“your a dork for

reading my

tiny message!”

• I found this on the wall of a covered corridor outside Penfield Hall.
• The author is unknown, but it is most likely a student that wrote it.
• The audience, whether intentional or not, is almost entirely students who live on campus and in the South Quad.
• There is no iconography or imagery included.
• The graffito is pretty legible, so it did not take long to understand the message. However, I know from my knowledge of correct English grammar that “your” (a possessive) is supposed to be “you’re” (the contraction of “you are”). This grammatical mistake can be overlooked, however, because for the intended audience the error is not unheard of and so does not alter our understanding of the meaning. The error, the humor of the message, as well as the viewers contribute to the conclusion that it was most likely a student who wrote this and students who would view this.
• These answers indicate that there was little purpose in writing the graffito aside from humor. The size makes the reader curious to find out what the graffito says, so this effect was intentional. The author wanted the note to be read, but there is no significance or alternate meaning to the text.