T-shirts have become a perfect canvas for people of all ages to express their personality
, beliefs and hobbies. While most shirts are easy to understand at a glance, a new breed of internet based humor is making its way on to our beloved clothing of choice and baffling those unfamiliar with the web's popular jokes or trends.
Some of these trends or memes, originate on popular message boards visited by thousands each day. Lolcats are a great example of a trend that took the internet by storm. Pictures of cats and kittens in various poses with humorous and often misspelled text. There are entire websites now devoted to lolcat images and numerous vendors who would be happy to put your favorite grammatically challenged feline on a shirt for you.
Other popular t-shirt designs are geared more towards the geeky side of the internet. Want to make sure you're always near a strong Wi-Fi signal? Get yourself a t-shirt with Wi-Fi detection built right in! A colorful graph on the front of the shirt indicates the strength of neighboring Wi-Fi signals, allowing you to find an optimal spot to connect before you even turn your laptop on! Feeling sentimental? "There's no place like 127.0.0.1" boasts a popular shirt. For the non-geeks out there, 127.0.0.1 is your computers home IP address.
Many popular sites now offer their own logo on clothing for purchase as well. In fact, some blogs and web comics have gone this route, offering popular comics and quotes on t-shirts right from their own site. Your favorite website doesn't offer its own merchandise? Check consumer driver resale stores online such as CafePress to find t-shirt designs of almost anything you can find online!