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tblue37

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60. If it really is a random slogan generating computer program,

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 11:54 PM

Mar 2013

that would actually explain those shirt slogans that make no sense. The program picks a verb and then a noun or a pronoun that is supposed to be the direct object of the verb, but the verb doesn't fit logically or, in some cases grammatically, with the noun or pronoun that is meant to be its direct object.

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Company apologises for 'Keep Calm And Rape' T-shirts [View all] dipsydoodle Mar 2013 OP

WTH were they thinking? AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #1

1001001 $$ sofa king Mar 2013 #10

Forget about Amazon Scairp Mar 2013 #34

idiot people WILL buy it but this is a good reason to boycott Amazon wordpix Mar 2013 #53

This. RudynJack Mar 2013 #59

Your post mistakenly assumes they were thinking. (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2013 #13

You may be correct... AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #16

That is far too nice for these people GeoWilliam750 Mar 2013 #50

ne... AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #57

Looks like Joe "Girls Gone Wild" Francis has a new line of work Jumpin Jack Fletch Mar 2013 #2

The computer made them do it jsr Mar 2013 #3

Do65you hate it when that happens? LisaLynne Mar 2013 #7

"Boys will be boys" chervilant Mar 2013 #4

I misread your t-shirt . . . another_liberal Mar 2013 #5

MORE. WTF.... Amazon removes offensive 'Keep Calm and Hit Her' T-shirts.... Little Star Mar 2013 #6

Nothing to see here, huh. Business as usual. *sarcasm* freshwest Mar 2013 #22

They are missing one Scairp Mar 2013 #35

Solid Gold Bombs indeed Scairp Mar 2013 #40

If it really is a random slogan generating computer program, tblue37 Mar 2013 #60

Who was the moron that even thought of making that shirt? NewJeffCT Mar 2013 #8

probably one of R$'s takeover companies wordpix Mar 2013 #54

WTF?! Lucky Luciano Mar 2013 #9

As banal as it is unimaginative. Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #12

What's with the "Keep calm..." Crap? Branding? The new P.C. frontier? Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #11

Eh, overall it's just a parody of an old poster. Posteritatis Mar 2013 #14

I remember seeing such posters. They riffed on THAT? Eleanors38 Mar 2013 #24

One particular one, yeah Posteritatis Mar 2013 #26

On a trip to Seattle mimi85 Mar 2013 #30

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Calm_and_Carry_On (NT) reACTIONary Mar 2013 #58

Guess I'm just too old to get it RedstDem Mar 2013 #15

kicking for continued visibility niyad Mar 2013 #17

This falls under ARE YOU SERIOUS WTF iandhr Mar 2013 #18

If mercuryblues Mar 2013 #19

Well, it could STILL be computer generated, but only with the tblue37 Mar 2013 #61

I agree - some of them are just nonsense, which is expected if a computer was just petronius Mar 2013 #64

WTF? Solly Mack Mar 2013 #20

Representative of what has been acceptable behavior by men for hundreds of years.Why r u shocked? judesedit Mar 2013 #21

If they ever wind up in prison..maybe they'll get a taste of their own medicine. Hope they like it. judesedit Mar 2013 #23

Suggesting cate94 Mar 2013 #25

prison rape jokes are awful. please stop. bettyellen Mar 2013 #27

notorious human rights abuses BainsBane Mar 2013 #52

Well at least you would know where the wearer of the t-shirt stands... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #28

many here would argue it's satire, or edgy and we don't get it...... bettyellen Mar 2013 #29

Well, I'm sure the t-shirt makers are protected by the First Amendment. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #32

of course, I was commenting on how misogynistic humour is commonly defended here as "edgy" bettyellen Mar 2013 #39

Rape culture Texasgal Mar 2013 #51

Well, hopefully the imbeciles who are longing for a new issue Sheldon Cooper Mar 2013 #33

No need for creativity if you can be edgy. athenasatanjesus Mar 2013 #31

Domestic violence humor is "edgy" in some quarters of the Internet Prism Mar 2013 #36

What suprises me dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #37

They probably give suppliers initial benefit of the doubt Prism Mar 2013 #43

provoking gets confused too frequently with thought provoking...... bettyellen Mar 2013 #42

It's a fine line between provocative and ugly Prism Mar 2013 #44

Obviously offensive. BalancedGoat Mar 2013 #38

or you'd think they'd include "him" too, as being the butt of these weird jokes. bettyellen Mar 2013 #41

From the look of that listing dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #45

Well the links you posted did say that the company's headquarters are in the UK Revanchist Mar 2013 #46

Its a Worcester MA company. dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #47

Thanks for the correction, I was going by this line in your O.P. Revanchist Mar 2013 #48

The Mail's wording is wrong dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #49

But I read that it is controlled by a company in Oxford. nt tblue37 Mar 2013 #62

There are contradictory statements dipsydoodle Mar 2013 #63

Ugh... sakabatou Mar 2013 #55

Cowards. Their Contact Us page just has a copy of the lame kestrel91316 Mar 2013 #56

Not good enough!!!! Beacool Mar 2013 #65