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The T-Shirts I Buy

I get asked from time to time about the t-shirts I wear every day, so I figured it might save time to document it here.

The correct answer to the question is, "whatever the cheapest blank tri-blend crew-neck is." The blend in question refers to a mix of fabrics: cotton, polyester, and rayon. The brand you buy doesn't really matter, since they're all going to be pretty much the same: cheap, lightweight, quick-drying, don't retain odors, and feel surprisingly good on the skin for the price. This type of shirt was popularized by the American Apparel Track Shirt, but that company went to shit at some point and I haven't bothered with any of its post-post-bankruptcy wares.

I maintain a roster of 7 active shirts that I rotate daily and wash weekly. Every 6 months I replace them. I buy 14 at a time so I only need to order annually. I always get them from Blank Apparel, because they don't print bullshit logos on anything and charge near-wholesale prices. I can usually load up on a year's worth of shirts for just over $100.

I can vouch for these two specific models:

The Next Level shirts feel slightly nicer on day one, but they also wear faster and will feel a little scratchy after three months of daily usage. The Bella+Canvas ones seem to hold up a bit better. But, honestly, who cares. The whole point is clothes don't matter and people will get used to anything after a couple days. They're cheap and cover my nipples, so mission accomplished.

Possy's been busy

Earlier this year, I announced I was working on a Rails app called POSSE Party which allows users to syndicate their website's content to a variety of social platforms simply by reading its RSS/Atom feed.

Well, as of today, POSSE Party officially posts to just about everything I could want it to. This week, I locked myself in a tiny Tokyo apartment and didn't let myself out until I'd finished building support for Instagram, Facebook Pages, LinkedIn, and YouTube. That brings the total number of platforms it supports up to 8. I've updated this site's POSSE Pulse accordingly.

I'm excited and relieved to have realized the vision of what I set out to build. I'll be discussing what's next… soon-ish. Probably.

The current year is 2025 and the only supported way to sign out of a Netflix account on my Airbnb's 2025 Smart TV is to enter this fucking Konami code:

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Up, Up, Up, Up

No.