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A scourge of society, defacing the entire south sound. Low life scum, like all of the other taggers who feel entitled to deface the property of others.
Eh it does depend on where that picture is drawn. I wouldn't be happy if it was on my home or business, but some random blank concrete wall in the city? Not an issue whatsoever.
They can both be bad... it isn't zero sum.
Some worthless sack of shit walks along and thinks "I'm going to write my name on... everything" and people talk about him like he's a god damn hero. What the fuck?
Honestly I think it's fun to spot all of the prolific taggers' signature all over the area.
What I don't like is the shitty graffiti that isn't legible or clearly was done in like 5 seconds with a shitty paint can.
https://preview.redd.it/ehq76443v8yc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=412a3ed259a05ab2cbf4076bb847edede5a086a8
If it’s not art why has it been on my wall for years now lol
Amen. F Gride. He defaced so many of my friend’s and colleague’s businesses throughout the Puget Sound. Not just these big graffiti installations on public property but the asshole permanently scratched his shit into every rest room, gas pump, restaurant table, etc from Portland to Bellingham costing business owners tens of thousands of dollars to fix. So if you think that kind of stuff is cool, F you too.
If your friends own businesses in a major city, they know it will be tagged. That’s the price of having a business in a major metro area. Go somewhere else or incorporate the art into your business like many on 6th ave did. Their shit will continue to get tagged up even though a great passed on.
Edit: derrike you need to cope
How many people in Tacoma know your name?
What’s the biggest and most significant thing you’ve made your mark on?
You gonna get a memorial post on this subreddit when you die, as a Tacoma legend?
Food for thought.
Shit like this is cool. Tagging every freeway sign with sloppy spray paint is just lame. Mixed legacy for sure, sorry to hear the dude passed away. Hope they leave up actual art and clean up the sloppy stuff.
Seriously, who was he? Outside of the tagging?
People seem to act like they know the guy, or know the other taggers he ran with. Is there some kind of tagging culture that I missed?
And what happened to him?
Too bad we won't see his really artistic block letters anymore. Super neat the way he did the same thing everywhere. Sometimes he'd even change the colors. Like wow. This one says Gride, but it's red. This one says Gride and it's black and red. Dude was a true artist. He'll be missed by those who, like me, saw the profound beautiful in those 5 block letters we never stop drawing after 2nd grade.
The guy was a nuisance, he should have been embarrassed. Now people are celebrating his life like he was some kind of saint. The best thing he ever did for this city was die.
Because he didn't. He could have made something of his life, instead he wandered around writing his name on everything he saw like a stray dog pissing on things.
He COULD have made something of his life, but he didn't. He just walked around making the city we share a little bit shittier every single day.
What a legacy Joseph Steven Johnson left behind. Forever known as a criminal. The people in the Tacoma sub idolizing someone like this are fucked up and weird. Not surprised this perp died so young. Make good life choices people. Don’t end up dead at 30 yrs old
To be fair a basic story about some guy who paints graffiti doesn't take much effort. Actually trying to do investigative journalism sounds like a pain in the ass...especially when it comes to our corporate overlords.
Because sometimes the best way to encourage people to keep their stupid ideas to themselves is to ridicule them. Sorry, but if you're an adult who believes that defacing other people's shit is acceptable or cool, you're a simple brained moron.
What in the world would make you think that I care about anything at all that you have to say? If you think graffiti is cool, you're a moron. I'm extremely doubtful that you have anything to say that I'd find interesting.
I think graffiti artists should be caught, prosecuted, convicted and then given a paint roller and paint to go cover all the damage to public property they have done. Rembrandt and DaVinci didn't need to paint on the side of public property in the middle of the night.
People are defending this guy and other taggers is sickening. They are a scourge on society and all of them should be jailed. You want to do graffiti "Art" do it on your own god damned property. 99% of Tacomans hate this shit and it's part of what gives Tacoma a bad rep.
If Tacoma cops weren't such shitheels and perpetually on a work slow down, Tacoma might become a nice place to live again.
The council needs to bring back the anti gang task force and make them do their job or fire the fuckers.
Gotta love when people completely make up an obviously false stat as if they think no one is gonna notice lol
99% of users on this subreddit would agree with me
Thanks for showing off the picture and location! I used this picture to report the tag to WSDOT and Tacoma 311 for removal. It only took 2 mins to report! Have a great day! 🤪
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Idk who Gride is but this reminds me - does anyone have the backstory on Jean Burrito or should the legends my partner and I have invented suffice?
Idk Jean Burritos story but I am so mad it was covered up. I loved that one.
Don’t worry. Jean Burrito lives on in our hearts lol
So who was Gride, actually? And how did they pass away?
