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Mister Toups · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject: A shirt for dhex

here

I mean, come on, that's perfect.

I'd buy it myself except it would maybe be a little hypocritical.

Consider this the T shirt discussion thread. I want to buy a t shirt from the internet but I hate 99% of that T shirt hell/hot topic bullshit that gets pushed in most circles. Anyone have any recommendations that I won't be ashamed to wear five months from now?
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ApM · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:37 pm Post subject:

I'd never be ashamed to wear the 256th level of Pac-Man.

Then again, I have an OS/2 Warp T-Shirt that I'm not ashamed to wear, either. It says, "I'm warped!"

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:04 am Post subject:

that's adorable.

i almost wish i read books.
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dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

You could start.

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:01 am Post subject:

i said "almost".
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ee_emm_ecks · . Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 98 Location: St. Louis

What about threadless?

dhex · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:57 am Post subject:

www.krudmart.com

my friend steve runs it (he dj'd my wedding) and we've been like, internet friends for a decade.

plus you can get "what up koch" shirts.

i like the death has a bunny shirt the best.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:08 am Post subject:

Tablesaw · . Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 303 Location: LACAUSA

As a television geek, I quite enjoy the Now-or-Never shirts from Television Without Pity. They have the added bonus of being de facto limited editions, since its rare for a design to appear more than once.
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ee_emm_ecks · . Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 98 Location: St. Louis

dhex · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:15 pm Post subject:

speaking of shirts, this shirt always made me laugh (and their ann coulter one) but i feel a little weird giving them money, seeing as they're mostly serious (about ann coulter, this shirt is dead on the coolest evar)

http://www.thoseshirts.com/lousy.html
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SuperWes · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject:

Here's one!

www.kanchono.com

Not sure if fits your requirements though...

-Wes
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ee_emm_ecks · . Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 98 Location: St. Louis

Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject:

Mister Toups · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject:

dessgeega · Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject:

enjoy all monsters · . Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 30

It's more fun to make your own.

Tomorrow I will print a shirt with a Slime on it.

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dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:17 am Post subject:

well, i get weird looks with this shirt:

http://bureaucrash.com/modules/smallstore/mens_shirts.php

shit, they changed their layout...it's the che death's head with "communism kills" underneath it.

i'll never understand the machismo of che thing...a clueless revolutionary, a labor camp builder for homosexuals and other "counterrevolutionaries" etc.

the hayek "badass" shirt is pretty hot, though. and the "enjoy capitalism" thing is very popular since it appeals to both the adbusters/libertoid camps.

i should get this for my wife:

ps.. the jack thompson banner is excellent! he'd make a good shirt too.
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SuperWes · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:30 am Post subject:

dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:53 am Post subject:

cheap slogan could go:

you don't know jack!

or

you don't know, jack.
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SuperWes · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:06 am Post subject:

dhex · Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:48 am Post subject:

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Tablesaw · . Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 303 Location: LACAUSA

sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

hey, dhex, you have a source for that thompson picture? I'm looking for a picture of him that isn't crap.

seryogin · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:38 am Post subject:

I like communism. Or more specifically red imperialism. Which is essentially what communism became after WWII. Not that much different from American imperialism, really. Only with cooler uniforms and better art design.

I spent half of my high school years wearing a Stalin t-shirt. And I didn't do it to be ironic and edgy, I just really mind-bogglingly loved the man. if it makes you feel better, I don't like Stalin that much anymore.

ee_emm_ecks · . Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 98 Location: St. Louis

I thought forced disappearances, the dissolution of property rights, and forced industrialization were a rip-roaring good time before I discovered girls, too. Ah, youth!

sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

what

what

Stalin was every bit as bad as every dictator there ever was. Mao Zedong too. Ironic hipsters who put up hilarious chinese propaganda on their walls can go fuck themselves. But people who actually love Mao, can go fuck themselves and die.

Seriously, why the hardon for totalitarianism?

I had a "friend" (mostly he just liked picking inane political arguments with me) who was this huge Ann Coulter/Bill O' Reilly/George Bush fan, and he wore those "communism kills," and had stickers all over his school shit. I hated him.

