I love how each line narrows down the people that can buy it, one by one
NEVER
UNDERESTIMATE AN OLD MAN
WHO IS ALSO AN
AIR FORCE VETERAN
AND WAS BORN IN
NOVEMBER
AND WHOSE FAVORITE
COLOR IS PURPLE
AND HAS BROKEN
HIS COLLAR BONE
WHEN HE WAS 13
AND ENJOYS
BLACK LICORICE
AND HAS NEVER
BEEN TO NEVADA
FUCK. You had the perfect christmas gift for my dad until the Nevada part.
pHScale ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 19:07:13 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
NEVER
UNDERESTIMATE AN OLD MAN
WHO IS ALSO AN
AIR FORCE VETERAN
AND WAS BORN IN
NOVEMBER
AND WHOSE FAVORITE
COLOR IS PURPLE
AND HAS BROKEN
HIS COLLAR BONE
WHEN HE WAS 13
AND ENJOYS
BLACK LICORICE
AND HAS NEVER
BEEN TO NEVADA
That's the shit I don't understand about this. Why have the month? Most of the shirts make more sense without them, and would sell to a larger group of people without having to make 12 different prints.
because if everything here applied to someone they would be more inclined to purchase it. they probably target this shirt at only people who were born in november.
Abshalom ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 03:08:55 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
It's like poetry, it rhymes.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:16:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Canโt help but read this in the movie trailer guyโs voice
I don't think a lot of these are necessarily astrology things. It's just the laziest form of targeted advertising. Facebook and whatnot will allow you to target your ads to people in specific demographics, including year of birth. So uncreative people can make 12 of the same shirt by slapping a stupid saying on it and following it was "and also I was born in [month]" then target each individual shirt to that particular birth month. Then some people see that and think "wow, this shirt is so perfect for me!"
With how many shirts in this sub are like, redneck guns 'n beer 'n freedom shirts, I can't imagine those people are much into astrology. They're just really easy to trick with "hey look it's your birth month!"
Nightmaru ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 07:11:53 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
It's usually uneducated people who are into astrology, soo...
msc0tt ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:13:26 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like pretty smart advertising to me.
Durzio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:48:10 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
AFAIK this T-shirt bullshit is a method of getting personal information. With all of the hacks in the last year, Scammer could potentially be holding tons of information and can easily use things like this to flesh out the profile to more easily steal your identity.
how does this allow them to get any information? they already have the information like ur birth month ..
dbx99 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:31:28 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
If someone starts talking about astrology, I assign a mental tag of โthis person is not all thereโ. Same with most conspiracy theories, flat earthers, Republicans who support Trump
I'm not sure you need to assume it's something neurological. Probably just different life experiences that have led them to be different from you, no matter how ridiculous those differences are
dbx99 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:21:03 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
i know, but i would think that always pointing to astrology, or almost always (at least when i get these damn ads) would make the t-shirts stupid to more people than...
nevermind. i think anyone who would buy this kind of t-shirt probably believes in astrology.
i will turn this comment rather into what my favourite targeted t-shirt read: "Never Underestimate a Lead Graphic Designer from Iceland who loves Neighbours and was born in February."
that is the australian soap opera neighbours. you are free to underestimate us.
What time of year you were born actually has an impact on your life. Not because of astrology, but because it determines how developed your brain is when you enter school and if you are bigger/older or smaller/younger compared to your peers. These differences shape personalities. It also determines what your birthdays are like and how you were able to celebrate - weather, are friends available, etc.
January, mainly because they do the brackets by year, so if you were born in November, a kid born in January will have almost 8 months of physical and mental development on you, which is a lot for a kid. This then causes a snowball where these kids seem to be the best because theyโre the biggest, which opens special opportunities to them at a young age, giving them far more advantages than the kid born in November, causing a huge gap in skills as the January kid was accepted in better programs and teams.
Also, may I ask how you came across this random comment from months ago?
i knew you were going to ask. followed a reddit rabbithole. somebody linked to /r/targetedshirts in another thread and i sorted by Top and this thread was one of the top ones.
I've really tried to underestimate this category, but you need a strategy if you're going to hunt down the old Air Force November veterans who can't be underestimated.
The first thing you need to do is isolate the November born Air Force veterans. So typically you need to look at birthday venues that are booked out for november. Something old Air Force veterans would like, Maybe like an air show scheduled for november.
Once you find the November Air Force veterans you need to isolate the old ones from this sub category. You can also disregard any of the old November born Air Force veterans who you'd probably underestimate with a range between 70-100% probability because those ones are probably ones you can underestimate.
From the remaining pool of old Air Force veteran guys, you should have a chance at not underestimating about half of those guys. Of course it's hard to get numbers because of the small sample size.
