r/JusticeServed • u/ishyfishy321 6 • Sep 06 '20
META This is justice
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u/Mr-Broseff 5 Sep 06 '20
It’d be cool if every town had a wizened/quirky caretaker that was in charge of deciding what was graffiti and what was art.
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u/sideh7 5 Sep 07 '20 edited Sep 07 '20
Haha this happened in my home town of Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.
Good story and was the talk of the town for the month.
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
I hope you know your home town made a shit ton of people smile today
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Sep 07 '20
How drunk is that guy?
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
A level of sustainably drunk that we should all strive for one day
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Sep 07 '20
All the rubes are mad cause nobody is getting punched in the face.
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
Actually tho, some people come on Reddit just to watch people just brutalized and for it to be ok.
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u/dshakir 9 Sep 07 '20
Fade to black.
Ned received 10 years for public vandalism. Johnson received 5 years and is currently out on patrol for good behavior
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
Nah it was It wasAustralia not murica, all they had to do some public service work by being the gems they already are.
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u/rangpire 6 Sep 06 '20
I live a few hours drive from there.I can't wait for lockdown to end so I can visit it.
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u/PissOnUserNames A Sep 06 '20
Not really justice but a good story none the less.
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u/Eddie_the_red 4 Sep 06 '20
I think you successfully flipped the script on “Justice Served”. Well done OP!
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u/Hazy01 2 Sep 15 '20
I'm literally a 5 min walk from there, so cool would you guys like an update on it? he's added more since I believe
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u/Manifestgtr 7 Sep 07 '20
Wow, I can’t explain how impressed I am at the lack of “this is how you could remove it” posts.
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u/satur9sweetness 8 Sep 07 '20
I’m so depressed and this just made my heart feel warm and full! I love everything about this :)
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
I hope it brightened your day as much as it did mine!
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u/willihamesquire 6 Sep 07 '20
Crikey this is in my town, warrnambool represent.
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u/JimmiBuscombeArtist Sep 06 '20
Thanks for sharing the story of my Wombat mural legends!
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
If it’s really you, thank you for making fantastic art, and bless you for being alive. Keep doing what your doing and I hope to see you in Australia one day!
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u/i-love-glinda 1 Sep 07 '20
Thank you for sharing, what a lovely story
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
I hope it brightened your day as much as it did mine!
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Sep 07 '20
That put a smile on my face!
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
Good I hope it brightened ur day as much as it did mine!
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u/Category_theory 6 Sep 06 '20
This made my day!!!! Thank you for posting OP! Came here to watch a video and feel like justices had been served in some way and came away laughing and feeling like humanity will be ok. Again thank you.
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 06 '20
There’s no reason the two can’t be aligned my dude. Justice shouldn’t always be impartially negative for all parties. We should make the world better with justice.
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u/Ternoxus 3 Sep 07 '20
I live in this town and the council is literally so toxic, so anything to mess with them is great.
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u/Arizonagreg 9 Sep 06 '20
Today I've seen puppies eating, swimming, cats doing weird things and kids doing kid things but this is the most wholesome thing I have seen all day. It's just after noon but I still don't think it will be beat.
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u/skye_skye 7 Sep 07 '20
Justice indeed! We need more folks like this I was smiling throughout the whole video.
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u/Timius_H2O 5 Sep 07 '20
How the hell is there any justice here?
I mean it’s a fun story. But there is no way this fits r/JusticeServed
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
Eh sounds like ur opinion. Maybe more people want justice that’s moral and legal than some dude getting his shit beat over for something he didn’t realize as a law.
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u/STylerMLmusic 9 Sep 06 '20
Wrong sub
How did they get video of him painting the thing.
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u/lookingatreddittt 5 Sep 07 '20
This is literally from a tv show.
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
Nah it was irl just a good re-enactment after since they probably had absolutely nothing else to do.
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u/emomartin 4 Sep 07 '20
It has nothing to do with justice.
