Vandalism

[GSXRSpeed]

I was inspired by the theft topic to start this topic. As I said in that topic I wasn't much into stealing, pretty bogus I think. But as a youngster I LOVED breaking stuff.

 

When I was old enough to lift a hammer, I started smashing my matchbox cars. Infact, most of my toys went through different endurance trials to figure out thier breaking point.

 

When I was about 10, we lived out in the country. There were a couple of abandoned buildings down the street from me. One was a house and the other was storage for the house. A friend and I naturally broke a few windows out of the house, not many though. The other building is another story though. One day we were in it and found some matches, so I started lighting them. There was a bunch of old stuff in here, TV's, furniture, and cloths. All just stacked everywhere. I thought it be cool to start a pillow on fire. I was 10 so the fire got out of hand pretty quick. We took off, rode our bikes to a nearby house and told them we saw smoke. The FD came out and we watched them try to put it out. NEVER GOT CAUGHT!!!

 

I think I chilled out for a while after that, until I was a teenager and my friends and I would go break out car windows. I think that's why I bought a house with a garage. I don't want karma to come see my windows. I love my car.

 

Anyways, let's hear your stories.

[Anti-Racist69]

I have graffiti before. I used to tag up all over the place. I perfected my initials with spray paint one day, so I decided to start tagging. I got really into it and it was all over the city and my school. I also got these "Obey" stencils and put them with my name too. That was way back then. That is as far as I go with vandalism. It was sick when I did it, most fun I have ever had.

[Moonshield]

 

AH'M FEELIN LIKE A CHAINSAW

 

But yeah, real cool busting people's windows, guy. Let me tell you.

[tuareg]

Your hands were given to you to destroy. According to the viewpoint of my kind at least.

 

But anyway, yes, i don't smash stuff now, but i used to when i was little. I like adneralin overflow.

 

 

Edit: Not breaking windows though. There's nothing interesting in that.

[GSXRSpeed]

 

AH'M FEELIN LIKE A CHAINSAW

 

But yeah, real cool busting people's windows, guy. Let me tell you.

I used to jam the sh*t out of that album!!

 

 

Yeah, looking back I do feel bad about the windows, but what can I say? It was like 15 years ago, and we were young and dumb. I did get the tires sliced on one of my cars a few years ago. So I guess karma did come around.

[Moonshield]

Oh sh*t, ok, I misunderstood your post dude - I thought you were bragging about doing that. Sorry for the dick comment.

[Abel.]

I blow up cars, burn houses down and shoot people...

 

On GTA.

[GSXRSpeed]

Oh sh*t, ok, I misunderstood your post dude - I thought you were bragging about doing that. Sorry for the dick comment.

LOL, I really wasn't bragging about any of it. Just sharing stories of stupid sh*t I did when I was younger. Thinking back the burnt house one worries me. I could have DIED!!!

 

Cut me some slack, I'm now a good, tax paying citzen now.

[poopskin]

Well, when i was 5, i accidentally dropped one of my hot wheels into the toilet, if that counts.

 

Although breaking stuff is fun, i avoid it because:

1) i tend to miss that object later

2) i tend to avoid things that get me in trouble. Yes, i'm a boring arse.

[Moth]

2) i tend to avoid things that get me in trouble. Yes, i'm a boring arse.

Your not the only one.

[manofpeace]

One fact that I've found in life is that the more you break, the more you... nah.

 

I've seldom broken things on purpose, and when I do, they'll either old or worthless. Well, now that I think of it, I did hit my friend's glasses with a golf club once. He was just standing behind me, and I didn't hear him.

[Maleficus]

When I was younger, my friend lived out in the boondocks, so naturally there was some garbage piles strewn about the area. Old washing machines, junker cars, etc. So we always used to go ride out on our bikes with bats and such, and break stuff. Was good fun.

[AndyGanteks]

Just some minor things like breaking a door on an old rusty house with friends in a village,breaking a window once,writing on the classroom walls,school benches,...as you see nothing big really.

 

I remember once when me and my friend were back from soocer,we came accros an ''outhouse'' next to the road,it was covered in filt and dust,dont really know who used it really,and there was a hole on the door,just enough for the ball to pass in it.So we tried to get the ball in it from a distance,but our terrible shots made ithe structure fall and brake.Then we ran away with the soccer ball.

 

Mostly old stuff nobody needs anymore,scattered around the city and in my village.

 

[Robinski]

He was just standing behind me, and I didn't hear him.

Damn, after wearing glasses for 8 years i can think of loads of smart arse remarks to respond to that (e.g. at elast he couldn't see you do it!) but I've heard them too many times for them to entertain me anymore.

 

On Topic, nah never done any real vandalism, just writing my names on the sides of desks at school a lot, especially on exam tables when I finished early.

[Girish]

The only thing I ever enjoyed breaking was my grandpa's spectacles.

[Saggy]

I never really vandalized any property that wasn't mine as a kid. I thought that was kind of a wrong thing to do.

