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Hey there we go. A reference shirt that isn't off at all.

though it's pretty great that "force choke" is probably the most recognizable application of the force.

Ack! What a time to be short of cash!

*waves hand* "You don't want to sell me a tshirt. You want to go home and rethink your life...."

When did the price on these cheap-0 shirts go up to 12 dollars?

Woot, help me! I'm typing one-handed because I just sliced my thumb with the way-too-sharp NEW red pokey dot knife and I'm almost out of the Candy Basket's delicious salted chocolates, both the caramel as well as the pecan and I'm quivering with more than simple anticipation for a shirt that is super-girly-cutie-patootie-sweet; now please get right on this and give me what I want and give it to me real good.
P.S. Please send a medical-quality bandaid as well, because this giant slab of paper towels is soaking through and now looks like a giant Rorschach inkblot test!

I thought the guy panicked and was reaching out for his mom

This is the shirt you are looking for

zekecatz wrote:And what does Midichlorian amount stand for?

Haven't seen Phantom Menace huh?

BTW, has anyone noticed that woot shirts seem to shrink like mad after one or two washings? I mean, I'm sure that I've gained a few pounds in the last couple of years...but when I order an XL shirt, within 3 wearings its too tight...if I order XXL its huge, until I've washed it 3 or 4 times at which point it fits perfectly....

Brilliant concept Nathan W. Pyle and Control9! We shall watch your careers with great interest...

mbren28568 wrote:BTW, has anyone noticed that woot shirts seem to shrink like mad after one or two washings? I mean, I'm sure that I've gained a few pounds in the last couple of years...but when I order an XL shirt, within 3 wearings its too tight...if I order XXL its huge, until I've washed it 3 or 4 times at which point it fits perfectly....

Yep, all my friends make fun of me for ordering XXL -- but they shrink to the perfect size!

Invisiblemoose wrote:Yep, all my friends make fun of me for ordering XXL -- but they shrink to the perfect size!

Glad its not just me. Ticks me off that my bandolier of carrots shirt is now the right size for my wife :p

zekecatz wrote:And what does Midichlorian amount stand for?

B.S.











(Bad Scriptwriting)

n0wh3r3man wrote:Could someone explain this one to us not Trekkies? Thank you
(is this a reference to that Vookie, Dr. Spock guy?)

Trekkies really??? Well since this is Star Wars and not Star Trek. I don't know where to begin, other than to say it sounds like the problem is bigger than just the shirt

I'd make a Glove of Darth Vader joke but...I, uh...don't even know what that is. Yeah, so stop looking at me like that.

When I left you, I was but the learner, now I am the master. In for one I am!

mbren28568 wrote:BTW, has anyone noticed that woot shirts seem to shrink like mad after one or two washings? I mean, I'm sure that I've gained a few pounds in the last couple of years...but when I order an XL shirt, within 3 wearings its too tight...if I order XXL its huge, until I've washed it 3 or 4 times at which point it fits perfectly....

This is pretty common with 100% cotton...I mentioned this in the lady's size thread somewhere, but I'll say it again here:

The problem is the level of heat, which will shrink cotton in general. Make sure you're washing in either cold or warm water, then either hang them to dry (that's the best solution, but make sure you use liquid softener in your rinse cycle), or make sure your dryer is on a low heat setting.


I know people tend to assume these shirts are a cheap material, but they are not. This is a good quality cotton that is nice and soft and MUCH thicker than companies like HT and others produce. My first woot shirt was bought years ago and it's still in fantastic shape...but I've always hung mine up to dry (generally something quickly learned when you're a stacked lady..otherwise you run out of shirts fast)

Otherwise, you can buy a much larger shirt and expect it to shrink a few sizes over time. After the cotton feels loose and older and worn-in, it won't shrink anymore.

Not quite a physics geek shirt. All physics geeks know that f=ma is a vector (not scalar) equation and thus "F" and "a" should be represented as vectors.

But regardless I get the reference, so it really doesn't matter.

dreamaster wrote:I would of bought the shirt if it had MQ or something that was remotely understandable as a midiclorian reference.

I looked at the shirt, had to read comments why it was MA, and still shook my head.

The shirt looks awesome with the hand and =

It just doesn't make sense when you look at it.

It's not a flame - it's cool looking, I've bought almost 100 shirts - and I love sci fi - but I'm not going to buy this one. Sorry.

edit: just saw the Force = mass acceleration explanation.

if it would of been m*a then yeah.

Again, sorry.

You don't need to specify m x a or m*a so I'd go ahead and buy the shirt.

Technically, the equation is wrong. Acceleration is a vector, meaning it has magnitude and direction. For the equation to be proper, the "a" should either be bold or have a small arrow above it to indicate it is a vector.

If a shirt is gonna be nerdy then it should go all out and be really nerdy.

dreamaster wrote:I would of bought the shirt if it had MQ or something that was remotely understandable as a midiclorian reference.