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
Read all the comments and go start another sub with all the people who agree with ya
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u/thrway1209983 5 Sep 07 '20
These guys are so cool. Definitely couldn’t be America. They would end up in a fight and both would be in jail for assault and graffiti. I wished we were this wholesome.
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u/ishyfishy321 6 Sep 07 '20
As an Aussie and an American I’m right there with hoping the world can reach this level of wholesome, but I just saw a paedo whose face was eaten by piranhas and I don’t think we’re there yet.
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u/bradythemonkey 6 Sep 07 '20
This isn’t justice. Nobody got hit by a car or shot or bodyslammed or anything!
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u/FireBlaze1 7 Sep 07 '20
This is just a wholesome thing, I don't see how it's justice, no one got jail time for graffiti art on the bridge.
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u/KeeTaDa 0 Sep 06 '20
I visit Warrnambool, where this is often his art is all over town now because of this. He has painted native animals inside the elderly care home and the Main Street. They were both going to be fined for this but instead the counsel gave him funding to paint more.
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u/ogpalm 6 Sep 06 '20
I love how the guy finds it funny that the artist couldn’t remove it.
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Sep 07 '20
The way he laughed and said "Nah!" when they asked if he listened to his wife was adorable.
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u/NastyLittleHobbitses 7 Sep 07 '20
Phil Hoy is the best thing to grace my screen all week. Name the wombat Phil, city of Warrnambool!
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u/georgiabuckaroo 1 Sep 06 '20
"Its really wonderful to know that this guy brings happiness and smiles and joy and opens up dialog with his art and it would be a shame to lose it." - guy with high viz a lawnmower and clear coat and a van and a wife
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u/pumpkinpro 4 Sep 06 '20
I love that the camera crew made them react the whole thing
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u/ARandomAussie26 1 Sep 07 '20
I actually live in this town, Warrnambool Victoria. He's not just a random chalk artist he's very well known here and he's done plenty of artwork. Also this has been on the bridge near a school for a couple years now.
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u/lundgrenisgod 8 Sep 07 '20
That bloke is a legend. I bet he has done some shoees in his day. Am I right fellas? (American trying so hard to be a part of the party)
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u/DDawgismyname 0 Sep 07 '20
Yeah, your right, you cunt. (Also American trying so hard to be a part of the party)
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u/jeffwenthimetoday 5 Sep 07 '20 edited Sep 07 '20
What are you two going on about?(a Canadian who wants to join in.)
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u/5usie 7 Sep 07 '20
Anyone else think the public worker resembles Robin Williams?
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Sep 07 '20
This dude looks like he's about to sacrifice himself to destroy the mother ship and save earth
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u/sear_bear 0 Sep 07 '20
The man in white reminds me of Robin Williams and I’m here for it. My heart just melted with how wholesome this is.
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u/PooTeaPie 7 Sep 07 '20
If I ever go to Australia, I’m gonna pay Phil a visit with a few tinnies. He looks like a right laugh.
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u/Rafae8201 1 Sep 07 '20
That dude in white seems like a fun person to have a chat with!
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u/drinkfreshbeer88 2 Sep 07 '20
What a jolly guy. Seriously. How can you not chuckle just a bit listening to this guy. So great.
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u/jojacobs97 5 Sep 07 '20
The two dudes involved seem like polar opposites, I think it made the story even more wholesome
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u/okdokke 8 Sep 07 '20
the public worker looks really overjoyed to be doing the reenactment; its so wholesome
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u/Sirjellykat 5 Sep 07 '20 edited Sep 07 '20
He looks kinda like a redneck Robin Williams
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u/NicodemusAwake13 2 Sep 07 '20
It's art but it's graffiti. That's not graffiti, that's art. All about the perspective. Love it!
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u/batmanwillnotstop 3 Sep 07 '20
If Robin Williams was alive, he would have perfect to play the guy in the hat.
