On profiting off of a dead kitten t-shirt
Jan. 23rd, 2006 04:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
demiurgentLike I said over on Snarkoleptics, I'm all for folks making money. And I'm not offended by the Sore Thumbs "Cy" tee shirt. I just think it's tasteless and a little sad. Which isn't the same as offense.
I think, in the end, it's because it's Crosby and Gieni. And they don't do tasteless and wrong as their stock in trade. So I'm uncomfortably aware of the fact that it's actually meant to be cute and sweet, when it's a tee shirt of a freak kitten who died.
If J. Grant or D.J. Coffman made this shirt, in their inimitable styles? I'd probably not buy it, but I'd end up laughing my ass off. I'm just sure of it. Potentially far less tasteful, and yet more appropriate. If that makes sense.
I think, in the end, it's because it's Crosby and Gieni. And they don't do tasteless and wrong as their stock in trade. So I'm uncomfortably aware of the fact that it's actually meant to be cute and sweet, when it's a tee shirt of a freak kitten who died.
If J. Grant or D.J. Coffman made this shirt, in their inimitable styles? I'd probably not buy it, but I'd end up laughing my ass off. I'm just sure of it. Potentially far less tasteful, and yet more appropriate. If that makes sense.
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Date: 2006-01-23 11:38 pm (UTC)Then again, it actually existed and died after a painfully short life, revealing that other kind of absurdity, the dark "of life" kind, that isn't funny at all.
So, real dead kittens = not so funny.
Dead puppies, tho. I think we can all agree here. They aren't much fun. (http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/d/drdemento6577/deadpuppies248767.html)