NEVER FORGETSY
One of the most awesome things about Etsy crafters is the way they leap on human suffering with a hot glue gun and a bag full of bottlecaps. I like to call it, “Tragicrafting.”
We’ve seen Amy Winehouse death crafts, a Liz Taylor pile on, some super fun hurricane swag, and perhaps most tastefully, a Casey Anthony payday! So is it any wonder that Nine-Elevenailia has been steadily creeping into The World’s Most Vibrant Handmade Suckhole?
A cynical person might suggest that this is just another crappy way to make a buck, but by now you know that I am not a cynical person. I’m a God damned Pollyanna, is what I am. And I will tell you right now that Tragicrafting™ is not about money; it’s about healing.
Yes, closure is just a click away. And it only takes Paypal.
So here are my top ten 9-11 Tragicrafts on Etsy. I only hope you’re as proud as I am.
LET THE HEALING BEGIN!
September 7, 2011 at 2:52 pm
How about a commemorative barf bag? Because that, at least would encapsulate what I feel right now.
September 7, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Craftard express. More of what we don’t need:
September 7, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Is it wrong that I find those kind of cute?
September 7, 2011 at 3:53 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 4:20 pm
I found them cute too. I like how they’re holding hands… “We’re in this together”.
September 7, 2011 at 5:14 pm
They ARE cute. Comedy is tragedy plus time, maybe cute is too.
September 7, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Is it wrong that I kind of want them?
September 7, 2011 at 3:06 pm
What the everlovin FUCK?
September 7, 2011 at 3:09 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 5:40 pm
I just meant that my eyes were tarnished by that mockery. More disturbing that even cute can’t fix.
September 7, 2011 at 6:15 pm
My first hidden comment due to low rating, am I officially initiated?
September 7, 2011 at 6:28 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Oh, you’ll know when you’re “officially initiated.” It’ll involve a kidnapping and probably your bajingo.
September 7, 2011 at 3:15 pm
I like how the one on the left looks like he’s feeling under the weather. Planes crashing into my head always make me feel like I have the flu.
September 7, 2011 at 3:31 pm
And the one on the right is surprised.
September 7, 2011 at 3:19 pm
It is terrible that I want those plushies? I also want that bracelet. Oh why can’t I have $20 to blow on shit from Etsy?
September 7, 2011 at 3:25 pm
For a second I thought those were Daleks and it was awesome.
September 7, 2011 at 3:33 pm
I’m surprised these aren’t salt-and-pepper shakers. Oh, wait, I haven’t opened my latest mailing from The Hamilton Collection…there’s still.
September 7, 2011 at 4:05 pm
I WANT those!
September 7, 2011 at 5:29 pm
NO WAY. Oh my dog.
September 7, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Looks like Towelie.
September 8, 2011 at 1:18 pm
Hey. and if they calk like Towelie, they can talk about their book, “A Miiiiiiillion Little Pieeeeeeeeces.”
September 8, 2011 at 1:18 pm
*Talk*
September 7, 2011 at 8:02 pm
“Comedy is tragedy plus time” is true. But has there been enough time on this? I think they are well done and really creative, but absolutely for someone who likes darker humor at best. I think it’s still too soon.
September 7, 2011 at 11:56 pm
I’m not even sure it is true – humour happens at the height of tragedy, and that’s often the funniest – but either way, I don’t think I’d ever find these funny. However cute they are.
September 8, 2011 at 7:35 am
This was brought up durring hobo-gate, 22.3 years after a tragedy before it becomes funny, so we have to wait til mid December 2023, then it is safe
(still way super cute, I want as well, but in a sad way)
September 7, 2011 at 9:28 pm
This never happens, folks. I’m speechless.
*goes to note this in diary*
September 7, 2011 at 10:02 pm
Okay,
I had a drinkI’m better now.Yeah, they do look like Towelie.
September 8, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Where did you find this? (Couldn’t locate on Etsy.) I would absolutely purchase a pair. Or several for friends and family.
September 10, 2011 at 1:15 am
Those are so tastefully adorable, I don’t know how to react to them.
I’m pretty sure *this* is how the terrorists win.
September 7, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Put some pink glitter in that barf and someone will buy it. Hell is truly other people.
September 7, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Aliceblue, I like you. 100 thumbs up to you, girlfriend.
September 7, 2011 at 11:45 pm
Thank you. One can have so much fun with thumbs
September 7, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Some people collect airline barf bags. I’m sure this isn’t too much of a stretch.
September 7, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Collect??….. Please, please mean unused.
