Comments on: Occupy this stylish biker jacket

By: Mister

Mister — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:07:00 +0000

you guys need to get off your period, its a cool jacket and i would buy it and wear it to Occupy. Get off your asses and do something for the movement instead of being jealous etsy nerds pickin away online

By: timmaguire

timmaguire — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:03:00 +0000

Indeed. vroom! vroom! “Gentlemen, start your trademark lawsuits!”

By: Roger Wilco

Roger Wilco — Wed, 16 May 2012 03:02:00 +0000

“Went to the revolution. Picked up a t-shirt.”

I bought a Che t-shirt. But how do I know that La Revolucion is over? Because it was on the sale rack.

By: SedanChair

SedanChair — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:57:00 +0000

What set are you from

By: cookie_b

cookie_b — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:26:00 +0000

I was going to go all foam-at-the-mouth about how that’s not a biker jacket, but that territory’s been covered. Instead I’m going to suggest Xeni befriend a motorcyclist (aka biker) and learn WHY that’s not a biker jacket. I’m personally fine with textile jackets, they don’t all have to e bitchin’ black leather, but I’m fierce about abrasion resistance, padding and armour and that fashion piece has none of the above.

By: keplers

keplers — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:48:00 +0000

this jacket is fug and fashionably late for a movement that has yet to accomplish much of anything (except vandalizing in the bay area). also is he standing at an angle so we can’t see how crooked the lettering is?

By: robdobbs

robdobbs — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:06:00 +0000

That’s not a biker jacket. At all. A workman jacket maybe.

I could see someone waiting for the bus wearing this, but not riding any kind of bike – pedal or motorized.

By: The Life Of Bryan

The Life Of Bryan — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:14:00 +0000

Occupy it hell, I’d rather kern it. *shudder*

By: trees123

trees123 — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:26:00 +0000

Yes, another mindless response to OWS! “Occupiers can’t wear clothes. They’re from corporations.” Sorry we can’t all be as unstuck in the system as you.

By: DavidS

DavidS — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:20:00 +0000

I’m bad. I’m bad. You know it. Shumon.

By: Dan Hibiki

Dan Hibiki — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:11:00 +0000

hey it’s that guy from the Tshirt!

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Tue, 15 May 2012 12:50:00 +0000

Occupy Madison Avenue?

By: Kamil Antosiewicz

Kamil Antosiewicz — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:33:00 +0000

making graffiti is one thing, selling someone’s else’s work on etsy without a credit is another.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:26:00 +0000

You mean that spraygraphic should credit Frank Cieciorka, who did the woodcut of that fist in 1965?

http://www.docspopuli.org/articles/Fist.html

By: Kamil Antosiewicz

Kamil Antosiewicz — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:38:00 +0000

the fist is a rip off. what a shame… the guy should at last give a proper credit. but hey, this is so ANARCHY, right?

http://www.spraygraphic.com/ShowPage/10.html

By: profgeisst

profgeisst — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:35:00 +0000

Wearing this could yield in serious injuries. It could be mistaken for a three piece patch with missing bottom rocker. The font and the colors resemble the Hells Angels patch. The 99% is a persiflage of the 1% patch of an “outlaw” club. So if you meet some good mooded member, you propably only get laughed at and have to put it of. But if you meet some 1%ers in a bad mood…

By: Beanolini

Beanolini — Tue, 15 May 2012 08:21:00 +0000

Bikers likely to do any ass-kicking are about a tenth of a percent of motorcycle riders

Is the ass-kicking scene dying out, then? It was one percent in my day. You might be more likely to get sued, as the Hells Angels are notoriously litigious.

By: Jas Strong

Jas Strong — Tue, 15 May 2012 07:23:00 +0000

This is not a biker jacket, since it’s not made of leather; leather jackets are not a fashion statement for motorcyclists, they’re a safety feature.

By: noah django

noah django — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:04:00 +0000

possibly, but some Turbonegro fans I met got stepped-to by some dudes trying to kick their ass for wearing their Turbo Jugend jackets in their territory. Maybe most bikers are ministers and CPAs, but there’s still enough soldiers out there to where it hardly seems worth it.

and then, there’s the whole “cultural tourist” aspect of the design, which _should_ be enough to make it unpalatable in the first place.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/6d84/turbojugend.jpg

By: Count Zero

Count Zero — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:38:00 +0000

The Angels are very touchy about anything that looks vaguely similar to their patches, and the font is definitely a problem

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:05:00 +0000

He’s obviously a chimney sweep. Have you become so brainwashed by the 1% that you can’t even recognize a brother worker?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:03:00 +0000

Fidel and Raul might disagree with you on the long term effects of icons.

By: robuluz

robuluz — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:59:00 +0000

Why is he wearing black face?

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:58:00 +0000

Real biker? Bikers likely to do any ass-kicking are about a tenth of a percent of motorcycle riders. Most bikers are Lutheran ministers and CPAs.

By: Roger Wilco

Roger Wilco — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:17:00 +0000

This officially marks the end of the movement.

By: Ryan Griffin

Ryan Griffin — Tue, 15 May 2012 03:05:00 +0000

Great way to get your ass kicked by a real biker.

By: jimh

jimh — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:07:00 +0000

The copy is so over the top- is this a gag?
“Stay warm on those cold nights sleeping in the street, show the corporate pigs your message on your back and protect your skin from getting maced by banker funded enforcer pigs!”
*MASK, IPHONE AND PROTESTOR NOT INCLUDED*

By: Shawn Miller

Shawn Miller — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:53:00 +0000

No.

By: disqusit2

disqusit2 — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:43:00 +0000

What’s that? He wants to be occupied with a little fisting? As in a completely occupied orifice?

By: SedanChair

SedanChair — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:35:00 +0000

Yes! A commodity! Finally I can understand!