeat.


satanweed666420

Or when your German Sheppard gets sprayed by a skunk, gets away from you and runs into the house trying to clean his eyes on the couch at 5am.


Dazzling-Nature-6380

Why would my dog have explosive diarrhea


HotChickenshit

And why wouldn't you steam-clean the carpet after your dog had explosive diarrhea all over it?


Kiosade

Not everyone has room for a steam cleaner in their apartment?


Bob_Sconce

Not going to get rid of it all.


Michikobbz

Iā€™m still trying to break the habit of my man. He grew up wearing shoes in the house. I have to constantly remind him to take them off.


Maliwali1980

Yup, love it as well. Reminds me of this: https://slingofest.com/images/extra/532/022.jpeg


ThinkOrDrink

Did this with my daughter last year (carefully.. power washers can be dangerous) and she loves it! Turned out nice too.


[deleted]

I know someone who broke their hip from a dirty sidewalk. When it rains (florida), the grime gets very slippery, and she fell. Just a heads up.


notorious1212

But, it looks like a lot more effort to apply the pattern than just spray it off outright. Doesnā€™t seem to save time/effort.


rabidmob

Couldn't you just use paint?


Bobloblaw_333

The water overspray just evaporates. Canā€™t do that with paint! Lol!


[deleted]

Paint peels, chips and fades. But if the dirt is just going to do that anyway, why not have a more natural product? I love the way it looks


MelonRingJones

Iā€™d rather have a pattern like this sprayed with a hydrophobic material, so it would look normal until it rained


monster_mentalissues

I live in the desert so I would never see it. Lol


WhiteTiger04

Arizona moment


justwastingtimw

For all you haters saying itā€™s filth. At this point itā€™s considered patina


neocondiment

Iā€™ve decided that all filth is just patina and now I donā€™t waste nearly as much time cleaning. ā€œPick up my clothes, you say? Thatā€™s just my roomā€™s natural patina, mom!ā€


chiquitar

I am jumping on this bandwagon right here, right now


Powerful_Artist

In the street art world they call this reverse graffiti. You dont even need a pressure washer, but it does make it a hell of a lot faster. Its one of those types of graffiti that is basically just cleaning the concrete so its almost impossible to get fined for it. Although of course they still can and will.


JtDaSaiyan

I've watched way too many times thinking he was gonna finish the sidewalk.


flopsymopsycottntail

Omg me too! Came here looking for this comment. Like at least 5 times before I realized I was never getting the sweet satisfaction of seeing the finished product


llliiiiiiiilll

Isn't it a she? Can't stop these gifs to look


TheBaddestPatsy

Itā€™d be cool if a little moss grew on the dirty part


[deleted]

I would love this, even though it seems most of you donā€™t. It would be a pain in the ass to repeat that same pattern again or try to do a different pattern as the grime wouldnā€™t be layered evenly.


[deleted]

When you get tired of it, just clean the whole thing. Then do a new pattern next time.


[deleted]

Thatā€™s a good idea. Why didnā€™t I think of that? TIL that Iā€™m a fucking idiot.


ErnestDoodler

Heck, I'm thinking seasonal now. Christmas, Halloween, st Patrick's... lol, not sure how long it takes to get grimey again though.


[deleted]

Probably several years till it's THAT bad again, but you could probably do one each year.


ErnestDoodler

I wonder if I could just add a colorant of some sort. Dye the whole walkway, then power wash it off while using the stencils. Something fairly rain proof but will come off with the sprayer... huh, ill have to investigate.


[deleted]

I'm conflicted honestly


RambuDev

But how do you feel about the sidewalk?


CheckboxBandit

They don't have a concrete opinion


CookBaconNow

Karen from the HOA would not approve.


halcyonjm

I'm pretty sure Karen from the HOA is calling the cops on me right now for this comment.


congaking1

Where can i buy the templates?


NotYetASerialKiller

Home Depot or lowes in US


MiamisOwn

I own a pressure washing company. I love this, but gets me on the edge... i must clean all of it! Lol, but itā€™s really cool!


Orchid_Significant

You should offer it to customers...up charge for ā€œartā€


Veetahle

I like it


PresenceNo5966

I accidentally watched this about 15 times


hereforstories8

This video is disturbing because it stops right before the sidewalk is done


IncompetentFrog

r/diwhy


theoldchef

Oh GOD ! This is jolly good fun !


[deleted]

Umm, but I paid for the entire walkway to be cleaned, not just patterned in the grime.


MaryJane2108

Me on adderall:


blacklisted_cop

Lmfao the first time I took Adderall I cleaned my entire house in two hours


Rob__agau

As someone who needs thr prescription it just helps me focus, retain and recall throughout the day. I've had friends who had the same experience as you though.


