T-shirts for sale!

May 9, 2007 11:20 AM

I'm selling my first ever real silkscreen printed t-shirts, through Coudal Partners' Swapmeat. It's limited to 119 shirts in M, L, and XL, $19 each (paypal). Ever have trouble finding someone at a meetup? This should help. Also, if this goes well, I'll be doing more designs in the future.
posted by mathowie to MetaFilter-Related at 11:20 AM (119 comments total)

[NOT FATTIST]
posted by mr_crash_davis at 11:23 AM on May 9, 2007

This is not what Metatalk is f—

Oh. You.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:27 AM on May 9, 2007 [52 favorites]

Here are some ideas:

MetaTalk


AskMeFi
posted by Mister_A at 11:27 AM on May 9, 2007

I totally want a [NOT RACIST] t-shirt.
posted by NationalKato at 11:29 AM on May 9, 2007

This is not what Metatalk is f—

Oh. You.

I was totally coming in here to do the same thing. Itchy. Trigger. Finger.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:33 AM on May 9, 2007 [3 favorites]

Ooh! Plate of beans shirt pretty please?
posted by Mister_A at 11:35 AM on May 9, 2007

M, L, and XL

why do you hate small people matt?
posted by Stynxno at 11:38 AM on May 9, 2007

I look better in #666666.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:39 AM on May 9, 2007

Just buy a medium and wash it 12 times in ultra hot water. [NOT SMALLIST]
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:39 AM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

I want a "We have cameras." shirt.
posted by null terminated at 11:40 AM on May 9, 2007

DO NOT WANT
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:41 AM on May 9, 2007

oooh can we have one of those embarrassing threads modeling them when they arrive? because i'm a camham. oh, and contraption and I can share. gross, isn't it.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:44 AM on May 9, 2007

why do you hate small people matt?

Eat a sandwich, Nancy.
posted by cortex (staff) at 11:44 AM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

Just buy a medium and wash it 12 times in ultra hot water. [NOT SMALLIST]

it'll cost me 36 dollars to do that. Can I take that off the total price?
posted by Stynxno at 11:44 AM on May 9, 2007

I want one with a big tag cloud under the logo, composed entirely of 'plate of beans' over and over ...
posted by IronLizard at 11:45 AM on May 9, 2007

And what's with only having boy shirts? BOIZONE BOIZONE!! hurf durf hurf durf.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:46 AM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

I almost bought one, but then I realized that there's only 119 of these, and there must be at least 119 people more deserving than me of having this shirt.

No, don't thank me. You'll do the same for someone else someday.
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 11:46 AM on May 9, 2007

oh, and contraption and I can share. gross, isn't it.

I like gross, but I don't understand what this means.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 11:47 AM on May 9, 2007

Why don't you just cry your leprechaun tears all over it and shrink it that way, Stynxno. We Very Large People (VLP) have no time for your tiny concerns.
posted by Mister_A at 11:47 AM on May 9, 2007 [15 favorites]

I commend you for your entrepreneurial spirit, sir and I will perhaps purchase the shirt, both because I enjoy a good "t-shirt" and because I have such a fondness for metafilter and this is a good a way as any to support it, as I sneaked in before it cost money to join and my religion forbids the use or purchase of sockpuppets.

I would like to point out, however -and I say this only because I care- in that photo of you on the front page, wearing your t-shirt, it looks for all the world as if you are looking down with a strong dose of pride and a hint of coquettishness, sweetly amused that you are wearing your lovely new t-shirt and NOTHING ELSE AT ALL. So I say, sir, please, sir, where are your pants? Are funds that low? I will express you some pants if you need them. There is no need to go about your business bottomless.*

*That is you matt, is it not? If not, if I am mistaken, please be aware that your model seems to have no covering on his lower limbs, that's a little weird bro. You can wear a t-shirt and pants, surely, even in the communard bohemias of whatever pot grove in Oregon that you live.
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:48 AM on May 9, 2007 [4 favorites]

"If this goes well". 550? Your bar for going well is pretty damn low if you think there's a chance in hell that those won't sell out. In fact, if they aren't all gone by 1200Z tomorrow, I'll eat my hat. Metaphorically.
posted by Plutor at 11:48 AM on May 9, 2007

He has your url as metafilter.org, that heathen.
posted by smackfu at 11:48 AM on May 9, 2007

Why don't you just cry your leprechaun tears all over it and shrink it that way, Stynxno. We Very Large People (VLP) have no time for your tiny concerns.

when the dinosaurs come to kill us all, you will be the first to go.
posted by Stynxno at 11:48 AM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

That is you matt, is it not?