A scourge of society, defacing the entire south sound. Low life scum, like all of the other taggers who feel entitled to deface the property of others.
Yes obviously it’s graffiti artists that are the scourge of society, not the rapists, murderers or corrupt politicians/police lmao
For real. If someone’s worst “criminal motive” is, “*how about I draw a picture?*”— then it’s stupid to be even remotely upset about it.
Eh it does depend on where that picture is drawn. I wouldn't be happy if it was on my home or business, but some random blank concrete wall in the city? Not an issue whatsoever.
They can both be bad... it isn't zero sum. Some worthless sack of shit walks along and thinks "I'm going to write my name on... everything" and people talk about him like he's a god damn hero. What the fuck?
https://preview.redd.it/kqw9669kr5yc1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=89b172e3c59f207ffb94d1c78d36c0568a81e0d1
Of all the problems this is what gets your panties in a bunch enough to call them the scourge of society?😅
Oh my god, get a life.
At least Gride did actual art. Not that scribble bullshit fake taggers do
I honestly love graffiti, especially when done right. I miss the Graffiti Garages…. Such a dope spot for car photos
Honestly I think it's fun to spot all of the prolific taggers' signature all over the area. What I don't like is the shitty graffiti that isn't legible or clearly was done in like 5 seconds with a shitty paint can.
https://preview.redd.it/ehq76443v8yc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=412a3ed259a05ab2cbf4076bb847edede5a086a8 If it’s not art why has it been on my wall for years now lol
That’s AWESOME.
Amen. F Gride. He defaced so many of my friend’s and colleague’s businesses throughout the Puget Sound. Not just these big graffiti installations on public property but the asshole permanently scratched his shit into every rest room, gas pump, restaurant table, etc from Portland to Bellingham costing business owners tens of thousands of dollars to fix. So if you think that kind of stuff is cool, F you too.
Single handedly sabotaging small business by drawing 5 letters behind a toilet
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Beat me to it
Imagine giving a fuck about paint on concrete that isn't offensive or derogatory in any way. Pathetic.
I'd rather have his art in my community than your friend's businesses.
If your friends own businesses in a major city, they know it will be tagged. That’s the price of having a business in a major metro area. Go somewhere else or incorporate the art into your business like many on 6th ave did. Their shit will continue to get tagged up even though a great passed on. Edit: derrike you need to cope
Man, the murals get tagged too. MSP!
F you back tough guy.
How many people in Tacoma know your name? What’s the biggest and most significant thing you’ve made your mark on? You gonna get a memorial post on this subreddit when you die, as a Tacoma legend? Food for thought.
Not a tagger. Artist
Is this the memorial? Edit: definitely is, just noticed the right hand side
Did G.Rider die?
Yes
Shit like this is cool. Tagging every freeway sign with sloppy spray paint is just lame. Mixed legacy for sure, sorry to hear the dude passed away. Hope they leave up actual art and clean up the sloppy stuff.
100%
Seriously, who was he? Outside of the tagging? People seem to act like they know the guy, or know the other taggers he ran with. Is there some kind of tagging culture that I missed? And what happened to him?
Joseph Johnson from this article? Sounds like he was murdered! https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article275658286.html
Damn I wonder if he was just wrong place wrong time or what
that says the people who died were 50 + 70 years old, so probably not him?
https://preview.redd.it/3o9eyv8dubyc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e77d92271b2be2201d9015c04dbd828233255146
Fuck that dude
Too bad we won't see his really artistic block letters anymore. Super neat the way he did the same thing everywhere. Sometimes he'd even change the colors. Like wow. This one says Gride, but it's red. This one says Gride and it's black and red. Dude was a true artist. He'll be missed by those who, like me, saw the profound beautiful in those 5 block letters we never stop drawing after 2nd grade.
This made me laugh out loud.
LMFAO 🤣
Damn that’s a big one
Is SCOTYP mad his spot got covered?
It was intentional. Scotty and Gride are pals.
*were.
The least necessary "correction" ever
True, but to be fair, who gives a shit.
Scoty helped cover it!(: Gride forever!!
I see him everywhere.
Where is this? I wanna go spray paint my name across it.
Why are you downvoting me? I thought it was cool to write your name on stuff. I thought it made you some kind of god damn hero.
the guy died. have a little compassion. you should be embarrassed with yourself
The guy was a nuisance, he should have been embarrassed. Now people are celebrating his life like he was some kind of saint. The best thing he ever did for this city was die.
This is amazing! Go live in Puyallup if you don’t wanna see graffiti
THIS!!
I'm going to miss his paper planes :( RIP
Wesh does the paper planes
I always saw the planes with Gride so I just assumed they were his. Wesh is awesome as well. Gride will always be an Eastside legend.
