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[Yrael]

Is that Gaben and..... Narnia crossover?

Oh lol. xD But nope, not a crossover - just a nerdy lion.

I also like this one (Doctor "Hoo"):

Oh, and this - "Up All Night To Get Loki":

I think these designs tend to work best when they have a coherent style (which is usually when they are not doing a takeoff of an existing logo or mashing completely different fandoms/IPs together).

 

[DiipuSurotu]

These shirts are tacky and bad-looking regardless of their geekiness. "Souvenir" shirts and most music band shirts are just as tacky.

 

[Dominator]

In theory I like the idea of these shirt sites, but in reality the quality of the shirts is absolute shit and not worth it at all.

 

[Zeyphersan]

These shirts are tacky and bad-looking regardless of their geekiness. "Souvenir" shirts and most music band shirts are just as tacky.

To be fair, people are assuming I'm ragging on these shirts just because they're geeky, and I'm not. I think all graphic tees regardless of subject are unappealing

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Nerd culture mash-up shirts are just the worst. They just feel so...try-hard. Like, I'd gladly wear a Doctor Who shirt or a BttF shirt, but cramming them together into one shirt just feels tacky and...ehhh.

 

[SolidSnakesMyStepDad]

I feel like if you wanna display your "Nerdiness" there are better ways of doing it. Designs that are more subdued and aesthetically pleasing. I found these deadly premonition designs not to long ago on red bubble that I think look nice but still can convey your Nerdiness if that's the thing you are into.

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Something I don't find enjoyable but I get the appeal

 

[way more]

Have you guys had Spam Musabi? It's not like Spam. It's like Japanese Spam.

OMG, so Yummy.

 

[starchild excalibur]

That's a very limited way of seeing it, but maybe I didn't explain properly. If you're into My Little Pony, and you find a shirt that looks great/tasteful, why should you care what others think of you? But if you just go all-out and get a pink shirt that's obviously made for children and really has no tastefulness to it and you're wearing it just to make a statement, you're just being an asshole.

But I feel like you're still contradicting yourself. You're only adding "just to make a statement" to it, but there's no way to know if that's someone's intent.

If a 30 year old male who's a MLP fan finds a shirt that he genuinely likes, even though it's made for children and would be considered garish to most people, either he should give a shit about that and not wear it publicly or not give a shit about that and wear it publicly.

If he does, he may be prone to stares or false assumptions by the public. That just comes with the territory. It's no different with these shirts. Many of them may be interpreted by fellow fans as being cool. Likewise, to other people, it may make you look like a man child.

For both the MLP and geek T-shirt guy, you aren't privy to whether they're wearing it "just to make a statement." In fact, I'd argue that the latter person is probably more likely to wear it in order to attract similar-minded individuals and therefore may be more out to make a statement.

At the end of the day, definitely wear what you want. Like I said, I have a few of these shirts tucked away myself. In general, I'm more upset by how lazy several of the ideas are than anything else.

 

[SolidSnakesMyStepDad]

Have you guys had Spam Musabi? It's not like Spam. It's like Japanese Spam.

OMG, so Yummy.

Psssst bud. I think you may be lost.

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Or am I lost?

 

[MichaelFassbender]

Those shirts are very ham-handed. No subtlety at all.

 

[ZackieChan]

Is there one that says "vagina kryptonite" on it?

Also, that subtle neg in spoiler tags at the end. Good game, CEO.

 

[way more]

My bad.

 

[SolidSnakesMyStepDad]

My bad.

Now we got some style in the thread.

 

[Bomber Bob]

oh wow

 

[ViviOggi]

I don't hate geeky shirts but lmfao at those completely straight-faced libertarian Bioshock shirts

 

[Kritz]

you know what though? There are some great nerdy ass shirts.

This is a tshirt about a novelty video game created by magicians Penn and Teller where you drive a bus in real time from Tucson to Las Vegas, that has been part of a yearly charity effort to livestream it for entire days straight. That Desert Bus shirt is a cool shirt, and I like it. So if you want 'geek cred' or whatever, there's some of that.

I am a man who almost exclusively wears terrible clothing for children, and there is sufficient proof of this fact scattered across the entire internet. If y'all like wearing some dumb fanfiction crossover tshirt, cool. That's cool. But man, those shirts are dumb, and it's a whole lot of fun pointing out how dumb they are.

 

[Lapidus' Beard]

A friend of mine orders gazillions of these. Every damn week he has another one, and every time he proudly asks "But do you see what it is?!".

It's a cheap joke, that's what it is.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

A friend of mine orders gazillions of these. Every damn week he has another one, and every time he proudly asks "But do you see what it is?!".

It's a cheap joke, that's what it is.

A friend of mine does that too. He even sends me links for Doctor Who shirts because he knows I'm a fan of that show. I may be a fan but I would never buy these kinds of shirts. I don't have the heart to tell him I'm really not interested.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

These would work better as mini poster prints.

 

[Zombine]

I like teefury.com a lot more.

 

[harmonize]

seinfeld and avatar: the last airbender

cohesively bring these two titan television shows together on a single size large t-shirt and i'll drop thirteen bones on it.

 

[sgjackson]

seinfeld and avatar: the last airbender

cohesively bring these two titan television shows together on a single size large t-shirt and i'll drop thirteen bones on it.

A giant turkey and a sky bison stare off the edge of a cliff. The sky bison says to the turkey "That's rough, buddy."

