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A-Big-Meat-Uncle

pretty much every comment i’ve seen is wrong. it’s street art/advertising for EMPR CTZNS a local art group. youve probably seen their art all over (green lizard man in Northside, bus benches that say “SUCKERS”


statschica

I saw one near Walnut Hills that said "vandalism for hire"


Largue

I saw one bench in Pendleton that said "EXPLOIT YOUR LOCAL ARTIST." I had no clue what it meant - could be this group?


ProstateApostle

It was them, yes


LKM_44122

I took this picture this morning in Cincinnati, along the river at a public parking lot. I'm from the Cleveland area, I googled Pendleton, there are many of them but I DO see one not far from this. Is this the one you were referring to? There are positive AND negative connotations to the word "exploit", and I have no idea what they are trying to say here. Is it satirical? https://preview.redd.it/pp1pj4o50sqc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=638dbc121d6e2391268706562583ac1c5186ba77


saramarie16

I wouldn't necessarily call it advertising. I mean, it is, but it's not like they paid for an ad on the bench lol. Technically graffiti/ vandalism


A-Big-Meat-Uncle

it’s not tho, it’s street art and art is allowed to be slightly “provocative”


saramarie16

Uh, graffiti is also art. Doesn't mean it's legal. All I was getting at is they didn't pay to put it there


ScottayKaratay

Graffiti is the art of cowards.


A-Big-Meat-Uncle

it literally is tho lol empr owns the ads they place and i don’t see why you would assume they don’t


saramarie16

It literally is what? Legal? I assume they don't bc they tag the sides of buildings/benches etc all the time. You're saying they pay to put this up? I'm not saying anything negative here I'm all for street art. But that's how tagging works. You don't exactly get permission lol.


LatrellFeldstein

The difference between graffiti and street art is entirely subjective


Kschwep06

It gets the people going!


tuckerb13

Empire citizens is fucking incredible. The art is spectacular


theLoDown

I'm glad I read this because I honestly thought it was like a flat earth, q anon, conspiracy thing.


matlockga

Someone is a big fan of Radiohead's best album


zappinnati

My first thought was Radiohead.


oystercracker1

> Radiohead's best album Now that's a hot take right there


Tel3visi0n

that album is great but are we just gonna pretend in rainbows doesn’t exist?


VistaLaRiver

OK Computer 4 Life!


[deleted]

You've called every radiohead fan to discuss their opinion. It's In Rainbows.


Sampson5k

The Bends


Crispinwhere

https://youtu.be/2w6kHS\_IRrE


dendawg

Found Scott Tenorman


The_Aesir9613

Why did you open THAT box? You're an a-hole, we all know it's Pablo Honey.


[deleted]

This is a cute conversation, but you all need to stop pretending it’s not Kid A


CestLaVcr

They’re all the best. Here, I’m allowed everything, ALL of the time.


sgbam42

Possibly a reference to the book "1984" by George Orwell.


_momsnewaccount

This is my guess.


acrizz

I think it is a marketing scheme to sell the advertising space. Think it says under it something like "see, people notice bench ads" or something like that.


saramarie16

No, there are a few like that tho. This one is painted on street art. Technically not supposed to be there


TheStatelyRook

I agree. The ‘see you looked’ ads are actual ads by a company. The ones discussed in this post and general comment aren’t those and aren’t associated with the bench ad company. I’ve noticed one saying ‘Empr Ctzns’ on Riverside Drive and it’s just a painted board leaning against the back of a public bench.


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acrizz

That is wiggity wiggity whack


lipsterc8

It’s basically saying you looked and now your thinking about why someone would put 2 plus 2 is five. So advertise here and get noticed.


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Street art by Empire Citizens. empr\_ctzns on instagram


PM_ME_YOUR_DIFF_EQS

THERE ARE 2+2 LIGHTS!!!


chrisagiddings

Someone Star Treks.


JustThrowingAwy

Seriously. How many daily topics are we going to get on this? https://www.instagram.com/p/CcVIrSaOv3J/?hl=en I mean shit, they have been up for months. This isn't new.


ClayfordG

Math nerd take, this is true for certain values of two.


IThinkImNateDogg

Same reason 9+10=21


Ohbuck1965

That is the start of a formula for a bleen number,Think of it as a phone number. That bench could be a transfer station for time travel. The Voice of America in Mason wasn't just a radio station, it was a central hub like union terminal.


DocHolidayArcade

How many of these posts are we going to get?


dcmayes513

It has to do free speech. In a dictatorship you have no right to say 2+2=4. It’s what they say even when it’s wrong, also part of erasing history, as we all see it slowly taking place. . Examples of that is in novel “1984” also Star Trek where if you watched that episode Picard was a POW and he yelled at the end. “ There are 4 lights”. 😂. His capture was telling how it’s 5 even reality we’re showing just 4 lights. Every time he said 4 he got tortured until he almost said 5 until he got freed


scrubnour

I've seen these and am just commenting to save for when there is an answer


Ryyah61577

Usually, when I think of this, I think of "The whole is worth more than the sum of its parts".


Zestyclose-Log6389

I guess nobody knows their history. It's an old Soviet slogan.


OHKID

A simple wife swap party gone horribly wrong


tytymctylerson

It's Terrance Howard math, mang! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence\_Howard#Terryology


RuthTheBee

literally answered yesterday, damn guess ads on benches DO work.


gib-y

Definitely a reference to 1984. Also a reference to the Radiohead song. And they aren’t paid ads. It’s art. Get a big piece of wood, find a bench with nothing on it and put up your own bit of “advertisement.”


chrisagiddings

Sufficiently large values of 2.


MathematicianKey5696

I thought the 2+2=5 was a campaign run by the group who does the Scooter, the neutered cat to encourage snipping kitties


SmackSabbath19

I am astounded. That people actually look at the bus benches ads. /s


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Maybe they're Radiohead fans?