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This is cool, but also makes me feeling like we poured asphalt over a masterpiece.

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I mean we paved over cities to make room for cars, so not wrong

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Don’t it always seem to go, thatchcya don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone.

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We didn’t really though. Even the Romans built roads, we’ve always needed a way to move food and goods.

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4 points

Like we built on-top of an ancient civilization

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Exactly! Makes me think of things I have heard and read about historical sites getting worn down by visitors or people finding artifacts while digging in their garden.

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Even cooler

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6 points

Until the weather becomes slightly warmer or colder or something drives over it.

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21 points

Art doesn’t have to be perfect or permanent though

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Even if the artwork starts to crack, that sounds better than just sitting there being a pothole.

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Or untill it rains and people slip and fall

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Yep, then it starts to crack.

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There is probably not an easy way to do that on the spot. Do you think the artist traces out the dimensions and then makes the piece at home and brings it back?

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No they just pour in the mortar and then put the pieces in. The ones that do pictures like a cat or a bird or something premake the picture part and then fill in the pattern surrounding the picture afterwards. This particular french artist does it anonymously in the middle of the night.

Here in the UK people spray paint giant dicks on the floor around the potholes. A slightly alternative way of annoying the council into taking action.

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I think it looks so cool when things are repaired in a different style like this

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You are going to love this Wikipedia rabbit hole, friend: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi

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3 points

Beaneath the pavement, a bathroom

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