johnmc
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Yeah and you wouldn’t expect t-shirts with “U ok hun” on to sell well either but they do.
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Top Man t-shirt sparks outrage
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Yeah and you wouldn’t expect t-shirts with “U ok hun” on to sell well either but they do.
johnmc
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...and "Karma" and "What goes around comes back around"?
Not a reference to Heysel at all?
Come on mate.
There is a line in the song that says “it’s karma baby”.
TCIB
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For those that live in the world of fashion and music it is perfectly reasonable. The designer may be a Japanese person, they design some proper weird shit. If we knew the actual designer was a male, 30 upwards, with a reasonable awareness of football and world events/recent history; then damn right i'd be thinking this is very dodgy. We don't though and the chances are it being a fashion item it was designed by some ditzy millenial twerp. Failing that a woman of 35, English would still probably not make the connection.Does it revolve around remixes of obscure Bob Marley songs instead? Because I can't help but feel the market for t-shirt homages to a song no one even realised existed aren't actually big sellers.
The design will get a cursory look over for overall appeal by a few people. What are the chances these are people with next to know knowledge of football in the context we are talking about. I suggest the chances this is a genuine coincidence are very high.
A lot of people like Bob Marley, to many imo as i think it is a load of shite, i digress. What i am trying to say is the world is a large varied weird place with so many who really will have little knowledge of the event if they are aware at all.
Come off it. No one is making a tribute to a terrible 90's dance remix of an obscure Bob Marley track that hit the dizzying heights of number 42 in the UK charts. Not only that but they've misquoted the title of the track and put Karma down the arm despite that line not actually even being in the shitty remix. Not to mention how fucking weird it would be to put the year of a track in big letters on a shirt styled inexplicably like a football shirt (note even the full year, just 96), but not any reference to Bob Marley (in red, the colour so synonymous with him of course). The white rose of Yorkshire is a lovely touch as well, as we all know how much bob loved Gods own county. Literally every detail on their is a dig at LiverpoolFor those that live in the world of fashion and music it is perfectly reasonable. The designer may be a Japanese person, they design some proper weird shit. If we knew the actual designer was a male, 30 upwards, with a reasonable awareness of football and world events/recent history; then damn right i'd be thinking this is very dodgy. We don't though and the chances are it being a fashion item it was designed by some ditzy millenial twerp. Failing that a woman of 35, English would still probably not make the connection.
The design will get a cursory look over for overall appeal by a few people. What are the chances these are people with next to know knowledge of football in the context we are talking about. I suggest the chances this is a genuine coincidence are very high.
A lot of people like Bob Marley, to many imo as i think it is a load of shite, i digress. What i am trying to say is the world is a large varied weird place with so many who really will have little knowledge of the event if they are aware at all.
Choosing to believe this is just the worlds largest set of coincidences is beyond naïve
bluethrunthru
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It did seem clumsy - if it is about a Bob Marley track they needed to explain it better but at the same time when I heard it I did think that if you can no longer use the colour red and the number 96 on the same page without a scouse backlash are they being too touchy?? I just don't know.
Irwell
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Racist! There is nothing weird about tentacle porn!The designer may be a Japanese person, they design some proper weird shit.
TCIB
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I thought i recognized that fella in a city top messing with the dirty knickers vending machines. The shame... how much are they?Racist! There is nothing weird about tentacle porn!
Come off it. No one is making a tribute to a terrible 90's dance remix of an obscure Bob Marley track that hit the dizzying heights of number 42 in the UK charts. Not only that but they've misquoted the title of the track and put Karma down the arm despite that line not actually even being in the shitty remix. Not to mention how fucking weird it would be to put the year of a track in big letters on a shirt styled inexplicably like a football shirt (note even the full year, just 96), but not any reference to Bob Marley (in red, the colour so synonymous with him of course). The white rose of Yorkshire is a lovely touch as well, as we all know how much bob loved Gods own county. Literally every detail on their is a dig at Liverpool
Choosing to believe this is just the worlds largest set of coincidences is beyond naïve
I can't say i believe or not, i simply do not know. If i look at it from the pov of a juror, could i be even pretty sure this was a deliberate act? I couldn't say that with any sense of certainty at all. I would need to know the designer, design and quality control process to have any educated objective opinion.
johnmc
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Come off it. No one is making a tribute to a terrible 90's dance remix of an obscure Bob Marley track that hit the dizzying heights of number 42 in the UK charts. Not only that but they've misquoted the title of the track and put Karma down the arm despite that line not actually even being in the shitty remix. Not to mention how fucking weird it would be to put the year of a track in big letters on a shirt styled inexplicably like a football shirt (note even the full year, just 96), but not any reference to Bob Marley (in red, the colour so synonymous with him of course). The white rose of Yorkshire is a lovely touch as well, as we all know how much bob loved Gods own county. Literally every detail on their is a dig at Liverpool
Choosing to believe this is just the worlds largest set of coincidences is beyond naïve
You’ve made up your mind what it signifies. That’s fine. You won’t be told otherwise. Naieve as you call it on your high horse. In the real world though people who shop at Topman are probably what? Student age? Under 25 shall we say?
Do you think under 25’s are more aware about Hillsborough or Bob Marley?
Also would your piss be so boiled if it was a black or blue top with the same slogan?
johnmc
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I thought i recognized that fella in a city top messing with the dirty knickers vending machines. The shame... how much are they?
I can't say i believe or not, i simply do not know. If i look at it from the pov of a juror, could i be even pretty sure this was a deliberate act? I couldn't say that with any sense of certainty at all. I would need to know the designer, design and quality control process to have any educated objective opinion.
Well said
Irwell
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You are interested in the price of dirty knickers from vending machines too?Well said