That's totally Jason Fried.
posted by chrismear at 11:49 AM on May 9, 2007

I almost bought one but then I started picturing how I would look in #006699.
posted by Mid at 11:50 AM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

I almost bought one, but then I realized that there's only 119 of these, and there must be at least 119 people more deserving than me of having this shirt.

It's actually 119 in each size, so 357 total.
posted by smackfu at 11:50 AM on May 9, 2007

Also, I would buy a MetaTalk shirt. I look better in grey.
posted by smackfu at 11:50 AM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

Ooh! Plate of beans shirt pretty please?

Ha! Combined with "Overthink Me." underneath, it'd get some great confused looks from the general public.
posted by CKmtl at 11:51 AM on May 9, 2007

Cool, just got one. I approve.
posted by danb at 11:52 AM on May 9, 2007

I like the idea of an AskMetafilter shirt, until I remember I look putrid in green.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 11:53 AM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

when the dinosaurs come to kill us all, you will be the first to go.

Pfft. Dinosaurs. I suppose you also believe in "unicorns" and "evolution".
posted by Mister_A at 11:53 AM on May 9, 2007

MetaFilter: limited to 119 shirts in M, L, and XL, $19 each (paypal)
posted by DU at 11:53 AM on May 9, 2007

That's totally Jason Fried.

Well then Jason Fried needs to web 2.0 himself up some trousrs.
posted by Divine_Wino at 11:54 AM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

The t-shirt collection grows. Now, I just have to explain what a "Metafilter" is to our local luddites.
(Regardless, thanks, Matt.)
posted by fijiwriter at 11:56 AM on May 9, 2007

It's Jason Fried, and he's not wearing pants because 37signals is all about simplicity and less features in legwear.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:57 AM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

Uranus: user contraption is my partner and we tend to share entrees and literary tastes and web hangouts and ergo fanshirts. Economical but alarmingly sappy.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:57 AM on May 9, 2007

Why is there a plo chop in the photo? [NOT PIGGISH OR BLOW JOBBIST]

Or is that a mini t-bone steak? [NOT SIZIST]

Oh, and some girl shirts woulda been nice. Hmpf.
posted by iconomy at 11:59 AM on May 9, 2007

I'm curious to see how these sell, actually. Part of me would be shocked if they didn't move and fast, but the other part of me has about 700 CDs still sitting in a friend's basement.

But t-shirts are a lot more approachable of a concept than compilation albums—there's no explanation needed, so that may lower the threshold a lot. And you can't wear a CD around town.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:00 PM on May 9, 2007

Divine_Wino writes"please be aware that your model seems to have no covering on his lower limbs, that's a little weird bro."

I see a Mefi-branded Cock-Sock in the very near future. Now I just terrified myself.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 12:00 PM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

Paypal by bank transfer: Transfer From Bank Account, electronic transfer 6-8 day waiting period!!?
posted by acro at 12:00 PM on May 9, 2007

Aww, that's not gross at all. Ambrosia Voyeur. Please tell me one or more of you have leprosy or foot-long armpits hairs. Something.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 12:01 PM on May 9, 2007

I like the idea of an AskMetafilter shirt, until I remember I look putrid in gre^H^H^H T-shirts designed for dudes. I'll wait til the lady shirts come out and then I will rock them.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:02 PM on May 9, 2007

We could do up a family pack of those Kevin, a bucket of cock socks, for the holidays like...
posted by Divine_Wino at 12:03 PM on May 9, 2007

AskMeta shirt for women:

"I want [more inside]"
posted by null terminated at 12:04 PM on May 9, 2007 [3 favorites]

...or gay men [NOT HOMOPHOBIC]
posted by null terminated at 12:04 PM on May 9, 2007

All these people crying for girl shirts just want the girl model photos. Pervs.
posted by NationalKato at 12:04 PM on May 9, 2007

Ooh, I'm all over that. Plus, blue is my favorite color.