I looked at the shirt, had to read comments why it was MA, and still shook my head.

The shirt looks awesome with the hand and =

It just doesn't make sense when you look at it.

It's not a flame - it's cool looking, I've bought almost 100 shirts - and I love sci fi - but I'm not going to buy this one. Sorry.

edit: just saw the Force = mass acceleration explanation.

if it would of been m*a then yeah.

Again, sorry.

Methinks you just don't know physics. f = ma is the common representation of the equation, not f = m*a

Invisiblemoose wrote:Yep, all my friends make fun of me for ordering XXL -- but they shrink to the perfect size!

Yeah, man. F'em! I order XXL all the time! They do shrink to a perfect size!

It's missing the arrow on top of the a. I'm currently taking college physics and would have bought this shirt right now, but that missing arrow (or bold a) is bothering me...ugh!

I might have been in for this at the old price of $10 plus Texas tax, but at $12 plus tax, NO! Come on Woot! Give us tax payers a break already... please?

I got the joke right away, and I'm not even a huge Star Wars fan (though Vader is my favorite villain) nor am I a physics person. I'm just an English major...
If there was a multiplication symbol of some kind between mass and acceleration, I would buy it. As is, not so much.

neveracquiesce wrote:I'd make a Glove of Darth Vader joke but...I, uh...don't even know what that is. Yeah, so stop looking at me like that.

If the glove fits, you must... uh... what was that line about Wookiees living on Endor again?

ckeilah wrote:I might have been in for this at the old price of $10 plus Texas tax, but at $12 plus tax, NO! Come on Woot! Give us tax payers a break already... please?

Can you not use the TAXSUCKS code for shirts?

(Insider info from one Texan to another...)

I get that it's a Star Wars reference, but until I read the title and description I thought this was a sports-related shirt...possibly in honor of pitchers and catchers reporting in the next week or so. If you just look at the picture it does kind of look like a southpaw throwing.

Anyone else notice that the lowercase "a" probably isn't actually an "a"? Based on the font, it looks like it is technically some other character (upside down/doctored somehow). Perhaps there is more meaning to this.

I love that shirt, but at $12.00, I do think thrice about a purchace. Also, are there any others who have to point out the meaning of the shirts you wear? Maybe because I'm a gray haired 69-year old female, and don't often hang out with cool young people who might recognize these complex shirts....

I'm just wondering how long until we see this shirt turn up on The Big Bang Theory...

I ONLY buy the shirts that people either get it, or don't immediately, and if they don't, no amount of explanation will work for them...

vonbroner wrote:If it was glow-in-the-dark with lightning from the fingers, it would have sold out by now!

Maybe woot! will run a special edition on one of their weekly sales like this! I can hardly wait!

dianeknits wrote:I love that shirt, but at $12.00, I do think thrice about a purchace. Also, are there any others who have to point out the meaning of the shirts you wear? Maybe because I'm a gray haired 69-year old female, and don't often hang out with cool young people who might recognize these complex shirts....

I'm a graying haired 52 year old, and I'm buying THREE before my husband and college daughter start bugging me to order them one, too! This is an all-ages design.

YIKES. I saw the shirt pre-adderall, so it took me a few minutes to realize what the hand was, but once it all clicked I _needed_ to get it. (And a matching shirt for my older son)

The placement of the hand was NOT as obvious to me. I guess we'll see how it fits.

Kelsium wrote:I don't foresee many transactions for women and the shirt. (Hand placement)

Really tempted to buy this one... It's been a while since Woot put up a strong shirt ... (ahem, the abusive Ash and abused Pikachu shirt a few days ago comes to mind...)

shupersean wrote:I'm pretty sure these two geeks meet very often...or are the same person...very often.

Math, physics, science, renaissance-people, it's all the same. It's all my family. ;) We are happy geeks. Which is why I frequent this site and MajorGeeks, lol....

mcthatch wrote:Methinks you just don't know physics. f = ma is the common representation of the equation, not f = m*a

Also, the m*a takes away the fun of explaining the midichlorians to people who ask why there is no multiplication symbol. ;D

I ordered a t-shirt last month, but left it unwashed to wear to the Hunger Games movie just in case. I wasn't planning to get any more shirts until I made sure this one fit, but saw this before I drank coffee (actually haven't made it yet) and completely forgot I said I wasn't going to buy anymore. It's one of those days.

Any idea what size the 3X men's shirt translates to in women's sizes? Between "stacked" and "fluffy", I'm wondering if I'll only get to wear it once before it finds its way into the dryer by accident...

VenusAD wrote: (generally something quickly learned when you're a stacked lady..otherwise you run out of shirts fast)

My first reaction was that it was THE HAND OF GOD! On the fence on buying it.

Let me get this straight. First you tell me that Vader is my dad (as my Dutch friends tried to warn me). Now you tell me that his left hand is my ma? I'd ask how that's possible, but I don't think I want to know.

Gawd that whole midichlorian thing was so painfully bad...