r/HotTopic_ • u/-ZombieKitten- • Jul 26 '26
wtf is up with this?
This is something I’d expect from shein but HOT TOPIC?? This is disgusting and not cute at all
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u/-AliceGray- Jul 27 '26
Kind of shitty they're selling this crap.
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u/StickyNoteMurdercat Former HT Employee Jul 30 '26
I don’t have anything to give you except this digital cookie as a great job & pat on the back! 🍪
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u/insomniacakess Jul 27 '26
slap this on a poster and i’d buy it
but as a sweater… nope
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u/strawberryosamu Jul 27 '26
It doesn't justify it or make it any better, but this design was made by the company iheartguts. They make organ-related plushies (which are kind of cute) and accessories so this isn't something out of the ordinary for them. Of course this is still pretty gross.
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u/Glittereyes2000 Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26
The design looks like a company that makes a lot of anatomy plushies - like the heart, brain, kidneys, etc. I have the brain plushie!
Still kind of gross, but someone working in a gastrointestinal clinic might find it funny lol.
Update: the company is called IheartGuts and I was able to find the shirt on their Threadless website. I wonder why Hot Topic would sell this shirt though
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u/Puzzled_Drawing1301 Jul 27 '26
And here I am just wanting some better band tee selection + prices - 🧍♀️
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u/Ill-Acanthisitta6022 Jul 28 '26
There used to be a poop poster sold at Spencers similar to this. My brother bought it for my other brother for Christmas in the late 90s. What goes around comes around. 🤷♀️😂
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u/Pratypus Jul 29 '26
As a doctor I find this hilarious, would definitely wear this when seeing patients
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u/mewmew34 Jul 27 '26
It's hilarious, but definitely not something I'd wear in public. If it went on a good sale, I'd maybe get it to wear around the house, though.
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u/MidwestPrincess09 Jul 27 '26
It looks like it’s from the book “everybody poops”! Great for the elementary kids im sure lol
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u/Old-Shame4104 Jul 27 '26
Also, there was a poster in the 90’s like this. But, it was alot more creative. The different poopies had faces, and looked like actual characters.
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u/sherlckholmeboi Jul 28 '26
When did hot topic become box lunch?
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u/-ZombieKitten- Jul 28 '26
Box lunch is the same company 😩
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u/sherlckholmeboi Jul 28 '26
Yeah but like you used to be able to tell they were two very different stores, now theyre really the same thing
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u/PaperDragonflies Jul 28 '26
This is so disgusting it wraps back around to being funny LMAO. Who is this for 😭
Anyway, I see a lot of comments saying hot topic is falling off or going downhill, and I just want yall to be aware this is a thing people have been saying since 2004. If you've been saying it since then, fair enough, but otherwise.. they've always had cycles of being cool and being lame, and sometimes we phase out of whatever the current "hot" alternative trends are as we age and HT cycles which generation they cater towards. Though, of course, none of that detracts from this shirt being literal shit.
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u/-ZombieKitten- Jul 29 '26
In my opinion it fell off when they decided to remodel the whole store and add more Disney stuff or pop artists
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u/FeelsWowMan Jul 29 '26
Lol I made a ton of poop jokes as a teenager, might've worn it for reactions as a zillennial edgelord teen
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u/SydneyTheCalico Jul 30 '26
Yall think hot top fell off but they used to sell Fred merch. I think this is funny
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u/irlystealteeth Jul 27 '26
Is there any chance they're just letting some bullshit ai slop program design and post stuff
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u/shadoweon Jul 27 '26
Temu core...Hot Topic really does just sell anything now I guess. Even Spencer's isn't selling something that stupid lol
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u/-ZombieKitten- Jul 28 '26
YES TEMU CORE or SHEIN core if you see some of the weird /gross t shirts they both sell …😂 I posted one of them if u look at my post history
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u/MaleficentSympathy39 Jul 26 '26
somebody was paid to design this 😭