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1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman)'s status on Monday, 09-Jun-2014 01:29:11 EDT Bob Jonkman

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   I really hope this is an art project designed to show the inhumanity http://www.bogoboo.com/bizarre-park-bench-spikes/ but I'm too cynical…
   1. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jun-2014 22:15:21 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen

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      I'm pretty sure the pay-to-sit park bench is an art installation intended as satirical commentary on economics and design. I'm also pretty sure I first saw it over a decade ago. So I'm surprised both at the recency and the outrage of al…
   2. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jun-2014 22:20:05 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen

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      All of the "21st century" remarks are particularly confusing: my memory has this thing filed under "late 1990s, possibly 2000".
   3. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jun-2014 22:28:31 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen

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      OK..., so this "Pay & Sit" bench is from 2008, and I don't recognise the artist's name (Fabian Brunsing), so it's probably not what I'm remembering...:http://www.fabianbrunsing.de/
   4. Joshua Judson Rosen (rozzin)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jun-2014 22:37:10 EDT Joshua Judson Rosen

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      "SeatSale: License to Sit", #SteveMann, 2001: http://wearcam.org/seatsale/