Anger Is the Swiss Army Knife of Emotions T-shirt

It's for sale now, bitches.

So here's the deal: I'm an idiot. When this shirt idea came to me it was with the word "ANGER" in the knife. Yesterday as I was laying it out a neuron misfired and I typed "HATE" instead. I can't get behind that. Hate is ugly. Anger; a bit more complicated and can sometimes be used for good. That's what I was going for. I replaced the image and the correct shirt, with "ANGER" in the knife is now for sale.

We don't need any more hate, but there's plenty to be angry about.

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awryone says:

Oh, that's sweet, Mike.
Can you make a nice, soft passive-aggressive carrying case for them?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

How about you just store it in your vagina, Josh?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Compton says:

I'd buy one. (AND THEN I DID ZOMG)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

awryone says:

Right next to your cock!
Wait... that's not what I meant....
Shit.
I'll buy two, asshole.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

This is my audience.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Jemal says:

Where's the Buy Now button?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Moeskido says:

If you were a real man, that'd be a Leatherman full of Hate.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

extraface says:

I'd buy an L, and I have the track record to prove it.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Enki says:

i'd steal one
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

runnerr0 says:

She loves me... I hate her not.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

It's for sale now, bitches.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

Changed it from "HATE" to "ANGER". See explanation above. It's laborious.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Our Hero says:

Very nice design. ("Anger is an energy")
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

ttrentham says:

PiL, eh? How about a little RATM? "Anger is a gift."
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

more lumens please says:

Uh oh, you'll want to avoid any "commercial" use of Flickr, or you just may anger the Flickroonies and get your account deleted. That "sale" link is a Community Guidelines violation.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

OMG! Thanks, van swearingen! I had no idea! I really appreciate you policing the site for us.

I also just realized I never flagged it as an illustration. OMG, it's like anarchy in here. We're minutes away from someone sticking their dick in the potato salad.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

torrez says:

Flickr is for photos.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

Torrez hates children.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

torrez says:

Torrez angers children.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

I'm going to stop selling the shirt just out of spite now.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

more lumens please says:

You need to stop selling the shirt on Flickr because Flickr is not a 'sales' site.

You can be as snarky as you want. I don't really care because it's not my problem if you don't abide by the terms of service and are willing to risk account deletion. Up to you.

I was just offering you a friendly 'heads-up'. If you want to get nasty, then I'll be happy to report you for a TOS violation.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

You have an aggressive way of "not caring", dude. Leave it be.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

more lumens please says:

I don't care if you're snarky. I do care that you need to remove that sales link.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

WHY do you care? Is it affecting you in some way?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

more lumens please says:

Yes. Flickr is not a commercial website - and I do not want to see sales links. The community guidelines specifically state "no sales". You might want to read them.

Pages reported to Flickr for TOS violation.

Don’t use Flickr for commercial purposes.
Flickr is for personal use only. If we find you selling products, services, or yourself through your photostream, we will terminate your account.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

miz_ginevra says:

@van swearingen - I'm so glad that you're getting the joke about the anger! This is just the sort of interaction that fuels Mike on and makes the internet a fun place to be.

We're all friends here, so if you really think you need to file a TOS complaint, that's totally within your rights as one of the Flickr community members. I don't really think it's worth it, honestly. I hope you'll reconsider, though, because an open dialogue will always get us all further in this crazy mixed-up world.

Also, your photos are wonderful! :) Congrats on your well-deserved success.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Laughing Squid says:

Can't we all just get along?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

aa says:

What were we talking about again?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

This calls for sparklecorn!!!

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

torrez says:

Yipeee!!!! SPARKLECORN I love you.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

miz_ginevra says:

sparklecorn makes everything better!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Ben Compton says:

Sparklecorn, I want to violate YOUR terms of service.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Nick Douglas says:

Flickr is a site for photos, not MySpace "Bling." Please remove the sparklecorn or I will report you to Tom.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

OMG Nick! You are my 10,000th comment!! Congratulations!! Hurray!!

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

extraface says:

If I could double-fave this comment thread I would.

Non-commercial, non-exploitative, unharmful to minors shoutout here.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Brian Oberkirch says:

It's a little morality play about the Web, this thread.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

JLB says:

my head hurts, all of you.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Michael Ferguson says:

How much for the Sparklecorn tee?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

JLB says:

Yeah, this thread deserves its own shirt.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff Tidwell says:

This conversation is hurting the real estate market.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

omfgnsfw says:

Wearing this shirt to my soul sucking corporate job will reinvigorate the whole damn place! Everyone can get behind anger.

This could be what turns around the economy.

(Hold on... 4 big ones for S&H! Now *that* makes me ANGRY! Which makes me want the shirt more... which makes me ANGRY! etc. I think you've hit on something here)
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

omfgnsfw says:

^^^ OMFO - instant reflexive SAVE IMAGE ^^^

Why can't EVERYTHING sparkle?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

dakota smith says:

hey guys i showed up! i heard there was potato salad? mmmm...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Our Hero says:

Dear Mike,

You are so sparkly!!!! We Heart U! We wuv you thiiiiiis much! Yay! Sparkles! Yay! Anger!

