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Comments about overkillThere are 14 comments about "overkill"
Peter: destruction or art? i always find it interesting when people refer to graffiti as "destruction", as its not like theyre carving their tag into the wall with an air-chisel or something. painting seems to be...... EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand.
I think the best way to have notification on...... observer: The reasons that Braille is on the drive-up machine are two-fold -- 1) so the blind can use it from the back seat of a car and 2) the machine itself can be placed and...... EvilGentleman: Hmmmm... Maybe the blind need help to operate the screen, except for the PIN, which should always remain confidential. They could still operate the ATM from the rear driver's side window. What worries me is...... Susannah: I'm not even getting into the fact that all of the options/responses are touch screen - no braille there,if you can't see you can enter your pin and hit enter, but not much else. Kind...... Cosmo: EG, I actually was reacting to the fact that they saw fit to put copies of the signs on the wall. Three signs on poles, three more right behind them, seemed overkill to me....... EvilGentleman: Well, you **did** ask whether it was modern or ancient... I just answered a lot more than what you asked. Sorry for my trademark overkill, it's a hard habit to break.... Peter: wow, what a comprehensive entry, eg! it sure tells a story.
i tried to take some similar shots of some very aggressive cops in front of {newark penn station} (issuing tickets to people parked in no-standing...... Peter: ...which will probably be there til june, ha. theres a house on my block that indulges in immense christmas-decoration-overkill, and never takes the stuff down til the summer... i think im gonna start a pool...... Joe: I was just in the shop next to the graph, they got some cool things there, and just arķund the corner from there is OVERKILL, they're sellin cans, sneaks and mixtapes, and are pretty much...... elaine: automata, yess. and funfairs, they used to be steam didn't they?
i am not against a little overkill in the right context... Jamie: and what would you use the steam for? maybe it couldbe used to power a tiny automaton blacksmith like the one pictured here, though this seems to me to be ##overkill##.
[[img:1029100427bigman_littleman]]... Peter: wow, a bike room? that rules. i wish we had those in nyc... enough people here ride, but were treated as 2nd hand citizens, mostly.
also: ive been to nyc's city hall... you cant get close-...... kobe: the best part is that you cant even read the freaking sign anymore. its been taken over so thoroughly and with such overkill that it looks useless as both a street sign and as a......
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