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[IceCold48]

Originally Posted by WileyThaOne

haha i do agree that most shirts suck.. but i have to disagree with the whole frat boy tool stereotype..

i dont think it really portrays that just talks about the shirts

[Xanatos]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

I just challenge stereotypes is all. Somehow wearing Affliction shirts makes you a dumb frat boy. Being in a frat some how makes you an idiot. Wearing Ed Hardy makes you a douchebag. I guess people think these are fine but they are no different than racial stereotypes.

To put it in context with recent news, it's like signaling out all Muslims for what happened at 9/11.

And yes...DO NOT google that. I was looking for like a picture of what a frat boy would look like and all I saw was...I cant even explain it. DONT DO IT!

I embrace stereotypes. I grew up challenging racism, and opposing prejudice, But as life went on and I experienced more and more I started seeing things as black and white.

wearing an Ed Hardy shirt doesn't necessarily make you a douchebag, but it's a fair estimate.



EDIT just realized how bad that made me sound. I'm not racist. But as Russell Peters says, "I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them"

[IceCold48]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

To put it in context with recent news, it's like signaling out all Muslims for what happened at 9/11.

or all members of the US government...

[JPeezy]

I don't care how much you like MMA, those Affliction, Ed Hardy, and TapOut shirts are ugly as sin. Hell, they are downright embarrassing. I went out to a bar/club last week and actually felt bad for the girls there because 90% of the guys looked like giant douchebags in those ugly shirts, most were wearing them 2 sizes too small.

Even worse yet is seeing scrawny wimps, middle aged guys, or big fat tubs of goo wearing a shirt that says Tap Out or something on it. You just want to go and punch them in the face and yell "YOU ARE NOT A FIGHTER"!!

I half wish that Nike would get into the MMA gear market so we could just have normal sportswear with a small swoosh on it instead of all this nonsense tattoo or graffiti art with cutesy MMA terms on shirts.
/end rant

[SimpleJack]

FYI: Affliction clothing was initially launched in tattoo magazines and catered to that scene. Fighters and musicians gravitated to IT....not the other way around.

[Sakara=Excitement]

Originally Posted by DonFrye

FYI: Affliction clothing was initially launched in tattoo magazines and catered to that scene. Fighters and musicians gravitated to IT....not the other way around.

THANK YOU Don.

[CtGreat]

Originally Posted by Xanatos

I embrace stereotypes. I grew up challenging racism, and opposing prejudice, But as life went on and I experienced more and more I started seeing things as black and white.

wearing an Ed Hardy shirt doesn't necessarily make you a douchebag, but it's a fair estimate.



EDIT just realized how bad that made me sound. I'm not racist. But as Russell Peters says, "I don't make the stereotypes, I just see them"

If you go about the world with preconceived notions, then you will naturally find more and more instances to fit those notions. Generalizations are just as bad as superstitions imo, but eh live as you see fit.

[K1NG P3NN]

LOVE IT. Damn the onion is hilarious haha

[Kimbo> Rampage]

Originally Posted by goodtimes

MMA shirts are pretty freaking ugly.

Ya, i cannot stand that. It has to be the one of the worst part of mma. I want to get a damn fighter shit that looks good. Keep it simple, like other sports clothing does. Why does ever shirt have to have all that horrible art work on it.

[Malevolence]

Originally Posted by Sakara=Excitement

And whatever you do, do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT, search for "frat boy" on Google with the safe search turned off and click on images. *Shudders*

Ohhh,so that's how you found that picture of Jake in your AV.