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- cowsmanaut
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Please let me know what you think
I'm making a T-Shirt design based on an idea a friend came up with. Which is to have old famous people say things that are somewhat offensive and not in their nature, but in some way related to them.
The one I just put together has Sigmund Freud. and it says on the shirt "Sigmund says: 'Shut up Motherf@cker'" spelled exactly as you see there.
It's supposed to be an in joke about his ideas of boys and their mothers. Anyway.. would you find this deeply offends you? would you laugh? would you be indifferent?
and if you would like it.. would you even wear one? Or would there be a more suitable medium for this? Posters? coffee cups? mousepads?
The one I just put together has Sigmund Freud. and it says on the shirt "Sigmund says: 'Shut up Motherf@cker'" spelled exactly as you see there.
It's supposed to be an in joke about his ideas of boys and their mothers. Anyway.. would you find this deeply offends you? would you laugh? would you be indifferent?
and if you would like it.. would you even wear one? Or would there be a more suitable medium for this? Posters? coffee cups? mousepads?
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I don't understand the point of not writing out the word, if you're going to put such a thing on a shirt, anyway.
Nobody who knows what it means and is going to get offended by it will be any less offended by your weak attempts at self-censorship. The argument would be, and I agree, that if you really cared that much about good taste, you'd not even wear the shirt to begin with.
Nobody who knows what it means and is going to get offended by it will be any less offended by your weak attempts at self-censorship. The argument would be, and I agree, that if you really cared that much about good taste, you'd not even wear the shirt to begin with.
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I think the particular example Cows gives is an amusing play on words in so far as it's an observation on Freud's obsession with the male child's relationship with his mother. That's what I find funny. But I certainly wouldn't wear such a thing and anyone wearing this slogan (or indeed any other) would be highly unlikely to be part of my social circle...
I dislike "sloganed" clothing generally. I prefer a more understated, classic look and slogans generally make me think of unwashed students who think they are "right on" and have something to say.... when in reality they are probably incredibly dull and wouldn't dare say to someone's face what they brazenly wear on their chest.
I dislike "sloganed" clothing generally. I prefer a more understated, classic look and slogans generally make me think of unwashed students who think they are "right on" and have something to say.... when in reality they are probably incredibly dull and wouldn't dare say to someone's face what they brazenly wear on their chest.
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I think if you hadn't explained the joke to me, I wouldn't have got it, and explained jokes are bad jokes. So I don't find it funny now, but maybe I would have laughed if I had gotten the joke, I'm not sure. About good or bad taste, well, I don't have a problem with it; guess I saw too many such joke shirts already.
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I was thinking a selection of monster ones yes, with Dungeon-master.com on it. Maybe attract more fans to the site that way
I think many people still don't know we're all here chatting about DM so long after.
Though i don't know I can use the logo on a Tshirt.. that would infringe copy right for cash. Since I'll not be giving them all away for free. It'll be a fair bit of work to make them and then there is cost for making them too.
I think many people still don't know we're all here chatting about DM so long after.
Though i don't know I can use the logo on a Tshirt.. that would infringe copy right for cash. Since I'll not be giving them all away for free. It'll be a fair bit of work to make them and then there is cost for making them too.
If you made say, five different monsters (e.g. screamer, worm, couatl, oitu and dragon) I bet quite a few people here would buy them all
One could justify this by having shirts for different occasions. Whilst bumming around at the weekend, a lowly worm would be appropriate. At work, well if you're gonna be labelled a geek, might as well be an uber-geek with a big threatening dragon on your chest
One could justify this by having shirts for different occasions. Whilst bumming around at the weekend, a lowly worm would be appropriate. At work, well if you're gonna be labelled a geek, might as well be an uber-geek with a big threatening dragon on your chest
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Or do a shirt with a big pic of Mophus on the front and scare the crap out of anyone you approached...though of course you'd have to be careful not to look at yourself in a mirror whilst wearing it .
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Hehe, I'd definately buy and wear one, and I hate those cheesy 'hilariously rude' T-shirts.
But Im a sucker for all things Freudian. If you used an extremely serious looking Freud picture like this
http://www.bu.edu/mih/images/Freud.jpg
It'd probably make it even funnier. I admit its not exactly the pinnacle of wit but I'd still find it funny in a juvenile sort of way
But Im a sucker for all things Freudian. If you used an extremely serious looking Freud picture like this
http://www.bu.edu/mih/images/Freud.jpg
It'd probably make it even funnier. I admit its not exactly the pinnacle of wit but I'd still find it funny in a juvenile sort of way
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