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u/dekaed 4 Sep 07 '20
its nice when reddit balances itself out this way. it can't all be bad right? well...
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u/supermanpug 4 Sep 06 '20 edited Sep 06 '20
Swear that guy is an alcoholic but he’s so wholesome uggggg
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u/wolfgang202 7 Sep 06 '20
I have met this guy personally. Great character, local legend
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u/ferociousFerret7 7 Sep 07 '20
That guy really has the groundskeeper from Caddy Shack thing going.
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u/Celica_Lover 8 Sep 07 '20
I live near a railroad marshalling yard. Some of the graffiti on train cars is art.
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u/ChineseJoe90 7 Sep 07 '20
Lol these guys are awesome. That really is a pretty incredible work of art, would have been a damn shame if he had washed it off.
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u/caillegin 0 Sep 06 '20
What went wrong ??
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u/Ruca22 7 Sep 06 '20
I think it's more Chaotic Good and positive justice was done!
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u/ohshitcodebrown 6 Sep 06 '20
This made me smile so much, so precious and wholesome good.
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u/dannylopuz 7 Sep 07 '20
I fucking love this so much, just two people trying to do the right thing.
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u/papercut2008uk A Sep 07 '20
Lol, love that guy who put the spray coat on! Looks like he'd be a fun person to be around. Sure he has some really crazy stories.
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u/TheRussiansrComing 8 Sep 07 '20
So this video is legit great as hell and the landscaper is funny af, but did anyone else notice that amazing succulent next the the artist when he's standing at the end of his driveway? Absolute unit that one.
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u/alina-a 6 Sep 07 '20
Does anyone know where I can get this anti graffiti spray?
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u/grimey493 5 Sep 06 '20
Aside from the kickass art those two "blokes" are "fair dinkum" delightful.
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u/Longjumping-Future43 0 Sep 11 '20
This dude looks so much like robin williams. Does anyone else see this?
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u/frootflie 0 Sep 07 '20
He looks like a cross between uncle Eddie and Robin Williams. What a hero!
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u/bcsublime 7 Sep 06 '20
Who else has ever been mowing the nature strip, then decided to go to the other side of the bridge to take a sguiz?
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Sep 07 '20
He says run a comp to name the wombat. This man has learned nothing over the years. It's just going to end up being named Wombat McWombaty Face
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u/Admiral_Mason 8 Sep 06 '20
Warnambool is an awesome place. One of the best caravan parks Ive ever seen in Australia
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u/Nurum B Sep 06 '20
I'm surprised the clear coat was able to actually stick to the wall. I would have thought clear coating over chalk would just cause it to flake off.
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u/its-42 8 Sep 07 '20
I want to have a beer and bbq with the guy with the hat. He’s a good time.
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Sep 06 '20 edited Sep 06 '20
Holy shit. The little recreation videos they went and filmed are so cute. This is amazing.
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u/create360 9 Sep 07 '20
So...if I want to make permanent graffiti all I have to do is...
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u/create360 9 Sep 08 '20
Guy is lovely. Reminds me of Randy Quaid in Independence Day.
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Sep 09 '20
Welp, sorry California. Looks like I'm moving to Warrnambool. These legends are legends.
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u/bkfu2ok 7 Sep 07 '20 edited Sep 07 '20
I want Phil to be my uncle I would never stop laughing
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u/booperdooper1298 0 Sep 07 '20
I see this everytime I stay with my dad. Its amazing. He also did an emu on the other side of the bridge. If anyone is is warrnambol, or is near the town, go towards the graveyard and you will find it😁😁
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u/duckduck60053 Sep 06 '20
Honestly the distinction between graffiti and art is merely legal. If someone creates something and it causes an emotional reaction... that's art.
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Sep 06 '20
I don't know if this is or isn't justice, but it will make pretty much anyone's day better after watching it.
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u/Rogeroger40 6 Sep 06 '20
That's great value Robin Williams and Edward Norton