Friday, December 11, 2009

A slogan T-shirt says so much more than just the letters on it.

I used to think that slogan T-shirts were so cool. Seeing mass-produced pastel colours shirts with witticisms printed on them in chain stores, they seemed to proclaim that the wearer has a sense of humour. Unfortunately, when I thought that they were fantastic, they were financially beyond my reach. Yet somehow I have managed to accumulate a fair number of said T-shirts; because of the numerous yet invariably disappointing sales that Jay-Jays has had; and because I have received a few as gifts. Luckily I have also gradually purged my wardrobe of them, because they're stupid.

Most of the slogans formed by the cracked lettering aren't even funny. These make the wearer look like they are barely aware of what they are wearing, which is one of the most treacherous sins one can commit. But, no matter if the slogan is side-splittingly hilarious, the wearer still looks like an idiot.

Clothing should speak through its style and how it is assembled as an outfit. It does not need to speak through words printed on a top saying something annoying like "things not to say to a cop" or "666% evil". The worst thing about slogan tees is that, short of incinerating them, you can't make them shut up (unlike the wearer, who is probably one of those people who won't willingly shut up either, but that can always be amended with duct tape).

Furthermore, there is no need for one to proclaim to the world with a poor quality T-shirt that they have an active sense of humour. EVERYONE has a sense of humour. It is assumed knowledge. On that topic, people who talk about their significant other's fantastic sense of humour as one of the reasons why they love them, as if nobody else can crack a joke, really annoy me. Really, just shut up. You and your apparently "quirky" sense of humour; and your fugly T-shirts, can shove it.Shut the fuck up.

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