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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). 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 straight-forward phrases like "go away" and "die". These are exaggerations of the message that the other more-realistic shirts broadcast. | 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). 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 straight-forward phrases like "go away" and "die". These are exaggerations of the message that the other more-realistic shirts broadcast. | ||
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 [Click comic to enlarge] Title text: It's depressing how many of these are real shirts |
Transcript
[A collection of phrases on T-shirts]
- I see dumb people
- As a matter of fact the world DOES revolve around me
- I can only please one person per day today is not your day.
- You know what your problem is? You're stupid.
- Get a clue
- Do I look like a people person?
- Your village called they want their idiot back
- Go away
- I hate you all
- DIE.
- Help.
- Maybe if this T-shirt is witty enough, someone will finally love me.
- Oh God I'm so alone
Explanation
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). 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 straight-forward 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.
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 early few comics that contains a non-stick figure character
