{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "OK, fine asshole - fucking Hot Topic did *not* originate the \"buy a band t-shirt even though you never got close to a concert\"...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/653668418000764928/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: <p>OK, fine asshole - fucking Hot Topic did *not* originate the \"buy a band t-shirt even though you never got close to a concert\" concept.  They said \"huh - these indie record stores seem to do a booming business in band merch. What if we did that, *only in non-strip malls*?\"  And don't get me started on how fucking wrong you are about t-shirt sales in general.</p></div>\n<p>OK now I&rsquo;m gonna attribute the entire 90s t-shirt glowup from souvenirs and hypercolor beachwear exclusively to American Apparrel&rsquo;s intermediate-goods period and <b>not even mention </b>NAFTA and the collapse of the Carolinas textile industry, just to bait you</p>"}