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" I'm done. I'm finished. I can't take the stupidity anymore, so I'm leaving and I'm taking my website with me. As of Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009, T-Shirt Hell will be no more. No, I'm not selling out to some douchebag corporate entity. No, we're not being sued by any of the over 40 companies that have sent us cease and desists over the years. No, I'm not going to jail (yet) and no, it's not because of the economy. Although, the recent dip in sales certainly does make the idea easier to accept, even though we still sell over 3000 shirts a week. I started this company in June of 2001, nearly 8 years ago, with the intention of producing the best satirical, the most controversial, the funniest t-shirts on the internet. Generally speaking, I feel I've accomplished that and am satisfied with what we've put out. I made a shitload of dough along the way. I've done cocaine off the better body parts of supermodels. I've even raped and killed a mountain panda in the hills of Shaanxi. But these perks are besides the point. I just don't feel like dealing with idiots anymore. I'll give you an example of the kind of misguided morons we deal with on a regular basis at T-Shirt Hell. We released a new shirt a couple weeks ago that says "It's not gay if you beat them up afterwards". I will not explain the irony or the social commentary of the slogan because anyone with half a brain should be able to handle that on their own. Problem is, we've been besieged with emails from angry people complaining about the "fact" that the shirt is hate speech or that we're promoting gay bashing and should take it down immediately. Comments like: hatemail text Now, I can't say I'm surprised we're getting hate mail from people who have nothing better to do than to start half-assed campaigns because of their lazy, just enough passion for an email, ideals towards a misguided cause. It happened when we did our first really controversial shirt, "The School Shootings Tour", it happened when we did our "What About All The Good Things Hitler Did" shirt, it happened when we did our "Arrest Black Babies Before They Become Criminals" shirt (boy did it happen then). It used to happen all the time when we did more social commentary and didn't give a fuck about what anyone thought and did shirts that did not leave anyone out. Unfortunately, as a concern for the safety of my employees, we don't push the envelope as much anymore...and I can't say I feel good about having caved in. Anyway, rather than cater to the masses, I'm just going to stop making shirts. It's not enjoyable anymore and I have enough money to move on to something more rewarding. Maybe I'll start my own hooker farm or maybe I'll practice sleeping. Whatever I decide to do, it will be better than this. Attention any venture capitalists or independent investors/business assholes who are about to inquire about purchasing T-Shirt Hell. Don't. You won't do the company justice and I won't take that chance. I'm putting it to sleep. It's over. That's right, I'm crazy. I'm pulling the plug on a company I could have sold for millions. Why in the fucking world would I do something so stupid? Because I can. I don't care about money. This is the way I've always done things...my way. So, to all the kickass motherfuckers who supported us and REALLY got what we were trying to do, thank you (no, not you, you racist idiots who thought we actually had racist intentions and no, not you, you dumb as a stump fucks who just think any shirt with the word "fuck" on it is as right as rain). Thanks to all the people who contributed to my vice fund and at the same time helped make a funny statement about the world today. As a final farewell, I'm going to bring back some of the top selling Worse Than Hell shirts as a fuck you to those who forced me to remove them. To those who are offended by them and to those who think I'm racist, promoting rape, a nazi, homophobic or just the world's biggest asshole...well, at least you think I'm something, which means I've achieved what I wanted. Thanks to Gary, Mika, Jacob, Greg, Bob, the black lady who writes our newsletter, and to everyone else who was part of T-Shirt Hell. Time to move on to even greater things. I'll miss you (by miss, I mean, it's going to suck not being able to give you my excellent reach arounds when you least expect them). Fuck you, -Sunshine Megatron "

http://www.tshirthell.com/goodbye.php

1/26/2009 10:29:16 AM

i've never been to that site before today

1/26/2009 10:33:24 AM

THE MORE YOU KNOW

1/26/2009 10:33:52 AM

without T-Shirt Hell to provide easily identifiable uniforms NOW how am I supposed to identify the soft-brained losers with too much money around me?

1/26/2009 10:35:46 AM

oh, now that i'm perusing their selection of amusing apparel, i want some

at $19 + S/H for a t-shirt, though, i'll pass

1/26/2009 10:36:33 AM

~

that site was cool before everyone who laughs at the word penis FOUND out about it

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

1/26/2009 10:36:42 AM

i ordered 2 shirts from there when i was in highschool

somehow my CC number was lost somewhere in there, and I ended up being charged 1000 bucks. So now I have 2 $500 tshirts

1/26/2009 10:37:07 AM

well... I do believe I would sue someone for that

1/26/2009 10:37:50 AM

the owner sounds like a whiny bitch who is making excuses for the fact that his company is failing

1/26/2009 10:38:24 AM

That sucks. I've been a customer and liked most of their stuff.

