You can’t control where you came from. The cards we’re dealt are far beyond our control, most of the time all we can do is play them. Just a little something to keep in mind the next time you feel like hating on someone just because of the name printed on their construction paper wrapper or the color of their wax. Food for thought, indeed…

Also, I love interrobangs, because I’m sort of a typography geek. That is all.

As always…

Our shirts are printed on high quality ring spun soft cotton blanks, have “tagless” printed tags for comfort, are packed with a certificate of authenticity, and made with love.

“Born Yellow” goes on sale on the home page June 7th, 2010 at 12:00am (US CST).

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Ah, another shirt with a message to piss off the whiners. Anyway, I think the design itself is pretty cool this time around, along with a somewhat timely message. (What with untold amounts of sweet black crude spilling into the Gulf of Mexico as I type this.)

The shirt will be printed on a super-soft high quality ring spun cotton blank, it has a “tagless” tag for comfort, is packed with a certificate of authenticity, and is made with love. Enjoy.

“Human Hangover” goes on sale on the home page May 24th, 2010 at 12:00am (US CST).

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Update: Requested graphic detail…

Zebra’s are the only animals in nature I know of that use Dazzle Camouflage. As opposed to what most people think of when they hear “camouflage”, dazzle camouflage doesn’t obscure a target, but breaks up its shape and confusing the visual perception of would-be observers.

Is it large or small; is it coming or going? Is that an butt or a snout? Should we just go eat gazelle instead of trying to wrap our heads around this weirdness? (Said the lioness.)

This all makes the Zebra unquestionably badass in my designer’s mind. So I’d like one across my chest. Since I tend to print stuff I want to own, you can get one across your chest, too starting May 10th.

As usual, the shirt will be printed on a super-soft high quality ring spun cotton blank, it has a “tagless” tag for comfort, is packed with a certificate of authenticity, and is made with love. Enjoy.

“Don’t Make Me A Target” goes on sale on the home page May 10th, 2010 at 12:00am (US CST).

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In his new television series, Stephen Hawking says we should try to avoid contact with intelligent alien life.

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet. (Source)

I think he saw Avatar.

The final frontier is opening up to us painfully slowly and maybe that’s not such a bad thing? Probably the smartest guy on the planet thinks so, do you? I for one want Virgin Galactic tickets to come down so I can get my shot at zero-g. As with most things, our exploration of space is a maze of options and possibilities to be navigated. Will it lead to Battlefield Earth? I don’t know, but I certainly hope it has a better script. Hell, I just hope it has better hair.

“Rocket Surgery” goes on sale on the home page April 26th, 2010 at 12:00am (US CST). Enjoy…

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Also, we went to a new fixed pricing structure ($29/shirt with free shipping worldwide) and there was a lot of pissing and moaning about it. There was also some positive reception, too. So I want to explain something really quickly…

The new pricing model is better for more people.

In the past with our variable pricing model, shirt #24 would be priced at $29 when you include shipping. So that means that only #’s below 24 were cheaper than they are now.   Our bargain-hunters loved us for the chance of getting a $1 shirt that we no longer offer, but the trade off is offering more shirts at cheaper prices to our customers who dig what we’re doing here. And they can get the numbers they want. (It would actually be #19 for international shipping addresses, which better illustrates my point, but those are only about 15% or our orders.)

As we grow, we hope to offer 100 affordable chances at being part of something truly unique and to continue to offer the personal customer service that is possible with a small customer base. Low-quantity runs are less cost effective, but we feel the value of exclusivity for the purchaser is worth it to some. This is all not  mention that our quality is better than most.

So that’s the deal. I know we won’t be bringing everyone from before along with us, and that’s OK. This will be a good thing for more customers in the long run.

Upside Down is the only way I can succinctly describe a world in which 25 hedge fund managers are paid a sum that would employ 680,000 entry-level teachers. The person in the swing is supported by an infrastructure (the tree) grown of violence (the bomb). I think of that person as your average first-world citizen living in a waking dream powered by fast food value menus, Dancing With The Stars, NASCAR and the NFL (all streaming in high definition).

It’s notable that this shirt is the first 200 Nipples shirt we will sell at flat pricing ($29) and with free shipping (every order, every location, worldwide). It’s a big change and you can read more about it here. The short story is that we’ve had a lot people ask for flat pricing, it will allow us to keep doing what we’re doing and now people who want the higher numbers can get them. We’re shipping free because at flat pricing we can afford to.

“Upside Down” goes on sale on the home page April 12th, 2010 at 12:00am (US CST). Enjoy…

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-Wade

The only absolute in this life is change itself. (Cliche but true, right? Stick with me.)

Every moment of our lives change is afoot. It’s within and around us all day, every day. In those every-moments we have an opportunity to affect that change.

There’s no stopping it, only directing it. Preserving the status quo will always be a short-term game pursued by those in power at the expense of those who are not.

The real question is will the changes happening in and around you right now going to be progress or regress? Are you getting older and wiser through introspection and analysis; or are you becoming worn down and cynical out of laziness? Does your self, family, community, and environment benefit from your existence; or are you dead weight?

The way is up to us, the change is not. Try not to waste too much time in apathy and fear. That’s easier said than done, but stewing doesn’t help. So, get in the game and make yourself and your small part of the world better. Oh yeah: and buy this shirt. (And if someone asks you what it means, tell them it’s better than the only alternative.)

“Progress” goes on sale on the home page March 29th, 2010 at 12:00am (US CST). Enjoy…

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At My Leisure - Limited edition tee by 200nipples

I’m not sure I know why I was so enamored with this graphic when it first came across the 200nipples desk, but I love it. There’s something comforting about furniture. It’s solid and tangible; heavy. (Not like, say, a website.) I’m inexperienced with woodworking and upholsterers tools, though. More of a keyboard guy. So now, I can sport this shirt with a little old world craftsmanship across the chest.

At My Leisure - Limited edition tee by 200nipples

“At My Leisure” goes on sale on the home page March 22nd, 2010 at 12:00am (US CST). Enjoy…

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Classic-Cut: My Way by 200nipples

Does little blue alien man have a decision to make… Or is he offering us ultimatum? Has he been cast out of the halftoned-sky-metropolis, or is he guardian, standing as Cerberus at the crossroads issuing a this-or that warning to all who would enter?

We’ll probably never know.

GIrlie-Cut T-Shirt: My Way by 200nipples

This week’s t-shirt is “My Way”. It’s blue, dark blue, gray and black on a white shirt.

“My Way” goes on sale on the home page March 14th, 2010 at 12:00am (US CST). Enjoy…

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