"First Comment!", "First Post!" or "First!" is an Internet phenomenon on Internet discussion groups (see Threadless, youtube etc.), where participants strive to be the first person to "post" a comment to a new article, design, vid or discussion thread. Lately it has developed into another word: "Ninja!"

ooohhh more ninjas, how original. I I cant remember the last time i saw a shirt about ninjas...

Thanks for the heads up... Mr. Idon'twannashowmyprofile

i wonder if ninja_bassist is happy she started a phenomenon and inspired a shirt.

haha love it! $5

lol, oh god, no!

made me laugh
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1752858
delve into the mind of a firster

I won't give credits to ninja_bassist. It's just a trend I witness. The first comment hype was already there. I just wanted to do a 'parody" on it. It's easier with the word ninja ^^

i don't like the design very much, but i thank you 'cause now i know what it means... ;)

Love your style, man.

Monkey III

i like the shirt.

can i be the first to tell you that i appreciate the fact that you comment on peoples stupid-assed comments. we'd be friends if we meet.

you can make fun of me for this pointless comment, but i will be ginvg this shirt a 5.

lol!

total ripoff of particleman.

:[ I would buy it cause I love inside jokes.

(im joking btw).

NOW I GET THE STUPID NINJA COMMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not sure if the idea is wide spread enough. I guess time will tell:)

i lke the drawings but not to keen on the subject matter

yes yup
Binnen hoeveel minuten heb je deze gefixt??

Damn it! You beat me to it! Oh well, this is awesome I've been waiting for this design, and yeah: awesome!

I think the design and execution are very cool

i would buy this.
where is ninja anyway?? i've not seen any posts for a while....

Because I obviously spend too much time on threadless, I'd buy this

I'd buy it real fast

wow im in love
like
really
yay you! 5$

don't encourage teh n00bs!

nice design

bananaphone on Jun 07 '07
total ripoff of particleman.


hahahha b-phone in full effect, but you did follow it up with a "j/k". Anyway, definitely like what you are doing with this one, love the styles too.

i want it so bad!

remins me of bananaphones print.

I like it but i don't like the font of NINJA.
Is it part of the design or not ?

RAD.

i don't think many people really understand how 'ninja' got started on threadless... on here, it totally started with ninja_bassist - he kept posting first comments on shirts... so when someone would actually beat him to it, they'd say "take that ninja" or something to that effect... and then it got shortened to just 'ninja'... now there's new people to threadless who just started saying in randomly without really realizing what it was all about.

anyway...

i wouldn't wear this, and i definitely wouldn't pay $17 for this.

This design is the way it is -- your approval isn't needed.

really NINJA ahhaa...

gruuuughhhhhhhhh

god - thank you amoania. the etymology of "ninja" was killing me!

love the shirt. ;) 5

OOOHHHH!! thats what ninja means. this is cute, but odd...3

I thought ninja was ment as to say the idea of the design was stole/already done and copied. Maybe I just played to much WoW, so I automaticly associate the word with stealing and being a fraud.. Gah.

Anyways, nice to finally know what it means.

On teepic: I think it's too narrow. You could wear this for a lifetime without anyone getting it, which would be kinda sad. Although I do have a tee saying "ARE YOU GAY!?" (in danish, though) which is also a very inside joke from a danish web-phenomenon, where a grandfather in a manga film questions his grandson's sexuality. For sure alot of people think I'm gay (which I'm actually not) when I wear it, but some times I've met some stranger who'd crack down laughing, telling me it's about the coolest tee he's ever seen (because he's one of the relatively few who's seen the film). I guess that's the draw of such inside joke tee - you won't have alot of people thinking it's cool, but when some one recognizes it - it's really awesome :D

hahahaha

ahh i adore this shirt.

on white! $5

GREAT $5

ummmm white ninja????

www.whiteninjacomics.com

amoania is right. -- That's how "ninja" comments got started.

It took me a while to decide wether or not to leave a comment. I was afraid that you all might throw stuff at me.

I like the way it looks like it's hand drawn. But you made me too fat :).

I'm sorry that this whole thing got so out of hand... Please forgive me.

love it best on that tan yellow buff color.

I like the change up of style, nice stuff

The "Ninja" comment only applies to Threadless, as Ninja Bassit was renownd for being the first to comment on most submissions.
Basically your shirt looks pretty cool and random, so thats all that matters, but your theory that ninja is replacing "first" over the net is a porky... unless of course you were joking in which case...

the whole ninja phenomenon makes me want to punch puppies or something horrible. ugh.

wow i finally get it!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
F\/C|

i want ittt LOL

Nice style. $5

nice execution but this is too much of an inside/Threadless joke.

Kind of weird that it appears the shirt's designer didn't realize where the "ninja" comment came from (as referenced by the crossed-out "pirate" etc). No big deal, but it would make more sense as a Threadless inside joke tee if you had other Threadless-only references. For instance, you could include a yeticorn, or tons of skulls, some cassette tapes, etc...just a thought. Or if you're going for an internet first-comment tag concept, check other forums for their standard first-comment remarks and include those as well. I hear there are MANY others out there. It would make an interesting shirt (some of them are damn funny), but might be outdated before it got printed. These things are so mutable and fluid, but that's the nature of the internet.

I knew where it came from -- that's pretty obvious.
I'm a blog dweller here.

Outdated? perhaps.
It's our zeitgeist.

why would you put that giant gross font on that shirt? it ruined it for me. no dollars.

It all makes sense now...lol.

whooaaa who spends too much time on threadless?

ninja's forever!

Kage bunshin no jutsu!

I honestly would buy it. $5

dont like the shirt
but now i finally get the ninja thing

i love it. 5$

Hm...
Is the ninja dude...Particleman?

butter! :l

I love that you used myspace. hahaha

1.75 yes!!!!!
I needed that...

Gast, jij maakt ook leuke dingen joh! Nederland represent!

Tibsnow on Jun 07 '07
ooohhh more ninjas, how original. I I cant remember the last time i saw a shirt about ninjas...
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obviously, this joker doesn't get the joke! :p

Like the shirt, but the distressed type is a little OTT.