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May 18, 2017 - Sargon of Akkad - Carl Benjamin
06:22
T-Shirt Competition Winner - 5th Place
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So the t-shirt competition is over and I have all of the designs and I've picked winners.
But I've got to say, I am a fucking idiot.
I didn't even think this through, right?
So A, I didn't realize how many entries I was going to get.
That just is a staggering amount.
And B, I didn't think that I couldn't really show everyone all of the entries without ruining the surprise of the t-shirts that I release.
So I can't do that.
It's because I'm an idiot.
So what I'm going to do is I'm going to release t-shirts in batches.
So I'm going to pick the fifth place winner and then release the fifth place winner and two other people who didn't win but still had really good designs that I thought looked great on t-shirts.
And I'll have that on for a week, and then I'll do another, the fourth place, then the third place, and the second and the first.
So yeah, sorry to anyone whose stuff I don't end up featuring, but I, oh, I'm an idiot.
I didn't think it through.
Anyway, so I've got some really cool designs that I really like, actually.
So I really like this caricature bust of Sargon.
I really like the expression.
I really like the art style.
It's just really nice, in my opinion.
And I thought it looked quite good on various different colors.
I can only put five colours on each t-shirt.
So I just chose colours that looked inoffensive, broadly.
But you can get it on t-shirt and on a hoodie.
The colours are actually different for each different product.
And for some reason, they're not actually consistent between products.
For example, that's the red on the t-shirt.
And that's the red on the hoodie.
And it's a slightly lighter red.
I don't know why.
And there's nothing I can do about it.
And I can only put five colours on the storefront thing.
So, yeah.
The t-shirts are...
I've done everything in dollars.
But it automatically converts it to pounds, as you can see on the side, or the local currency of your choice.
So it's $20 or £15.48.
I didn't set that myself.
So this shirt was done by Perry Lowe.
And as you can see, there are links to any of the artists' pages.
So you can go and check out any more of their work if you'd like to.
So the second one I thought was like more of a normie shirt.
This one isn't obviously branded for me.
And I thought this, so you could, if you wanted, essentially fly under the radar.
Because I figured there are probably going to be times and places where there will be a large group of people who probably hate me and see me as Satan.
So if you happen to want to wear one of my t-shirts and still not get your ass kicked, you can say, well, this is historical.
It's actually not about contemporary politics.
Thank you very much.
I quite like this one because it was quite low-key, and I like the design a lot as well.
Normies aren't going to know what the t-shirt's about.
They're probably going to think this is a historical thing, which it obviously is.
But it's also a contemporary political thing.
And they're not going to know what it says.
And so they're not going to see freedom of speech, critical thinking, rationality, and liberal values, which is apparently the translation of the cuneiform.
According to Robbie Cutt, who is the chap who designed it.
He doesn't have an artist page or anything, so I just left your name on there, Robbie.
But yeah, apparently he put them into a Sumerian translator online.
And that's how he got them.
So good enough for me.
But yeah, I really liked it.
I still looked quite good.
It looked good on really light or really dark.
And Jesus Christ, that is the worst colour I've ever seen.
Why did I pick Sunshine Yellow?
Okay, well, I guess if you want to troll me, choose this colour.
And again, with the hoodie, the colours just, they're different.
So I decided to put a pink one on there.
If anyone ever, at some point this year, I'll be coming over to America.
If anyone approaches me in this pink hoodie, I will shake your hand.
Fucking bright pink hoodie with my logos on it.
God.
Yeah, I mean, I would probably choose that one, but that's because I'm a complete pussy, to be honest.
So, this is the one that I chose as the winner.
This is the Meme Jihad Now one, done by Philippe.
Fuck you, Poland!
I can't pronounce that surname.
Philip, what am I supposed to do about that?
How am I supposed to pronounce that?
fucking terrible anyway now this this is um only available in black because obviously it's meant to represent look like an isis flag But the great thing about this as well is that I don't think people are going to be able to read it and they're not going to have any idea what meme jihad now means, and so they're basically going to think that you're you're showing solidarity to uh, the poor oppressed people in the Middle East who are currently fighting Assad.
I mean you, you've got a hell of a hell of a great line you can spin with this one.
I think it's really nice and elegant and it looks.
It looks cool as fuck.
I really like it.
Um obviously, you can get a hoodie with that, and on the winning design, I thought i'd do mugs as well.
Uh, just because why the fuck not, I don't know, but uh yeah, it looks pretty cool as well.
I don't know whether the handle on the cup is white or not, or whether it's just this sort of generator that shows the thing I thought i'd do.
Stick with this one as well, because it's a message as well.
So if you wanted to um, spread the meme jihad, then you could do, and you could do it any way you like.
Anyway, the store.
The these shirts will, and mugs and whatnot will be available for one week and then the time will expire and you'll no longer be able to purchase them and I don't think i'll be repeating them uh, certainly not for a good long while anyway, because i've got so many designs to go through.
If i'm going to do like new t-shirts and stuff I, i'm going to go through all the designs, um.
So yeah, they'll be available for one week and in a week's time I will do the fourth place entry and a couple of others who didn't win but were also still very good.
And obviously all of these are available in women's t-shirts, probably because i'm some sort of giant sexist.
So if you've got any internalized misogyny ladies, and you would like to participate in the meme jihad, you go ahead.
I'm completely behind your efforts to get yourselves branded as an enemy of feminism.
Anyway, the link's in the description.
Thanks for watching, everyone.
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