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TShirt Hell’s “Worse Than Hell” Section Taken Down

Excerpt from [05/03/2005 Newsletter] “My name is Aaron Schwarz and I own T-Shirt Hell. Because of that, I can do whatever the fuck I want. I woke up one morning and decided I didn’t want to have a, “Worse Than Hell” section, so I took it down. We always said there was no line we wouldn’t cross, but even then there really was still a line. There were always subjects we wouldn’t touch. So now we’ve moved the line. Sometimes people grow, and change, and gain perspective. There are some shirts we just don’t feel comfortable making and we’re not going to make them any more. Those are the shirts we took down.”

Update: It’s been brought back, by popular demand!

“My name is Aaron Schwarz and I own T-Shirt Hell. Because of that, I can do
whatever the fuck I want. I woke up one morning and decided I didn’t want
to have a, “Worse Than Hell” section, so I took it down.

We always said there was no line we wouldn’t cross, but even then there
really was still a line. There were always subjects we wouldn’t touch. So
now we’ve moved the line. Sometimes people grow, and change, and gain
perspective. There are some shirts we just don’t feel comfortable making
and we’re not going to make them any more. Those are the shirts we took
down.

For the record, there were no outside influences. There was no lawsuit. I
wasn’t visited in the middle of the night by The Nation of Islam, and my
girlfriend did not give birth to a gay, black, autistic baby.

There was no desire to go “mainstream” to pick up endorsements or
advertising. There will not be a T-Shirt Hell ride at Disneyworld, and we
are not going to sponsor Ashley Simpson’s next tour. Her next anal gangbang
video maybe, but not her tour.

There are still plenty of juicy targets out there. Not to mention a whole
world of sex and drugs and rock and roll. Your mom will still probably
refuse to put your T-Shirt Hell shirt in with the rest of the laundry,
afraid it will corrupt the socks.

We only cater to our own tastes and that’s worked for us in the past. If
you still enjoy what we do, keep shopping. If you don’t, I guess you’ll go
somewhere else.

I don’t see this as a radical change for T-Shirt Hell. Most subjects are
still fair game. I hope you’ll stick around. And if you don’t, I want to
thank you for your past support and I hate to see you go. (Editor’s Note:
If you don’t understand it when someone puts it politely, try this: Go fuck
yourself you sad little douchebag. Gargle with Drano, jump off an overpass
with the bungee cord around your neck, and use your last breathe to lick my
beautiful, black ass.) I think the best is yet to come.

We will return to our regularly scheduled thing next week. Until then you
can use the following to go to hell.“

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2 Responses to “TShirt Hell’s “Worse Than Hell” Section Taken Down”

Posted by: jibrille - 05/16/2005

Honestly I was a little disappointed when I saw this in their newsletter, not only that but their recently released shirts show their lack of decent ideas.
Posted by: kovacs - 06/07/2005

It’s back