September 7, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Oh my mother was one of those sick weirdos. At first I was in on it (I was also 11 yrs old then, don’t blame me) but then she packed a school lunch for me with one of them. If she had decorated/hot glue gunned the shit out of it instead of just handing it to me, “for motion sickness” written right on the front, I’d probably be less mortified to this day.
September 7, 2011 at 11:47 pm
On the bright side, I bet that you had no problems with other kids stealing your lunch!
September 8, 2011 at 4:57 am
Back when I actually flew a lot I collected the barf bags. I’ll probably display them
when I appear on Hoardersget the place cleaned up. Framed even.September 8, 2011 at 12:22 pm
In barnwood frames I hope.
September 7, 2011 at 2:52 pm
I wish I could make a joke about this. I really do. But I’m just…yeah.
Give me a minute, and I’ll produce you some fuckery.
September 7, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Just breath…
September 7, 2011 at 3:46 pm
I REQUEST A 9/11 CRAFT CONTEST
HELEN TAKE NOTE
September 7, 2011 at 3:47 pm
*smacks self in face*
I see that’s been covered below.
September 7, 2011 at 2:52 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 2:53 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Yuck.
September 7, 2011 at 2:59 pm
1. I never saw a picture
2. There is no contest (details later)
3. There is so, so much more to come
September 7, 2011 at 3:04 pm
Applause.
September 7, 2011 at 3:25 pm
*side note*
OMG! Kim is here! I’ve been stalking your eye rings (lol–stalking)for a while now AND included one of your pieces in a treasury.
I’m a big fan. (blushes)
September 7, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Wow! Me too! Although not a treasury, just my birthday/christmas list for shopping challenged wife.
September 7, 2011 at 4:45 pm
Big fan here, too. Love, love, love your rings.
September 7, 2011 at 5:44 pm
*reply to sidenote* I’m kind of blushing, and kind of weird that I was recognized in this thread of all places!
September 7, 2011 at 6:32 pm
Hee hee, I have one of your eye rings – never fails to get *exactly* the reaction I wanted – good to have you!
September 8, 2011 at 5:13 pm
The eye rings are awesome! But this one belongs in “Things that look like Penises”!
September 8, 2011 at 8:24 am
Supersuper!
September 7, 2011 at 11:48 pm
So sad to have all the thumbs down. Well, here’s what I made in case my email was munched by the spam filter. It was made with respect and love. I’d also like to point out that it’s not for sale. I do not, and will not, ever try to profit from terrible tragedies.
September 8, 2011 at 12:00 am
Am puzzled by why this girl was thumbsed-down when you’re all applauding/coveting the sick plushie Twin Towers above?
September 8, 2011 at 12:27 am
Pack mentality?
I think past a certain point, people begin to thumbs down automatically once something is hidden because of low score.
At any right, I approve of the eagle fuckery, and have thumbed it up.
September 8, 2011 at 6:55 am
I think because she came off as a little whiney that she didn’t get “picked” for this post. That’s how I read it, seems like she should have emailed it privately rather than posted it publicly.
Maybe she was picked for the 2nd round, but now we’ve already seen it!
September 8, 2011 at 4:43 am
This eagle looks like he is bored to glitter tears.
September 8, 2011 at 4:58 am
Ah. I see what you mean. I didn’t manage to capture the torment and suffering in his eyes. He just looks rather pissed off, doesn’t he?
September 8, 2011 at 10:40 am
And delicious.
September 8, 2011 at 9:17 am
Bonus points for Barnwood!
September 7, 2011 at 2:53 pm
I get a weird feeling that the bracelet maker isn’t quite sure what 9/11 is…
September 7, 2011 at 2:56 pm
I always associate 9/11 with “fun and funky”
September 7, 2011 at 3:04 pm
…and tea.
September 7, 2011 at 3:19 pm
“fall” tea somehow seems especially inappropriately appropriate.
September 7, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Yeah, I’m sure the people in the towers were just sitting around going, “My, bit of a bother today. would you like a cuppa?”
What was that person thinking (and the tea sounds nasty – like drinking potpourri or air freshener.
September 7, 2011 at 4:43 pm
When you steep the leaves, those colors WILL run…
September 7, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Faulty?
Could that be a warning?
September 7, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Oh, I read it as “Fail” tea.
Which isn’t too incorrect after all…
September 7, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Fall-tea towers, even.
September 7, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Ahhhhh beat me to it. Viva John Cleese!
September 8, 2011 at 1:05 pm
September 8, 2011 at 1:10 pm
I love you.
