I Beat Up Ashley Todd (A dishonest t-shirt)

Posted on October 30th, 2008 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical, Offensive, Political

Ashley Todd T-Shirt

A part of me believes that anyone who triviliazes the sacred institution of democracy by making a political t-shirt that satirizes, idolizes or takes advantage of a presidential candidacy is going straight to hell. So if I’m going to make one now, it might as well be the douchiest most offensive thing possible, right?

In case you aren’t aware, Ashley Todd filed a false police report claiming to have been a victim of a racially and politically motivated attack.

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I Hate Pants t-shirt

Obama T-Shirt Roundup

Posted on October 20th, 2008 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical, Political

With almost two weeks to go before the election, it’s about time for me to do a full roundup of campaign t-shirts for each candidate. I will start with Obama, given the overwhelming amount of e-mail and comments I have received. Every day people are buying Obama shirts, desiging them, getting suspended from school because of them, and even getting shot with BB guns for wearing them. Before I begin, I’ll make a brief disclaimer that this round-up isn’t comprehensive, and there are thousands of shirts that didn’t make this list, in fact some really good ones. I also want to thank everyone who’s emailed me with their submissions.

The Best

    Obama Superman T-Shirt
  • This quintessential Obama Superman t-shirt belies the extent to which many of his supporters are inspired by Obama’s candidacy. [Via Militant Geek]
  • Yes We Can Obama T-Shirt
  • An inspired and inspirational design, Audacity from Enstru-Mental relates another one of Obama’s campaign slogans.
  • Yes We Can Obama T-Shirt
  • There is no doubt this election has been closely watched from all corners of the globe, and Yes We Can attempts to translate Obama’s message into at least thirteen languages. Knowing how diverse this blog’s readership is, I think that many of you will find these shirts interesting.
  • Yes We Can Obama T-Shirt
  • Straight from Obama’s web-store, “O’Bama” is perhaps one of his catchiest slogans, and can be easily recycled every St. Patrick’s Day. Talk about a “green” t-shirt!
  • Obama Hope T-Shirt
  • I would be hard pressed not to include the iconic Hope by Shepard Fairey, even though I am not sure if you can still buy an official version. You can try finding one on Ebay, or here.
  • Bros Before Hoes T-Shirt
  • Like it or not, Bros Before Hoes captures one of the more significant aspects of the 2008 election.
  • Yes We Can Obama T-Shirt
  • Obama is my Homeboy” was one of the earliest Obama t-shirts. They also had one for Hillary and just about anyone else you could think of.

Honorable Mentions

The Head Scratchers

Some of the more entertaining t-shirts are ofte\n those you would never be caught dead wearing. With that in mind, here are some tees that either went too far, or didn’t go far enough.

  • Regulate the Banks - Whenever anyone makes a concerted effort to create something, I believe it to be a positive, even if the end result falls short of success. This is why I never like to rag on someone else’s t-shirt making attempts (anything that involves Mike Hunt notwithstanding). Ultimately, this shirt is underdesigned, and it conveys a muddied message by virtue of combining two disparate issues.
  • Obama Ride - This is definitely a headscratcher in the purest sense of the term. It is a strange caricature of Mr. McCain carrying a hot-dog wielding Mr. Obama on his shoulders, presumably to the White House. The only possible explanation is that this shirt is made by an artist commune, which I think is pretty much the case.
  • SuperBadTees - Dare I say… underdesigned? (NSFW)
  • Pop Goes Obama - I happen to think that copying the whole Marilyn Monroe “pop art” motif just doesn’t make any sense nowadays. Not only because it’s formulaic, but because Warhol’s ideas lose their value without their context. Besides, the colors used are just hideous.

Anti-Obama

  • Obama Antichrist - Coming from T-Shirt Hell, this shirt is pretty much an endorsement, although for some religious fundamentalists it may represent a very real fear. For what it’s worth, “Half Honkey, All Donkey” is now gone from T-Shirt Hell.
  • Nobama (keep the change) - “Nobama” has been one of the most common campaign slogans on the McCain trail. This one does it with a clever twist.
  • The Man, The Myth, The Legend. I’ve written about ThoseShirts in the past, and while I don’t agree with some of their heavy-handed slogans, I do suspect that plenty of conservatives find their shirts spot on.
  • I wrote about the Obama/Curious George tee in an earlier post.
  • Jews Against Obama. Ok, so the wheels are really starting to come off the wagon. If you are interesting in knowing more about this $200 shirt go here and here, but don’t read into things too much.

That’s it for Obama. Stay tuned for Palin and McCain t-shirts soon, which should be a lot easier since there won’t be nearly as many shirts to sift through. If you’d like to receive e-mail updates every time I make a new post you can subscribe by email. As always, feel free to add to this list in the comments.

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I Hate Pants t-shirt

T-Shirts That Kill

Posted on April 19th, 2008 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical, T-Shirt Central

Meat Is Murder T-Shirt People Eating Tasty Animals T-Shirt

Just wanted to post some carnivorous t’s in response to my post about PETA.

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PETA Shirts Bite Back

Posted on April 18th, 2008 by Alex.
Categories: A Good Pun Is It's Own Reward, Current and Topical

Give Peas a Chance T-Shirt Fur Is Dead T-Shirt
Dogfighters Are Cowardly Scum T-Shirt No I Don't Have Any Spare Ribs T-Shirt

I gotta say, I admire people who have enough respect for animals to leave them alone, even though personally I find it difficult to give up all those things dead animals are good for (mainly dinners, but sometimes lunches, and most certainly all those wonderful by-products of the meat industry). In any case I’m not trying to start an ethical debate here.  What I am interested in  is how one can use a t-shirt to convey a forceful message in creative way.  I feel like “No, I don’t have any spare ribs!” and “Fur Is Dead” certainly accomplish that.

