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cjs_actoday at 1:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

Someone in the UK did this years ago, but they painted rather cruder designs around the potholes. Naturally, the media dubbed them 'Wanksy'.


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BuildTheRobotstoday at 2:52 PM

There's also a gent in Horsham who's recently been planting flowers in potholes to draw attention to them.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mgjklmzwvo

kjs3today at 2:04 PM

This was exactly what I thought of when I read the headline. Very amusing at the time, and it somewhat unsurprisingly was effective.

I lack your laudable sense of decorum, so I'll post the link...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/street-artist-wanksy-spray-...

There have been copycats...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/guy-paint-penis-potholes-new...

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