Matt, can I get some kind of MeFi perks (bonus AskMe questions or double-post immunity or something) if I get interviewed by a TV news crew while wearing the shirt?
posted by Horace Rumpole at 12:06 PM on May 9, 2007

If I put this on will the Fark Bros. down the street beat me up?
posted by Dizzy at 12:09 PM on May 9, 2007

Maybe someone will get frog-marched by the camera wearing a MeFi shirt. I'm thinking '70s style booking shot, with the perp hiding his face from the camera. That would be awesome!
posted by Mister_A at 12:09 PM on May 9, 2007

I see a Mefi-branded Cock-Sock in the very near future.

So THAT'S where S and 2XL are going!
posted by gnomeloaf at 12:10 PM on May 9, 2007

All these people crying for girl shirts just want the girl model photos.

All the people crying for girl shirts are GIRLS, silly.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 12:12 PM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

Schwing!

[NOT SCHWINGIST]
posted by slogger at 12:13 PM on May 9, 2007 [2 favorites]

Wait. There's a plo chop in the photo and he's looking down while grinning?

No wonder he isn't wearing any pants.
posted by IronLizard at 12:13 PM on May 9, 2007 [2 favorites]

All these people crying for girl shirts just want the girl model photos.

All the people crying for girl shirts are GIRLS, silly.

don't make me prove it.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 12:14 PM on May 9, 2007

Well that only partly proved it. Prove some more! I clamor for more proof!
posted by Mister_A at 12:16 PM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

Aw, jessamyn loves me! She really, really loves me!
posted by NationalKato at 12:28 PM on May 9, 2007

speaking for all 5XL wearers...Have fun with your tiny dish cloth sized shirts.
posted by Megafly at 12:30 PM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

looks very pretty, kudos.


It's limited to 119 shirts

cortex or jessamyn deleted the 120th
posted by matteo at 12:31 PM on May 9, 2007 [4 favorites]

Is there some special significance to the number 119 that I am not privy to, but everyone else is, the revelation of my ignorance of which will prove devastatingly embarrassing to me? If there is, I am not going to ask.
posted by Mister_A at 12:35 PM on May 9, 2007

360 - 1 in each size.
posted by smackfu at 12:37 PM on May 9, 2007

I'm guess that Matt did 360 and Coudal are keeping three.
posted by cortex (staff) at 12:37 PM on May 9, 2007

I knew that!! Stop making fun of me!!!111!
posted by Mister_A at 12:39 PM on May 9, 2007

Did 360 and one of each size will be swapped.
posted by coudal at 12:40 PM on May 9, 2007

I got a plate of some magick beans- wanna trade?
posted by Mister_A at 12:43 PM on May 9, 2007

Give you a Bundt for dem beans, Mister.
posted by Dizzy at 12:48 PM on May 9, 2007

Not all gay men want [more inside]. Or if they do, it's in the same context that a straight guy would, a matter of putting [more inside]. Don't make me draw pictures.
posted by hermitosis at 12:49 PM on May 9, 2007

I wonder how long it will take for Todd Goldman to steal the design.
posted by spec80 at 12:50 PM on May 9, 2007

Alrighty!

*accepts Bundt*

Oh, so that's what a bundt is.
posted by Mister_A at 12:50 PM on May 9, 2007

On the back it says "via boingboing."
posted by Partial Law at 12:50 PM on May 9, 2007 [15 favorites]

Cool!

Gave 'em to smackfu at the other thread.
posted by Dizzy at 12:56 PM on May 9, 2007

"Matt, can I get some kind of MeFi perks (bonus AskMe questions or double-post immunity or something) if I get interviewed by a TV news crew while wearing the shirt?"

