kellye from huntsville, alabama spotted these notes posted on boarded-up diner during last month’s G20 summit in pittsburgh.
explains kellye: “the broken windows were caused by a few rowdy anarchists/drunk college kids from oakland who apparently missed the mark in their defiance of the man. since the vandals represented only a very small cross-section of protesters [...]

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nathan in norman, oklahoma doesn’t know the writers of either of these notes, but when he saw this exchange on a fellow student’s drafting board in his architecture studio class, he knew it needed to be documented.

related: who’s the smartass?

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josh from annapolis, maryland says the first and last note in this exchange were apparently written by stephen, a college student at a school “known for it’s obtusely intellectual, chronically spacey student body.”
the notes were gone within a few days, but josh says the situation hasn’t exactly improved. in the meantime, he says, “i’m kinda [...]

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sarah in new zealand says all three of these notes went up before 10 a.m. on monday (trash day). adds sarah: “we can only assume that oliver keeps some kind of detailed diary about everything that happens in our flat, but only refers to it when things haven’t been done.”

related: 10 people, one kitchen

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sadly, no backstory for this one, except that it was found on a door in san francisco — but i think this is one of those exchanges that does pretty much speak for itself.
despite the obvious criticism richard opens himself up to, i think you have to give the guy props for having the guts [...]

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gina from santa cruz lives in a dorm where ten girls share one bathroom. says gina, “i love saga notes, and feel we need some more of them, so i figured this collection would certainly do the trick.” indeed, gina, indeed! the progression here, from pleasantries and smileys to — well, you’ll see — is [...]

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alanna lives in a house in ottawa with nine other girls, where “dishes are always being left in the sink dirty and growing stuff, or clean on the counter taking up space.” a note war has commenced on the window above the fridge.

by popular demand, alanna has helpfully posted another picture showing the underlying notes!

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