missmelis
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xazothia wrote:Not all landmarks have to be monuments - a landmark is literally just something with a specific feature that you can use as a point of reference to where you are.
True that. When I was in elementary school, my family's next door neighbors had a scale model of the Statue of Liberty in their front yard, where most people would have, say, a lamppost. IIRC, it was about 12 feet high including the pedestal (which I don't think was to scale, but I'm not sure, it was a pretty long time ago). Anyway, it wasn't a monument (only a copy of one!), but it was definitely a landmark... for a few years, I could just tell people how to get to my house by saying, "I live next door to the Statue of Liberty!"
Overly long story is overly long. Sorry.
The goodness of the true pun is in the direct ratio of its intolerability. - Edgar Allan Poe
Alas, poor shirt.woot. I knew it well...
cruelnv
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Re: Land of the Fries
I know this is (mostly) just a joke and everything, but, I have to say, it makes me a bit sad.
Depressing (at least semi-) truths aside, nice job with the shirt.
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cruelnv
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Re: The Library of Appalachia
Personally, I don't really see what the big deal is about this. I understand you may just be afraid of propelling the stereotype, but for the most part, the only people that wouldn't think of this as a joke are the people who already believe it's true. Most people understand that it's just for comedic purposes.
I honestly don't see how this is any different from all the shirts poking fun at Americans in this derby. Sure, some shirts are based more closely on fact than others, but everyone understands that it's just a joke based on a (largely untrue) stereotype.
For instance, I commented on one of the fast-food shirts saying that it makes me sad. It doesn't cause me to feel this way because it's untrue; it makes me sad because it carries a lot of weight in many parts of our country (no pun intended). Even in this case, that doesn't make it a bad shirt or something that we should be offended by, though. So why should we be offended by a shirt (that's only a joke) that is far less accurate and most people understand it as such?
Just my own 2¢...
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cruelnv
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Re: Welcome to Heaven
This is absolutely beautiful. I really hope that this design prints. That being said, if the moon is indeed a photo, it's not going to. =(
Great job regardless of whether it prints or not though.
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