September 7, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Depending on whether they tolerate or worship Jello Biafra, they probably knew exactly what they were doing.
September 7, 2011 at 6:36 pm
yeah,that was the only one that really made my jaw drop. Well, that and the flip book, upon which I’m conflicted.
September 7, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Every single person in those buildings LOVED that fucking tea. They never shut up about it. It’s considered one of the primary motives for the attack. True story.
September 7, 2011 at 2:58 pm
I love you so hard right now.
September 7, 2011 at 4:36 pm
There has to be some reason this tea is commemorative. I refuse to accept that it’s not relevant in some way other than the alleged color, which is guaranteed to be nothing more than brown once it’s brewed.
This tea is a tribute to my asshole. At six bucks for two ounces, that’s not bad.
September 8, 2011 at 11:22 am
I would like to commission a wide mouth ceramic jar with a lid in which to store my tea bags (regular ones, not massively insulting ones) that says “This tea is a tribute to my asshole”.
Please.
September 8, 2011 at 5:23 pm
Mollyolly, all you need to do is add two hands and a wedding ring. No text necessary.
September 7, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Damn April beat me to a response!
Anyway, you know that it was imported tea right?
I heard that they had a big shipment coming in that day.
September 7, 2011 at 9:25 pm
“Assam”-a Bin Laden tea?
(OK, go ahead and groan – best I can do on a couple hours’ sleep)
September 7, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Holy shit! 9/11 was just a Terrorist Tea Party! It all makes perfect sense. Now, pass me some chamomile and let’s jack up Chile.
September 7, 2011 at 3:35 pm
Ah, so you’ve succeeded in linking the Tea Party to terrorism! Always had my suspicions, given the ease they’ve had with fundraising on the basis of over-religious zealotry. I bow to you, your Holy Snarkitude!
September 7, 2011 at 3:43 pm
the irony of “Fall tea” when so many people fell to their deaths is so… so…
September 7, 2011 at 10:10 pm
utterly inappropriate?
fucktastically awful?
September 8, 2011 at 5:09 am
They missed an opportunity with the logo, though. Weren’t there two towers? It’s so hard to keep it all straight after 10 years.
September 7, 2011 at 2:54 pm
That flask would be the perfect accessory for the 9/11 drinking game!
September 7, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Fuck yeah! Every time some uses the word “loss” Sunday, hit the flask. Oh, and carry a thesaurus .
September 7, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Dammit, I have to work.
Ah who am I kidding, I’ll probably still play.
September 7, 2011 at 4:47 pm
Yeah, but wouldn’t you need, like, ten flasks to cover the entire day?
September 7, 2011 at 6:02 pm
Every time you see the footage on a news channel, take a drink. I might, even if I’m not playing.
September 7, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Is this drink in place of, or in addition to, the typical regresaian diet of one drink an hour, all day, every day?
September 7, 2011 at 8:56 pm
So I read this and said out loud “Woohoo! 9-11 drinking game on Sunday!” to which the responses from my living room were:
Husband: “At church?”
Roommate: “That’s perfect because they’re having a memorial in the park for it.”
Husband: “That’s three birds with one stone!”
September 8, 2011 at 7:34 am
where do you go to church?
I could never make that leap
September 7, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Every time you see “heros”, take a drink.
September 7, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Just drink, in general.
September 7, 2011 at 11:43 pm
Every time they use the words “tribute” or “Never forget” take a drink.
September 7, 2011 at 10:14 pm
It certainly makes me want to start drinking.
September 7, 2011 at 2:54 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 2:59 pm
Quite apart from the fact that she’s trying to profit from 9/11, that is the crappiest charm bracelet I’ve ever seen.
September 7, 2011 at 2:55 pm
“Tragicrafting.” Such a perfect word to describe such hideous fuckery.
September 7, 2011 at 4:36 pm
I’m trying to laugh at all this. Really.
But I knew people who died in the towers. So…yeah….even now, after all this time, these people trying to profit off 9/11 with such craptastic crafts and having the gall to try to hide behind a veil of patriotism is just is not funny to me.
Honestly, it just pisses me off.
September 7, 2011 at 5:35 pm
My friend who worked at the Pentagon lucked out by being sick that day, and I still agree that ‘commemorating’ the loss of life, pain, survivor guilt and grief to make a buck is almost pathological.
September 7, 2011 at 7:48 pm
My husband had coworkers who died in the Pentagon, so I totally agree with you, thescribbler. I’m sorry, these people are such vultures, it really makes me sick.
