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nice!

wow thats really cool

sweet

Maybe I am not getting the concept.

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

It is what it is

Love the sideart!

Awesome tee shirt... wish it was a lighter color.. a lot of dark tees lately... but still very good

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

Me either...can someone explain please?

Interesting concept.

ebrennan19 said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

Me either...can someone explain please?

I think its suppose to be "it is what is it" then the arms pointing asking "is what it?"

It is = it is

To the point.

Text shirts and teefury don't mix.

To what does this reference? Or does it not?

stars321 said:

ebrennan19 said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

Me either...can someone explain please?

I think its suppose to be "it is what is it" then the arms pointing asking "is what it?"

"It is what it is"*

I like it! I am gonna buy it! I wish it was pointing at the dong tho...that would be funny. LOL.

what is it?

This is the saying of my life the past 5+ months, fighting Stage IV Colon Cancer. It is what it is. PERFECT!! Getting one for my older sister as she says this a lot too. I hope it sells enough to make you happy as it's making me smile. Congratulations!!!

Knock knock! I love it!

Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

It is what it is ... and it isn't great ... but it is a nice design.

lunchboxbrain wrote: "I really got into drawing by watching The Secret City Adventures with Commander Mark. Ah, fun times!"

Oh man Commander Mark inspired so many of today's artists. He should get a lifetime achievement award for being awesome.

The Knock Knock Orange sideart is awesome. I would wear that because I hated the joke so much.

Phoenix99155 said: To what does this reference? Or does it not?

It is in reference to nothing, just a regular text-on-a-shirt tee.

Please print the annoying orange sideart! :3

nice work. not my style of tee but it looks great.

Dude, people on this site can be mean. What up with that? I love this shirt. Very simple, and we all need simplicity now and again. :)

I wonder what Taio Cruz feels about this.

I like it. It has also been my life slogan for the past year. Sure not the most positive message, but sometimes life is what is is...

I want Teefury to print me a t-shirt to have someone make me a sandwhich! Awesome shirt!

Adore the uncle Sam idea. That's just wonderful

Hooray to a non-pop culture related shirt!

dragbaby said: Text shirts and teefury don't mix.

^ Wrong

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

Well hey man.. it is what it is.

sponzy said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

It is what it is

well played

What's the concept you ask?

It's a sweet typography shirt, and it doesn't have two random pop culture references mashed together in a completely easy, no-thought way that people on this site seem to cream themselves over day in and day out. So just on that alone, I like it more than anything in weeks if not months on this site. Keep up the more unique work like this, thanks!

StripeyMcD said: This is the saying of my life the past 5+ months, fighting Stage IV Colon Cancer. It is what it is. PERFECT!! Getting one for my older sister as she says this a lot too. I hope it sells enough to make you happy as it's making me smile. Congratulations!!!

Hey buddy, I feel ya. I'm taking chemo pills for my brain tumor.

I hope you get some good reports soon and one day you can (and you will) walk outside cancer-free, wearing this shirt with a huge grin in your face.

Good luck, and stray strong!

Congrats on the print lunchboxbrain! Instant buy for me!

Love it!!!

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

Don't worry... be happy :c)

I believe that the hands are spelling out a certain four letter word

PRIMEVAL! PRIMEVAL! PRIMEVAL! PRIMEVAL! (Did I say that often enough?) Also Hellboy, Firefly, Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who (Tenth Doctor), The Walking Dead (for my husband, who LOVES zombies and has even taught our small daughters how to kill zombies in case of a zombie apocaplyse). Also for some literary shirts, how about some Nightside designs? Simon R. Green will know what I mean.

Frickinawesome said: What's the concept you ask?


It's a sweet typography shirt, and it doesn't have two random pop culture references mashed together in a completely easy, no-thought way that people on this site seem to cream themselves over day in and day out. So just on that alone, I like it more than anything in weeks if not months on this site. Keep up the more unique work like this, thanks!

the question is, did you buy it? Cause the fact that it's unique means nothing. Whether or not you bought it does.

