And the Standards Are….Where?
By GlindaOne of the things I cannot stand are people who think that just because a child is unable to read, that they are given license to dress children in clothing bearing such classy decals as these, from a company called Standard American:
And the winner of the “And You Thought Those Were Bad” Award:
Har-de-har! That’s a real knee slapper there! Because child abuse is just so amusing, didn’t you know? Nothing says you are hip and edgy like joking about felony child abuse!
And really, why did they stop there? Some sort of decency clause in the company mission statement?
I think that anyone who buys something like this and actually expects it to see the light of day needs some serious time on a couch talking about how mommy never liked them best.
Please, please tell me that no one buys these things. Because I’m going to stick my fingers in my ears and very loudly sing, “La la la la la” and hope that this company will soon go out of business.
September 20th, 2007 at 4:08 pm
I’m trying to think who would buy these comic, um, gems(?), and there’s a word that keeps flashing in my mind’s eye that sums up the purchaser of said items: “Trash…trash…trash.”
September 20th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
Oh, man. Oh, man. I so totally wanted to do this post, too.
They’re big with insecure yuppies who want to think they’re still hipsters, cuz they’re “edgy.” They’re only setting their kids up for a life of getting revenge on their parents, really.
September 20th, 2007 at 5:36 pm
The good news is that I’ve never seen one of these shirts on an actual kid. ‘Pornstar’ on a preteen, yes…also, very disturbing.
I think some teenagers with ironic senses of humor might love the “my dad’s a motherf**er”, or “My dad wanted a puppy”…but kids too young to *get it*? Not so much.
September 20th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Sad too, how negative these t-shirts are towards fathers, as if fatherhood only happens by accident.
September 21st, 2007 at 12:22 am
I, too, noticed the definite anti-male message in these t-shirts. It also extends to little girls t-shirts with slogans like “Boys stink” or “Boys are icky; we throw rocks at them.” (Both of which I have seen in stores in pink and ruffles.) Maybe as the mother of a son, I’m overly sensitive to this, but what are we teaching girls about the value of the men in their lives, be it fathers, brothers or classmates?
September 21st, 2007 at 8:30 am
I thought mothers dressing their pre-teen daughters in shorts with “Juicy” written across the butt was bad. Hey! Let’s just put up a flashing sign for every pedophile!
This is nasty.
September 21st, 2007 at 9:02 am
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September 21st, 2007 at 9:48 am
I hope that their bankruptcy involves their personal assets in some intensely painful way.
As the mother of a son, and even more as the wife of a loving father, this kind of anti-male crap pisses me the hell off.
September 21st, 2007 at 10:55 am
Well, it would go a long way toward explaining the shirts I see on teen girls like “I hate my boyfriend”. It would also explain why the middle-school girls are wearing micro skirts and flip-flops to school.
A parent that would willingly dress their child in one of these shirts is certainly not going to have the sense to say to their teenage daughter “you aren’t walking out of this house looking like THAT, young lady.”
September 21st, 2007 at 11:01 am
What about the guy I saw walking around downtown with his wife (I’m going to be optimistic on that one) and small children, wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with a red cross and the logo “Orgasm Donor”? Classy!
September 21st, 2007 at 1:46 pm
I have actually seen babies dressed in these adorable little numbers in photographs in joke emails that were sent to me by misguided but well meaning acquaintences and Py Korry you are 100% correct. Mom & Dad in the oictures usually fall into the category of “Trash”. You just know these kids are gonna end up on Jerry Springer some day.
September 22nd, 2007 at 8:04 am
Ummm…. I realise I am being pedantic – but it reads “..the penultimate winner…” so who won the grand prize?? or perhaps you use this word and I do not think it means what you think it means
September 22nd, 2007 at 10:40 am
Leanne- You are correct, the word was used incorrectly. Edited to reflect.
September 22nd, 2007 at 5:45 pm
I could make a pun about “peen” here, but of course I won’t. I’m far too refined.
September 25th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
Py- Yup, pretty trashy indeed.
Rain- No fun in that dysfunction.
J- I must be a prude, because even on a teen, it is just wrong to me.
Liz- A definite anti-child vibe there for sure.
Eilish- I don’t approve of bashing anyone, and having male role models is important for both girls and boys.
class- I agree!
BlueShoes- Being anit-male is not cool in any way.
brian- There truly would be no hope, you are right.
valawhoo- That is just as bad!
gemdiva- But will they wind up throwing chairs?