September 7, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Part of me thinks they’re somehow trying to honor the day–that great artists make great art out of tragedy, and idiot crafters make idiot crafts…
…and then I think, ‘No, actually they are trying to make a buck off crap by making it ‘patriotic’.
September 7, 2011 at 2:55 pm
“I will be offering this piece for only up to the incoming Anniversary of the horrible tragedy and festivities concerning the events around ground zero.”
bless her heart. she’ll end the listing after the festivities come to a close.
Horrible Tragedies – They’re so festive!
September 7, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Well, you know, that’s a lot of patriotism to cram into a hair scrunchie!
September 7, 2011 at 3:11 pm
She’ll end that listing way before then if she sees that she’s just been featured.
September 7, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Here’s hoping, anyway.
September 7, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Maybe not, the Patriotic Dog Dress sold.
“Please enjoy this adorable outfit while honoring our heros who risked their lives on 9/11.”
Somebody, somewhere, will be honoring our heroes with a terrier mutt in an adorable outfit.
September 8, 2011 at 2:06 pm
Damn. Here I wanted to piss off people and my dog by putting him in tragicraftarded outfit…he’s white so maybe I’ll just dye him red and blue instead.
September 7, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Nice how she said “incoming” instead of upcoming.
September 7, 2011 at 5:49 pm
Good catch Toastlette, that makes it even worse!
September 8, 2011 at 5:43 am
You’re all invited to my festive 9/11 kegger. Please dress whimsicley.
September 7, 2011 at 2:55 pm
The last I can appreciate, both in terms of the technical skill and the imagery, but the rest?
How soon can I forget them?
September 7, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Forget them? Never.
NEVER FORGETSY.
September 7, 2011 at 6:06 pm
The last one, I agree there is some skill there, but I also think you’d have to be a pretty sick puppy to want to see that on a wall on a regular basis.
September 7, 2011 at 10:15 pm
Agreed.
September 7, 2011 at 2:55 pm
I have that firefighter pen, except it doesn’t have the flag on it, and their clothes disappear when you point it down.
September 7, 2011 at 2:55 pm
I had one of those once upon a time. Oh how I miss simple amusement.
September 7, 2011 at 3:08 pm
April…considering your enviable resources in getting the best fuckery to put up for sale, how about such a pen with Towel Mike on it?!? He’s been absent lately and such a pen would certainly help fill a void, metaphorically speaking.
September 7, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Especially if it works like Maman Brigitte’s!
September 7, 2011 at 3:27 pm
I would buy one of those. That’s brilliant.
September 7, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Make it Bronc and you’ve got a deal.
September 7, 2011 at 3:44 pm
We could start a Regretsy set!
September 7, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Ooh- Bronc, and Towel Mike, and Dror, and Sam’s round pert ass.
September 8, 2011 at 1:57 pm
I second this!
September 7, 2011 at 6:06 pm
Can it say Never Forgetsy on the side?
September 7, 2011 at 6:46 pm
My favourite part about that pen is the price. 280.00. Even the painting(which isn’t that bad if, say, you were going to use it for 9/11 memorial and is at least decently done) is only 120.00.
September 7, 2011 at 2:55 pm
That costume looks like something my cat coughed up.
September 7, 2011 at 2:55 pm
it’s nice to see babies taking a stand against the terrorists
September 7, 2011 at 3:27 pm
Babies piss on terrorists.
September 7, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Babies piss on anyone. It’s kind of a sport, with them. But baby boys have the advantage of “distance delivery”.
September 7, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Don’t forget accuracy! My son is all Jackie Gleason up in this bitch. Bang, zoom, straight to the ocular cavity, Alice!
September 7, 2011 at 6:40 pm
pah! some girls can also deliver, distance-wise . . . accuracy, not so much. Kind of a “fuck you all” approach, which serves them well in later life, when they become fat, jealous, pissy losers.
September 7, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Boys are a rifle, girls are a shotgun.
September 7, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Yes, they’ll never forget something that they didn’t experience at all.
September 7, 2011 at 2:56 pm
What? No 9/11 dildo or buttplug? I’m offended.
September 7, 2011 at 2:57 pm
I have to save something for Friday.
September 7, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Tell me someone has made a “twin towers” that will fill both, uhm, “needs”.
September 7, 2011 at 3:11 pm
If not, Woody (snork! sorry, your name is just so apropos for this) have until Sunday to craft such a necessary necessity!
September 7, 2011 at 3:30 pm
You still have a myspace?
September 7, 2011 at 4:01 pm
I think that the planes might be more the correct shape. Just consider yourself the twin towers.
September 7, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Because it’s not a memorial without sex toys.
