This was in the teen-ish section of a chain clothing store:
- Anna Minard
- Not Photoshopped.
What the actual fuck?! I googled. I got nothing explanatory in regards to this shirt.
But I did find some pretty good internet-mermaid-hole shit.
First: A brilliant WikiHow instruction manual titled “How to Make People Believe You’re a Mermaid at School,” with instructions such as “When the subject of of underwater life and the ocean comes up in class, act interested but informed, as if you are already an expert… Be ready to point it out when others are mistaken but don’t make a nuisance of yourself..” And: “Change the subject when people talk about mermaids. A true mermaid would not be likely to enjoy having the secrets of her people discussed in public.” I especially like “Part Five: Keep It in Perspective,” which advises the reader, “Don’t go overboard. If you drop too many hints or act too self-important, people will start to get irritated. The point of this is to become a mermaid, not to alienate your friends.” Obviously, memorizing that entire page for later recitation at parties would not be a waste of your workday.
Second: A BBC News article titled “<a href=”http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18692830
“>No evidence of mermaids, says US government,” which includes the sentence, “The article was written from publicly available sources because ‘we don’t have a mermaid science programme,’ National Ocean Service spokeswoman Carol Kavanagh told the BBC.”
Either I have a brain injury, or this calls for a poll.