One premium
limited edition
numbered t-shirt
almost weekly.

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…

Hey gang, I’m going to keep the current shirt up for another week. Considering the inspiration behind it and the fact that the SEC filed civil charges of securities fraud against Goldman Sachs on Friday, it seems like a good idea. I’d also like an excuse to call attention to that news story here, because it was mostly reported by mainstream media in the Friday news dump.

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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See for yourself - Bacon 2010

There goes my morning… This is why I love social media. What a fabulous artistic, political and historical treasure trove-at my fingertips.

Propaganda

Official government communications to the public that are designed to influence opinion. The information may be true or false, but it is always carefully selected for its political effect.

- American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition

Flickr Collection – Propaganda

This is one badass press release, but seems a bit off message from a meta point of view… (Than again, it worked; I’m writing about it.)

A special note about this shirt: Considering the large amount of ink on this shirt, it will be printed with a water-based ink. The colors are not as brilliant, but the printed areas of the shirt will be softer and breathable unlike traditional plastisol screen prints.

Ah, security theater! Is there nothing more achingly banal than taking off your shoes, throwing away your nail clippers and showing a disinterested wage-earner your shampoo so you can get on an airplane?

Quick! Who knows what the terror alert level is right now? Who is affected by it in their day-to-day activities, or more tellingly, who cares? I suspect the answer to both of those questions is, “very few” and rightly so.

The terror alert scale is more like a punchline or a political tool for scaring the masses than something useful. The threat levels are, by DHS‘s own admonition, meaningless to the public; they won’t say what triggers an alert level, which means it can be anything from a true threat to this country to political manipulation. (An accusation that officials within the department itself have made as well as resigned over.)

said it best…

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

That’s the whole point of terrorism, after all, is it not? To paralyze? To turn advance into retreat? It seems to me like the Department of Homeland Security in the United States (along with quite a few of their counterparts in other countries) has acquiesced nicely to terrorist aspirations by creating quite a bit of useless fear themselves.

Here’s some things you should spend your time worrying about instead of terrorist threats: (source)

• You are 13 times more likely to die in a railway accident than from a terrorist attack.
• You are 12,571 times more likely to die from cancer than from a terrorist attack.
• You are six times more likely to die from hot weather than from a terrorist attack.
• You are eight times more likely to die from accidental electrocution than from a terrorist attack.
• You are 11,000 times more likely to die in an airplane accident than from a terrorist plot involving an airplane.
• You are 87 times more likely to drown than die in a terrorist attack.
• You are 404 times more likely to die in a fall than from a terrorist attack.
• You are 17,600 times more likely to die from heart disease than from a terrorist attack.
• You are 1048 times more likely to die from a car accident than from a terrorist attack.
• You are 12 times more likely to die from accidental suffocation in bed than from a terrorist attack.
• You are nine times more likely to choke to death on your own vomit than die in a terrorist attack.
• You are eight times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist.

So the real problem with terrorism is fear itself. Considering the above, we should all get on with our lives, otherwise they win.

‘Nothing But Fear Itself” goes on sale on the home page January 1st, 2010 at 12:00am (US CST). Enjoy…

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We have another timely new design. It’s election season in the US and this one’s for all those people who dare to vote in the face of an antiquated electoral college system, , and a company like (sinister or stupid?) at the helm in many states. This is for the people who think, “It’s my own spit in that ocean, dammit, and if you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain. I’m headed for the polls!”

“Hey, what’s your shirt mean?”
“It means I participate in politics as a patriot and a citizen, but I’m under no illusions as to the nature of my role in this oligarchical state.”
“Wow, that’s cool, I’m really jealous.”
“Yeah, you look really jealous.”

“I Think I Voted” by 200nipples will be for sale on the home page starting at Midnight (US CST) October 26th. See you out there on election day!

(This also means it’s your last chance to score your one-of-a-kind print of I Love You To Death by Cris.Howe.Designs. As always, when this new one goes on sale, that one comes down.)

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The “Younger Than McCain” t-shirt by Geoff Ponnath will be for sale on the home page starting at Midnight (12:00am US CST) August 1st to August 14th.

“Hey, what’s your shirt mean?”
“It’s a collage of things that are younger than Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain. I’m stepping into history with this campaign t-shirt as America readies its oldest presidential candidate, ever. ”
“Wow, that’s cool, I’m really jealous.”
“Yeah, you look really jealous.”

The collage:

• Frozen Waffles
• McDonald’s
• Alaska
• Oral Contraceptives
• The Discovery of DNA
• Israel
• Scrabble
• The Hindenburg
• Margaritas
• The Slinky
• Superman
• The 6-Pack
• SPAM
• The US Postal Service’s Zip Code System
• The Discovery of Plutonium
• TV Dinners
• Automatic Transmissions
• The AARP
• The CIA
• The Shopping Cart
• The Golden Gate Bridge
• Duct Tape

[Tip of the hat to .]

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