 

[jtb]

Caring about your appearance and wanting to wear clothes that don't look like shit isn't insecurity.

 

[Generic Power Ranger]

Any good ones within or with cheap European shipping ?


I want several of the shirts in the op btw. But their shipping is steep. Especially considering VAT will be added on top

 

[Alucrid]

Arkhamvania... Lol terrible

 

[mocolostrocolos]

My bad.

Where can I buy this?

 

[outunderthestars]

Guess I am getting old but I wouldn't wear any of those shirts.

 

[RetroDLC]

I browse Day of the Shirt once every day or two, it collects all the current designs available on every daily t-shirt site. I don't buy them regularly, maybe one every month or two if the design strikes with me.

Then there are the designs that look really cool, but I would never wear in public. (NSFW link.)

 

[aku:jiki]

Caring about your appearance and wanting to wear clothes that don't look like shit isn't insecurity.

Your avatar is (or has been) available as a shirt and the style is pretty similar to what I wear. Does it look like shit?

 

[Cagey]

hey you know that one thing you like and that other thing you like

we put them together on a t-shirt isn't that so cool

Gives the wear an extra filter for dismissing normies he (inevitably a he) meets in the wild. What is that? You didn't identify the GOT reference in my Mario Kart shirt? Begone!

 

[EdibleExplosives]

Some of you sound fun as fuck.
It's a t-shirt, do you really need to apply your cynical edgy attitude to everything?

 

[sixteen-bit]

these shirts look like shit, but wear what makes you happy!

 

[Violet_0]

I just do not see the appeal in wearing these shirts.

I'm not really into those geeky fandom shirts but the Boba Fett tee is legit, currently out of stock though

 

[Dr. Benton Quest]

Have you guys had Spam Musabi? It's not like Spam. It's like Japanese Spam.

OMG, so Yummy.

Quit trying so hard.

 

[Konka]

I think graphic t-shirts off al kinds are tacky looking but, hey, if that's your thing, go for it.

 

[AlexMogil]

I've always wondered if they have to get permission from the copyright holders to make the shirts.

 

[ZackieChan]

I've always wondered if they have to get permission from the copyright holders to make the shirts.

They should, but they generally don't. I wonder how many get shut down or sued over them.

 

[Theodran]

Although I do agree that there is a whole lot of bad mash-up T-shirts out there, I cannot agree that it's necessarily self-demeaning to wear these kinds of T-shirts out in public. It really depends on the context and the environment.

Case 1) Joe is going to a night club. He'd be stupid if he wore one unless he hid it inside something like a cardigan or a shirt.

Case 2) Joe works in a relatively lax environment and the majority of his friends are geeks. They are all on good terms and he wears the T-shirts at work. He's fine wearing it.

Case 3) Joe's wife doesn't understand the context behind the T-shirt and they are going on a date at a mid-range restaurant. Joe better shirt up or at least change to a polo shirt, else his wife will spit on him.

Case 4) Joe's wife understands the context behind the T-shirt and is actually bemused by them. They are going on a date at a mid-range restaurant. Joe is fine wearing this shirt.

In cases 1 and 3, Joe would need to think twice before wearing a T-shirt like this. In cases 2 and 4, Joe would be fine wearing a T-shirt like this if he enjoys it. There's a place and occasion for everything, even though someone finds it stupid.

 

[Noaloha]

Stuff like this, not just limited to t-shirts, has to try extra hard to escape that feeling of creative laziness, something void of artistic inspiration. If you're just pressing one namecard pulled from a hat of geeky properties next to another namecard, get fucked. As much as I don't care for the designs in the OP personally, at least in terms of art/design quality they're mostly pulling their weight.

They still reminded me of this comic though.

 

[Fireblend]

I bought a couple of shirts from Teepublic as Christmas presents for my brother and a couple of friends, they were alright.

Myself, all my "geeky" t-shirts are either from Threadless or Fangamer. Some of my favorites:

 

[MC Safety]

Some of you sound fun as fuck.
It's a t-shirt, do you really need to apply your cynical edgy attitude to everything?

I think you can embrace the notion of fun and still not like X meets Y but in an unimaginative way.

 

[bengraven]

To the guys who would be embarrassed:

I would have never wore these when I was single. No fucking way; I had two nerdy shirts in my life post-pre-teen - a Battlechasers shirt I only wore when I was home alone and an X-men shirt a friend of mine stole and I never once complained about it, glad to have it gone and not embarassing me.

But then I met my wife - the day she came over I realized I left my Ninja Scroll wall scroll up on the wall, when I had been taking down all my nerdy posters. I was humiliated, but she gave zero shits about it. In fact, she seems to enjoy me being a nerd, even though she's not one at all (unless you count watching WD or GOT every week one, but then that means everyone is a nerd).

She buys me nerdy as shirts like these every holiday or birthday. The one person I should be trying to keep impressed and she doesn't give a fuck if I wear a Star Wars or Doctor Who shirt - as I said, she is the one buying them for me. She even had a girl on Etsy design a Game of Thrones/Legend of Zelda/NES mashup shirt for me for our 5th anniversary last year. So yeah, I get these without asking for them, so I suppose I should just pick them out.

So I'm just saying: if you're embarrassed to wear them but want to, maybe you should look at the people around you.

 

[Fusebox]

Eh, not bad. I reckon they'd make better posters than tshirts though. Oh and OP,

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stop using spoiler tags for no reason ffs...