1/26/2009 10:38:57 AM

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"somehow my CC number was lost somewhere in there, and I ended up being charged 1000 bucks. So now I have 2 $500 tshirts"

Did you not even bother to call them or the CC company to straighten it out? Shit like that happens all the time, and it is pretty easily fixable.

1/26/2009 10:42:31 AM

What a load of BS. If he was making decent money, he would continue to be in business.

1/26/2009 10:47:34 AM

What a pussy.

1/26/2009 10:48:22 AM

He sounds like a whiny bitch.

"Waaah waahhh wahhhh stupid people!!"

1/26/2009 11:28:00 AM

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"Arrest Black Babies Before They Become Criminals" shirt "

i dont care about the rest of that...but i want this freakin shirt

lmao

1/26/2009 12:04:04 PM

There has to be something more to this...because yes, only a bonafide retard would simply disband a company that he could sell for millions of dollars.

1/26/2009 12:26:48 PM

probably a ploy just to drum up business.

on feb 11th he'll be like "april fools bitches, thanks for your money!"

1/26/2009 12:33:19 PM

he's probably just trying to increase sales. Feb. 10 will roll around and he'll be like "naw, i think I'll keep it running now"

1/26/2009 12:36:12 PM

tl;dr

1/26/2009 12:41:10 PM

hahaha





[Edited on January 26, 2009 at 12:47 PM. Reason : format]

1/26/2009 12:46:54 PM

HIPPIE

1/26/2009 1:00:04 PM

that White Flour one had me rollin

1/26/2009 1:24:07 PM

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"Did you not even bother to call them or the CC company to straighten it out? Shit like that happens all the time, and it is pretty easily fixable. "

oh, I did... T-shirt hell wouldn't do anything for me. I called the credit card company too, and they weren't gonna do much for me either- but then my pops called them up and threatened to close his personal and business accounts with them after they refused to do anything for me- that got the problem resolved in a hurry

1/26/2009 1:34:38 PM

i refuse to believe that the CC company wouldn't straighten out a charge that was wrong by a power of 10

1/26/2009 1:47:46 PM

I get my humorous and ironic shirts from http://bustedtees.com . Good riddance to t-shirt hell.

1/26/2009 2:11:40 PM

fuck bustedtees. they're trying top hop on that beacon gravy train. signing on to something that shady is on the same level as paying an experienced robber to go hit a bank for you

1/26/2009 2:40:34 PM

2/9/2009 3:47:47 AM

God damn, that follow-up that was posted is even more ignorant and whiny than the first one

2/9/2009 4:55:46 AM

^ I couldn't even get through a 1/3 of that

2/9/2009 8:15:03 AM

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"Thanks to Gary, Mika, Jacob, Greg, Bob, the black lady who writes our newsletter"

2/9/2009 8:55:06 AM

[Edited on February 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM. Reason : ]

2/9/2009 9:53:39 AM

lololol

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"Ok, fine...T-Shirt Hell will be open for one more week T-Shirt Hell New Shirts to e.k 9:57 AM (25 minutes ago) You people are crazy. To the tens of thousands of people sending us love right now, right back at ya. The last two weeks have been overwhelming and with so many people requesting old shirts and for us to stick around just a bit longer, fine. You get one more week. As of Feb 16th, 2009...we will have descended into the pits of where we originally came from. Use your time wisely ; ) Here are the final 9 shirts we are bringing back from the depths. Merry Fistmas to all and to all a good night. http://www.tshirthell.com/miscpages/nsn/newshirt_020909_nsn.htm"

2/9/2009 10:23:56 AM

2/9/2009 12:20:46 PM

yeah, yeah, big surprise that they'll be around forever...in the meantime, i want this shirt (even though he did it wrong):



[Edited on February 9, 2009 at 12:28 PM. Reason : .]

