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The ‘I Had Potential’ Shirt: A Physics Diagram That Argues With Its Own Caption
The shirt reads I HAD POTENTIAL in white capitals across the chest. Beneath the words, a white curved ramp descends […]
The ‘Let’s Root For Each Other’ Shirt: The Pun Is in the Soil, Not the Slogan
Four root vegetables sit in a row, smiling. A carrot, a radish, a beet, and an onion, each with its […]
The 30-Year Difference Between Renting a One-Bedroom and Buying a Starter Home on $60,000
Clara Roades here. The rent-versus-buy question usually gets settled with a bad comparison: one month’s rent against one month’s mortgage […]
The Large, Bold, Lowercase ‘meh.’ Shirt: When the Typography Argues With the Word
Editorial note: This publication and Quirky Cotton Collective share an owner. The shirt shows four letters and a period: meh. […]
The ‘Not Friendly Do Not Touch’ Shirt: A Boundary Written in Warning-Sign Grammar
The shirt reads NOT FRIENDLY DO NOT TOUCH in the flat, capitalized lettering of a public warning sign. Above the […]
The Very Small Lowercase ‘meh.’ Shirt: Why the Scale of the Lettering Is the Whole Argument
On a dark shirt, centered, in lowercase, sits the word meh. — and it is very small. That is the […]
The 40-Year Cost of a 1% Advisor Fee vs. a 0.15% Index Fund Fee on $500,000
Start with the same $500,000, the same gross return, and the same 40-year horizon. The only difference between the two […]
The Composition Notebook Shirt: A Costume That Argues With the Word ‘Composition’
The first thing I notice on the Composition Notebook Costume Teacher Group Halloween shirt is not the ghost. It is […]
The ‘I Had Potential’ Shirt: A Physics Diagram That Argues With Its Own Caption
Across the top of the shirt, in white capital letters, sit three words: I HAD POTENTIAL. Below them is a […]
The ‘Let’s Root For Each Other’ Shirt: Two Meanings of Rooting, and the One the Artwork Actually Argues For
Four root vegetables sit in a row, each with a face: a carrot, a radish, a beet, and an onion. […]