Can't Believe This Shirt

Okay, so, we know how this looks: we go on a rant yesterday about how you can’t just post on the forums and get us to sell whatever you want… then the next day we sell exactly what you’ve been posting about on the forums. Doesn’t really help us reinforce our standing as definitely-not-pushovers.

But really, we’re trying to teach you a lesson. Because you may think that this is what you want, but are you sure? Like, are you REALLY sure?

You might think you want a shirt. And you might purchase one of these–showing the Meh or the Mediocre logo in glossy black ink on a black shirt, a “stealth” logo, if you will–and you might feel satisfied. You might feel a surge of something each time you put it on, a warmth rising in you that you will recognize as not just comfort… but comfort mixed with a sense victory.

You might wear the shirt proudly at first: to work, or out to grab drinks with friends, or when you’re on vacation, or when you’re visiting family. The people around you might ask, “Who made that shirt?” And you might respond: “Meh.” But really, you’ll want to say: “Me. I made it. Or I made it possible. Because had I not badgered them, had I not joined forces with @reclaimercube, the great bringer of the brush, there is a chance–nay, there is a certainty–that they never would have sold this or any shirt ever again.” And you might beam inwardly to yourself.

But many years from now–long after the shirt has got through the cycle: from wear-it-whenever-you-can, to wear-it-sometimes, to laundry-day-only, to pajama-top, to lawn-mowing-shirt, to rag, and finally to trash–you might be driving down a desolate midwestern highway, listening to a true-crime podcast, and you might suddenly remember: all the time you spent on a deal-a-day site’s forum rallying to spend ten dollars on some silly shirt. And you will wonder to yourself: was it really worth all that effort?

And knowing you people, you’ll be like: HELL YEAH! And that’s why we love you.

Wait, was there supposed to be something about a lesson here?