I don't like those shirts either, because it's a loaded generalization, but it's t-shirt so whatever. And Anarcho-capitalism can keep that stupid anarchy logo (which feels like an oxymoron, anyway).

dessgeega · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 2:14 am Post subject:

the capitalist co-option of radicalism is a very sad thing. (see also: gentrification.)

just today a friend and i were talking about the hrc!

this is a bit of a weighted topic/thread for me, so i'll leave it at this post.
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seryogin · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:12 am Post subject:

dhex · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 11:19 am Post subject:

dhex · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:08 pm Post subject:

right after this post was finished "i'll meet you in poland, baby" came up in my winamp playlist.

how funny is that?
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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

Fairly funny?

Also, I didn't actually know who Dorothy Day was before that post, so thanks for the illumination. The more you know...
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dhex · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:55 pm Post subject:

it's a foetus song about stalin and hitler.

i've got a six inch guarantee / of unilateral security
cause me and stalin / we just signed / a mutual non-aggression pact

etc etc.

the chorus is "today is the first of september / see you at your funeral baby / i'll meet you in poland baby"

for what it's worth, if anyone is looking for a charity to work for, or wants to get their "hands dirty" or gain some perspective on compassion and moral anarchism in action, the catholic workers are an excellent group to work with. they almost always need people to haul food and serve, etc.

http://www.catholicworker.org/

they're about as left as you can get, so there's some extra push for secularists who might be grossed out by the whole religion thing. they mostly work with the "undeserving poor" and don't have any of those stupid faith requirements for feeding someone; if you're hungry you get fed, and religion be damned.

or, i guess in this case, praised.

can you tell i'm putting off a paper?
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ee_emm_ecks · . Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 98 Location: St. Louis

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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

Hey, I like that one a lot. I think the lower half of his face loses the likeness to Thompson a little though. Maybe it's just me. He's not quite iconic enough to be easily readable in 2 colour vector form. The font choice is great though. I wonder how it would look with GTA style text, heh.

I've had a fondness for/fascination with Maoist propaganda art for ages, but my appreciation ends there. Still, I find those military images oddly motivating.
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dhex · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:00 pm Post subject:

i like the sticker.

i was thinking about likeness issues the other day. it's a bit of a grey area. and by a bit i mean a lot. sort of.

this is where being one of those llc joints is handy.
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Lackey · . Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 1107 Location: Canada

dhex · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject:

well, making the sticker and giving it away is one thing.

selling it is another, perhaps.
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sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

As in: does a person's likeness count as intellectual property?

I'll give the JT sticker another go. That chin makes him look positively naderesque.

dhex · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:53 am Post subject:

well, i asked a lawyer-in-training friend about it last night, and she agrees with me in that since thompson is obviously injecting himself in the public sphere, he has no reasonable expectation of privacy. and thus, no protection from parody.

so i think it's a go.
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Mister Toups · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:12 pm Post subject:

So are we going to start makng stickers/shirts with that image?

We should! The resulting attention would probably help drive magazine sales!

Do it do it do it do it!
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SuperWes · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject:

I think that's the plan, but we need gamersquarter.com somewhere on the button. We can do it in white if we want to.

-Wes
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Tablesaw · . Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 303 Location: LACAUSA

Also, any letters from Mr. Thompson should be included in the subsequent issue.
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dhex · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:49 pm Post subject:

or turned into stickers themselves.

"you see, this is what we refer to as a 'meta-parody'"
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sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

Couple questions:

could I have a file of that text used in the other sticker, or at least the font name?

What's the aspect ratio/size of these stickers?

dhex · Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:35 pm Post subject:

they're a mac font, but i'll find out tomorrow at work.

or i can send you it as an illustrator file turned to outlines.
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sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

Actually it's cool now. I think I have it where I want it. thanks anyway.

sawtooth · . Joined: 02 Nov 2005 Posts: 419

Still not quite finished. What do you people think of the white?

Also aargh I am noticing a few of niggling shading problems. I'm never as good at rendering volume as I think I am.

Edit: and each time I look at it can't help but think of "aim for the head"

i need sleep