It said, "You're still here?!"
I loved that deep green t-shirt so much. Still feel bummed I donated it.
I was trying to be mature and dress my age. And I felt worried about hurting other people's feelings with it. (Ugh!!) The hell does it matter if I wear it in my own home.
I can't find it online or any images of it.
Mar 4, 2025
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I don't know if other people did this, but during the 2020 quarantine (and in the subsequent years when we didn't see many people) I stopped wearing my "cool" t-shirts. The ones with art prints on them, my favorite band tees, etc. Subconsciously, I figured, "If nobody is going to be able to see or appreciate them, why wear them out? I might as well wait until we start socializing again."
So instead of those, I mainly wore a bunch of plain white t-shirts. One in particular fell apart more quickly than the rest. The neck started stretching out and fraying and a couple of pinholes opened up on the front. Food stains accumulated from countless meals we cooked over the past few years... It slowly became a beautiful dissolving tapestry.
Now I find myself gravitating toward that particular ratty shirt because it has become a symbol of perseverance through an unfathomable time. Since I started wearing it, a pandemic happened, I became a dad, loved ones were lost, new friends were made, a boat got stuck in the Suez Canal, I made a significant body of artwork, we watched the Sopranos for the first time, jobs changed, we watched Community for the 4th time, and I witnessed the best and the worst of humanity at extremes that I had never witnessed in my life prior. Anyway, I think it's made by Hanes.
Sad Update: The shirt may have ended up in the throwaway pile during a recent drawer clean out. A lesson in the consequences of becoming attached to worldly possessions, the impermanence of everything, entropy, et al. Pictured instead are two other surviving shirts from the same multi-pack. They have both lived equally storied lives, so they deserve to be held in the same regard and shall also be worn until ragged!
Apr 9, 2024
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I bought this tank top when I was 17 and wore it, much to the dismay of my hyper religious community. As a male, my clothing wasnt policed to the level it was for women and girls in the church, but wearing that tank top brought me a bit of ire from leaders and โfriendsโ. It was an important decision in a long line of decisions that would lead to my leaving that church. These days its a bit beat and tired and a little too small but itโs really the only shirt that has any sentimentality to me.
Mar 27, 2025
Itโs an oversized grey t shirt with a bunch of cats printed on it in (see the grainy af photo).
At this point, a new hole opens up with each wash but I just sew them closed bc I am stubborn and my grandmother is no longer here to give me some of her cool thrift finds.
I will be buried/cremated/whatever I decide in this shirt.
Dec 17, 2024
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