{"id":48002106,"user":"ares623","time":1777846225,"time_ago":"21 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Our first exposure to Banksy was when we were hitting puberty. We probably thought they were subtle back then.","comments":[{"id":48004842,"user":"brewdad","time":1777871022,"time_ago":"14 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Not everyone on HN is still in their 20s.","comments":[{"id":48005614,"user":"usrnm","time":1777878854,"time_ago":"12 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Banksy has been active since the 90s, definitely already famous in the 00s","comments":[{"id":48006108,"user":"foldr","time":1777883935,"time_ago":"11 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

As shown by this savage Charlie Brooker takedown: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/sep/22/arts.v...","comments":[{"id":48007941,"user":"finnthehuman","time":1777898352,"time_ago":"7 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

>Renegade urban graffiti artist Banksy is clearly a guffhead of massive proportions, yet he's often feted as a genius straddling the bleeding edge of now. Why? Because his work looks dazzlingly clever to idiots. And apparently that'll do.

- Creator of Black Mirror, 5 years before series premiere","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":3,"url":"item?id=48007941"},{"id":48006733,"user":"pydry","time":1777889837,"time_ago":"9 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

This reads more puerile and jealous than savage.

It's got just the right mix of highbrow disdain, unironic self righteousness and naughty language to titillate the average guardian reader though.","comments":[{"id":48007390,"user":"foldr","time":1777894548,"time_ago":"8 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Well yes, but so does Banksy :)

(Also, if you're familiar with Charlie Brooker's output, he's not really a 'highbrow' type. He started out in games journalism.)","comments":[{"id":48010814,"user":"pydry","time":1777911818,"time_ago":"3 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Im familiar with who he is. At the time his claim to fame was coming up with Nathan Barley, which is why I suspected there was more than a little jealousy there.

He got more famous and acclaimed since black mirror.","comments":[{"id":48012367,"user":"foldr","time":1777917509,"time_ago":"an hour ago","type":"comment","content":"

I get the jealously part, but the highbrow part seems off to me. Brooker has always shown much more interest in distinctly lowbrow art forms such as video games. I don't think he is sneering at Banksy because he thinks we should be looking at the paintings of the Old Masters instead.","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":6,"url":"item?id=48012367"}],"comments_count":1,"level":5,"url":"item?id=48010814"}],"comments_count":2,"level":4,"url":"item?id=48007390"}],"comments_count":3,"level":3,"url":"item?id=48006733"}],"comments_count":5,"level":2,"url":"item?id=48006108"}],"comments_count":6,"level":1,"url":"item?id=48005614"}],"comments_count":7,"level":0,"url":"item?id=48004842"}],"comments_count":8,"url":"item?id=48002106"}

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