-Our Hirohito
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

miz_ginevra says:

this thread paid for by the Committee to Ban Mike from the Internet. *sparkle*
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Erika Hall says:

I love you
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

David McCreath says:

Holy shit I want that sparklemike on a t-shirt. Why can't t-shirts be animated?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mat Honan says:

Don't worry, Mike. I flagged it as an illustration. We'll get you back on the Internet any day now.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

RodBegbie says:

Hi, I'm an admin for the group "Mike Monteiro SparkleBling" and we'd love to have this comment thread added to the group
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

I'm going to start running ads on this fucking page.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

ryan christopher says:

The worst part of this whole thing (for me) was the use of "flickroonies" in a (vaguely threatening/self-important) sentence. That's an awful, awful word.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jeff says:

The End of illustration AND photos!

Every now and then a category killer emerges and there is no need to do any more work ever.

Sparklemonteiro wins. I will use it ANYTIME work calls for an illustration or stock photo,

No more White Businessman firmly shakes Black Businessman hand.

Teen girls on a beanbag with laptop? Who needs it? I'm plopping an OLPC over two Sparklemonteiros and calling it good.

Erika Hall FTW.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

sig hafstrom says:

Take me to the kittens!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

ryan christopher says:

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

aa says:

I'm so glad I started the sparklethread. And +1 on McCreath, I want a sparklemike shirt.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Erika Hall says:

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Nick Douglas says:

First!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

judith says:

I love you all, but most especially SparkleMike.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

gordasm says:

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

richard winchell says:

Order prints!!!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

gordasm says:

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

David McCreath says:

Here's something your history books won't tell you: Eva Braun's bodily secretions contained sparklestuff. Or as the Germans call it "Sparkelstoff".
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Erika Hall says:

Godwin's Law!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

aa says:

Geez Erika... buzz kill.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mat Honan says:

Fuck Godwin. I win.

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Brian Oberkirch says:

I would like 10 copies of this thread to put into sparkling snowglobes as very special presents.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

David McCreath says:

the Hitler/Mike/Anil sparkleaxis is making my brain seize.

In a good way.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

i-boy says:

Fuck all of you Especially you, Mike. Sparkle and fucking die. If you want to have a conversation, just stay on Twitter. FFS, stop the sparkling.

STOP THE GODDAM SPARKLE SHIT!!!!!!
IT HURTS THE PHOTOS!!!
THE PRECIOUS PHOTOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There, that's much better.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Erika Hall says:

yes, mat, your sparklekraft is teh awesome.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

subvert.com says:

And they say America isn't the country that makes things anymore! This thread means the end of the recession!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

strutting says:

Did anyone else imagine Van Swearingen as sounding like Van Hoet? If not, read his comments again, and do that. It's amazing.

Edited to add sparkly vagina.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Moeskido says:

This thread is hilarious. I needed it after today. Thanks to you all, even the concern-troll weasel.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

judith says:

I imagined Van Swearingen as sounding more like Al Swearingen. Or like Ian McShane as Al Swearingen. Or like Ian McShane's publicist yelling at Mike about making t-shirts. Wait. This is all coming full circle...
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

junior8k says:

Now, I'm no 'great debater', but I think if you would have opened with the *Sparkle Hitler* we could have avoided all the inter-social-networking analogies.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

jayallen says:

I'm gone from the internets for a week and this is like the first page I see. Where's the "make this your homepage" button?

Also, Honan does indeed win. Voting's closed. Congratulations to everyone. We're all winners here.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

Honan raised the bar, but this race isn't over by a LONG SHOT.

Also, make that button.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Tim Rosenberg says:

Mustaches are against Flickr's TOS. Reported.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

judith says:

I believe Mike meant to say "Also, make that button SPARKLE."
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

califmom says:

So, the t-shirt is for sale?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Erika Hall says:

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junior8k says:

I must be the hundredth person to ask this, and I do apologize, but what sizes does the updated 'Sparkle Hitler' come in? I'm asking for a friend.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

OMG, I TOTALLY forgot about the t-shirt. Here's a link to a page on the internet that answers your question.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Monteiro says:

Time to get paid for all these views.

Clicky. Clicky!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

lia says:

honan.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Erika Hall says:

RIP Socks the Cat

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

FreeOurPeople says:

this has honestly been one of the most pleasant readings in a very long time for me. can i live on this page!?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

anitakhart says:

Creatively craptastic entertainment—and you still haven't broken the Flickr!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mat Honan says:

Those ads are clickfraud. I've let the flickrdoodles know.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

RodBegbie says:

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

gordasm says:

This thread is waaaay better than all of the YouTube threads put together. Downside: the massage links don't appear to be working. Is there ad-blocking going on?
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

anildash says:

Animated .gifs are my swiss army knife.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

miz_ginevra says:

oh dear lord. Anil, I think you might take this round.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Brian Kroeker says:

incredible.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

dogwelder says:

I don't understand, but I want to play!

Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Mat Honan says:

I've just seen the future of how I'm going to lose every argument on the Internet for the rest of my life.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

gordasm says:

My Neighbor Turturro
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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