Words of wisdom from today’s t-shirts

Gabrielle Koetsier
4 min readSep 18, 2017

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I think designers are running out of quirky and funny slogans, so they’re just putting random words on t-shirts now (the Japanese have been doing this for years already). So, without further ado, here’s a compilation of the weirdest graphic tees I’ve seen lately.

This Aerie tank is for all the basic white girls on Instagram. #Iwokeuplikethis.

Trying to make a joke but it’s just not even close to funny.

Uh, that’s not a word.

So imaginative.

Okay girl, okayyyyyyyyy!

“Hello boys.” The North American female seeks to attract French men in their natural habitat.

“Love at first sight,” or literally translated, “Lightning strike.” I bet 95% of the girls who buy this won’t know what it means though.

Nice, now we’re mixing French and English! “Woman vibes.” That’s uh, cool, I guess.

How, though? By wearing sassy t-shirts? By smashing the patriarchy, destroying the gender binary, and killing babies? Count me out!

Actually, I haven’t bitten anyone and don’t plan on it.

Stop assuming that anyone wants to be your “bae.”

Girl, put that on your dating profile, don’t wear it on your t-shirt. That’s honestly pretty desperate.

Sorry to hear that it didn’t work out for you.

Any t-shirt that has the word “bae” on it should be immediately incinerated.

Hey do you need like, a pad of paper or something? Usually people write down their to-do lists on a sticky note instead of on their shirt.

The traffic certainly isn’t better in LA.

Okay. Why don’t you wear that then, instead of this lame t-shirt?

I could be a fashion designer. Just watch me: “Cupcakes Coffee Netflix.” See, I’m a genius!

See, this is really awesome, because if someone comes from a culture where they don’t know what black t-shirts are, you can instantly educate them about black t-shirts! Well done — this is a great step forward in the field of education!

Put that as your Tinder bio.

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Gabrielle Koetsier
Gabrielle Koetsier

Written by Gabrielle Koetsier

Trying to speak the truth and make the world a better place.

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