[ares623]

Our first exposure to Banksy was when we were hitting puberty. We probably thought they were subtle back then.

[brewdad]

Not everyone on HN is still in their 20s.

[usrnm]

Banksy has been active since the 90s, definitely already famous in the 00s

[foldr]

As shown by this savage Charlie Brooker takedown: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/sep/22/arts.v...

[finnthehuman]

>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

[pydry]

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.

[foldr]

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.)

[pydry]

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.