Sep 14, 2005
New T-shirts in the Mail
I just placed an order for 5 t-shirts from Threadless, and I have you, my faithful readers to thank. These are all coming to me free, thanks to the points I received as a result of some of you ordering some tees while following this link. Unfortunately, the vast majority of their tees are currently sold out, but I still managed to find some that I liked (like “Go Japan,” pictured above). It’s going to be nice to have some new tees to wear (and to add to the four Threadless shirts I already own)!
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Threadless are terrible quality, fall apart well fast and the print practically rubs off its that poor.
Cheap to buy but also tacky.
I have 4 tees from them, have worn them quite frequently over the past 2 years, and they still look nice, with the design not rubbing off at all. Maybe you got a bad batch?
This “Go Japan!” design reminds me too much of the way Koizumi got “Ambitious Japan!” plastered all over shinkansen trains. Metaphors of society as a sport, with winners and losers, tend to be neo-liberal. It’s the very opposite of the ideals of the Slow Life movement. Go where, Japan, and to whose benefit? What exactly is the “finishing line” for a whole society?
I see it as going and claiming a place (playing a stronger role) in the world community. Japan still always seems to be relegated to the background, especially in these days of booming China.