Dude, you painted a parking garage. It’s in public, it’s going to be in pictures ‘n stuff. Stop thirsting so hard for the money. If you wanted money, you shouldn’t have picked anything with ‘artist’ in the title.

I agree with everything you said...and you missed the most important part:

Cadillac (or their ad agency) deliberatly, obviously, and intentionally digitally removed the artist’s signature.

So, if I own a restaurant, and have 4 friends of mine who all own brand new Cadillac’s park in front of my place the day I have a photographer shoot photos for my ad campaign....do you not think Cadillac would be all over my ass for appropriating their brand/image/IP for my ad campaign without permission?

On just reading the headline, i was going to come here and call the artist out for being a shithead and talking about public spaces etc...

And on reading that:
a) he was paid to do the work
and far more importantly
b) Cadillac / the ad company deliberately digitally erased his signature from the artwork; nullifying his…

If that’s the case; the rest of the pronouns in the article need correcting. :)

Yup; we pulled in (friend was driving me there) and I said:

“And there’s my car.”

She was all: “How can you tell.”

Me: “Because, that’s the only one like it with those options in the region...and Murphy hates me.”

Wow! That’s some shit.

That’s kinda exactly my thinking too...

But from the comments below...it seems like this is common (ish?) in some places...

What the fuck. You don’t get to have my car because you’re trying to sell me yours....

Wait...why did the dealership have your old trucks keys?  I’ve never given my car keys over to a dealership while doing a new car test drive....

Short story on the worst test drive I never got to take.

I was junior enlisted, looking for my first new car. I knew exactly what I wanted, options, price, etc. Had a pre-approval for financing from my bank. LIterally just had to find a dealer with the car. (This was in ‘99, I was looking for a ‘99 Mustang, V6, Manual,…

+10 points to Hufflepuff for Pimento Cheese

Meh...if they offer non-meat protien options; and their menu is designed around a “Protein” + “Condiment” + “Filler” recipe...then it’s perfectly acceptable and you’re getting mad at nothing.

What I’ve never understood about the crazy ‘cultural appropraiation’ uproar...especially over hair is:

Hair = Culture
*an assumption that is tenuous at best

The person in the car is expected to recover from their injuries

Dealer lost me right here...

And cheap enough to be owned by any individual with very modest means.

Okay, it’s a Showtime show.

Showtime has lawyers.

if you can afford to buy a $300,000 car, you can afford to crash it