What kind of person wears one of the special PH t-shirts?
Poll: What kind of person wears one of the special PH t-shirts?
Total Members Polled: 630
Discussion
minimoog said:
ApexJimi said:
Except, your first post also contained the "man maths" t shirt and the corners one, so clearly this wasn't a crusade against any nasty undercurrent on PH.
He never said it was.blindswelledrat said:
I thought I would clarify my position here as it has mistakenly been taken to be a massive anti-PH thing.
It does, however, have an unsavoury and cringeworthy side to it, in my opinion. The rapey jokes, the mysogeny and the tiresome in-jokes that get bashed out on every second post to name a few. "The Mental" and "VBRJ" are perfect examples of cringeworthy childish and tedious 'jokes' to me.
THis
What's this got to do with the La Source t-shirt or the man maths t-shirt posted in the OP?It does, however, have an unsavoury and cringeworthy side to it, in my opinion. The rapey jokes, the mysogeny and the tiresome in-jokes that get bashed out on every second post to name a few. "The Mental" and "VBRJ" are perfect examples of cringeworthy childish and tedious 'jokes' to me.
THis
Are other forums really relevant when we talk about PH things? I saw earlier in the thread some comments about the thread on ctf that spawned this thread, and some rolleyes-ing about it, but surely that's irrelevant to comments about the PH t shirts or other merchandising? Unless you decide that this entire thread is just a way for BSR to laugh at PH as a whole from the perspective of being a member on a different forum?
eta: sorry, this in response to minimoog
eta: sorry, this in response to minimoog
ApexJimi said:
What's this got to do with the La Source t-shirt or the man maths t-shirt posted in the OP?
Its his opinion, not mine but I assume man maths is being filed under 'tiresome in-jokes'? The Spa one is just geekiness and I too find it slightly lame as a t-shirt, though I have to be careful as I'm not with one or two geeky music t-shirts myself 
Not sure there much point in these forensics. Broadly I personally agree with the OP, but clearly people are free to wear what they like and good luck to them. K?
minimoog said:
Not sure there much point in these forensics. Broadly I personally agree with the OP, but clearly people are free to wear what they like and good luck to them. K?
The ironic thing is, I wouldn't wear some of the t shirts either, but equally I wouldn't start a bloody thready about it and go on the way BSR has about it.minimoog said:
hapless said:
Are other forums really relevant when we talk about PH things?...
eta: sorry, this in response to minimoog
Probably not, not in this case anyway. Mea culpa. I didn't bring other forums into it though, many others have invoked CTF in this thread before me. eta: sorry, this in response to minimoog
Sorry, that's all O/T to this thread though. Anyway.
ApexJimi said:
The ironic thing is, I wouldn't wear some of the t shirts either, but equally I wouldn't start a bloody thready about it and go on the way BSR has about it.
It's just his style. Large pinch of salt thrown over the language and terms used and there's usually a good or at least interesting point in there./fanboy
Stuart said:
I think it's fair to say that one or two of the in-joke shirts that we did early on with the new supplier won't be around for much longer however, as Paul has said already, because we print digitally we can do a wide range of designs and only print the ones which people purchase, so if nobody buys, nobody dies, as it were.
We're introducing more shirts all the time, and in fact we saw a couple of designs this morning which those who do like wearing shirts with a vaguely motoring themed design will like.
I'm still waiting for BSR to demonstrate his sartorial superiority here on the thread.
Stuart, keep up the good work. Your sales numbers speak more than the people in this thread.We're introducing more shirts all the time, and in fact we saw a couple of designs this morning which those who do like wearing shirts with a vaguely motoring themed design will like.
I'm still waiting for BSR to demonstrate his sartorial superiority here on the thread.
Look forward to the next stock releases (especially the ones designed by fellow PHers).
Back in the day, you used to be able to pass comment on aspects of the site that weren't to your tastes, even other posters. It was followed by some debate, some piss-taking and then ultimately tumbleweed or a padlock.
Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are s
t? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?
It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty bd."
Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the fking interweb FFS.
Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are s
t? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty b
d."Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the f
king interweb FFS.
bicycleshorts said:
Stuart said:
I think it's fair to say that one or two of the in-joke shirts that we did early on with the new supplier won't be around for much longer however, as Paul has said already, because we print digitally we can do a wide range of designs and only print the ones which people purchase, so if nobody buys, nobody dies, as it were.
