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Machines Miss the Joke Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

Machines Miss the Joke Comfort Colors Unisex T-Shirt

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Unisex with a relaxed cut, true to size, S to 4XL. Garment-dyed heavyweight tee.

Machines miss the joke. Timing, the pause, the thing left unsaid, and the sketch writer in the tee fed the model her best bit as an experiment and got back a paragraph explaining why it was funny, which is the least funny thing that has ever happened to it. Comedy is a human reflex. This tee is the reflex, four words, for the writers' room.

Wear it to the writers' room, the open mic, the improv show, the comedy festival, and the family dinner where a relative reads you a generated joke and waits. It is a warm gift for a sketch writer, a stand-up, an improv coach, and the friend who got the explanation.

The tee is a Comfort Colors 1717, garment-dyed in 6.1 oz ring-spun cotton, soft and evenly colored, with a heavier hand than a novelty tee and four words that read across a writers' room whiteboard. Direct-to-garment. It bonds with the cotton.

Unisex, relaxed, true to size. S through 4XL. Colors: Black, White, Bay, Blossom. Also Chambray, Graphite, Ivory, Banana. It is the explained-the-bit entry on our anti-AI movement page.

Designed and printed to order in the USA. Machine wash cold, inside out, with like colors. Tumble dry low. Do not bleach or iron the design.

Details

  • Comfort Colors 1717 unisex tee.
  • Garment-dyed ring-spun cotton.
  • Weight 6.1 oz.
  • Direct-to-garment print, into the fabric.
  • Unisex, relaxed, true to size.
  • Sizes S through 4XL.
  • Eight colors, Black through Banana.
  • Made to order in the USA.

Common questions

Where does this sit next to a robot has never had a breakup? Cousins. That one is about the material; this one is about the timing.

Would an improv troupe order these for the festival? Troupes do. Every shirt is printed to order. Any mix of sizes, one order.

Which color do comics pick? Black by a wide margin. Banana for the show.

How does the 1717 fit? True to size, relaxed body. Order your usual.

Wear it to: the all-hands where they announce the new tool, the studio, the classroom, the town meeting about the data center.

Fabric and fit

Comfort Colors 1717: 6.1 oz 100 percent ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and soft-washed so it feels broken in from the first wear. Relaxed unisex fit, true to size, S to 4XL in eight colors. Double-needle stitching, no side seams, sewn-in label.

Measurements for every size are on the size and fit guide.

Printing and care

Printed to order in the USA, direct to garment: water-based ink goes into the fabric rather than sitting on top, so the print stays soft and does not crack or peel.

Machine wash cold, inside out. Tumble dry low or hang dry. Do not iron the print. More on the fabric and care page.

Shipping and returns

Every shirt is made when you order it and ships from the USA. Current production and delivery times, and how returns work, are on the shipping and returns page. Ordering for a group? See group and bulk orders.

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