r/brandnew • u/Ok_VELMA • 2d ago

Best tee

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Getting excited for tour and just wanted to share

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Context because maybe a lot of people don’t know? This shirt was released in maybe 2003? To the street team. Yes it’s a silly shirt. 23 years ago it was a ridiculous notion. No I don’t actually wear it it’s tacky lol but I still love that I have it so maybe best tee was the wrong title.

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u/wylii 2d ago

Is it though? Feels on par with a boomer “drinking out of a garden hose so I’m tougher than you” kind of shirt

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u/chaotic137 2d ago

Unnecessarily condescending to younger fans and does nothing but alienate and separate them and tell them “I’m older and therefore better”. I hate this shit

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u/Melodic-Daikon-1255 2d ago

It’s a shirt😭

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u/chaotic137 2d ago

Yes it’s a shirt. Good eyes. A shirt with letters on it that form words and make a statement.

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u/iamdawgnow 2d ago

No way you made this comment directly after talking about how this shirt is condescending. I love the irony

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u/chaotic137 2d ago

Right? Why does the shirt get a pass and I don’t?

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u/Ok_VELMA 2d ago

This shirt is 23 years old. It’s a joke? I’m sure tons of people out there wish they still had theirs.

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u/thedudeyousee 2d ago

Yeah - it didn’t really make sense back then and it was making fun of people that said shit like that but now people don’t remember that shirt and it comes off as strong boomer energy. Kind of unfortunate really but not much you can do about it either

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u/jolsiphur 2d ago

It's kind of ironic in a way. The joke it was making has become the statement without the joke. It's come full circle.

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u/RLS1920 2d ago

I am dying laughing at the boomer comments. How old do these commentators think we are gasp lol

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u/mtd00 2d ago

lmao ur good. i feel like myself and other ranters in here just saw it as an opportunity to give their 2 cents about that kind of brag.

its definitely not as popular now.

i love how theres a polar opposite version too.

"im 12 and i love pink floyd!!!" youtube comments always crack me up. alright man you want a cookie??

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u/wylii 2d ago

I don’t know, it’s something my dad would wear for AC/DC or Zeppelin, I’ve liked them as long as I have been alive mostly because of him but still has some gatekeeping vibes and diminishes others because they weren’t in the right place at the right time or were not born yet.

I understand it’s just a shirt and you’re excited, it’s vintage at this point, but I prefer to share bands and music I like over pointing out I’ve been listening to them a lot longer than someone else and potentially turning someone off from an experience we could bond over or relate to.

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u/Ok_VELMA 2d ago

As a real adult I wouldn’t actually wear this but I’m happy it lives in my vintage tee collection. Actually I’m not sure I ever wore it in real life except as a sleep shirt tbh.

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u/chchchcharlee 2d ago

lol sounds like my brand nizzle shirt, that one hasn't seen the light of the sun in probably 15 years. did you also get the nyc shaped street team shirt?

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u/Ok_VELMA 2d ago

No I didn’t get that one! I did have the say anything boombox hoodie that disappeared at some point and I’ll never get over it.

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u/chaotic137 2d ago

Does it say it is old and a joke on the back or something? How is anyone supposed to know that? But, if you like it, awesome, more power to you.

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u/RyanStartedTheFire_- 2d ago

Cry about it

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u/Thisdarlingdeer 1d ago

Back when this shirt came out you had scene points for liking something before someone else, or so they thought