September 7, 2011 at 3:01 pm
I just thought of a terrible twin towers joke.
I’m going to hell.
September 7, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Does it involve the phrase “it was a real shocker”? Because if so, we’ll be besties for sure on the bus ride down there.
September 7, 2011 at 3:06 pm
I’ll make room for you. I’m in room 666.6 (it’s just outside the main part of Hell).
September 7, 2011 at 4:00 pm
I’m a librarian and can’t help mentioning that 666.6 is the Dewey number for pottery, the devil’s craft. No kidding.
September 7, 2011 at 4:03 pm
Hell has suburbs?
September 7, 2011 at 6:34 pm
I suspect hell is nothing but suburbs.
September 7, 2011 at 6:45 pm
@aliceblue – OF COURSE hell has suburbs. . . it’s like fucking practice for getting forked up the ass, going to a neighbourhood association meeting. Who but Satan would measure the inches by which your PlaySkool (spelling?) basketball hoop exceeds the standards? Ain’t no one but insufferable prigs in my hell, bitches.
September 7, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Finette, you are my hero *takes a drink* for telling me that trivia about pottery and the dewy decimal system. I plan on telling it to every single person I know for the rest of my life.
September 7, 2011 at 2:56 pm
The onesie is the one that confuses me the most.
Just.. How the hell?
September 7, 2011 at 3:02 pm
I feel the same way. “Never forget something that happened way before you were born. Hell, you won’t even understand it now because you’re not old enough, but you’ll still never forget.”
September 7, 2011 at 3:08 pm
You’ll never forget because gramps will remind you every day, perchance?
I could only imagine my dad trying to do that to my nephew (4yr).
September 7, 2011 at 3:36 pm
Oh, those will be such lovely photos in the baby album. Maybe, when the child grows up and gets married, the photos can be used in the wedding video. How festive!
September 7, 2011 at 8:47 pm
Its for the baby in the very odd youtube video who’s parents filmed the whole thing in 2001 while Baby Einstein CDs were playing in the background.
Oh, wait, that kid is a teenager now. I have no idea.
September 7, 2011 at 6:10 pm
At least the publicists didn’t try to co-opt “never again”, which didn’t really work, either (Serbia, Rwanda)
September 7, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Well a baby never forgets! Duh!!!
September 7, 2011 at 3:28 pm
They are like elephants. But with both ears.
September 7, 2011 at 3:31 pm
What do babies have to remember?
Eat, Burp, Poop, Pee and Sleep fills most of their day planner
September 7, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Same is true of the very elderly. I’m looking forward to that, personally.
September 7, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Never forgets what? I don’t think they have memories at that age.
Then again, I’m not much of the mother-type, so I don’t care to know much about children anyway.
September 7, 2011 at 5:28 pm
My son was discussing about how they were doing some ‘Never Forget’ thing at his school this Friday. He was in Kindergarten when 9/11 happened and I kept him pretty sheltered from it all. So did most of the parents of his classmates because the kids were all only 4 or 5. So the kids keep wondering how they are supposed to never forget something they don’t remember in the first place. That’s like asking me to remember the Vietnam war.
September 8, 2011 at 6:44 am
Damien, I’m 24, but that story makes me feel so old. Thanks for that.
September 7, 2011 at 4:05 pm
After the MILF one and this I’m convinced that some people don’t see kids; they just see smelly, drooling sandwich boards on which to imprint their own banal thoughts.
September 7, 2011 at 8:33 pm
“Great Baby Shower Gift” – well, really, if you think about it, baby showers are much too solemn and depressing. You really need something like this to elevate the mood.
September 8, 2011 at 7:47 pm
I thumbed you up because of the name and av. #win.
September 7, 2011 at 2:57 pm
The bracelet and the angel costume are so over the top, what-were-you-thinking, crazytown… well, I’ve just got to respect that.
September 7, 2011 at 3:14 pm
I’m so glad that you can prioritize the fuckery here. So, the flip book, where you can witness, over and over, the planes crashing into the tower and the subsequent flame and—can we be so lucky—bodies falling to the ground, THAT’S not over the top? Oh, wait, of course it’s not—’cause you can flip the book the other way and the planes back out of the buildings and the flames go away and all’s well again, right?
September 8, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Or for free, go watch the TV coverage on Internet Archive. Much harder to play backwards, though, to show a disastrous day become a beautiful Tuesday morning.
September 7, 2011 at 5:52 pm
The only thing respectable about this whole thread is “never forgetsy” and the mockery follows from looking at idiots trying to profit off of tragedy.