Cause people buy the pop culture shirts...

wetlander87 said: I believe that the hands are spelling out a certain four letter word

You noticed that too?

DreamTripper said:

wetlander87 said: I believe that the hands are spelling out a certain four letter word

You noticed that too?

If you mean the word that starts with S end with T and ryhmes with hit then yes

TeBird said: what is it?

It's it!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......................words

Best wishes to you!

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

like in the artist's other work, it might as well not have a concept

> a tooth saying "you are awesome" ...

Super cute!

wetlander87 said: I believe that the hands are spelling out a certain four letter word

Mind blown.

I think this is an awesome t-shirt. I can't tell you how many times I've said this phrase. Great shirt :)

Chuck Lorre recently wrote a Vanity Card with this phrase. #342. I think he should get an honorary copy of this shirt just for being awesome.

love the fact a simple text design makes so many hipster trendgeeks go "uhm whats this reference?"/"whats the concept?"
its about Twilight, would that make it better?
oh that Orange design should be a shirt thats freakin awesome and im not gonna explain it if you dont get it

I'm really glad that side art didn't say banana.

knock knock! Helluuuw!

obviously the guy is talented from the side art... but this is a shirt i would be hard pressed to pay $1 for at a thrift store. there had to have been a more clever way to even make that statement/design. and even the "is it what it is" isn't a super clever phrase or anything to use. ah well... best of luck to the artist.

dragbaby said: Text shirts and teefury don't mix.

^ Agreed!!

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

I think it's a great design!

also, i would like to add that i think people should stop nuking the simple design of the tee and appreciate it for "what it is"

IT IS WHAT IT IS......reference to a phrase that many coaches of professional sports teams use at press conferences...just a sports cliche

If your sitting there thinking "this shirt is so stupid, their is always more to it then just what it is." wrong. sometimes your over thinking something and stressing yourself out more then you should, after all sometime our minds can make something worse then WHAT IT IS. Sometimes you just need to just a simple saying about a situation not to over think it. and this shirt can help you do just that. Sometimes it really is what it is. and i respect it for being what it is.

and if your wondering i am contemplating buying this shirt.

oh and please print the "want a sandwhich t shirt." I so want to go on a date with a girl wearing that shirt. :D

grr and oh. i noticed that people have been saying that t shirt is wording out "sh*t" with the hands. I don't think thats it bc it goes from the A to the IT. unless ur spelling "shait", i don't think that it. I could be wrong though!

Man, I'm trying to figure out whether there's some wordplay going on with the complimentary tooth, or if it just (ready?) "is what it is" - a good old-fashioned friendly molar.

wow, a lot of people are just really overthinking it and totally missing the point of this lol

am I too drunk to get this?

stars321 said:

stars321 said:

ebrennan19 said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

Me either...can someone explain please?

I think its suppose to be "it is what is it" then the arms pointing asking "is what it?"

"It is what it is"*

really it is just another take on the "a rose by any other name" Quote, saying that 'it' is just what it is and you cant change that, what 'it' is referring to is anything and everything you no-longer have control over.
good tee though

dragbaby said: Text shirts and teefury don't mix.

so agree with this!!!! how is this awesome?? its just a text T-shirt, text t-shirts are not awesome, they can be funny the first time you wear them but then after not so much. i guess i just don't get the new teefury crowd B^( what ever happened to stabblercake and the rest of them B^(

Congrats LBB! Sweet typography!

I like the sandwich one.

Roflocalypse

Uninspired tautologies are uninspired.

Me666 said:

stars321 said:

stars321 said:

ebrennan19 said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

Me either...can someone explain please?

I think its suppose to be "it is what is it" then the arms pointing asking "is what it?"

"It is what it is"*

really it is just another take on the "a rose by any other name" Quote, saying that 'it' is just what it is and you cant change that, what 'it' is referring to is anything and everything you no-longer have control over.

good tee though

That phrase actually has nothing to do with that Shakespearean reference. "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" means that a name does not change the essence of what something is; "It is what it is" is a simple tautology that can be taken in a variety of ways, either as an apathetic commentary in general, or perhaps as a pragmatic viewpoint of being content with how things are when they cannot be changed, or other ways. But it definitely does not mean the same thing as the rose quote.