We're introducing more shirts all the time, and in fact we saw a couple of designs this morning which those who do like wearing shirts with a vaguely motoring themed design will like.
I'm still waiting for BSR to demonstrate his sartorial superiority here on the thread.
Stuart, keep up the good work. Your sales numbers speak more than the people in this thread.We're introducing more shirts all the time, and in fact we saw a couple of designs this morning which those who do like wearing shirts with a vaguely motoring themed design will like.
I'm still waiting for BSR to demonstrate his sartorial superiority here on the thread.
Look forward to the next stock releases (especially the ones designed by fellow PHers).
Reardy Mister said:
Back in the day, you used to be able to pass comment on aspects of the site that weren't to your tastes, even other posters. It was followed by some debate, some piss-taking and then ultimately tumbleweed or a padlock.
Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are st? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?
It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty bd."
Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the fking interweb FFS.
Not a single post on the thread has been moderated. Some of the debate may well have got a little bit heated, but BSR hasn't had his right to air an opinion taken away. Nor has anyone had their right to give him both barrels taken away.Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are s
t? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty b
d."Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the f
king interweb FFS.
Reardy Mister said:
Back in the day, you used to be able to pass comment on aspects of the site that weren't to your tastes, even other posters. It was followed by some debate, some piss-taking and then ultimately tumbleweed or a padlock.
Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are st? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?
It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty bd."
Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the fking interweb FFS.
Yay! We've reached the 'it never used to be like this' phase of the thread! Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are s
t? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty b
d."Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the f
king interweb FFS.Reardy Mister said:
Back in the day, you used to be able to pass comment on aspects of the site that weren't to your tastes, even other posters. It was followed by some debate, some piss-taking and then ultimately tumbleweed or a padlock.
Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are st? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?
It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty bd."
Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the fking interweb FFS.
Seems to be a pretty accurate summation.Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are s
t? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty b
d."Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the f
king interweb FFS.TheHeretic said:
Reardy Mister said:
Back in the day, you used to be able to pass comment on aspects of the site that weren't to your tastes, even other posters. It was followed by some debate, some piss-taking and then ultimately tumbleweed or a padlock.
Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are st? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?
It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty bd."
Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the fking interweb FFS.
Yay! We've reached the 'it never used to be like this' phase of the thread! Which is what the lounge was for, silliness, piss-takes and the occasional ban-hammer. It was a good repository for it. Now it seems every corner of PH has be sanitised completely. I can see the case for some of the extra moderation but really, why can a person no longer pass comment that the t-shirts are s
t? Surely its website feedback and would be taken up by PH towers as some market research they didn't have to pay for?It could have gone two ways:
1. "Well we sell 1000s so regardless of what you think BSR, theyre a money spinner. You don't like them, don't buy them."
2. "Well that poll is damning evidence that some of those t-shirt designs are as puerile as the memes that spawned them and make the place look untidy, we might review that, thanks for the heads up."
Instead, its all "BSR is a nasty b
d."Granted he has a particular posting style, but its still a public forum isn't it? And in my experience, he can take it back if you're up to dishing it out to him. And its not news that many corners of PH are no great fan of some of the tired old one-liners rolled out to a hail of mystifying ROFLs. So why cant we post to that effect? Whilst a couple of the t-shirts are wearable, mapped 335 and the like are just arse. VBRJ would involve in the wearer explaining that one of our site's in-jokes is a rape one. Unless its the other one (the Mental), which is obviously sexist. What would mumsnet make of that? I don't see how you can lambast a poster for an inflammatory posting style, without sin-binning anyone that uses half the garbage on the shirts. Where are you going to draw the line? I see rants that are anti this sort of thing as a form of moderation/self policing. I've written them myself.
I'm dismayed at how precious this place is sometimes. Its strangers on the f
king interweb FFS.Had to get it IBTL (t-shirt gold!)
ApexJimi said:
The ironic thing is, I wouldn't wear some of the t shirts either, but equally I wouldn't start a bloody thready about it and go on the way BSR has about it.
Yet you're more than happy to keep posting in a thread about it, for some reason?So BSR has started a thread that you think is pointless, so by your own logic, what does repeatedly posting in a pointless thread say about you?
Edited by GingerNinja on Tuesday 22 January 12:06
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