The mockery is more respectable than any of the items, never forgetsy that.
September 7, 2011 at 2:57 pm
Please tell me someone made reuseable panty liners with that 9/11 cloth.
September 7, 2011 at 3:12 pm
They could do a series: Jamestown:The Panty Liner, Donner Party: The Panty Liner Mason Family: The Panty Liner….oh this is a million dollar idea….
September 7, 2011 at 4:57 pm
Dibs on the Gacy pantyliners!
September 7, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Manson should be represented. With piggies.
(surely not too soon?)
September 7, 2011 at 2:57 pm
The baby bodysuit bothers me the most. We will not forget? You weren’t even alive when it happened, baby!
September 7, 2011 at 6:42 pm
Makes it that much harder to forget. I mean, you can’t rightly forget something you never knew in the first place.
September 7, 2011 at 11:27 pm
Well, the kid inside that shirt can’t even remember whether or not it’s ok to pee in his dad’s face during a diaper change, so it’s an obviously false boast.
September 7, 2011 at 2:58 pm
I like how striving for a higher power leads to a kickass HALLOWEEN COSTUME.
September 7, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Later used as a New Year’s Eve costume!
September 7, 2011 at 3:05 pm
Weeee!
September 7, 2011 at 3:07 pm
And after that as a theme wedding dress.
September 7, 2011 at 3:14 pm
It’s patriotic AND multipurpose. Win-win!
September 7, 2011 at 3:20 pm
So I ran out of ideas that year! Damn. Crafters get crafting block sometimes you know!
September 7, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Yeah, whenever I’m having trouble dealing with some horrific tragedy all I want to do is put on a transparent skirt and wings and flounce around the neighborhood.
September 7, 2011 at 6:56 pm
That was you??
September 7, 2011 at 6:57 pm
You too!?!
September 7, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Shit, I want to do that anyway – horrific tragedy or not!
September 7, 2011 at 10:58 pm
You mean that I wasn’t the only person doing it? Man, I feel so much better about myself now.
Well, I was feeling better about myself when I realized that I wouldn’t stoop so low as to make/sell a fucking flipbook of 9/11, no matter how broke I am.
September 7, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Not particularly kickass, either.
I think that year I went to a Halloween party in camo paint with a sign on my back that said “AFGHANISTAN OR BUST”.
September 7, 2011 at 2:58 pm
If I ever see a baby in that onesie, I’m going to ask the parents which victim their child is reincarnation of.
September 7, 2011 at 4:57 pm
By the way, Wowbagger, how’s your side project going? Finished the “D’s” yet?
September 7, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Things got a lot easier when I decided to let Regretsy take up some of the slack.
But still, you’re a jerk, PaganChick… a real cuntlapper.
*crosses name off list*
September 7, 2011 at 6:13 pm
How very kind of you to notice, WB! Drinks later at the Restaurant?
September 7, 2011 at 2:58 pm
the flask is passable… and the pen would have been, if it wasn’t two hundred and fucking eighty dollars!!!
But seriously, WTF???
September 7, 2011 at 3:20 pm
I agree on all points.
September 7, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Yea, it is a *bit* overpriced my husband makes pens like that – well american flag ones, not with the heros and he doesn’t call them 9/11 pens – anyway, the kits to make those pens cost about $20, less if you buy them wholesale. It does time time to put them together and such but my husband would never dream of charging more then 60.
September 7, 2011 at 5:05 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Maybe you should go buy it then.
September 7, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Is he donating the proceeds to charity? If not, then the only thing it’s a tribute to is his wallet.
Just for future reference, real tributes benefit OTHERS. Not OURSELVES.
September 7, 2011 at 5:27 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 5:43 pm
I think the reason people feel he’s cashing in on a disaster is because he’s not donating even a portion of the proceeds to the victims. Or to put it another way, he’s cashing in on a disaster.
September 7, 2011 at 6:19 pm
There’s also the fact that he’s cashing in on a disaster.
September 7, 2011 at 8:43 pm
Now wait a minute – that’s really unfair to accuse him of “cashing in.”
For all we know, he may be reinvesting that money in the business by buying supplies for “tributes” to future disasters.
September 7, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Thanks for the explanation, Buzzzzy. I checked your site and I see that you have many beautiful pens in a similar price range, so this doesn’t look like price gouging of patriotic Americans.
Congrats that the pen sold. Good luck with the adoptions! And keep up the good attitude.
September 7, 2011 at 9:53 pm
(oops, Ambien kicking in … replied one post early. Please keep reading just a little further to see who I was replying to. Thanks!)