Uncle Sam Sandwich!!! Must have it. Who wouldn't laugh everytime they saw that :-)

so bought. it's how i feel most of the time nowdays

sponzy said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

It is what it is

hahaha, true!

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

that conveyed the way i think about this saying very nicely, well said. that being said i don't think the shirt looks bad at all, it actually looks very nice, not cluttered or distracting at all.

Uncle Sam sideart would be an instabuy.

The saying can be apathetic, true.

That said, it isn't always apathetic. There are times in everyone's life when you simply have to deal with what is going on. Rather than spending energy in a pointless effort to change it, you simply have to handle it. It is what it is.

wetlander87 said:

DreamTripper said:

wetlander87 said: I believe that the hands are spelling out a certain four letter word

You noticed that too?

If you mean the word that starts with S end with T and ryhmes with hit then yes

I don't see that for the fact that the second hand comes out of the letter A...

DoctorWHAT said: I'm really glad that side art didn't say banana.

And, thank you. I was thinking the same thing.

stars321 said:

ebrennan19 said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

Me either...can someone explain please?

I think its suppose to be "it is what is it" then the arms pointing asking "is what it?"

My interpretation was that the 'secondary'/internal line to which the hands point, is meant to be read with the large, central word first (like, for instance, the Star Wars-Robot Chicken logo), so that it would ultimately read:

"It is what it is - What is it"

Like this shirt, but haz no monies...
That being said, please please please get the knock knock orange onto a shirt!!!!!! :-D

The Kitchener/Uncle Sam side art is tee worthy!

I'm still not entirely convinced that TF doesn't strategically print shirts they assume will be unpopular to give them a break between the barrage of orders for the popular ones.

StripeyMcD said: This is the saying of my life the past 5+ months, fighting Stage IV Colon Cancer. It is what it is. PERFECT!! Getting one for my older sister as she says this a lot too. I hope it sells enough to make you happy as it's making me smile. Congratulations!!!

I wish you the best in your fight and that you fight hard. Cheers

sponzy said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

It is what it is

*like*

Liking the tooth sideart. It makes me happy :)

Reference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9oiSVQdoSQ ?

I want YOU to print me that sandwich side art!

I don't typically wear text shirts -- the lay-out on this one is nice, though. Love the Knock Knock sideart!

On the verge of buying it... but... but... I don't know... is it?

PRINT THE TOOTH ONE!

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

I'm sorry to say but you completely miss the point. This is NOT about apathy but rather about acceptance. This is Buddhism at its core and not unlike "Laugh Everyday", ironically. StripeyMcD gets it. Accepting his/her cancer doesn't mean he/she won't fight it. Good luck, Stripey. Great design.

It cracks me up that so many think that each design has to reference a movie or tv show. It's simple and fun. It's not defeatist, as someone tried to claim. There are things you can't change. If there is, then yeah, make that change, but be wise enough to know if you can't.
Congrats on the design!

Wow...how are people trying to see and think too much into this???
Its a common saying I hear on a weekly basis.

I love all the pop culture shirts as much as the next person, but can see the appeal of the typography, layout, colour and concept of this shirt. Is amazing how people see a text shirt and automatically think its a simple task in designing it.

Text shirts HAVE to be clever enough to carry the concept through words alone....coming up with a phrase (word) worthy of putting on a smart shirt is a challenge in itself.

So kudos sir.

It's almost a Macho Man Randy Savage reference. Eww.

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

I completely agree.

I wish the orange side art had been printed instead.

I don't think it's foul-mouthed or asking a question (though I'll buy the latter), I think it's sending itself into a sort of infinite loop, which is fun.

ORANGE YOU GLAD I DIDN'T SAY BANANA! DO IT! And that sandwich one is really funny.