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Ashanmaril ยท 1814 points ยท Posted at 23:07:56 on December 17, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
I love how each line narrows down the people that can buy it, one by one
NEVER
UNDERESTIMATE AN OLD MAN
WHO IS ALSO AN
AIR FORCE VETERAN
AND WAS BORN IN
NOVEMBER
AND WHOSE FAVORITE
COLOR IS PURPLE
AND HAS BROKEN
HIS COLLAR BONE
WHEN HE WAS 13
AND ENJOYS
BLACK LICORICE
AND HAS NEVER
BEEN TO NEVADA
lurking_digger ยท 275 points ยท Posted at 23:14:02 on December 17, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Especially if redundant
yogi89 ยท 72 points ยท Posted at 01:02:33 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Big if true
Profoundpanda420 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:33:55 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
AND IS ALSO A FALL BABY
barnyardjohnny ยท 83 points ยท Posted at 19:11:57 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
FUCK. You had the perfect christmas gift for my dad until the Nevada part.
pHScale ยท 45 points ยท Posted at 19:07:13 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
They could've just as easily written
austinbro217 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 07:52:48 on December 19, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
That's the shit I don't understand about this. Why have the month? Most of the shirts make more sense without them, and would sell to a larger group of people without having to make 12 different prints.
shoobopper ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 17:37:32 on April 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
because if everything here applied to someone they would be more inclined to purchase it. they probably target this shirt at only people who were born in november.
Abshalom ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 03:08:55 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
It's like poetry, it rhymes.
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 07:16:28 on February 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Canโt help but read this in the movie trailer guyโs voice
internetvillain ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:16:07 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
lol
hellcomestofrogtown ยท 593 points ยท Posted at 23:10:19 on December 17, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
why is it always the month? how many people really think that would change anything!?
Iorith ยท 291 points ยท Posted at 23:13:52 on December 17, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Have you heard of astrology? Lots of people seem to think when you were born decides everything about who you are.
Ashanmaril ยท 194 points ยท Posted at 23:17:27 on December 17, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
I don't think a lot of these are necessarily astrology things. It's just the laziest form of targeted advertising. Facebook and whatnot will allow you to target your ads to people in specific demographics, including year of birth. So uncreative people can make 12 of the same shirt by slapping a stupid saying on it and following it was "and also I was born in [month]" then target each individual shirt to that particular birth month. Then some people see that and think "wow, this shirt is so perfect for me!"
With how many shirts in this sub are like, redneck guns 'n beer 'n freedom shirts, I can't imagine those people are much into astrology. They're just really easy to trick with "hey look it's your birth month!"
Nightmaru ยท 46 points ยท Posted at 07:11:53 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
It's usually uneducated people who are into astrology, soo...
barcelonaKIZ ยท 96 points ยท Posted at 10:34:28 on December 19, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
You sound like someone who was born in April.
msc0tt ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 07:13:26 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like pretty smart advertising to me.
Durzio ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 11:48:10 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
AFAIK this T-shirt bullshit is a method of getting personal information. With all of the hacks in the last year, Scammer could potentially be holding tons of information and can easily use things like this to flesh out the profile to more easily steal your identity.
deltabay17 ยท 22 points ยท Posted at 17:41:23 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
how does this allow them to get any information? they already have the information like ur birth month ..
dbx99 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 02:31:28 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
If someone starts talking about astrology, I assign a mental tag of โthis person is not all thereโ. Same with most conspiracy theories, flat earthers, Republicans who support Trump
Staplingdean ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 19:57:59 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
I'm not sure you need to assume it's something neurological. Probably just different life experiences that have led them to be different from you, no matter how ridiculous those differences are
dbx99 ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 20:21:03 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
It doesnโt say neurological.
hellcomestofrogtown ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 23:18:24 on December 17, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
i know, but i would think that always pointing to astrology, or almost always (at least when i get these damn ads) would make the t-shirts stupid to more people than...
nevermind. i think anyone who would buy this kind of t-shirt probably believes in astrology.
i will turn this comment rather into what my favourite targeted t-shirt read: "Never Underestimate a Lead Graphic Designer from Iceland who loves Neighbours and was born in February."
that is the australian soap opera neighbours. you are free to underestimate us.
HerpesTrout ยท 38 points ยท Posted at 05:51:15 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
What time of year you were born actually has an impact on your life. Not because of astrology, but because it determines how developed your brain is when you enter school and if you are bigger/older or smaller/younger compared to your peers. These differences shape personalities. It also determines what your birthdays are like and how you were able to celebrate - weather, are friends available, etc.
jaking2017 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 07:31:32 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Outliers by Gladwell shows how relevant the time of birth is to the rate of success. November is actually a bad time to be born.