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Easter Bunny Redux

Posted on March 31st, 2008 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical, Funny, Shop Reviews

Funny Easter Bunny T-Shirt

I was eating a chocolate easter bunny one of these days and immediately thought of this t-shirt from Snorg Tees.  Don’t you just love when a t-shirt company comes up with something cute and original instead of the typical schockingly offensive tee you will find anywhere else.  But don’t wory, Snorg hasn’t completely gone soft either:

Strangers Have The Best Candy T-Shirt ALCOHOL Is The Answer T-Shirt
I Can Has Catz? T-Shirt I'm Big Down Under T-Shirt

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Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 25th, 2007 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical

Santa Doesn't Exist T-Shirt

I was already in second grade when I first found that Santa doesn’t exist.  I can still remember the sunny afternoon as we were packing our bags at the end of the school day.  And the irony of it all?  I am a full blooded jew.

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I Hate Pants t-shirt

Don’t Tase Me Bro

Posted on October 16th, 2007 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical

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Don't Tase Me, Bro! T-Shirt DTMB

Should you really be surprised to see the big boys take advantage of the latest internet meme by printing it on their latest release? I don’t think so, and it also should not come as a surprise to see everyone else jump on the bandwagon with their own version of “Don’t Tase Me Bro”, including some blatant ripoffs (Gatortased notwithstanding). So this begs the question, is there anyone out there making a “Don’t resist arrest, bro” t-shirt? Meh.

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ShirtFight - Knockout T-shirts

How to fold a t-shirt in 5 seconds, the t-shirt folding machine, and more $12 tees.

Posted on August 20th, 2007 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical

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T-Shirt Folding Machine

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New Transformers Tees at NerdyShirts.com

Posted on July 6th, 2007 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical, Geeky tees

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Ok, I get it, Transformers is kind of a big deal. The movie grossed $24.7 million on it’s first day, and NerdyShirts released not four but five new Transformers t-shirts this week. To top it off one of my coworkers actually showed up to work wearing a Transformers voice changer helmet.

You see, I hadn’t set foot in the good ol’ US and A until late in 1991, and as such have not seen a single Transformers episode. I had seen Plenty of M.A.S.K., Conan the Adventurer, and TMNT, and lots Transformer toy commercials in between. Maybe, just maybe I’ll go watch the movie and see what I’ve been missing. Should I?

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Holiday Five Pack

Posted on May 10th, 2007 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical

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Cinco de Mayo was just around the corner, and it was a good chance to eat some Mexican food, drink some non-Mexican beer as well as vodka and gin tonics, and to wear my awesome Tequila shirt from TheRyde. It was also a chance to purposefully mispronounce the name of the holiday only to have my Chilean friend repeatedly correct my pronunciation. Did you know that Cinco de Mayo is not even a widely celebrated holiday in Mexico?

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Music T-Shirts at Tees.com!

Campioni Del Mondo

Posted on April 2nd, 2007 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical, Sports

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I know the World Cup was almost a year ago, but you don�t have to worry about this t-shirt going out of style for the rest of the decade. And if you want to splurge on the real thing, the authentic Italy replica jersey is on sale for about $20 less than what it normally retails for.

Since we are now on the topic of international soccer, Champion�s League quarterfinals are starting on Tuesday, with 3 teams from England and 2 from Italy still in the mix. For those who don�t know, Champion�s League is basically like the World Series of soccer. Out of the 8 teams left, 7 have been to the finals before, with AC Milan, Liverpool, Manchester United and Bayern Munich combining for 21 titles. Interestingly enough Chelsea is the one team who has never reached the finals, yet are the favorites to win this year�s trophy.

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Cool St. Patrick’s Day Gear

Posted on March 4th, 2007 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical

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St. Patrick’s day is coming up, and World Soccer Shop has some great gift ideas listed right on the front page. In case you weren’t aware, soccer is one of the two main sports in Ireland, and if you want to celebrate the holiday in style what better to way to do it than with a vintage Ireland track jacket or a Celtric replica soccer jersey. Of course, if you just want the ol’ “Kiss Me I’m Irish” tee shirt, they have that too, along with other decent tees, and even some Guinness gear. I, for one, am going all out with this pair of green socks.

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KKKramerica

Posted on November 26th, 2006 by Alex.
Categories: Current and Topical, Offensive, Shirts I Really Like, Shop Reviews

I am not going to post the YouTube link to ‘Kramer’s’ racist tirade at a Las-Vegas nightclub. You can find it yourself if you’d like. Needless to say the outburst was so outrageous that no apology can make up for it — he might as well have been wearing the “arrest black babies before they become criminals” tee from T-Shirt Hell. What I find interesting is how quickly T-Shirt Hell came out with a t-shirt about the whole thing. The story surfaced on Monday the 20th, and by Wednesday evening the shirt was featured on their front page. The illustration isn’t super amazing or anything, but 2 days is at least how long it took me to write this post.

In fact, T-Shirt Hell has been staying on top of recent events, as they continue to churn out their brand of edgy and irreverent tees:

And while you’re over there, check out “International Age of Consent Tour“. I’m sure you know someone who deserves to own that tee.

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