# TShirt Hell! To the PIT! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 19, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639 "2005-05-19T21:30:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/1 "2005-05-19T21:30:37Z")
So there I am, minding my own business, surfing to my normal pages, and lo and behold, the ‘worse than hell’ section of T-Shirt Hell is gone… > [@T-Shirt hell owner](#): > > I started this web site on my terms and will continue to run it as I see fit. Removing shirts that affect many people in a negative way is just not exciting to me anymore and that doesn’t make me lame or a sell out. It would only be a sell out if I sold shirts that I no longer agreed with just to make a profit. It would be lame to let someone else tell me how to run my business. I still have a great team. We still have the best artists, and the most talented writers, and we will continue to make the most kick ass t-shirts around. Dude! That’s EXACTLY what makes you a sell out. Making fun of the bad things that happen is what you guys did, now it’s back lampooning Britney Spears, and blamelss, tame tabloid fodder. This IS freedom of speech, you caved, pussy. yeah, i know he can run it any way he wants, but he’s still a pussy ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/2 "2005-05-19T21:50:45Z")
Damn! And I wanted one of those fine shirts, too. Seriously, though, who the hell would have the nads to wear one of those shirts anyway? ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/3 "2005-05-19T22:40:12Z")
> [@T-Shirt hell owner](#): > > I started this web site on my terms and will continue to run it as I see fit. Removing shirts that affect many people in a negative way is just not exciting to me anymore and that doesn’t make me lame or a sell out. It would only be a sell out if I sold shirts that I no longer agreed with just to make a profit. It would be lame to let someone else tell me how to run my business. I still have a great team. We still have the best artists, and the most talented writers, and we will continue to make the most kick ass t-shirts around. Heh, loudly protesting that you aren’t a sellout in a statement put up before people even had a chance to start accusing you is usually a good sign that you’ve sold out. :dubious: Bet he got a new advertiser or is planning on selling his shirts in Hot Topic or something and they required him to remove the really offensive ones before they signed. [sub]I always thought that School Shootings Tour shirt was funny as hell. :D[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/4 "2005-05-19T22:44:05Z")
I’d bet you’re right, **prince** ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/5 "2005-05-19T23:13:27Z")
I can’t believe “Stupidity Causes Cancer” is one of the shirts that’s gone. Compared to the others, it’s pretty tame. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/6 "2005-05-19T23:38:57Z")
> [@DarkPrince](#): > > [sub]I always thought that School Shootings Tour shirt was funny as hell. :D[/sub] Same here. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/7 "2005-05-20T01:18:43Z")
I always thought that they were funny to look at, but I can’t imagine actually wearing a Worse Than Hell shirt out in public. ---
**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/8 "2005-05-20T01:24:03Z")
_looks around_ I wore the I (plane) NY shirt once. And it wasn’t in 1960 or for 20 mintues, either. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/9 "2005-05-20T03:00:09Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Seriously, though, who the hell would have the nads to wear one of those shirts anyway? I would. Lots of people have/would. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/10 "2005-05-20T03:14:14Z")
> [@Silver Fire](#): > > I would. Lots of people have/would. I’ve never been one to draw attention to myself in public, so I’d have to pass on most of the shirts on that site. I’ve had friends who’d wear them just to get someone to challenge them over it. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/11 "2005-05-20T03:41:33Z")
The thing about tshirt slogans is that they’re only funny once. Personally, I applaud the guy getting rid of the tasteless ones. Doing things just to shock and provoke for no good reason seems pretty stupid to me. Plus, it’s his business. You gotta go with your heart. (And before the accusation takes wing, no, I’m not a “politically correct” sort of person. But neither do I couch rudeness by saying I’m “un-PC”.) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/12 "2005-05-20T04:42:06Z")
> [@DarkPrince](#): > > Bet he got a new advertiser or is planning on selling his shirts in Hot Topic or something and they required him to remove the really offensive ones before they signed. That’s possible, although: a) He denies this: > [@](#): > > For the record, there were no outside influences. There was no lawsuit. I wasn’t visited in the middle of the night by The Nation of Islam, and my girlfriend did not give birth to a gay, black, autistic baby. > > There was no desire to go “mainstream” to pick up endorsements or advertising. There will not be a T-Shirt Hell ride at Disneyworld, and we are not going to sponsor Ashley Simpson’s next tour. Her next anal gangbang video maybe, but not her tour. and b) He still has the old [Worse Than Hell](http://www.tshirthell.com/wth.htm) designs on his website. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@Dr.Kenneth\_Noisewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Kenneth_Noisewater)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/13 "2005-05-20T07:41:16Z")
Dammit. I thought you were pitting tshirthell for being entirely unfunny, what with it having as many laughs in it as a Mad TV boxed set. sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2005, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/14 "2005-05-20T08:44:26Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Damn! And I wanted one of those fine shirts, too. > Seriously, though, who the hell would have the nads to wear one of those shirts anyway? Me. ---
**Author:** ![klintypooh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3da27b/32.png) [@klintypooh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klintypooh)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/15 "2005-05-22T14:00:01Z")
What a bastard piece of timing. I went to the site yesterday to but a t-shirt and couldn’t find the ‘Worse than hell’ section and thought I was going mad. ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/16 "2005-05-23T12:55:00Z")
I am not sure if it is from the “Worse than Hell”-section, but I wear my T-shirt Hell shirt with pride. It has a big marihuana-leaf on it with the text “I help fund international terrorism”. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tshirt-hell-to-the-pit/304639/17 "2005-05-23T15:34:41Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Damn! And I wanted one of those fine shirts, too. > Seriously, though, who the hell would have the nads to wear one of those shirts anyway? I feel daring when I wear my “Your favorite band sucks” T-shirt (from The Onion) out in public. So I’m sure that \*\*all \*\* of the Worse Than Hell T-shirts would be too extreme for me.