 

However, I broke a lot of my own stuff. When I was younger it was a form of curiosity, to see how stuff worked. Later on a I learned how to use a screw driver. On the other hand, I also discovered knives, and had a weird phase of cutting up just about everything I owned. I liked that in contrast to the wanton destruction that I use to enjoy as a younger child, because the cuts were something that was precise, something destructive, yet constructive at the same time. If you cut a piece of paper down the middle, it becomes two smaller pieces of paper. If you tear the same piece of paper into bits, it becomes trash.

 

Anyway, sadly, my lust for breaking things has degraded into a primitive outlet for rage and frustration. Frequent targets are doors, walls, and other hard solid surfaces that will both allow me to vent rage, and discourage me from doing it again. Thankfully I've pretty much all but grown out of that habit too.

 

 

Weird topic, but I can't say it's not one that hasn't been recurrent through my life.

 

Bonus Picture:

[GamerSuper]

I really like to burn car toys (metal cover and plastic interior) because they burn like real.

[Typhus]

Yeah, looking back I do feel bad about the windows, but what can I say? It was like 15 years ago, and we were young and dumb.

This is interesting.

If you could pinpoint a reason you used to do it, what would it be?

[Creed Bratton]

The only thing worth mentioning would be when my dad bought some land (we built a country house there for vacation). There was this old ruin that we had to destroy. Sure a bulldozer could do it but where would be fun in that. So we put some classic dynamite there (just as much as we needed to bring it down) and I lighted the fuse. It was a good explosion

 

But other then that I dont like breaking stuff that works. I like creating stuff more

[1066ant]

I prefer repairing things to destroying them, which is probably why my room is filled with 1940s electrical equipment.

 

I see everything as a "fixer-uper" so never break stuff further than it already is, I do tend to break things in quest of fixing them though.

 

My freind once punched a hole in his wall and though he was clever, i thought he was an idiot.

I don't understand the mentality of the kids around here in my village, they walk half a mile up Lucklaw Hill through the countryside (to near my house) just to break the phonebox.

[GSXRSpeed]

Yeah, looking back I do feel bad about the windows, but what can I say?  It was like 15 years ago, and we were young and dumb.

This is interesting.

If you could pinpoint a reason you used to do it, what would it be?

Teen rage? I don't know. It was only a one night thing. A couple friends and I went out with a pellet gun and unleashed our fury on cars throughout the city. I wasn't even old enough to drive, and I only manned the pellet gun a few times. So I could say a bit of peer pressure, but I wasn't telling them not to do it either. So I'm at fault as much as they were.

[johnson.]

I write graffiti.

[Woody510]

I write graffiti.

There's only one real bridge in my town, and the bottem half of it is covered in paint, mainly from my friends and I.

 

We used to love blowing up mail boxes, and also leaning out the window and smashing them with baseball bats as well. The best ones could always be found out in themiddle of nowhere, usually at farm houses. They'd always have a nice wooden mock barn mail box that would explode when hit. Ah, to be young again

[Typhus]

Did you ever think about the people who'd have to clean up afterwards? Or was it just something that seemed funny at the time?

[Woody510]

 

Did you ever think about the people who'd have to clean up afterwards? Or was it just something that seemed funny at the time?

We'll truth be told they were mostly mailboxes of people i know, and heavily dislike. However i was also like 14, and lacked the insight to see how stupid and childish it was. I don't know about you people, but when i was young, doing wrong made you super cool like the fonz. (insert fonz smilie holding up "eyyy" sign here)

Edited March 15, 2008 by Woody510

[poopskin]

Well, as i said, i'm a boring arse but i do find graffiti fascinating...Who put it there? and why? When did they put it there?

[Typhus]

Well, as i said, i'm a boring arse but i do find graffiti fascinating...Who put it there? and why? When did they put it there?

Because it lasts. It's a sign they were there. That custom stretches back to Ancient Rome. They did it too.

[Chargr]

I also write graffiti, pretty big thing here in L.A

[Freakorama]

I'd cover small toy cars with hairspray and then burn them,

and film it

 

or I'd just smash them with a hammer, make parachutes for them, throw them off of my house

 

I made a small house out of matchsticks then burnt that,

 

If i find a beer bottle on a sidewalk i'll pick it up and smash it.

Edited March 15, 2008 by Futurama_Freak1

[LiTtLe_BaStEd]

 

I'd cover small toy cars with hairspray and then burn them,

and film it

 

or I'd just smash them with a hammer, make parachutes for them, throw them off of my house

 

I made a small house out of matchsticks then burnt that,

 

If i find a beer bottle on a sidewalk i'll pick it up and smash it.

i did most of that but when i burned a toy car and film it i used bug spray

 

One time i found a bullet (real and fully intact) picked up a hammer and...

 

 

Lets just say i was deff for like 2 minutes

 

 

(yes i know i have bad spelling)

 

EDIT: I just rememberd me and my friend took his old computer (Crappy sh*t) an axe and started hacking at it. i didnt get to smash the screen or the keyboard because on my last hit the head of the axe fell off

Edited March 16, 2008 by LiTtLe_BaStEd