I hate this stupid saying.

slappy said:

StripeyMcD said: This is the saying of my life the past 5+ months, fighting Stage IV Colon Cancer. It is what it is. PERFECT!! Getting one for my older sister as she says this a lot too. I hope it sells enough to make you happy as it's making me smile. Congratulations!!!

Hey buddy, I feel ya. I'm taking chemo pills for my brain tumor.


I hope you get some good reports soon and one day you can (and you will) walk outside cancer-free, wearing this shirt with a huge grin in your face.


Good luck, and stray strong!

Kick its arse, both of you.

I've always thought 'It is what it is' is just 'What will be will be' for people with very short attention spans.

No Star Wars? No Dr. Who? No vidya game?

I am satisfied.

I find it hilarious that everyone is searching for a reference or hidden meaning in something this basic.

tactacfoxsaid 8 hours ago
Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.
I don't read that into it at all. What I get is allow things to mean what they are rather than trying to read extra meanings into everything. Not everything has to have dual meanings. some times a white sheet of paper is just blank. It doesn't HAVE to be a polar bear in a snowstorm...
I like it..

StripeyMcD said: This is the saying of my life the past 5+ months, fighting Stage IV Colon Cancer. It is what it is. PERFECT!! Getting one for my older sister as she says this a lot too. I hope it sells enough to make you happy as it's making me smile. Congratulations!!!

Good luck on your treatment! Anything that makes you smile is a good thing!

Simple and true...one of my favorite sayings.

Love it! My boss says this all the time! I must buy! Love the molar sideart too!!

I see it as: "It is what it is"... with the hands pointing at "is" and "it" as if to question the statement. So, I see it as questioning the original statement: "It is what it is: Is it?"
To StripeyMcD: I love that you love this shirt! I was with my dad though his treatments and I think this is a great thought about chemo...All the best, strength and love, to you!:-) Fight the 4!

My wife hated me saying this SO MUCH, so I don't anymore. If I did, I'd buy the shirt. :-(

But, I definitely would buy the Orange Knock Knock. I hated that joke when I was a kid, but the reference is done really well!

It's funny to me that people have gotten so used to beautiful, high-concept, geek-themed artwork that a simple and lovely design causes confusion. It is what it is indeed!

sponzy said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

It is what it is

LOL

I love it. Less is more, but... I hate when people say that.

Its so simple yet many seem confused... "it is what it it"...deal with it....

I love the side-art orange tee shirt! I am a elementary school teacher and I can't tell you HOW MANY TIMES I have had to hear that joke, as each new class "discovered" it.

My brother would love the Uncle Sam shirt. :)

i like it, but no little hands pointing woulda' been better. Love the orange knock knock side art tho!

DreamTripper said:

wetlander87 said: I believe that the hands are spelling out a certain four letter word

You noticed that too?

wow. i didn't notice. that makes it extra juvenile. Oh well. i just hope i don't get it in the next grab bag!

Hey dude or dudette! Hang in there. Colon cancer runs rampant through my family. And yes, it is what it is. Keep fighting!

I'm actually rather disappointed in TeeFury for posting this t-shirt. Lately, I have come to expect clever artwork and designs. Even the Orange saying 'Knock Knock' or the Uncle Sam commanding the viewer to make him a sammich would have been far better than this.

This, sadly, seems unoriginal and boring compared to the spectacular designs I've seen in the past. I have come to expect TeeFury to provide delightfully original content and artwork. I am not saying anything against the artist, as I can see that she is undoubtedly talented, but this particular shirt is a bit of a disappointment compared to shirts that I've seen on this site in the past.

Seriously, leave the text shirts to Cafepress. I come here for art, not text.

i would DIE if you printed the Uncle Sam sideart! please print it soon!!!

I'm pretty sure it's referencing one of Charlie Sheen's crazy rants! Great design!

