# What the f\*\*\* is up with this t-shirt? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027 "2015-11-30T13:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/21 "2015-11-30T14:46:17Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Why would you think it refers to Chanel No. 5? Is there anything specific that suggests this? The shirt is a clear reference to the [logo.](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/57/5f/a2/575fa265fbb709c302bca18b59083930.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/22 "2015-11-30T14:46:58Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Why would you think it refers to Chanel No. 5? Is there anything specific that suggests this? The “No.” symbol that you yourself pointed out less than half an hour ago. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/23 "2015-11-30T14:55:15Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Exactly. It’s supposed to look like the [No. 5 logo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanel_No._5#/media/File:CHANEL_No5_parfum.jpg). (They got the font wrong, but the “No” is still pretty distinctive). It is supposed to be that the wearer thinks that they’re above fashion, nothing to do with the city itself - just the industry. > > It’s a huge jump from that shirt to the Paris attacks. And again, _that’s why I asked_. I felt there must be a meaning that I wasn’t getting and apparently there is. I’m fully aware of Chanel, and Paris couture and I think the shirt is just. . . stupid. The wearer is trying to be cool by \*wearing \*something that states that they don’t care about cool fashion :dubious: But that’s beside the point. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/24 "2015-11-30T14:57:33Z")
Even with the Paris attacks, this outrage is totally misplaced. It’s like getting enraged at a “fuck Wall Street” bumper sticker after 9/11. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/25 "2015-11-30T15:00:06Z")
I agree that it’s a stupid shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/26 "2015-11-30T15:00:16Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Anyway, I am about the most unoffendable, sometimes downright un PC person I know. That’s weird, since you’re clearly really straining to make a connection here that has no basis in anything just so that you can feel offended. Like the initial respondents, I had no clue what you were on about just reading the OP and looking at the shirt until I read the analysis as people attempted to explain the basis of your over-the-top response, as well as what the shirt actually means. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/27 "2015-11-30T15:00:19Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Even with the Paris attacks, this outrage is totally misplaced. > > It’s like getting enraged at a “fuck Wall Street” bumper sticker after 9/11. Tru dat, but if I owned that tee, I’d still put it at the bottom of my drawer for a few months. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/28 "2015-11-30T15:02:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **WOOKINPANUB** : > > Also, when the hell did people start pretending they don’t care about fashion (in a clothing store, no less)? Probably since the time that the first three cavewomen started wearing animal skins. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/29 "2015-11-30T15:03:39Z")
No. Actually, that IS the point. As in, No one cares about your stupid designer labels Paris! The timing is a coincidence, and it’s unfortunate that it’s still on the shelves, I agree. But surely you can understand if it was delivered to the store weeks ago, and has been on the shelf since, why the retailer might fail to make the connection that you leapt to? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/30 "2015-11-30T15:10:42Z")
> [@WF\_Tomba](#): > > The “No.” symbol that you yourself pointed out less than half an hour ago. But that doesn’t mean it’s associated with _CHanel No. 5_ So again, why do you think it is, especially as they didn’t match the font. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/31 "2015-11-30T15:14:47Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > But that doesn’t mean it’s associated with _CHanel No. 5_ > > So again, why do you think it is, especially as they didn’t match the font. … you can’t possibly be serious. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/32 "2015-11-30T15:16:59Z")
It was obviously a Chanel #5 joke within 1 second of looking at it. Come on … it’s in your face. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/33 "2015-11-30T15:18:27Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > But that doesn’t mean it’s associated with _CHanel No. 5_ > > So again, why do you think it is, especially as they didn’t match the font. This is a whoosh right? You are just trying to top the stupidity of the OP right? You cannot possibly be serious. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/34 "2015-11-30T15:20:09Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Even with the Paris attacks, this outrage is totally misplaced. > > It’s like getting enraged at a “fuck Wall Street” bumper sticker after 9/11. Not enraged now, and as I explained, was over any “rage” at the time of starting the thread. Jeez, am I in the Twilight Zone? People here are constantly pounding the PC drum and no one says a word. I asked a simple question and somehow the hounds were released. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/35 "2015-11-30T15:23:52Z")
You must be new here. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/36 "2015-11-30T15:25:06Z")
What are you talking about? Everyone is simply offering you their perspectives on what you are seeing vs what they are seeing. Which is what you said you wanted! Please go reread your OP and then explain how anyone was to think you were anything but enraged. Sheesh, you should try a little harder to be clear, in future I think. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/37 "2015-11-30T15:28:02Z")
You even used seven cartoon faces in your OP to register the emotional roller coaster ride that shirt put you through. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/38 "2015-11-30T15:29:13Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Not enraged now, and as I explained, was over any “rage” at the time of starting the thread. > > Jeez, am I in the Twilight Zone? People here are constantly pounding the PC drum and no one says a word. I asked a simple question and somehow the hounds were released. That’s for civilians. Misplace a comma or misuse a word and it’s Lord of the Flies time. Plus… come on what’s better than a good misunderstanding to mock and jape at. [WTF!!?? This is just a big bottle brush!! It’s gotta be!!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=250739) ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/39 "2015-11-30T15:35:57Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > … That’s slightly clever. It can be read as saying that nobody cares, or that you (Number 1) care. That’s right, because it’s very common to refer to oneself numerically, and in the third person, as I was remarking to Number 6 only this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027/40 "2015-11-30T15:58:54Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Not enraged now, and as I explained, was over any “rage” at the time of starting the thread. > > Jeez, am I in the Twilight Zone? People here are constantly pounding the PC drum and no one says a word. I asked a simple question and somehow the hounds were released. Sure, you were over it. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Over the weekend I saw [this tacky piece of shit](http://g04.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB1Y2gsIpXXXXaIXpXXq6xXFXXX2/NO-ONE-CARES-2015-Women-Tshirt-Funny-PARIS-COUTURE-Print-Cotton-Casual-Shirt-For-Top-Tee.jpg) and was surprised at the 😕 😕 😕:mad: :mad: :(☹ that washed over me. My first thought was to confront the store clerk but I knew that would be useless. Then I thought about writing a blistering letter to the store’s headquarters, though I doubt that would do anything either You were _all_ over it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-is-up-with-this-t-shirt/739027.md?page=3)