ChucklefuckBitch ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 11:30:22 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Outliers should just be called Cherrypicking, The Book
epicphotoatl ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:18:20 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Yeah but I'm a Scorpio
Tyroneshoolaces ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 22:02:40 on April 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
when is the best?
jaking2017 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:08:49 on April 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
January, mainly because they do the brackets by year, so if you were born in November, a kid born in January will have almost 8 months of physical and mental development on you, which is a lot for a kid. This then causes a snowball where these kids seem to be the best because theyโre the biggest, which opens special opportunities to them at a young age, giving them far more advantages than the kid born in November, causing a huge gap in skills as the January kid was accepted in better programs and teams. Also, may I ask how you came across this random comment from months ago?
Tyroneshoolaces ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 22:11:43 on April 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
hahahahahaha. first off, that's fascinating.
i knew you were going to ask. followed a reddit rabbithole. somebody linked to /r/targetedshirts in another thread and i sorted by Top and this thread was one of the top ones.
jaking2017 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 22:15:19 on April 4, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Haha awesome
ImAlmostCooler ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 17:51:51 on March 30, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
B-b-but I was born in November and Iโm wildly succesful
liekwaht ยท 185 points ยท Posted at 23:59:20 on December 17, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
BORN IN NOVEMBER
AND JUNE
TWICE
bmxkid227 ยท 29 points ยท Posted at 10:42:06 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
UPHILL BOTH WAYS
pHScale ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 19:08:10 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN
[deleted] ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 19:34:36 on April 27, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
AND NOT ASHAMED TO BE AN AMERICAN
UnconsolidatedShag ยท 90 points ยท Posted at 01:36:31 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
This is my father. Where can I buy this?
Dzdawgz ยท 25 points ยท Posted at 02:39:17 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Ken?
femmephobic ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 08:46:34 on January 11, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
This is also my father. Maybe there is a market for this.
TheSpaceship ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 02:13:33 on April 12, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Maybe you guys have the same dad. Donโt assume this could apply to more than one person.
DraugrLivesMatter ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 02:48:56 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Seems like the kind of shirt Michael Scott would buy to remind people it is his birthday
TheRealLegitCuck ยท 52 points ยท Posted at 00:33:30 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Is this like a reference to something
topdeck55 ยท 144 points ยท Posted at 01:36:27 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
They scrape your Facebook data and generate a phrase that matches. Hence "targeted".
FlipflopCommunist ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 11:17:51 on March 15, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
That explains everything holy crap
maggot07 ยท 24 points ยท Posted at 01:00:06 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Nope, just retarded.
SeinfeldFan9 ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 10:35:26 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Nope. Which makes it even more funny
TouchPadMasterRace ยท 19 points ยท Posted at 03:52:46 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Sounds like a rick and morty skit with a never ending T-shirt title
baseball2020 ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 08:22:59 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
I've really tried to underestimate this category, but you need a strategy if you're going to hunt down the old Air Force November veterans who can't be underestimated.
The first thing you need to do is isolate the November born Air Force veterans. So typically you need to look at birthday venues that are booked out for november. Something old Air Force veterans would like, Maybe like an air show scheduled for november.
Once you find the November Air Force veterans you need to isolate the old ones from this sub category. You can also disregard any of the old November born Air Force veterans who you'd probably underestimate with a range between 70-100% probability because those ones are probably ones you can underestimate.
From the remaining pool of old Air Force veteran guys, you should have a chance at not underestimating about half of those guys. Of course it's hard to get numbers because of the small sample size.
Crescent4867 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 13:09:06 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
What form of autism does one have to suffer to buy this T-shirt?
VerySuperGenius ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 10:26:26 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Do people really buy these shirts?
I guess I know the answer to that. I work with a guy who wears a "legends are born in July" shirt.
lyanna_st4rk ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 21:50:24 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
yikes
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 00:33:33 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Le-Bron
ok_ill_shut_up ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:12:03 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Where can I buy these kinds of shirts?
drunk98 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 08:16:02 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Facebook
Ermadrod ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 05:05:28 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
What's the story behind these shirts? I've seen them everywhere.
The_Peen_Wizard ยท 8 points ยท Posted at 12:51:18 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Automated based off what you have in your profile and what you've posted to Facebook.
almostasenpai ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 02:10:34 on January 1, 2018 ยท (Permalink)
Time to teach you a lesson old man
Malik3000 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 03:06:52 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
Bron in November. I thought this was NBA related lol
dbarkwoof ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 04:50:43 on December 18, 2017 ยท (Permalink)
hey... thats... my grandfather...