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by Nathan Griffin   
I'm guessing the number of guys who would wear this shirt are pretty low but it's my hope that there are enough girls voting to make a difference.

There's no reason that threadless should ONLY print unisex shirts.

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cambert
cambert on Nov 16 '05
Not sure how many women are going to like what you're saying about them either.
pendz
pendz on Nov 16 '05
Yeh I think it seems like its aimed more at men because youre saying women only have money on the mind when they're meeting a new bloke. The only girly part is the heart and it wouldn't bother me wearing a heart on a T shirt. I really like it.
SemantiTheft
SemantiTheft on Nov 16 '05
Not wild about the dollar signs, but being married to an engineer, the rest of it strikes a chord with me!
Geoff G
Geoff G on Nov 16 '05
the whole gold-digger thing is starting to get on my nerves.
fyirie
fyirie on Nov 16 '05
Being a female engineer, the $$$ make me sad. Men are smart and women are only interested in money? (Which they can't make themselves?) I like the style and I think this has real potential, but I'm going to have to give it a 1 just because I disagree with the message so much. Please keep trying though!
plans
plans on Nov 16 '05
When I saw this I knew right away it was yours. 5'ed it of course! :)
steve_swartz
steve_swartz on Nov 17 '05
i thought this picture was a metaphor for the girls who hang around tech companies and want to score a young, rich, naive guy. The boy sees friend and talks wire. The girl sees money and talks love. And somehow it all works out, for the moment....

Frightening image. Would never wear in a million years.
ciani
ciani on Nov 17 '05
Dude holy crap. You think women want to promote the dumbass notion that women are all gold diggers? I'm really starting to get annoyed at the depiction of women on threadless submission forum. At least Threadless itself is smart enough not to print this stuff.
stillusio
stillusio on Nov 17 '05
I love the style. It's cute and retro. It's such a shame that it's wasted on the message that all women are gold-diggers after rich engineers.

It staggers me that you think women would actually want to wear this too. Why would I want to promote the idea that I'm a brainless, gold-digging chick who can't earn her own living?
capitallust
capitallust on Nov 17 '05
I love it. Period.
blandford
blandford on Nov 17 '05
you expect women to like this?
wow.
Rahna
Rahna on Nov 17 '05
Um... don't count on the ladies to tip the scales for you on this one. I think it's pretty damn insulting. No points from me.
Nathan Griffin
   Nathan Griffin on Nov 17 '05
I'll post my response here as well as in the blog.

To everyone who finds this insulting, I appologize. It wasn't my intention at ALL to make women appear as "gold diggers." My intentions for the design (which obviously didn't work too well) were to play off the cliches that we all too often hear about. Women being the loving ones (and yes.. who like money to come along with their men) and men to think about useless things (ie. the gears grinding away while he talks nonsense).

It's obviously caused quite a stir here on threadless and it came quite unexpectedly. When I finished the design, I thought it was cute, not disrepectful.

So again. I appologize.
Perudoesitbetterthanu
   Perudoesitbetterthanu on Nov 17 '05
i think its funny!! ppl should get a sense of humor...
asher27
asher27 on Nov 17 '05
funny how i submitted a similar gold digger message about a little under 2 hours before you on the same day.

i love coincidences.

just to help you out (defending your idea), the reason why i also did a 'goldigger' themed shirt was because in many relationships i have seen and/or been in with, money seems to buy love... the guy wants his girl to love him more, so he buys her all sorts of fancy things to hope that she wont stray away to a better guy... while the girl (most of us in one point or another in our lives) stayed just a bit longer for more lovely gifts... i was only making a shirt of things ive seen, and im sure its the same way for you too.

the goldigger thing goes both ways, but women (from what ive seen) seem to be better at taking advantage of it. after all, my parents want me to marry a rich doctor or lawyer (haha... never!)...

by the way, im a girl myself.
bobfrompikecreek
bobfrompikecreek on Nov 17 '05
I'd wear this just to make feminists cry.
pre-heated-death
pre-heated-death on Nov 18 '05
....I think it's as much a hit to the guys -- saying they're machines and all. I'm a girl, and a feminist, and I'm kinda hurt to see the way the male is portrayed as well. Men have feelings, too! They're not machines!

...Or... something. I like the style, it just seems like there's a bit too much.
Vlasciar
Vlasciar on Nov 18 '05
great simple but effective design! 5$
Schlaave
Schlaave on Nov 19 '05
Whatever the message - great artwork
handy smurf
handy smurf on Nov 20 '05
I love the design, just one change though. Could you switch the thoughts and let the man be the gold digger?
impossiblelove
impossiblelove on Nov 20 '05
i love the style, but i wish the message could be more positive. could we count on optimist votes instead of women votes?
samuraikiss
samuraikiss on Nov 21 '05
I love the style.

BUT I HATE THE MESSAGE.

Try again.
daemonwolf
daemonwolf on Nov 21 '05
Nice style, terrible message. It's not clear that it's playing off of an old stereotype, it just seems like you're stating that women are gold diggers mooching off of intelligent men. No thanks.
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