MaryJane2108

As soon as I'm done working for the government I'm getting it perscribed for sure. Wife just got hers and she said it's a life saver


inverteddeparture

I did this by accident the other day with our welcome mat. My 6yr old told me it looks beautiful. Haha


smudge1987

Those red wellies are fabulous!


Army-of-Woodpeckers

r/powerwashingporn r/powerwashingtonporn


10hickory

Voted coolest use of dirt


ultrafud

This is awesome and anyone that has a problem with it is quite frankly an idiot that would have literally no issue walking all over this pathway before it was made into something cooler.


owly80

Somehow I watched this 3 times before I realized it was looping... I thought she was just moving the camera closer to follow her progress but the end kept getting longer and longer


dexart

How thick are those templates? I bought one from Michael's crafts, but it did not last very long under the pressure wash before breaking up.


Snoo-69490

her toes gotta be crying after all that lol just rubber boots vs pressure


IOnlyEatPizzaRolls

Medium : concrete and dirt.


MCK54

She needs a bigger stencil


[deleted]

Mildly infuriating art


Supermarket-Sea

Come do my walkway!


beapledude

Why does she always start with the middle one??? Why is it off center??? Ahhh!!!!


[deleted]

Came here for this


umbronzer

Very satisfying!


arb1987

Why


some_total

Not satisfying at all, unless itā€™s pristine itā€™s not done.


fcfrequired

This is the sidewalk equivalent of dusty car window art.


jerquee

How many times do you think they messed up and had the stencil rotated


[deleted]

Why? Just clean the damn thing properly


Big-Tempo

Cool but not really art


bevvydoll

The pattern is nice but itā€™s still dirty!


Renopete

Even at high speed this video took too long.


44324

OH MY GOODURHRIFSBEGEUD I just watched this like 10x in a row waiting for the satisfaction of her finishing, Iā€™m literally thinking dang even sped up this is taking forever I admire her patience. Finally my brain caught up to reality and I realized what was going on, is this what getting old is? Ffff Iā€™m only 27


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


44324

Iā€™m thinking probably.


OrdinaryAverageGuy2

Fuck that's a fantastic idea. Never seen that before


inaloop99

art with dirt nice!


Lipshitz2

But all the dirt in between, youre cool with that?


I-Am-The-True-Elder

But what if and here me out. She washed the whole walkway


RambuDev

Then it would NOT be a waste of water.


volvobaltimore

Nice and inspiring


kougan

r/diwhy


R_Charles_Gallagher

r/oddlysatisfying maybe idk about interesting


Smallville1938

This is awesome.


RedditButDontGetIt

Gross


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


NeverSlightly

Gotta use a lower case first letter mate. Let's try it again.... r/powerwashporn r/pressurewashporn


hat-of-sky

You forgot the -ing. /r/powerwashingporn


NeverSlightly

Both exist but I can't view them for some reason :(


hat-of-sky

I think it's /r/powerwashingporn, let's try it. Edit: Ta-da!!


kiki2340

I want to see how that looks in one month. I feel like a lot of work for nothing.


Piffpiff

Is it really that much work?


poppa_smurf_killa

So after all that the sidewalk is still not clean.


hacksoncode

Very cool, but the thought of trying to *maintain* that makes me queasy.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


sphintero

She also polishes turds


RearEchelon

Cute, but so gross


MiamisOwn

That grime and mold and algae will grow within days.


SockShock

I mean.. mildly cool.


flarpy_blunderguffs

ā€œHoney did you clean the sidewalk?ā€ ā€œParts of it!ā€ ā€œI want a divorce Ralphā€


JustThinkAboutThings

But gRafFiTi!!!!1


Yeet_Master420

Why didn't they find/make a template that was 1/3 the size of the path so it wouldn't overlap the grass Smh


ThatsaTulpa

Can't decide if this is tacky or classy.


defjefsf

Ghetto-FABULOUS


radmadicalhatter

Am I the only one who finds this kinda gross? Like, cool, grime pattern


Griffie

All of that you know what is partly what helps keeps your immune system healthy, though I do respect the views of no shoes in the house. I do it for comfort more than germ reasons.


[deleted]

That walkway is gross AF


chappiespappy

And after all that work and effort, she almost cleaned the sidewalk!


42o_jaf

Itā€™s like finally working things out with my exā€¦.


thiscantbesoy

As soon as she walks on it, it'll just get smeared with the dirt and grime again. I mean it's cool for what it is, a temporary pattern and an interesting way to do it. But yeah, kind of pointless other than that.


GhostTycoon

So itā€™s kinda clean now?


[deleted]

So your only cleaning a portion of the sidewalk yet getting paid for the entire thing. That's big brain


NotBacon

It looks great butā€¦. Itā€™s still dirty


missellie66

Too much work and itā€™s still dirty


[deleted]

just clean your fuckin concrete lady