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Finally... => Life Advice => Topic started by: foxsoul on January 18, 2016, 07:33:56 pm

Title: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: foxsoul on January 18, 2016, 07:33:56 pm
Here's is the link for the shirt, https://www.teepublic.com/show/397265-draw-me-like-your-french-girls

I was thinking of gifting this to a friend, but I don't know if she would like this? Please criticize to your hearts content!
I will be grateful to everyone who helps me decide if this is a good investment. :P
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Strife26 on January 18, 2016, 10:43:56 pm
Not knowing about the friend in question, I'd lean towards no, unless she's a Titanic and Frozen fan.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Urist McScoopbeard on January 19, 2016, 12:16:29 am
Yes. If she doesn't like it, wear it proudly.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Flying Dice on January 19, 2016, 03:17:50 pm
Strife's got the right of it. It depends entirely on whether she likes those films and unironically appreciates unfunny print T-shirts. General rule of thumb for gifts is that if it's not fairly universal and not something you specifically know the recipient wants/will appreciate, you're taking a chance.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Neonivek on January 19, 2016, 03:20:39 pm
Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Not... really to be honest.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Cheesecake on January 20, 2016, 09:00:19 am
Honestly, nah. If I were receiving a gift, I wouldn't actually mind what the gift was because it was free, though you on the other hand might wanna spend money buying a shirt she'd like.

Which we wouldn't know.... Does she have any preferences? Favorite band, movie, game, etc?
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Flying Dice on January 21, 2016, 04:39:05 pm
TBH if someone gifts me clothes I'd rather get something tasteful, comfortable, and well-made rather than an obvious attempt to pander to my interests. I'm not that girl so I can't speak for her, but that's something to keep in mind.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Graknorke on January 21, 2016, 04:43:43 pm
No please don't buy that. If you're going to buy clothes just buy some decent ones that are maybe somewhat unusual.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: LordBucket on January 25, 2016, 09:28:14 pm
It earned a chuckle from me. But it's not something I'd ever wear.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Shadowlord on January 26, 2016, 12:56:13 am
"I wonder would she like this?"
*asks people who don't know her*

You might be asking the wrong people?
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: MetalSlimeHunt on January 26, 2016, 12:59:41 am
I would literally declare vendetta against the bloodline of any person who attempted to give me that.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: gimlet on January 26, 2016, 12:20:48 pm
I've bought on impulse a few one-joke t-shirts and pretty much immediately regretted each one.   They're relegated to last-in-line laundry day duty, or yeah something to wear over other t-shirts when doing something messy.

Geez $27 with shipping, for *one* t-shirt?   Plus, giving clothes TO a girl?  That's competing right into her area of expertise.  Yeaaaah, unless you're 100% positive that this is the one and only thing she's been dying to receive, I'd go back to shopping....
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: wierd on January 26, 2016, 02:06:56 pm
And here I was expecting it to be a Jarl Balgruff joke, given the youtube series...

(Check out Skyrim Poop series. Not suitable for linkage though. Too much adult content.)
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Urist McScoopbeard on January 26, 2016, 09:46:01 pm
As a film student: I'd wear the fuck out of that.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Flying Dice on January 29, 2016, 12:40:36 am
Quote from: gimlet on January 26, 2016, 12:20:48 pm
I've bought on impulse a few one-joke t-shirts and pretty much immediately regretted each one.   They're relegated to last-in-line laundry day duty, or yeah something to wear over other t-shirts when doing something messy.
Hello, me.

But yeah. Those print t-shirts you thought were funny when you were 13? They ain't. Those print t-shirts you thought were quirky and rebellious when you were 17? They ain't. Those print t-shirts that seemed like great in-jokes when you were 20? They ain't. There's a word for print t-shirts, and it's "painting shirts".
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: cochramd on February 01, 2016, 08:37:59 pm
Quote from: Strife26 on January 18, 2016, 10:43:56 pm
Not knowing about the friend in question, I'd lean towards no, unless she's a Titanic and Frozen fan.
This. Your question is extremely context-sensitive, and you haven't provided any context.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Neonivek on February 03, 2016, 06:38:37 am
Quote from: cochramd on February 01, 2016, 08:37:59 pm
Quote from: Strife26 on January 18, 2016, 10:43:56 pm
Not knowing about the friend in question, I'd lean towards no, unless she's a Titanic and Frozen fan.
This. Your question is extremely context-sensitive, and you haven't provided any context.

Truthfully I thought the OP was the one who got the shirt and didn't like it.

And their BF or GF was like "What? Everyone would f'*n like this thing!"
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Urist McScoopbeard on February 03, 2016, 01:15:12 pm
I mean it's just a t-shirt, I don't get it. Do people not wear t-shirts around here?
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Flying Dice on February 03, 2016, 02:29:01 pm
Quote from: Urist McScoopbeard on February 03, 2016, 01:15:12 pm
I mean it's just a t-shirt, I don't get it. Do people not wear t-shirts around here?
It's a print t-shirt of the most common class: funny when you're 13, ironic when you're 17, a hilarious hipsteresque in-joke when you're 20, and a painting shirt once you're an adult.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Urist McScoopbeard on February 04, 2016, 12:29:37 am
Quote from: Flying Dice on February 03, 2016, 02:29:01 pm
Quote from: Urist McScoopbeard on February 03, 2016, 01:15:12 pm
I mean it's just a t-shirt, I don't get it. Do people not wear t-shirts around here?
It's a print t-shirt of the most common class: funny when you're 13, ironic when you're 17, a hilarious hipsteresque in-joke when you're 20, and a painting shirt once you're an adult.

So what's the problem?
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Flying Dice on February 05, 2016, 01:07:35 am
Quote from: Urist McScoopbeard on February 04, 2016, 12:29:37 am
Quote from: Flying Dice on February 03, 2016, 02:29:01 pm
Quote from: Urist McScoopbeard on February 03, 2016, 01:15:12 pm
I mean it's just a t-shirt, I don't get it. Do people not wear t-shirts around here?
It's a print t-shirt of the most common class: funny when you're 13, ironic when you're 17, a hilarious hipsteresque in-joke when you're 20, and a painting shirt once you're an adult.

So what's the problem?
See: the context of this thread.
Title: Re: Would you like this shirt?
Post by: Reverie on February 08, 2016, 05:48:20 am
I am going to say 'no'. I'd honestly flinch a bit if I saw someone wearing that. (Sorry to be so blunt)