petethepanda
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No reason for him to stop doing it as long as people keep buying the things, I guess.
Inexplicable Internet Genius Dan Ryckert
Inexplicable Internet Genius Dan Ryckert
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Giant Bomb #19 | Patrick Wins 2-1
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Do we have a Brad "You're fucking crazy" count from goty?
Brad 'you know' Shoemaker is a king of verbal ticks.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Sleeping Lesson
Member
I'm not opposed to buying a stupid Dan shirt, but they're all so terrible looking.
Nah, when dealing with a mind like Dan's, you take the good with the bad
I like listening to Brad speak because of his phrasing and use of vocabulary.
Incandenza
Banned
Listen, it's a whole thing.
stump sock
Member
in all fairness, this one is orders of magnitude less shitty than that last one
Salty Catfish
Member
How many has he made? I can remember the Patrick one and then this one but I feel like there was at least one other one in between.
Didn't you see?!? It's a limited edition, man!!!
Twin Tails
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Internet History.
stump sock
Member
you might be right.
anyway, one of the 36 suckers who bought this thing better be getting it in safety orange for full stupidity
South Park was right the ads are evolving.
stump sock
Member
lol no man
I mean it's kind of novel in the "I've hit culinary rock bottom" way like Cici's Pizza or something but buy some Pepto while you're at it
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Look man, laissez faire capitalism. Deregulate wall street.
Twin Tails
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53 sold
Sleeping Lesson
Member
That's definitely true. I guess I am opposed to buying stupid Dan shirts after all.
There's also all his dumb wrestling shirts. I know he was working on some. Not sure if he put them out. Those at least have a decent reason to exist.
This shirt is by far his stupidest concept, almost gross in how stupid it is, but the shirt design is leagues better than that awful Armageddan shirt.
stump sock
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the absolute WORST part of the sham fucking dumpster food of Panda Express is that it's not any cheaper than just going to any other chinese place
nckillthegrimace
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A superb point.
Salty Catfish
Member
fucking hell. I was briefly encouraged when it kept saying it only needed to sell 3 to hit the goal but that's ridiculous.
Every time I get a large a la carte of orange chicken they have to ask me if I'm okay with spending 10 bones on fast food.
The difference is that at Panda Express I'm only ordering $8 of Chinese food. If I'm getting food at a real Chinese restaurant I'm ordering $30 worth of food and pretending that it's for more than one person.
And then I pretend that I'll have leftovers but I'm just going to eat it all at once.
stump sock
Member
they have such authentic dishes as Firecracker Chicken Breast and Shanghai Angus Steak
they're pretty obscure so you'd be forgiven for not having heard of them before
Are their egg rolls at least not terrible? Every so often, I really want a couple egg rolls and I don't wanna go to my local Chinese place just to order a couple egg rolls. Because I'll end up also buying an order of Szechuan chicken and some fried rice and some lo mein and teriyaki chicken and cry while I stuff my face and gain 20 pounds.
I just imagine someone buying all his shirts and then 40 years later their grandkids find them in a box in an attic. Imagine trying to explain the concept of Dan Ryckert 40 years from now.
Twin Tails
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Or was the point of the periscope the shirt?
stump sock
Member
not sure, but if you've got a Pei Wei nearby their spring rolls are surprisingly decent
Well...this new Dan shirt is at least better designed than the last one, but I just can't in any way support this.
People are free to spend their money however they want, but at this point this feels like Dan just kinda trying to exploit his audience. Not in a fun "wrestling heel" way, but in a "this is kinda gross" way.
People are free to spend their money however they want, but at this point this feels like Dan just kinda trying to exploit his audience. Not in a fun "wrestling heel" way, but in a "this is kinda gross" way.
Is there a better or worse shirt?
Look man, you get the orange chicken and you stick it in your dumb mouth until you wake up and it's three days later.
skLaFarebear
Member
Dan's said multiple times that he won't make money on these shirts.
If anyone's benefiting, its Teespring.
stump sock
Member
if I call in some favors I can probably get a "Korean Girls React to Dan Ryckert" video series started
Honestly, I've kinda felt that way for a while. It's all been pretty icky to me.
Incandenza
Banned
I'd prefer "Dan Ryckert Reacts to Korean Girls" tbh
Well, Dan has said he's selling all these teespring shirts at-cost. If you believe him, and I see no reason really not to as of right now, then it stops being gross and just ends up being really super dumb. It does for me anyway.
If he was making money off this shit, then I might feel legitimately gross about it.
Until we find out Dan Ryckert is both a sponsored advertiser for Teespring and Taco Bell. It's all a plot to get us to back our corporate overlords with fun, 'down to earth' faces of advertising. Follow the money.
ShadowSwordmaster
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I can agree with this statement.
TharpDaddy
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I like chinese buffets. They're a guilty pleasure. Chinese food is the only food where even if it's garbage I like it.
I am paralyzed at the thought.
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