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So, hey, remember that Goatse shirt over at Threadless that we encouraged you to vote on?

Well, it got printed. And we're ecstatic. Probably more than we should be for a shit brown Goatse shirt, but still... Let me just go on the record by saying [this is good].

I know a whole bunch of sick, disturbed and depraved people who are going to want to jump all over this, so I'm just going to get out of the way and let the frenzy begin.

Update: It would seem like the folks who use Threadless blogs aren't too hype over the design.

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+ Brandon Barr presents the t-shirt diet...

That’s right. I need some cool new t-shirts, but I don’t think I’ll look too good in them without dropping a few pounds. So I’ve bookmarked some favorites that Preshrunk has pointed me to. Every time I drop five pounds and keep it off for two weeks, I get to buy a t-shirt. If I gain the fiver back, the shirt goes in the charity pile.

Often times, all it takes is a little motivation... Good luck Brandon!

+ Derek and Heather have got the most awesome Neighborhoodies ever.

+ Several people gave us a heads up to T.S. Design's eco-friendly screen printing process - which nets some nice looking shirts. Thanks to Holly, Justin and Ollie for the pointer.

The cranks at MetaFilter got sand in their vagina over the wristbands - but I think the gear is a brilliant piss take on the Lance Armstrong Foundation's LiveStrong campaign.

Besides, the tee is sort of punk. I'm sure it'd elicit stares and sneers from at least a few soccer moms sporting their ubiquitous yellow wristbands. And if you live for that sort of thing, maybe this shirt is for you after all...

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Holy fucking Jesus! Does that girl have antlers growing out of her head or am I having a flashback?

Oh, she really does have antlers growing out of her head. Good. Because I've never, ever, ever done acid. Which means that I'd have no idea why I'd be having a flashback.

Quit snickering. I'm serious.

Okay, so it may be white - which we rarely like to point to - but the design itself is cool enough for us to overlook that mild irritation. Besides, this tee is for the ladies - many of who can pull off white far better than most of the men I know. Why is that, anyway?

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Reader Nick was awesome enough to point us in the direction of an absolutley stunning octopus shirt from the dude who makes Dinosaur Comics. If you've been following us for a while you know we have a soft spot for tees featuring cephalopods. Well, this shirt just made that spot a bit softer. *sigh*

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A reader sent in this bit of constructive criticism...

While I like a lot of the t-shirts you post, you should focus on the actual products and their creators, rather than on you, your friends, or other bloggers. Your blog seems more about perpetuating your own idea of "cool" than showcasing quality products or artists.

I'm sure everyone would appraciate it you refrained from your feeble attempts at humor. Sniffing glue? Yeah, that's a good one. Girls like to talk on the phone? Just shut up.

If you are determined to shill for t-shirt creators, you might have the courtesy to get your snarky, self-effacing hipsterism out of your readers faces. No one wants to read about you -- but you already know that.

Y'know what, you're absolutley right. One should make no attempt to run a weblog that has any personality whatsoever. Heaven forbid if we upset someone's delicate sensibilities by writing something silly instead of writing an in depth bio about the guy who silkscreens each shirt by hand.

Besides, researching the people/companies that we feature would actually require, like, work. And since this barely brings in enough to pay our bandwidth bills and buy an occasional energy drink, we're not about to treat it like a day job. Why let things like research get in the way of a good time?

The thing is, we're not shills. We write about shirts that we dig with the hopes that other people will enjoy them too. If they do, awesome. If they don't, c'est la vie.

Anyhow, out of the countless emails we've received, you're the second person to ever really complain in such a manner. So while we'd like to take your words to heart, we realize when you say "No one wants to read about you", you basically mean you don't want to read about us. So don't. It's not as if anyone has a gun to your head.

But hey, thanks for the email. We're totally printing it out and putting it up on our refrigerator.

P.S. We were huffing paint, not sniffing glue. While both give similar buzzes, we find paint to be much more nuanced and easier to inhale. If you're going to fire off a pissy email, please check your facts.

P.P.S. If anyone does actually have a gun to said reader's head, please do us a favor and squeeze off a round. You don't have to kill him. Just graze his ear to let him know you mean business...

I'm not quite sure what it is about a guy being dragged thru the void by a balloon that I like. But there he is, holding on. And here I am, liking it.

Sometimes I shouldn't have to explain myself. So I won't.

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While I would describe myself as liberal, I wouldn't go so far as to say that I'm a tree hugging, tofu eating hippie. Still, most of my fairly narrow minded conservative friends swear that some of my political beliefs make me fall into that category. Besides, tofu tastes good...

So as a piss take, I'm totally going to order this shirt so I can thumb my nose at them without saying a goddamn thing. That's just my style, though. *shrug*

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Hot damn. This one from the folks at FitForUse is rather nice. It's as if I almost can smell the Testors and model glue by just looking at it.

Wait... I was huffing paint on my lunch break. *shrug* Nevermind.

What makes this shirt even nicer is the fact that it's made just for you. You choose the shirt and ink color and the gang at FitForUse will screen it just for you. We live in an on demand world, baby. Keeping a stockpile of premade merchandise is so Internet 1.0.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've gotta take care of a nosebleed. Goddamn Krylon. [Thanks Jeremy!]

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+ I guess our "What's In Your Closet?" is popular... Fimoculous and Nervous Acid have already given their readers a peek inside their closets. They'll be hearing from our lawyers by tomorrow morning.

Okay, not really. I may be mean, but I'm not that much of a dick...

+ Adam writes:

Here at the Rhode Island School of Design Some friends of mine put together a show of t-shirts we designed and printed ourselves. It was primarly printmaking students, but not exclusively so. Sorry the photos are a tad blurry, but I thought you might find it interesting.

There's some neat stuff to be found here. Thanks Adam!

+ These ultra christian shirts are the most frightening thing Preshrunk reader Stephen has ever seen. Obviously, Stepen's never done a Google Images search for "prolapse".