Make Friends More Easily With Funny T-Shirts

Meeting people isn’t easy for anyone. We all have problems making a connection and engaging a stranger for more than a few short moments. You never know when your next great friend is walking by, so it can be difficult to know who to engage and who to let walk on by. When you wear funny t-shirts, however, you no longer have to make that decision.

When you throw one of these funny t-shirts onto your back, you have a duel affect on people who see and read it. It can draw people towards you and push people back with equal force. The good news is that the people it draws in are likely the ones you wanted to speak to anyway, and the people it pushes away are very likely not.

Humor is an instant bond between two people. The great thing about humor is that it is extremely subjective. There are many people who will completely shun some jokes while laughing to tears at others. Because of this, it is typical that a commonality in humor means a commonality in other areas. People who find certain things funny are very likely to enjoy the company of others who find the same things funny. It’s a simple law of attraction.

The shirt you’re wearing can also serve as a means of pushing away the people you wouldn’t really care to talk with anyway. The great thing about wearing funny t-shirts is that you are also wearing a piece of your own personality on your chest. You are broadcasting enough of yourself that others can get a small sample of what you’re like. If they dig it, you can make a new friend. If they don’t, then you really didn’t want to hang out with that person anyway.

Your sense of humor is one thing that makes you who you really are. When you put on your funny t-shirts, you are effortlessly retelling a joke that you love to everyone who can see it. The people who laugh are the kind of people you want around you and the people who don’t are not the kind of people you want to spend time with. Funny t-shirts make the introduction much smoother. With a funny t-shirt, you know who your friends are before you ever know their name.

Don’t Shoot Officer, I’m White!

If you were to ask me what it is that makes a funny t-shirt, my answer would be pretty simple. Does the t-shirt make people laugh? Bingo, you’ve got a funny t-shirt on your hands. However, if you were to ask me what makes a great funny t-shirt then my answer would be slightly different. We’ve already established that the t-shirt makes people laugh, but does the t-shirt say something? I know the stupid thing has words on it, but does it deal with social issues? Does it make the viewer laugh…and then think?

That’s exactly what our t-shirt of the month does. This t-shirt is titled, “Don’t Shoot Officer, I’m White” and can be found here for purchase at a website called www.foulmouthshirts.com. These guys are notorious for pushing the envelope, even when it isn’t in their best interest to do so. They make offensive and funny t-shirts no matter whose feathers they decide to ruffle, and I have crazy amounts of respect for them because of that.

This t-shirt they released is no exception. It does everything a great funny t-shirt should because it invokes an immediate laugh and then the social commentary of the shirt sinks in and you realize that there is something much deeper going on here. There is a social stigma that the police profile blacks over whites when it comes to enforcing the law, and this t-shirt throws that stigma in the face of anyone who sees it. This shirt tells us that it shouldn’t be normal for the black population of America to be looked at with any more disdain than any other race. Making a joke out of the issue lessens the impact of such a statement so that it is much easier to take. If the medicine is taken with a smile, it tastes a lot less bitter going down.

The design is spare and the use of color quite absent. I think this aids in the deliver of the joke because the viewer doesn’t get too distracted by flashy print or bright colors. The words are given with a starkness that emphasizes the severity of the message.

Because this t-shirt has gotten me involved with some really excellent conversation with complete strangers, the daring nature of this t-shirt, and the fact that it’s gotten a belly laugh every time I’ve worn it out in public; this t-shirt is getting honored with the T-Shirt of the Week Award from me…as if anything I think or write really matters that much. YET!

Don't Shoot Officer, I'm White!