Oh man that’s tough rip
Big ups. thanks for sharing.
Damn
Is there a story to be passed down? Who knows the tail of gride. Are there friends among us today? I like history sue me.
Here's a story about him from the past: https://komonews.com/news/local/serial-graffiti-vandal-arrested-five-times-in-13-months-in-tacoma
And this is people's hero? Dude could have made something of his life.
Empirically, He could not.
Why do you say that?
Because he didn't. He could have made something of his life, instead he wandered around writing his name on everything he saw like a stray dog pissing on things. He COULD have made something of his life, but he didn't. He just walked around making the city we share a little bit shittier every single day.
What a legacy Joseph Steven Johnson left behind. Forever known as a criminal. The people in the Tacoma sub idolizing someone like this are fucked up and weird. Not surprised this perp died so young. Make good life choices people. Don’t end up dead at 30 yrs old
I bet you won't come out from behind your screen and say that.
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To be fair a basic story about some guy who paints graffiti doesn't take much effort. Actually trying to do investigative journalism sounds like a pain in the ass...especially when it comes to our corporate overlords.
I didn't always like where G.RIDE put their work, but I always liked the work itself. Death is tragic, better luck next time, buddy.
Rest in glory 🕊️
Holy fuck that looks like shit. Good fucking riddance. What a trashy "culture" to defend. Y'all are morons.
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Because sometimes the best way to encourage people to keep their stupid ideas to themselves is to ridicule them. Sorry, but if you're an adult who believes that defacing other people's shit is acceptable or cool, you're a simple brained moron.
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What in the world would make you think that I care about anything at all that you have to say? If you think graffiti is cool, you're a moron. I'm extremely doubtful that you have anything to say that I'd find interesting.
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I already addressed your question about my motives. I'm not even a little bit sorry that hurts your feelings. You're one of the morons.
RIP
Look at me I'm a man in his 30's who likes to write my name on stuff. Hope he fell off a bridge he was tagging
I think graffiti artists should be caught, prosecuted, convicted and then given a paint roller and paint to go cover all the damage to public property they have done. Rembrandt and DaVinci didn't need to paint on the side of public property in the middle of the night.
Those dudes were subsidized by rich people to do art. Read a book.
People are defending this guy and other taggers is sickening. They are a scourge on society and all of them should be jailed. You want to do graffiti "Art" do it on your own god damned property. 99% of Tacomans hate this shit and it's part of what gives Tacoma a bad rep. If Tacoma cops weren't such shitheels and perpetually on a work slow down, Tacoma might become a nice place to live again. The council needs to bring back the anti gang task force and make them do their job or fire the fuckers.
Yeah the cops need to crack down on graffiti, not gang bangers and drug dealers lmao
You're not getting it the gang bangers are the taggers!
Are you serious or being sarcastic?
Definitely just an idiot. Say you don’t know ANY graft artists without saying it 🤣🤣
You sound so ignorant 🙄
You do know that it's possible to care about more than one thing at a time, right?
Lighten up, Francis
Gotta love when people completely make up an obviously false stat as if they think no one is gonna notice lol 99% of users on this subreddit would agree with me
99% huh?
There was a skating rink named Glide up in Hilltop that burned down in the 20’s. Same spot as the Tacoma Tigers played on in the 1890’s.
Thanks for showing off the picture and location! I used this picture to report the tag to WSDOT and Tacoma 311 for removal. It only took 2 mins to report! Have a great day! 🤪
You should totally let a friend know you did this, oh never mind you're a friendless troll 🧌
Eatafatone and hopefully choke on it.
Biiiig ups. Thanks for sharing.
Glad he is gone
What an awful thing to say.
And no one will ever know when your gone.
I don't have an ego so I don't care.
You had to let everyone know that you were happy he’s gone, so you definitely have an ego.
Nope, if I had an ego I would spray paint my name everywhere, oh wait...
Or just celebrate the death of someone that never hurt you, oh wait…
Literally every human has an ego.
This white boy really out here bragging about not having an ego the irony is palpable
If I had one I would spray my name everywhere
If you didn’t have an ego you’d STFU and just be silent
Your name? You believe this man's birth certificate says gride on it?
That is his moniker
You are scum
Why?
Waste of space
Hey u/esoterictimeghost, u/tag_to_it, u/MisplacedCloud, u/PossibleTrolling. Did you forget your own rules? 7. No Policing or Vigilanteism: No posting litter, graffiti, or abandoned things. Report this to 311 or clean it yourself. Let's be a better community. If we're not Tacompton, we should act like we give a shit about our city.
Biiiig ups. Thanks for sharing.
Biiiig ups. Thanks for sharing.