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

It's odd isn't it, how people see things differently? I saw it as 'It is what it is' as using 'it' in the completely arbitrary sense, in that anything at all can be 'it', such as, for example, the most beautiful thing you have ever experienced (now surely to say 'it is what it is' about that would do nothing but reinforce 'its' beauty in your own perception? It might solidify it somehow).

I'm not quite sure who the collective are which consititute 'our apathetic scoiety', and to me personally, wearing a shirt with 'Laugh Everyday' kind of sounds like an instruction - some days you may not find reason to laugh, for example. It's too specific a statement, where as 'It is what it is' can be left up to positive, negative or any connotations you choose.

i love this. i pretty much live my life by this motto.

kneticnrgy said: Pretty lame, honestly. The side art is funny, but the T itself is weak.

Ah... Sad it's not Dr. Who?




I think it's nice and simple. I enjoy it. It's not a shirt I would have to explain 10-12 times when I wore it out (Like 90% of the shirts that come through here.) Plus, it's my basic phylosophy.

And it's not a slogan of apathy. For instance. I have a month to find a place to live. I'm looking hard for apartments, but I'm not freaking the hell out, crying myself to sleep, and resenting my old housemates for wanting to find a new place to live. It's life. Stressing won't solve ANYTHING. Gotta roll with the punches, and get back up and go again.

BTW: I want YOU to print the Uncle Sam Sideart.

wow just reading all the hate towards this shirt. it's a shirt people calm down. people will complain about anything seems like these day. everyone is so hard to please. i guess it just is what it is.

NEED THAT SANDWICH SHIRT

LunchBoxBrain!

"I want YOU to make me a sandwich! Have loved that one forever! Congrats on the print!! Very very cool!

richellcat said: wow just reading all the hate towards this shirt.

Yeah. It's pretty disheartening. Where is all this Bogart attitude coming from?

kneticnrgy said: Pretty lame, honestly. The side art is funny, but the T itself is weak.

Really? REALLY??
Too difficult to have any proper, respectful criticism?
Some people's children, I tell ya.

AWESOME, gotta think about it on a shirt, but will probably end up buying. I WANT THE UNCLE SAM SIDE ART THOUGH!!!!

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

Tell us how you REALLY feel. :o)

slappy said:

StripeyMcD said: This is the saying of my life the past 5+ months, fighting Stage IV Colon Cancer. It is what it is. PERFECT!! Getting one for my older sister as she says this a lot too. I hope it sells enough to make you happy as it's making me smile. Congratulations!!!

Hey buddy, I feel ya. I'm taking chemo pills for my brain tumor.


I hope you get some good reports soon and one day you can (and you will) walk outside cancer-free, wearing this shirt with a huge grin in your face.


Good luck, and stray strong!

She's quite the amazing person, Slappy!
I'm wishin you both well on all accounts. Keep up the great attitude! Healthy Mind, Healthy Body!

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

I agree with you. I really dislike this saying for that exact reason.

It's really annoying, and sad, that people expect these shirts to be "in reference to", or a mash-up of some tv show/movie/video game/etc. What happened to art for the sake of art? Why does every piece have to be a play on something?

Sure, this isn't the best design, but, it is what it is. I like it.

It's funny that a concept so simple and direct as this would have some people so baffled.

yeah it is! simple but has so many message into it..

This meaningless nonsense of a saying is one of my most loathed. Sorry. The art is great, though.

StripeyMcD said: This is the saying of my life the past 5+ months, fighting Stage IV Colon Cancer. It is what it is. PERFECT!! Getting one for my older sister as she says this a lot too. I hope it sells enough to make you happy as it's making me smile. Congratulations!!!

Wow...Stripey, thanks so much for the kind words and I wish you the best in your fight against cancer.

Thanks to MJ and the Teefury crew for the awesome opportunity to share this design with the Teefury community.

High five to everyone who has bought It Is What It Is and keep those comments coming. Cheers!

That's deep...

Imma keep cool, and I'mma do me. It is what it is and it's how it's gon' be. Until I get there. Until I get there.

tactacfox said: (...) If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

The problem with doing something inspirational is the lack of originality. If you want something positive like that, go out and spend five minutes in a store. You'll find a bunch of it. Not everything has to be optimistic and happy BS. A little apathy tends to make things run more smoothly, anyway.

