Get yer red hot T-shirts!
Recently, the low-priced clothing retailer Steve & Barry's closed. This was unfortunate because it was the main place I would go for T-shirts. A large portion of my current wardrobe came from there. Although I would have to wade through dozens of designs about hard partying and hard drinking, I did find some gems from time to time. Here's a sample of the shirts I own from there:
- I'm probably NOT listening to you
- I don't discriminate / I hate everybody
- It's hard to show I care / Since I don't
- Trust me, I'm perfect
- Procrastinators unite tomorrow
- I see dumb people
I get a lot of compliments on the "I hate everybody" shirt.
But since S&B kicked the bucket, I've had no good place to shop for T-shirts that fit my personality. There are tons of online stores for that kind of thing, but unfortunately I tend to run into the same kind of stuff I always did at Steve & Barry's: Too much frat-boy wear, not enough misanthropy. So it occurred to me that I should just skip the middleman and design my own shirts instead. By making my own shirts, I can plan out my entire summer wardrobe in advance.
Cafepress, it turns out, makes it difficult to set up an online store. They charge you per month for the advanced store and without that you can't have more than one design. But while looking for alternatives, I found Printfection, which is reputed to have much higher quality and makes it easy to set up a full-service shop. (And why not, after all? It makes them more money to have more designs available. Duh, Cafepress. Duh.) Printfection also supports bigger designs and a wider range of shirt colors. Sold!
So I went to work and designed some T-shirts, which soon I'll be buying for myself as well. In the meantime, I thought it'd be nice to give things a kick-start and see if anyone has any interest in it. Here's the list of designs available right now at The Ornery Geek:
- I am inclined to disagree.
A simple yet powerful statement, combined with the inimitable Ornery Geek scowling smiley logo. - You can't make me like anime.
In two formats, this design boldly tells the animevangelists to stop trying to win a convert (or at least, lose a critic). - Email was better before stupid people figured out how to use it.
Which was around 1992, in case you were wondering. That's even before spam took hold. I'm still debating whether I should make a shirt expressing my desire to own Sanford Wallace's head as a wall decoration. - I don't do text messaging (my spelling isn't bad enough)
Take pride in the basic literacy a whole generation will never master. Also you can boast that you're not one of those obnoxious morons who texts in a movie theater. - Instant messaging just makes it easier for people to bug me
It seems like for the last decade I've been dodging conversations that pop up when I'm just quickly checking my mail. This one was suggested by my own sister, a Myspace/WoW junkie.
Suggestions for other shirt designs are welcome. They don't all have to be tech-related of course. Though I've wanted something to mock leetspeak for a while now--how to do that as a joke people will actually get is still eluding me.
Posted by Lummox JR on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 09:18PM
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#22 Somebody Nobody:
Try a mirror image of the word "narcissist". heh heh heh, for those people who get it.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009 06:55AM
#21 Jeff8500:
IcewarriorX wrote:
> How about:
>
> Save your party invitation.
>
> I have a myspace, it's on my facebook.
>
> If at first you don't succeed, Hack.
>
> I'd save you, but...Darwinism.
>
> One day people like you are going to need people like me.
The Darwinism one is the only shirt so far that I'd buy; I typically don't do shirts like that, but <3 natural selection.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 02:07PM
#20 Lummox JR:
Tiberath wrote:
> People are thrown out of Cinema's if they're seen using a mobile phone.
Chalk one up for Australia then. On rare occasions I've actually seen people talk (albeit quietly) on their phones in the theater, and seeing people text is a very common occurrence. Our theaters aren't as prone as they should be to throw offenders out, and it makes the experience worse for everyone.
Maybe we should legalize assault in cases where a person is ruining the movie experience.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:33AM
#19 Tiberath:
Yes, because a first world country like Australia can't possibly suffer those very same issues. I imagine we just handle them differently. =)
People are thrown out of Cinema's if they're seen using a mobile phone.
Using a mobile phone (and in some cases, even a hands-free headset) is illegal while driving and repeat offenders can suffer a loss of license IIRC, not to mention large fines.
And mobile phones are banned from most public and private schools AFAIK. Although that generally didn't stop us. Hell, school kids have no freedom at all. Junk Food has been banned from public schools. I'm glad I graduated the year before that happened. There really is nothing fun about school any more.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:29AM
#18 Disturbed Puppy:
Tiberath wrote:
> Single cost of a text message from me to my friends: $0.01 AUD.
> The cost of someone just answering the phone call: $0.25 AUD.
> The cost of a phone call to make plans for whatever social event when we don't get distracted: More.
> The cost of a phone call to make plans when we do get distracted: Much More.
>
> Text Messaging isn't about urgency, it's about cost-effective communication. We make phone calls when something is urgent and we want to make sure the message is received. We use text messages when we want to fire off a quick message.
Well, I have Alltel, and in all honestly it's cheaper to call the people I have any interest in talking to than sending a text message..I think. My plan has 1000 text messages and some type of unlimited calling program, neither of which I ever outrun. Most of my friends also have Alltel, and the few that do also have some sort of near-unlimited calling/texting feature, so cost isn't the issue in cases that I've seen. It may differ country to country though.
> Do you use a microphone instead of typing in your IM program of choice, for every contact?
I don't use IM actually. I use skype, and unless I'm sending a link to someone on that, I do use my microphone(and on rare occasions my webcam).
I actually have a friend that finds it humorous that I'm so against texting, and if he wants to talk, he'll send me one. In most cases with the messaging, it's used in a way that just irritates me. Common examples are during a movie, in class, while driving, or while you're talking to someone in person. It's all discourteous, and is far less likely to occur with a phone call. Again, these may not be an issue in Australia.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:11AM
#17 Riva:
You looked better on Facebook
Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:01AM
#16 Tiberath:
Disturbed Puppy wrote:
> The rest of us wonder why it's so damn hard to just call, and get the entire conversation done in two minutes instead of twenty.