2/9/2009 12:27:50 PM

a bunch of you called it - they aren't closing

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"To all the haters who were glad to see us go and really thought I was closing down because of a few angry e-mails; good one, suckers. To all the people who called me a pussy and who really believed I would cave in to the retarded masses, like a little baby, you can EAT MY SMELLY VAGINA. Do you really think I would hang it all up because of hate mail? Give me a break...the site is called T-Shirt Hell. I guess I should have named it 'T-Shirt Cunt Rape Faggot Nigger', so less of you fuckers would have taken the bait. Why in the world would I shut down a website that brings so much satisfaction to people who actually have a sense of humor? To customers who can't stand this ever-expanding, politically correct asylum we are imprisoned in? To women and children and men and farm animals who not only love what we do, but who cherish the fact that we CAN do it? Yes, we can. Fuck you if you can't take a joke. I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - "FUCK YOU IF YOU CAN'T TAKE A JOKE!" Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad! You've got to say, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to put up with these overly sensitive morons who can't take a joke anymore". Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the assholes who look at you funny. But first get up out of your chairs, stand up in your cubicles, put down your bongs, zip up your pants and yell, '"FUCK YOU IF YOU CAN'T TAKE A JOKE!" T-Shirt Hell is not going out of business. In fact, we wouldn't leave even if we we had to resort to selling dead babies for food when this economy truly hits the fan. Consider Feb, 2009 a fresh start for us. We're going to be bigger, better and more fucked up than before. Worse Than Hell is back. The black lady who writes the most intellectually (anally) stimulating newsletter on the net is back. We're fucking back. But oh...wait...we never actually left. And just so I make this clear. I haven't decided to keep T-Shirt Hell going because of the tens of thousands of supportive emails we received or because of the press and sales we generated over the last 3 weeks (nearly 100,000 shirts sold). We were never...ever...leaving in the first place. Let's just call it tough love. Sometimes you need to kick your loved ones in the assholes to get them to satisfy their need for awesome t-shirts (and to fill my bank account). I know a lot of our fans are stingy motherfuckers and need to be "inspired" to get off their fat asses to spend money in ways that truly enhance lives and bring joy to the world. Well, that's what I did. Let's call it my own personal stimulus package (besides my normal, daily "personal stimulus" if you know what I'm sayin). In 3 weeks, I've done EXACTLY what is needed to stimulate any economy..and that is to get people to open their wallets. Not only did the last 3 weeks save jobs at T-Shirt Hell, they've opened up a whole new world to the people who had never bought our shirts until now. Did you know that 9 out of 10 people who wear T-Shirt Hell shirts actually increase their job security, with 6 of those people getting substantial raises? Did you realize that owning one or more T-Shirt Hell products actually raises the value of your 401k by a minimum of 25%? Were you aware that buying 3 or more T-Shirt Hell shirts at once will actually secure for you the most important seat in the White House? (Member id: barackoutwmcockout44, Name: Barack Obama, Address: Chicago, IL, 3 shirts purchased, November 1st, 2008) Thanks B, we "hope" you're enjoying your "I'd Rather Be Snorting Cocaine Off A Hooker's Ass" tee, your "I Shaved My Ball For This?" hoodie, and quite fittingly, your "Sorry About What Happens Later" ringer. Oh, the irony. What I'm trying to say is this...our shirts are the key to fixing this economy and to getting people back on track. You don't need to thank me because I can feel the gratitude emanating from around the world at this very moment. It's a warm, fuzzy feeling. You're welcome. "

http://www.tshirthell.com/hello.php

2/16/2009 8:33:58 AM

Nice, for that stupid stunt I don't want to buy from them ever.

2/16/2009 8:37:15 AM

What a tool. Oh well. I got a discount on 2 shirts the other day.

2/16/2009 8:38:16 AM

meh

still will never go to the site, much less order anything from there.

2/16/2009 8:39:29 AM

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"Nice, for that stupid stunt I don't want to buy from them ever. "

2/16/2009 8:41:49 AM

what a little douchebag.

2/16/2009 8:49:54 AM

meh

still will never go to the site, much less order anything from there.

2/16/2009 8:54:28 AM

i actually was thinking about this earlier and decided to visit the site and see what it said while shut down.

i clicked through to the message from the owner, and read the whole thing.

total genius. even if he really didn't sell a million and a half dollars worth of shirts this month

2/16/2009 9:07:26 AM

I used to think that t-shirts like this were witty and individualistic. Now I just look down my collared-shirt nose at the douchebags over 25 still wearing this garbage.

2/16/2009 9:21:03 AM

i've always found them witty.

but yeah i wouldnt be caught dead wearing one. more power to the people that still feel like sticking out is a good thing

2/16/2009 9:26:40 AM

Support the fine arts
Shoot a rapper

2/16/2009 10:09:42 AM