For the shirt itself: Not really a fan of plain text shirts. Would definately take this as a wall-art of some sort, though. And the orange sidebar? AWESOME.

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

I agree with you 100%

Please remember for a lot of people, typography is an art. You can't make this at home with a sharpie. It's talented, clean, and I really do like text shirts, especially ones that are clever like this. I think it's neat. Rock on, Lunchboxbrain!

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

how exactly are you proactive in our society? or are you just perpetuating the cycle by not doing anything about it, but just complaining about it. i mean, ofcourse, besides your successful patronizing of an artist and his/her fans/followers.

Lot of debate getting stirred up. I understand wanting a break from the combine one thing or another formula, and a simple statement is well and good, but... what's with the hands?

I just don't understand the touch. There doesn't seem to be any word play it's going for. It doesn't have relevance to the statement. It's not especially pretty. The "it is what it is" response to that question could be what it's going for, I guess? I dunno. I'd only buy a shirt that didn't make some sort of sense if it's really pretty. An almost pure text shirt shouldn't be confusing. Does anyone have an explanation for what the hands are doing? Spelling out a curse would take a very, very selective reading.

I want the Uncle Sam shirt! The government should add this to its LONG list of entitlement programs. Call it "SandwichCare" or "SandwichAid."

Easy people, I'm just having fun with this...

I do want the shirt though... : )

LOVE it.

ebrennan19 said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

Me either...can someone explain please?

when something goes wrong or not your way
say, "It is what it is" :(

my sister says this all the time. too funny! instant buy

Could not resist this one...my mantra!

the most over used weasel phrase has been put on a tee.

wetlander87 said: I believe that the hands are spelling out a certain four letter word

unless you are talking about SHAI then you are wrong. It doesn't spell anything out hate to break it to you.

Very nice design. Cool side art, too!

StripeyMcD said: This is the saying of my life the past 5+ months, fighting Stage IV Colon Cancer. It is what it is. PERFECT!! Getting one for my older sister as she says this a lot too. I hope it sells enough to make you happy as it's making me smile. Congratulations!!!

Me too. I have been fighting cancer the past 4 months and after every nightmare chemotherapy treatment, I say "It is what it is."

I think we've been having too many reference tees....it's all anyone looks for anymore.

It's just plain ol' cool!

lol I hate, not the shirt or the person who designed it, but the usage of this "saying".

I say this all the time...alas i'm broke...maybe the husband can lend me afew bucks!

oh, btw. Thank you Teefury.
I was mentioning the other day that I miss some of the pure image designs or typography shirts. Those are the shirts I buy. I enjoy looking at the mix-imagery sci fi designs, but those just aren't t-shirt material for me. I am more inclined to buy the pure design for design's sake and typography shirts, and those haven't been on Teefury in quite a bit.

I say this all the time. Instant buy!

I like it! :)

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

a shirt that says "littering and..."

crrehak said:

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

how exactly are you proactive in our society? or are you just perpetuating the cycle by not doing anything about it, but just complaining about it. i mean, ofcourse, besides your successful patronizing of an artist and his/her fans/followers.

I was critiquing the slogan, not the designer or the design itself. I believe that all circumstances are subject to change, for the better, given the effort. I'm sorry that belief offends you to the point of questioning my efforts. If that holds any bearing on the discussion at hand, then yes, I strive to be proactive in society. Among other things, every year I help organize events which donate considerably to the United Way and smaller, more targeted charities.

Good luck to lunchboxbrain. You are a very skilled designer.

Great design , props to the artist, we need more video game themes and movies pass on this

all your base are belong to us

It is what it is, and it ain't what it was.

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

It's not a mash. It's not a pop culture reference. It is what it is. That's all it is.

Bought, very nice design.

Who needs a high concept? Sometimes it is what it is, take it at face value.