Single cost of a text message from me to my friends: $0.01 AUD.
The cost of someone just answering the phone call: $0.25 AUD.
The cost of a phone call to make plans for whatever social event when we don't get distracted: More.
The cost of a phone call to make plans when we do get distracted: Much More.
Text Messaging isn't about urgency, it's about cost-effective communication. We make phone calls when something is urgent and we want to make sure the message is received. We use text messages when we want to fire off a quick message.
Do you use a microphone instead of typing in your IM program of choice, for every contact?
And for the record, as I have no doubt said before. I use dictionary on my phone, so my words are always properly spelled.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:06AM
#15 Airjoe:
Disturbed Puppy wrote:
> The rest of us wonder why it's so damn hard to just call, and get the entire conversation done in two minutes instead of twenty.
I used to think the same way. I don't text frequently, but there are definitely situations where it's helpful. My wife for instance has a prepaid cell phone, so texts are much cheaper. Also, we both go to school, so we can text whenever and when the other gets out of class, they can see the message (better than voicemail, which costs $$$ for minutes). It's nice for things that aren't urgent.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 09:59AM
#14 Disturbed Puppy:
Airjoe wrote:
> You know, some of us use (near-)perfect spelling, capital letters, and punctuation in our text messages. :[
The rest of us wonder why it's so damn hard to just call, and get the entire conversation done in two minutes instead of twenty.
As soon as I get some money(it's rather tight atm), I'll be buying that shirt.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 09:57AM
#13 Airjoe:
"I don't do text messaging (my spelling isn't bad enough)"
You know, some of us use (near-)perfect spelling, capital letters, and punctuation in our text messages. :[
Thursday, April 30, 2009 09:45AM
#12 Vexonater:
SuperSaiyanGokuX wrote:
> U's are superfluous (heh)
>
> We pronounce our various U-less words as if the U's were not there, so why keep them?
>
> For instance, we pronounce the word "color" as something like "culler". If the U remained, it would make the word rhyme with "hour"/"flower" or maybe "sewer"/"lure".
>
> So, gone are the unwelcome, pronunciation-altering U's.
>
> Of course, the language is still a long way from perfection; we need to dump quite a few more useless letters from various words.
I agree. While we're at it, let's get rid of the letter c, and start it all with the letter k
Thursday, April 30, 2009 08:55AM
#11 SuperSaiyanGokuX:
U's are superfluous (heh)
We pronounce our various U-less words as if the U's were not there, so why keep them?
For instance, we pronounce the word "color" as something like "culler". If the U remained, it would make the word rhyme with "hour"/"flower" or maybe "sewer"/"lure".
So, gone are the unwelcome, pronunciation-altering U's.
Of course, the language is still a long way from perfection; we need to dump quite a few more useless letters from various words.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 08:06AM
#10 Lummox JR:
Tiberath wrote:
> (That quote came up from her having an american lecturer who kept spelling colour without a u. And she was ranting about it being wrong.)
Actually I have pondered a shirt with the teachings of St. Webster, who helped us fix the English language.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 06:52AM
#9 Tiberath:
GhostAnime wrote:
> Tiberath wrote:
> > (That quote came up from her having an american lecturer who kept spelling colour without a u. And she was ranting about it being wrong.)
>
> Funny thing about US spelling, "color" is correct in their dictionary but in most other English languages (ex: Canadian and British English), it's "colour".
>
> Guess they wanted to show their independence with the absence of "u":
>
> In America, u is taboo!
>
> ... meh...
"Honour" is another word they spell without the letter u, IIRC.
And then there's the word centre. Which I will admit, does make more sense spelled "center".
Thursday, April 30, 2009 05:00AM
#8 GhostAnime:
Tiberath wrote:
> (That quote came up from her having an american lecturer who kept spelling colour without a u. And she was ranting about it being wrong.)
Funny thing about US spelling, "color" is correct in their dictionary but in most other English languages (ex: Canadian and British English), it's "colour".
Guess they wanted to show their independence with the absence of "u" (and that is not the only word with the u missing):
In America, u is taboo!
... meh... but I know you already know that. Why state the obvious? I'm bored... but that's obvious as well, neh?
In this world, there are two kinds of people: jackasses and dumbasses / Stop talking to me and go away dumbass
... >_>'
Thursday, April 30, 2009 04:58AM
#7 Evi of au:
Pretty funny Lummox, but I don't really see how your T-Shirts relate to those that you bought from Steve and Barry's. (I used to buy my Starburry shoes there)
Thursday, April 30, 2009 04:19AM
#6 digitalmouse:
i like the Darwinism one!
Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:57AM
(Edited on Sunday, July 19, 2009 09:28AM)
#5 IcewarriorX:
How about:
Save your party invitation.
I have a myspace, it's on my facebook.
If at first you don't succeed, Hack.
I'd save you, but...Darwinism.
One day people like you are going to need people like me.
Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:39AM
#4 Tiberath:
I came up with the slogan "It's not wrong, it's american" when I was with my ex-girlfriend. But seeing as you're american, you probably wouldn't go for it.
(That quote came up from her having an american lecturer who kept spelling colour without a u. And she was ranting about it being wrong.)
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:52PM
#3 SilkWizard:
I love the "You can't make me like anime" shirt.
I'm not sure what the C++ equivalent is, but playing with code is always fun:
!amused
I also like the title of a recent Maddox rant:
Nobody cares if your puns were intended.
Others that came to mind:
Learn to spell. Then we'll talk.
It's really not that funny.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009 10:43PM