zenlike koans I have seen emblazoned on t-shirts worn by hong kong people

ARE
YOU
OK
question mark

why don't you
create
39
in my real life?

LAST
STAND

THE ORIGINALLITY
ART COMES FROM
THE ORIGINALLITY
COMES FROM
HEART

fridge magnets that a friend brought back from HK

SMOKING MAKE YOU FEEL FINE
LIKE YOUR SOUL DANCING IN THE SKY
-
SORRY I'M BUSY, BEER MONSTER
INVITE ME TO PARTY EVERY NIGHT
-
AFTER DRINK YOU CAN TURN
THE WORLD UP SIDE DOWN

PROTECT
ME FROM
WHAT I
WANT
1983

That's by the artist Jenny Holzer

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3691gjyt11qbo39mo1_1280.jpg

yes! cheers, ilx's own haitch pointed that out too.

fridge magnets that a friend brought back from HK

SMOKING MAKE YOU FEEL FINE
LIKE YOUR SOUL DANCING IN THE SKY

I have that one! I also bought two more, one of which was (iirc):

YOU ARE MY LOVE MY ANGLE
DO NOT TREAT ME LIKE POTATO

SORRY I'M BUSY, BEER MONSTER
INVITE ME TO PARTY EVERY NIGHT

lol

PROTECT
ME FROM
WHAT I
WANT
1983
DETECTIVE

― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 9:11 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

supporting this

worst:

my karma
ran over
your dogma

so NOT zen. and, people that wear that shirt think that they're like, really clever or something. blerugh, trash.

YOU ARE MY LOVE MY ANGLE
DO NOT TREAT ME LIKE POTATO

Haha I like this one!

boyslayer: I dont think you'd see that one of yours on tshirts in HK/Japan tho. Its the kind of thing you'd see at the flea markets, along with "the liver is my enemy and must be destroyed" and "TITS OR GTFO"

well yeah, that's why it is the worst. like, i just feel sorry for people with that t-shirt. i want to take them to my philosophy class or something.

YOU ARE MY LOVE MY ANGLE
DO NOT TREAT ME LIKE POTATO

Rejected "Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA" couplet?

http://i.imgur.com/Lwmff.jpg

PROTECT
ME FROM
WHAT I
WANT
1983

That's by the artist Jenny Holzer

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3691gjyt11qbo39mo1_1280.jpg

― elan, Tuesday, January 1, 2013 10:46 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i got this as a framed print from my brother last year for christmas :D

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/62821_560531334080_4783593_n.jpg

why don't you
create
39
in my real life?

fantastic

FORGET
THE
PAST
AND
JUST
HEAD OUT

otm

THE DAY BEGINS

Back in the zone!

MUSIC
MAKES ME
HIGH AND
INTERESTING

PECULIAR
FEATURES
OF THE EPOCH

I
AM
OF THE
EIGHTIES

I LOVE
FAM
OUS
BOYS

STICK IN A PIN

ROCK
WILL TEAR
US
APART
AGAIN

ELEGY
TO
TRA
GEDY

I'M MAKING
ALL KINDS
OF GAINS

GIVE ME THE
SENSE TO
WONDER IF
I'M FREE

KISS ME
UNDER
MY
YOUS

One of my all-time favorite threads. Keep up the splendid work.

A bit disappointed by the sparsity of koans on this trip to China...maybe Shandong is too provincial for this cutting-edge trend? Best I've seen over the past couple of days:

POSSE
SHERIFFS
POSSE

ASK
YOUR
EARTH

Actually the single most common text I've seen on t-shirts, besides the usual Adidas/Nike/etc, is CLAMBAKE. Today I saw LOVE & CLAMBAKE. I know people here like their shellfish but ???

tangentially related: in norway i recently saw a hollister style t-shirt that read "Once Upon in California"

in brunei, muslim sultanate:

NEVER SAY
FUCK'

(complete with apostrophe)

couple of t-shirts we bought for our kids at Nishimatsuya in Japan:

ACTIVE
PLEASANTLY

I HAVE CHANGED
MY WAY
OF LIVING

TUCK
THE
DRONER

YOU GUT
I GUT

[first O in YOU was a peach]

FIGHT & STRUGGLE
AGAINST
HOMOPHOBIA

GOODTIME
SPEEDLOVE

A DOOR
MUST EITHER BE
SHUT
OR
KEPT OPEN

Not a t-shirt

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/SH/089561C6-DFAA-46AE-9952-6153B38DCAF2_zpsl9nphyqp.jpg

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/SH/10437B5D-005D-4C54-96CE-13E5B816E497_zpsq8oakjui.jpg

NEO
PUNK
preppy version of punk style

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13413743_10154293321028331_8593297349283732314_n.jpg?oh=7b7968a6e5e89254a925900c2fe1ddc8&oe=57CB23AC

Per a comment, the word for steak can be translated as "dig up."