I really had no plans to buy this, but the more it seems to annoy people, the closer I'm creeping toward pulling the trigger on it.

its a saying used in ebonics by the afro american crowd. They say it alllllllllll the time for everyyyyyyyyyyything

tactacfox said:

crrehak said:

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

how exactly are you proactive in our society? or are you just perpetuating the cycle by not doing anything about it, but just complaining about it. i mean, ofcourse, besides your successful patronizing of an artist and his/her fans/followers.

I was critiquing the slogan, not the designer or the design itself. I believe that all circumstances are subject to change, for the better, given the effort. I'm sorry that belief offends you to the point of questioning my efforts. If that holds any bearing on the discussion at hand, then yes, I strive to be proactive in society. Among other things, every year I help organize events which donate considerably to the United Way and smaller, more targeted charities.


Good luck to lunchboxbrain. You are a very skilled designer.

You just went too deep on a simple concept. This is a tee shirt site, not a philosophical forum.

Oh, no you didn't!
Nice design, but I loathe that saying. Donald Rumsfeld used it far too often.

stars321 said:

stars321 said:

ebrennan19 said:

BizarroJerry said: Maybe I am not getting the concept.

Me either...can someone explain please?

I think its suppose to be "it is what is it" then the arms pointing asking "is what it?"

"It is what it is"*

The arm arrows are supposed to say "What is it?" and the text as a whole answers that by saying "it is what it is."

I want the "I want YOU to make me a sandwich" on a shirt sooo bad :O

Phoenix99155 said: To what does this reference? Or does it not?

Its a mash-up. The words are from a dictionary, and those hands clearly came from a homosapien.

Good timing...

Is it wrong that I want to buy this more because people are bitching so hard about it? Simplicity can be beautiful too. I find that I don't get a lot if shirts from teefury because there is just too much going on.

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

I think that the message is the exact opposite. It's not meant to get you down it's meant to keep you from getting down. It's in an undeniable fact that there are some things in this crazy world you just can't change. Like when it rains on your big game or your cat dies of old age or you accidentally spill your gummy bears in the toilet. Sh*t happens and IT is what IT is: YOU decide what you make of IT.

I'm not going to buy this shirt, but if I happen to get it when grab bag rolls around I'll be pretty happy.

I'm buying this shirt for many reasons. the most predominant being:
"What do you absolutely not want them to find out?
I have never seen an episode of Dr. Who. There, I said it! Don't hate me!"

more power to you, lbb. my suggestion: don't :)

Cute

THE ONE DAY I MISS.

The artist needs to put this up on his site ASAP.

Well... even though I didn't get this shirt...

LBB: I have never seen an episode of Dr. Who. There, I said it! Don't hate me!

I haven't either. :) Let's be friends!

tactacfox said: Taken at face value, I really dislike this shirt. The design is nice, but the message it conveys is uber-defeatist. It's essentially the slogan of our apathetic society. Instead of taking the initiative to change things, this quote encourages you to sit back and "take it". If you're going to do a shirt like this, make the quote positive or inspirational, much like the "Laugh Everyday" shirt they did a while back.

I actually don't agree. "It is what it is" isn't defeatist at all.When I say "It is what it is," it's a nod to something that while unchangeable, is not going to get you down. I think the post about 5+ months fighting colon cancer is inspirational, and not only that, but it really points to the fight. That person is saying 'I may have colon cancer, it is what it is, but I'm not going to let that depress me or get me down.' We're minimalizing the effect we're allowing bad things to have on us, and powering through them because we know that only our outlook on it will change how it affects us. I Love this shirt, and I think it's awesome.

I think that the people who have a problem with this saying are those who feel the need to be in control of every event and every circumstance. Well guess what? You aren't.
I can see the disdain for apathetic use and the person who uses it as a means to deflect their responsibility.
All together though, it expresses an understanding that certain things are beyond us incredible mortals, even though we like to act contrarily.

This is my wife's favorite saying. Nice!

"It is what it is What is it? What it is"