Better yet, if you commit a crime while wearing it, and it ends up in either (a) the police sketch or (b) your mug shot photo.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 1:02 PM on May 9, 2007

I'd buy one, but I'm afraid my MonkeyFilter t-shirt would get jealous.
posted by Koko at 1:11 PM on May 9, 2007

I was all psyched about these until I noticed that you hadn't printed any small ones. :(

If you ever do a MetaTalk shirt (or any other mefi-themed shirt for that matter) please make small ones too for us size-challenged users.
posted by sveskemus at 1:22 PM on May 9, 2007

I think we should send a complimentary one to Adam Savage. Then we can have 700 metatalk threads going OMG DID YOU SEE MYTHBUSTERS THIS WEEK???
posted by spicynuts at 1:23 PM on May 9, 2007 [3 favorites]

Can I pre-order a 2XL in AskMe Green?
posted by Rock Steady at 1:29 PM on May 9, 2007

I'd buy one but i'm fucked if i can work out how to. The shopping cart page dont go nowhere
posted by criticalbill at 1:34 PM on May 9, 2007

How about a MetaFilter button?
posted by mdonley at 1:51 PM on May 9, 2007

mr_crash_davis: like this guy?
posted by null terminated at 1:54 PM on May 9, 2007 [5 favorites]

jonmc at a Gary Glitter tribute concert.
posted by Dizzy at 1:58 PM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

criticalbill - yeah checkout didn't work in FF2.0.0.3 (WinXP) for me, so I switched to ie7 and lo and behold, the css goodness kicked in and showed me a checkout button. YMMV.

Thanks Matt, I never got around to one of those custom baseball shirts and up til now I've always kicked myself for not doing so!
posted by davehat at 1:58 PM on May 9, 2007

null, ftw.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:59 PM on May 9, 2007

What is the coupon code?
posted by robot at 2:06 PM on May 9, 2007

Sweet, I'm two-shirts-worth-of-cash poorer now. And yeah, that cart is majorly broken in FF, I had to use Galeon to give the monies.
posted by Skorgu at 2:13 PM on May 9, 2007

Worked fine for me in FF.
posted by null terminated at 2:15 PM on May 9, 2007

I now value my limited-edition custom Cafepress Metafilter shirt much more...
posted by gen at 2:45 PM on May 9, 2007

Does the Cafepress store not exist anymore?? And here I was, trying to get pregnant so I could buy a "More Inside" t-shirt.

::takes down "Could You Be My Baby Daddy?" Craigslist ad::
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 2:48 PM on May 9, 2007 [1 favorite]

Wow. Did anyone buy the baby bib with the stack of pancakes when that one was available (via cafepress, previous Google cache link)? That is just so damn cute!
posted by gen at 2:48 PM on May 9, 2007

Bought one!

don't make me prove it.
posted by jessamyn at 3:14 PM

::right click::
::save image as::
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 3:27 PM on May 9, 2007

Didn't there used to be a [this is good] shirt? I seem to remember it from a thread that suggested a [more inside] maternity tee.
posted by absalom at 3:29 PM on May 9, 2007

The perfect gift for all my friends who MetaFilt.
posted by gsteff at 3:31 PM on May 9, 2007

Woo Hoo! All I need now is a safety pin and an old beach towel. (It'll be just my luck if Matt decides to crank out some baseball jerseys tommorow morning.)
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:50 PM on May 9, 2007

I'll jump on the bandwagon and request some smaller sizing (though don't make them baby-doll shirts. I hate baby-doll shirts!). I wear a women's S/M, so if you could work something out with your printer, that would be fantastic. Also, I'm most frequently on the green, so echoing Mister_A, I'd love to see an AskMefi shirt!
posted by numinous at 4:21 PM on May 9, 2007

Weird: no checkout button or any way out of order screen in Firefox 2.x, OS X 10.4

Works fine in Safari.....
posted by Rumple at 5:00 PM on May 9, 2007

I'd complain that there are no girl shirts, but I look terrible in cookie monster blue. If it makes any difference, I too would like an AskMe shirt someday. Especially if it says [more inside].
posted by oneirodynia at 5:07 PM on May 9, 2007

*jumps and waves arms to get noticed*
Smaller sizes please! Since you're on Fruit of the Loom now, I would love to have a Fruit of the Loom "Just for her" small...
posted by bread-eater at 5:11 PM on May 9, 2007

Didn't there used to be a [this is good] shirt?