September 7, 2011 at 10:11 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 9:35 pm
I made the top 10! Yea, this site cracks me up and I’ve been a fan ever since getting featured last year with this pen. I would like you to have your husband take a look at it and expalin to you what would go into the creation of this pen though.
Also, if anyone cares or would like to know, the sales from all of my pens are going toward our adoption of two kids from Africa. Yea, not to the families of those we lost 10 years ago, but I thought you might like to know my family is not getting rich off this tragedy. All that other crap though is unbelieveable!
Keep up the great work Helen!
September 8, 2011 at 7:50 am
Throws the other tragicrafters under the bus and drives away.
September 8, 2011 at 12:34 pm
So you’re not getting rich but you’re still capitalizing on a tragedy to make money for your family. Nice.
I don’t care if this makes me unpopular, I am all 9/11′ed out already and am disgusted by anyone profiting from that event. The adoption thing doesn’t make it any less awful.
September 7, 2011 at 6:12 pm
Really. For that kind of cash, the heroes’ clothes should disappear when you invert the pen. THEN it would be worth it!
September 7, 2011 at 2:59 pm
A fucking scrunchie really gets my patriotic juices flowing…
September 7, 2011 at 3:51 pm
My scrunchies won’t stop fucking on top of my vanity table.
September 7, 2011 at 5:50 pm
As long as your scrunchies are fucking in remembrance of 9/11 then I’m okay with that
September 7, 2011 at 5:38 pm
It’s a fucking scrunchie? Damn — talk about your stealth sex toys.
September 7, 2011 at 8:52 pm
NEVER FORGET to tie your hair back
September 7, 2011 at 8:58 pm
if you have that much hair down there you need a scrunchie to tie it back, dear lord woman, GET THE TRIMMERS!
September 8, 2011 at 12:12 am
I sure learned that one the hard way…
September 8, 2011 at 12:14 am
If anyone needs a break from the money-grubbing fuckery, a friend of mine gave a frank & interesting interview about his experiences on 9/11 and what’s it’s like now, 10 years later … he’s an actor & he showed up down there just wanting to help, figuring the red cross training he had a a teenager might come in handy, and he stepped up and soon found himself responsible for setting up rescue shelters, writing reports for FEMA & practically in charge of Red Cross efforts here in NYC. It’s a pretty great story:The Conversation Hub: Remembering 9/11 with T.J. Mannix
That fucking baby onesie is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.
September 8, 2011 at 12:16 am
Hrm…not sure why my comment is showing up as a relpy here instead of on its own, but oh well! Sorry & carry on.
September 8, 2011 at 12:17 am
*reply* not relpy. Jesus H. Christmas. All this fuckery is making me lose my damn mind.
As you were.
September 7, 2011 at 3:00 pm
que.el.fuck.
September 7, 2011 at 3:00 pm
http://www.511tactical.com/All-Products/911-Collection.html
This company wrapped it all up in a neat little logo, get your now while they last, sure to be a collector item.
September 7, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Yeah, but that’s not distasteful, craftfuckery, or funny.
September 7, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Plus, they’re actually donating their profits to worthy causes.
September 7, 2011 at 3:18 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Actually it says in the description Flight 93.
September 7, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Thanks. I didn’t click the link.
September 7, 2011 at 6:15 pm
And here I thought it was a special commemorative for the Thelemic Order (93 being their not-exactly-secret pass phrase). For those of you that don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about, it’s the religion started by Alistair Crawley.
September 7, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Was he Aleister Crowley’s hillbilly cousin?
September 7, 2011 at 6:30 pm
so I can’t spell for shit. I was too busy crying glitter tears over these horrible horrible items.
September 7, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Although “93″ in this case is certainly referencing Flight 93, it’s commonly used as a shorthand greeting among Thelemites to signify “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.”
/obscure facts
September 7, 2011 at 6:15 pm
and I didn’t read the whole thread before posting.
September 7, 2011 at 5:54 pm
Seriously?
September 7, 2011 at 6:59 pm
No, not really. We were just kidding.
September 7, 2011 at 6:16 pm
I actually own the 5.11 cap that has the 9/11 logo on the side/back instead of the front. The front on mine is black with black 5.11 embroidered on it (so it’s black on black) My husband and I fight over who gets to wear it sometimes.
I like the logo, it’s small, unobtrusive and tasteful in the back. I’m not sure I’d wear it all big and bold on the front like the one in this collection though.
September 7, 2011 at 7:53 pm
The 5.11 site has great stuff for the man or lesbian in your life. I got some rockin’ boots there last winter. Oh yeah, all the profits go to the NY Fire Fighters and NY Police funds from the sale of that patch.
