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| date = October 26, 2005 | | date = October 26, 2005 | ||
| title = T-shirts | | title = T-shirts | ||
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| image = t-shirts.jpg | | image = t-shirts.jpg | ||
− | | titletext = It's depressing how many of these are real shirts | + | | titletext = It's depressing how many of these are real shirts |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This | + | This comic satirizes the plethora of "snarky" phrase t-shirts that exist today. In the top-left, the character wears a typical (and real) snark shirt, "I see dumb people" (suggesting the wearer thinks everyone else is dumb, while being a parody of the phrase "I see dead people" from the movie ''{{w|The Sixth Sense}}''). Other shirts shown also suggest the wearer is better than everyone else, and perhaps the shirts increasingly suggest the wearer is anti-social moving from top to bottom. Near the bottom of the screen the t-shirts no longer attempt to be witty and simply have straightforward phrases like "go away" and "die". These are exaggerations of the message that the other more-realistic shirts broadcast. |
− | + | The final three shirts are also exaggerated shirts that suggest [[Randall]]'s view that people who wear snarky shirts are overcompensating for the fact that they are already alone or perhaps putting up a tough exterior to conceal their sadness that no one would talk to them anyway. Most notably "maybe if this t-shirt is witty enough, someone will finally love me" sums up what Randall thinks snarky shirts really say. There are shirts with this or a similar message; although it is unclear whether they were created before this comic, or as a tribute to this comic. | |
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− | The final three shirts are also exaggerated shirts that suggest [[Randall]]'s view that people who wear snarky shirts are overcompensating for the fact that they are already alone or perhaps putting up a tough exterior to conceal their sadness that no one would talk to them anyway. Most notably "maybe if this | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A collection of phrases on T-shirts | + | :[A collection of phrases on T-shirts.] |
− | :I see dumb people | + | :*I see dumb people |
− | :As a matter of fact the world | + | :*As a matter of fact the world DOES revolve around me |
− | :I can only please one person per day / today is not your day. | + | :*I can only please one person per day / today is not your day. |
− | :You know what your problem is? You're stupid. | + | :*You know what your problem is? You're stupid. |
− | :Get a clue | + | :*Get a clue |
− | :Do I <u>look</u> like a people person? | + | :*Do I <u>look</u> like a people person? |
− | :Your village called / they want their idiot back | + | :*Your village called / they want their idiot back |
− | :Go away | + | :*Go away |
− | :I hate you all | + | :*I hate you all |
− | : | + | :*DIE. |
− | :Help. | + | :*Help. |
− | :Maybe if this T-shirt is witty enough, someone will finally love me. | + | :*Maybe if this T-shirt is witty enough, someone will finally love me. |
− | :Oh God I'm so alone. | + | :*Oh God I'm so alone. |
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | + | *Original Randall quote: "I saw the 'problem' t-shirt (upper right) on campus a few days ago and suddenly felt so sad." | |
+ | *This is one of the few, early comics that contains a non-[[stick figure]] character. | ||
+ | *This is the twenty-fourth comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous was [[22: Barrel - Part 3]]. The next was [[37: Hyphen]]. | ||
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