20070520

T-shirt ideas

So: in the pseudo-random world of my mind, occasionally there are generated one-liners of the sort that could be displayed for the sole purpose of generating thought, invoking conversation or avoiding the blankness of a plain t-shirt. These are not good for bumper stickers: they have words. Bumper stickers should only contain pictures or less than about 4 words printed large and in plain lettering. The reason for this is that people generally get annoyed, frightened or otherwise peeved when (as you drive down the road, highway or parking lot) you position your vehicle in such a way as to view their stickers and maintain that attitude for the duration of the time needed to partake of their witticisms, political viewpoints, outrages and humor. If you missed the last sentence, read this carefully: "If someone must tailgate you long enough to cross a small town to read your stickers, the stickers probably shouldn't be visible to the environment around you". Put 'em on the dash so your passengers can appreciate it and not cause a road hazard.

OK. Enough soapboxing. So if you want to know what i was thinking when i logged on to post, it is this:


t-shirt 1:
1984
is your lucky number.
Its watching you everywhere

If you didnt get that, please brush up on your George Orwell then avoid detailed technology news reports dealing with technology so your don't need psych meds. And abstain from repetitious redundancy. And never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.


t-shirt 2:
Take God out of cussing
and put God back in schools

[which is political, and religious, and will with great probability get a responce in a great number of political or religious or educational venues. Since those are great forums of controversy, and rightly so: those arenas shape our present, our perception of the past, and (consequently and most ominously) our future.]


Your fellow humans, your children, and your enemies: these are the greatest things you have at your disposal if you are a member of any society. Choose them well, educate them carefully, and always teach above the level where you falsely think your students are capable. Every person starts out brilliant - please refrain from teaching stupidity. And I'm soapboxing again. Give a person a keyboard and sometimes they just can't stop.

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