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Zufallsshirt makes randomized, one-of-a-kind T-shirts.
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God, I actually want to buy most of these designs.
posted by GuyZero at 9:47 AM on May 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by GuyZero at 9:47 AM on May 13, 2014 [1 favorite]
I think "Now or Not for a Long Time" has to be my new family motto and get worked into the crest. Any Latin speakers here who can translate it for me? (Or German speakers while we're at it - might as well have Dad's Swabian ancestry represented.)
posted by The Underpants Monster at 9:51 AM on May 13, 2014
posted by The Underpants Monster at 9:51 AM on May 13, 2014
I thought this had been posted before, because I thought I found it here. For several weeks now I've had this open in a tab in my browser, and I just refresh...and refresh....and laugh.
posted by routergirl at 9:57 AM on May 13, 2014
posted by routergirl at 9:57 AM on May 13, 2014
They're doing some very tricky things. Mine juxtaposed RHIZOME and FUCKTARD.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:01 AM on May 13, 2014
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:01 AM on May 13, 2014
I like these, but I am curious as to why so many of them are in English. Is English the language of T-shirts, like Italian used to be language of Music?
posted by benito.strauss at 10:03 AM on May 13, 2014
posted by benito.strauss at 10:03 AM on May 13, 2014
YOU ARE THE MOON IN MY VEINS. I'm hearing this in the voice of Billy Ocean.
posted by aesop at 10:10 AM on May 13, 2014
posted by aesop at 10:10 AM on May 13, 2014
A random shirt number gets displayed. There's nothing random about the designs. Or was that understood? Here's the design for shirt number 89879899
posted by davebush at 10:11 AM on May 13, 2014
posted by davebush at 10:11 AM on May 13, 2014
ABCDEFGHIJKETCHUPZILLALMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
posted by one more dead town's last parade at 10:12 AM on May 13, 2014
posted by one more dead town's last parade at 10:12 AM on May 13, 2014
At last, a definitive way of discerning the quality of MeFi commenters.
posted by mstokes650 at 10:14 AM on May 13, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by mstokes650 at 10:14 AM on May 13, 2014 [3 favorites]
There's nothing random about the designs
How do you know?
posted by kenko at 10:19 AM on May 13, 2014
How do you know?
posted by kenko at 10:19 AM on May 13, 2014
There's sort of a madlibs thing going on here. There is a human touch to the designs, but refresh often enough and you'll see the same phrases with different words substituted.
"Nobody said ______ would be easy" has come up three times, same layout, different colors, different word in the blank. ("peeing" was the first.)
There are also some designs where, if the word is random, it's limited to words that have exactly the right number of letters for the design.
posted by Foosnark at 10:31 AM on May 13, 2014
"Nobody said ______ would be easy" has come up three times, same layout, different colors, different word in the blank. ("peeing" was the first.)
There are also some designs where, if the word is random, it's limited to words that have exactly the right number of letters for the design.
posted by Foosnark at 10:31 AM on May 13, 2014
Pretty sure it's simply loading a random png file from a massive collection. That fact that some reuse design elements and/or phrases doesn't necessarily mean it's randomly (or logically) merging things. I think it's just a huge collection of images and some are similar.
posted by davebush at 10:41 AM on May 13, 2014
posted by davebush at 10:41 AM on May 13, 2014
...and I just got a "Nobody said caring would be easy" shirt with a completely different design.
And I've seen "EMERGENCY NOISE RESTORE" and "EMERGENCY GLAMOUR RESTORE" in completely different designs.
"RHIZOME FUCKTARD" (which I now believe could be the name of an NSA operation) came up for me with a couple of disco karate dudes.
posted by Foosnark at 10:42 AM on May 13, 2014
And I've seen "EMERGENCY NOISE RESTORE" and "EMERGENCY GLAMOUR RESTORE" in completely different designs.
"RHIZOME FUCKTARD" (which I now believe could be the name of an NSA operation) came up for me with a couple of disco karate dudes.
posted by Foosnark at 10:42 AM on May 13, 2014
GIANT BARNACLE TIME!
"The extensive attention to detail provides this effective, parliamentary shirt with orthodox styling, giving you a chance to experience the vogue of the minute. Even after multiple wears, this shirt will still fit badly. Everything slipshod is good for you!"
I am very tempted...
posted by foonly at 10:48 AM on May 13, 2014
"The extensive attention to detail provides this effective, parliamentary shirt with orthodox styling, giving you a chance to experience the vogue of the minute. Even after multiple wears, this shirt will still fit badly. Everything slipshod is good for you!"
I am very tempted...
posted by foonly at 10:48 AM on May 13, 2014
Love this: If only my ankle had a voice...
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 10:53 AM on May 13, 2014
posted by Alexandra Kitty at 10:53 AM on May 13, 2014
They have a FAQ, which includes these explanations:
What exactly is randomized about the shirts?
The combination of image and text; the color; the size of the image; in most cases, the composition of the text as well.
How many different designs are there?
The designs are put together from 2654 images and about 50,000 possible texts in one of 387 fonts; on top of that, you can choose from different colors. All in all, that comes to 44,454,500,000,000 possible designs as a rough estimation. If you spend a few years clicking patiently, you may see the same shirt twice.
What happens to the shirts I've clicked away?
They go to the place where aborted babies watch canceled TV shows.
What does the little shirt icon on the top left mean?
A green icon means that you're the only one who gets to see this shirt. After you've looked at it, it will be thrown out. If the shirt machine is overloaded, you'll see a yellow icon there, which means that a few other users have seen this shirt as well. But after a few hours, this design is deleted as well.
posted by ernielundquist at 11:02 AM on May 13, 2014
What exactly is randomized about the shirts?
The combination of image and text; the color; the size of the image; in most cases, the composition of the text as well.
How many different designs are there?
The designs are put together from 2654 images and about 50,000 possible texts in one of 387 fonts; on top of that, you can choose from different colors. All in all, that comes to 44,454,500,000,000 possible designs as a rough estimation. If you spend a few years clicking patiently, you may see the same shirt twice.
What happens to the shirts I've clicked away?
They go to the place where aborted babies watch canceled TV shows.
What does the little shirt icon on the top left mean?
A green icon means that you're the only one who gets to see this shirt. After you've looked at it, it will be thrown out. If the shirt machine is overloaded, you'll see a yellow icon there, which means that a few other users have seen this shirt as well. But after a few hours, this design is deleted as well.
posted by ernielundquist at 11:02 AM on May 13, 2014
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