Still is. Though nowadays I imagine people would think you were a walking Vox advertisement rather than a Filepile user.
posted by jack_mo at 5:13 PM on May 9, 2007

Oh, and can we have a plain theme t-shirt next time?
posted by jack_mo at 5:14 PM on May 9, 2007

These shirts would look much more professional in white.
posted by nowonmai at 5:55 PM on May 9, 2007

Good point. Here's the alternate "anildash" model.
posted by cortex (staff) at 5:57 PM on May 9, 2007 [3 favorites]

Weird, I get a checkout button just fine in FF 2.0.3 on OS X.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 6:12 PM on May 9, 2007

Matt, any chance you're going to do the baseball jerseys ever again?
posted by filmgeek at 9:06 PM on May 9, 2007

FF 1.5, Windows XP worked.

(I should buy some for all my MeFi-hating friends, too. Hmmm)
posted by niles at 9:19 PM on May 9, 2007

I totally want a [NOT RACIST] t-shirt.

After years of pith and vinegar and wit-, self- and tireless word-whacking, I am so gratified to have finally spawned a Metafilter in-joke. Please join me in celebration by favoriting one of jonson's posts or comments!

And I got to like the point of hovering my mouse pointer over the 'PAY' button, but I've gotten so weird over the years about spending money on things I want but don't really need that I couldn't bring myself to click. Same thing with the comp CD, cortex, for which I apologize. I have become a bit of a freak, that way.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:36 PM on May 9, 2007

All the people crying for girl shirts are GIRLS, silly.

You say that like they are mutually exclusive.
posted by Mitheral at 8:51 AM on May 10, 2007

Metafilter: Chest of the web.
posted by furtive at 6:36 PM on May 10, 2007 [1 favorite]

Any word on when these shirts will be shipping, by the way?
posted by danb at 7:59 PM on May 10, 2007

I ordered something else from the swapmeat list a couple weeks ago and it showed up in 2 days, so I suspect orders will go out promptly.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 7:16 AM on May 11, 2007

I would like to buy some steak.
I did not see any meat at all on that site.
I'm using Safari, if that helps.
posted by Dizzy at 10:49 AM on May 11, 2007

The MeFi tees started shipping today. Watch the Swap Meat for more cool stuff. Today, the mighty "Bacon Scarf" was posted and Monday will be of interest to Kubrick geeks.
posted by coudal at 3:38 PM on May 11, 2007

I'll do my own XXXL today. Fat people need cool clothes too.
posted by homodigitalis at 12:23 PM on May 12, 2007

Just got mine in the mail today. Shitty webcam photo

It's obviously hard to tell with that picture, but the shirt's color actually matches the site pretty well. I'm impressed!
posted by danb at 10:11 AM on May 14, 2007

Got mine. Beautiful!
posted by gsteff at 1:03 PM on May 14, 2007

my shitty webcam photo
posted by girlhacker at 8:05 PM on May 14, 2007

Hey, I got a t-shirt too!
posted by cortex (staff) at 8:42 PM on May 14, 2007

Got mine today, the blue is all wrong.
posted by bigmusic at 2:41 PM on May 15, 2007

Woah! That is SO wrong
posted by criticalbill at 10:47 AM on May 16, 2007

One has made it all the way down here to New Zealand. (The blue of the shirt is fairly close to the blue of the page, in my case.)
posted by The Monkey at 3:35 PM on May 24, 2007

Well, I had to get one. My wife will probably roll her eyes at me, but I'm a sucker for shirts proclaiming my tendency to spend too much time on the internets.
posted by caution live frogs at 8:53 AM on May 27, 2007

PS: those of you not seeing the checkout buttons, turn off Adblock if it's installed. Worked for me. And the shirt is... teal? It sure isn't MeFi blue, at any rate.
posted by caution live frogs at 5:58 AM on June 7, 2007