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Quadruple_Tree aka Paul Spaeth is a 21.59 year old boy, has been a member since November 8, 2005, has scored 2101 submissions, giving an average score of 3.01.
  Nov 17 '05 by Quadruple_Tree        31 Comments        Watch this      Share:  Share on facebook    Share on delicious    Share on digg    Share on MySpace    Tweet this    Stumble this    Share this on Kaboodle   
Why a did we make the same shirt twice
I am of couse referring to Walk Instead and Take a Hike (http://www.threadless.com/product/252/Take_A_Hike). Do we really need two shirts with trail map shaped as objects telling us to go outside and walk. Now I know that alot of you are going to say the ascetics are completely differnt and that is pretty much true but do we really need two shirts that say the same exact thing. Not saying that either shirt is a bad shirt it's just that there plenty of other good designs that didn't get printed that had nothing to do with shirts that were printed in the past. Anyway I just had to get that off my chest sorry if I offended anyone (which I'm sure I did).

Oh and if someone wants to explain to me what made Walk Instead signifigantly diffrerent from Take a Hike then let me know.

Stevethegreat
Stevethegreat on Nov 17 '05 at 3:14pm
yes, we do need both
*whsper* don't ask too many questions or they'll shoot us both *end whisper*
d3d
   d3d on Nov 17 '05 at 3:15pm
yeah i kinda wondered that myself
catdogpigduck
   catdogpigduck on Nov 17 '05 at 3:16pm
"Do we really need two shirts with trail map shaped as objects telling us to go outside and walk."

We? Leave me out of this
travis76
   travis76 on Nov 17 '05 at 3:22pm
ha ha! someone says what i've been afraid to say!


...because moss did it, that's why.
Skipper6745
   Skipper6745 on Nov 17 '05 at 3:24pm
Wow, do we all think alike or what?
cement_shoes
cement_shoes on Nov 17 '05 at 3:28pm
Why not? I like it. I'd buy it. You don't like it. Don't buy it.
gerpander
gerpander on Nov 17 '05 at 3:33pm
Because Ross loves Moss.
velvetsamurai
velvetsamurai on Nov 17 '05 at 3:36pm
i am with cement shoes.

and they are totally different, take a hike uses the dotted hiking trail and elevation lines, and walk instead uses road and interstate lines. Not to mention color schemes are different. Besides there's like a million robot shirts. let the nature nuts have two.

just be happy that its a good, unfied design which people will enjoy.
tesko
   tesko on Nov 17 '05 at 4:21pm
The best thing about Take A Walk is it looks like a British map, booyaa! Feeling unusualy patriotic tonight.
jublin
   jublin on Nov 17 '05 at 4:24pm
you could say the same about all of the anthropormorphic food shirts like "We're Toast" and "Mmm Oranges". I'm not too keen on those ones. At least these two are really well illustrated.
MoniqueH
MoniqueH on Nov 17 '05 at 4:27pm
Why do we need more than one shirt? Who cares as long as you don't smell bad, right?
OlliRudi
   OlliRudi on Nov 17 '05 at 4:33pm
if they ever reprint this on something else than natural, i'm buying it. even if i already have follow it.
NakedNoMore
NakedNoMore on Nov 17 '05 at 4:53pm
ha i like your profile.
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Luke_andrews
Luke_andrews on Nov 20 '05 at 6:18pm
I have BOTH so there. They are toatally different in their own two ways.

Luke
Piperdown
Piperdown on Nov 20 '05 at 6:29pm
Plus, Take a hike, despite it's title also advocates cycling, while Walk Instead does not. Therefore different.
loserbeech
loserbeech on Nov 20 '05 at 7:00pm
Also, Take a Hike was a huge seller. Makes good business sense.
littlem
littlem on Nov 20 '05 at 7:01pm
Printing similar concepts is the new Black.
sixwhitelies
sixwhitelies on Nov 20 '05 at 7:04pm
Because I like Walk Instead better :X
ChaosWhistler
ChaosWhistler on Nov 20 '05 at 7:51pm
They're pretty different.
franx
   franx on Nov 20 '05 at 7:58pm
it reminds me more of this:

http://www.threadless.com/product/103/Follow_It

then it does of take a hike.
it got a very high score if i remember correctly.
ChaosWhistler
ChaosWhistler on Nov 20 '05 at 8:04pm
It got a 2.48.
amandine
amandine on Nov 20 '05 at 8:07pm
Yeah, I sort of agree.
With Fallow It and Take a Hike (my favorite) already printed, did we really need another 'trail/map-in-the-shape-of-___' shirt? I would have said no, I dig a lot of Moss's designs but this one feels repetitive.
amandine
amandine on Nov 20 '05 at 8:08pm
er, make that 'Follow It'
franx
   franx on Nov 20 '05 at 10:29pm
it got a 3.15 not 2.48

http://www.threadless.com/submission/53935/Walk_Instead
Pistola
Pistola on Nov 20 '05 at 11:08pm
I own Follow It, Take a Hike, Take a Walk, and another non threadless shirt with a map showing the depths of a lake. I guess I just really dig maps.
ChaosWhistler
ChaosWhistler on Nov 20 '05 at 11:14pm
I was talking about Follow It, Franx. :p
PatShat
PatShat on Nov 20 '05 at 11:20pm
the better question is why does threadless print on natural/creme shirts? YUK!
scoutti
   scoutti on Nov 20 '05 at 11:21pm
because when nicely done, natural/creme shirts can look amazing!
scoutti
   scoutti on Nov 20 '05 at 11:22pm
say,
http://www.threadless.com/product/330/Real_Men_Hunt_Deer_With_Swords

me like :)
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apaperweight
apaperweight on Dec 06 '05 at 4:03pm
i think it's funny that all the large sizes are all that's left. i suppose those are the people who don't like to walk. but perhaps we should all think of a fat friend and buy them the shirt as a hint. then, when they're all sold out of the large ones, they can reprint small ones and the friend who loses weight can get a new one.
msm
msm on Dec 07 '05 at 12:59pm
walk instead is superb ... I don't intend to buy it because I am pretty picky about what I wear and I don't want to wear a pair of sneakers on a natural colored tee because I might look a little tree-huggeresque ... but I love the deisgn ... how hilarious is it the way he plays the association game with the word 'walk' all over the tee? that rocks
macster
macster on Dec 07 '05 at 1:07pm
theyre both cool designs, that is enough, the end
narcissus_poeticus
narcissus_poeticus on Dec 07 '05 at 2:10pm
i bought walk instead and upon receiving it i fell even more in love with it.

i mean, take a hike is cute, but Walk Instead has all these little synonyms for walking all over it. and sneakers are great. and it is my first natural coloured shirt.

well yeah, so i love it. personally, aside from the map-ness, i think after looking at each design, they're very different.

we've had quite a few piratey designs as well as octopus/squids. but besides theme, i'd say the designs have been quite different visually.
Mad Madam Moo
Mad Madam Moo on Dec 07 '05 at 2:17pm
I love the earthy shirts. They give us a break fromthe ever-present mobid overtones of most of Threadless shirts. I love morbid stuff, but I take it forever.
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rizdy
rizdy on Jul 07 '07 at 11:28am
Relax people - the designs are really different and will appeal to different tastes. Its funny how quick people are to criticize.
plastic taxi cab?
plastic taxi cab? on Jul 07 '07 at 11:33am
why would you bump this?
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