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christophilus · 2021-03-30 11:10:31+00:00

Folks at Elastic have a shirt that looks something like that. Someone’s kid sent a gibberish company wide email like that.

rexreed | karma 6465 | avg karma 3.25 · | 2023-01-04 07:43:23

It's one of those ironic Meme shirts sold on Etsy. Same dude sells Lehman Bros Risk Management (2008) shirts.

idm | karma 1081 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2009-09-18 20:17:19

I hope the shirt says, "I leaked evidence in my employer's multi-million-dollar lawsuit and all I got was this lousy t-shirt"

Carlfish | karma 78 | avg karma 4.59 · | 2011-04-02 05:26:51+00:00

I work there. Half the office wants one of those tshirts.

cvrjk | karma 150 | avg karma 5.0 · | 2020-10-02 04:45:11

Or maybe they should secretly ship the shirts with a large "spam PR" written on it for those who raised spammy PRs.

LightG | karma 467 | avg karma 0.64 · | 2022-11-03 09:16:36

Example 68: a Company T-Shirt.

thorax | karma 3237 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2008-03-20 00:02:46+00:00

Actually, I have an interview story about one of the words you have in this particular text.

By the way, the shirt wasn't a requirement for the job. It was just an added way to bypass the interviews a bit if they happened to decode it easily.

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seaman1921 | karma 183 | avg karma 1.15 · | 2021-04-10 10:26:02

>I don't understand

put that on a tshirt

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apavlo | karma 388 | avg karma 3.46 · | 2023-11-27 11:13:11

No. I've been meaning to do an updated article but I've been unfortunately too busy. A bunch of companies send us shirts to give out to students:

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/1659019035818729472

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/1335045678876270592

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/1125465168023048193

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/996191088372322304

* https://twitter.com/andy_pavlo/status/862320227601850368

My highlights from the last 6-7 years:

* DuckDB (European embroidery!)

* Materialize (like Snowflake)

* Yellowbrick (wild designs)

* Timescale (old logo was popular)

-- Andy

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reactjavascript | karma 48 | avg karma 2.09 · | 2022-05-19 10:26:08

I won't miss the Mandatory Fun Corporate T-Shirt. What a waste of resources. Printed up and shipped halfway around the world to be used one day and then donated to Goodwill. Let's do better!

throwuxiytayq | karma 1102 | avg karma 3.3 · | 2021-10-30 03:17:06

I'd like to point out that this also means that his t-shirt has the logo pre-flipped. What an absolute madlad.

RamRodification | karma 594 | avg karma 3.21 · | 2020-12-24 18:24:22+00:00

Wow I was hoping to grab something from the shop but that's some ugly stuff. We have casual dress code at work so I would love a classy EFF-themed T-shirt. Most of these have that juvenile meme-y/merch-ey/joke style though so that's a pass.

Plain "EFF" like on the "EFF Label Pin" on a grey fabric would have been nice. Doesn't have to be "cool" (?) just because it's on a T-shirt.

Edit: Actually just give me the Onesie design on a T-shirt (not black) and I'm good

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hkmurakami | karma 18245 | avg karma 3.63 · | 2016-12-14 04:30:58+00:00

Look at the kid rockin' the America Online T-shirt in the splash image. ;)

tow21 | karma 424 | avg karma 3.75 · | 2009-07-15 08:15:48+00:00

I think part of my pissed-off-ness would be that to me, the t-shirt is much less personal/sincere. Company schwag is almost the prototypical insincere, impersonal gift.

dicekeys | karma 12 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2020-08-21 18:50:28+00:00

It's my daughter's shirt. She didn't approve of any of my shirts. The front has Bugs Bunny.

yobert | karma 540 | avg karma 4.12 · | 2022-01-04 01:31:24

I have a WeWork shirt that says "The Future Is Awesome". I used to hate it but now I love it :D

pcurve | karma 6484 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2023-03-21 17:32:58

Had a friend of friend who worked at Enron.

Years ago, she showed me her Enron Beanie Baby corporate merch. (Oh the irony..)

I wonder if she still has it. It's obscure enough that you can't even find a photograph it online. I guess it might be worth a few bucks these days.

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anonjon | karma 501 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2009-10-01 17:53:39

That is a T-Shirt with ink on it..

mythrwy | karma 1327 | avg karma 0.62 · | 2020-10-02 23:40:18

your tshirt is in the mail

ilc | karma 938 | avg karma 2.7 · | 2022-10-12 12:49:04

(laughing) Been there, done that, got another company's t-shirt due to it.