September 8, 2011 at 12:21 am
Oh dear. I guess I and all the other straight women will just accept the clothing choices handed down to us by generations of convention.
*adjusts petticoats angrily*
September 8, 2011 at 7:53 pm
So it’s for the flight? I thought it was for the car bombing. Damn, I’m all confused now. But NEVER FORGET any of it! Ever!
And remember the Alamo! Even though you weren’t there! Remember it, anyway!
September 7, 2011 at 3:00 pm
A painting of the planes hitting the tower? ARE YOU FOR REAL? And a flipbook? What the hell, people.
September 7, 2011 at 3:05 pm
I am sure most people want to relive that horrific moment over and over and over again. Or not.
September 7, 2011 at 3:12 pm
The flipbook is the only one that actually donates part of its proceeds to a related fund though.
“By purchasing this special September 11th commemorative flipbook, a portion of the proceeds will help support Twin Towers Orphan Fund, Fire Department of New York, and International Red Cross.”
And the text inside are essays of people remembering it. If you watch the video on the product page it’s interesting.
September 7, 2011 at 3:39 pm
I’ll just donate the money and they can keep the book.
September 7, 2011 at 4:44 pm
This.
September 7, 2011 at 3:41 pm
What pisses me off with anything sold under the banner of “a portion of the proceeds will go to XYZ charity” is that “portion” is never defined, likely not very much, serves as a tax write-off for the seller, and if I want to donate to a charity, I’ll do so directly, instead of buying crap to feel as if I’m helping a charity.
September 7, 2011 at 4:36 pm
I agree so completely with you on this.
I won’t even begin my diatribe on the whole pink ribbon thing…
September 7, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Pink Ribbon??!??!!! *shudders in disgust*
Oh, how I hate that–or being nudged to buy anything “pink for the cause”, because my not wearing/buying it means that I’m FOR breast cancer.
It’s disgusting when people do things just for show–right after 9/11, there were so many cars going around with flags hanging out their windows or on radio antenna…then the flags started getting tattered and torn and you’d see them lying by the side of the road like so many mob hits. The magnetic flags (or pink ribbons) that faded in the sun. God forbid you (ok, I) said anything about how tasteless and pointless they are and I got all sorts of butthurt thrown in my face. I was not a patriot.
Everytime a politician went on TV, they tried to outdo each other with how many flags were behind them. I think Cheney had 20 in a tabletop display.
I hate people sometimes. I really do.
/rant
September 7, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Don’t forget the flags strapped across the car hoods.
September 7, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Flags on car hoods?! That’s where the deer goes.
September 7, 2011 at 8:49 pm
“Better the pride that resides in a citizen of the world than the pride that divides when a colourful rag is unfurled.” -Rush
Pretty much sums up my opinion on the patriotism issue.
September 7, 2011 at 8:56 pm
As for the pink-for-breast-cancer thing, too many wrong things there. “It’s a female disease,” (um, not always) “so we must have pink because female = pink!” (UGH.)
I despise that girly pastel pink and it bugs me to no end that despite my best efforts to the contrary, my 7-year-old daughter has decided it’s her favorite color. And yes, my 5-year-old son too.
I don’t care if I have breast cancer someday, I’m not wearing any fucking pink ribbons, and anyone who dares to do so in my support will be duly chastised.
Thankfully, my personal affliction is bipolar disorder. I don’t know if we have an “official” color, but I’m guessing maybe a black-and-white theme would be the most appropriate . . .
September 10, 2011 at 5:27 am
For many years, my mother was stuck in a cycle where she had her mammogram during breast cancer awareness month.
If you’re going in for a mammogram, you really don’t need to be made MORE aware of breast cancer.
I have a 3×5 flag flying in front of my house, and I replace it every two years. It’s never gotten tattered, but I insist on the historically accurate all-cotton kind and it gets faded.
September 7, 2011 at 4:31 pm
The most “interesting” part of the video for me:
“Blake suggests that the media played a large part in making the attacks worse than they actually were by playing the incident over and over again…”
September 7, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Right. We would have felt OK about it, except the media told us it was a big deal.
WTF????
September 7, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Right, but then you own the flip book. I’d rather have a flip book of the construction of a memorial.
September 7, 2011 at 3:14 pm
The flip book is so poorly done – I think it needs to have added people falling. The contents of the book listing the names of all the people who died would be so much better.
If by better we’re talking about the most insensitive pieces of crap being offered. Why do these things half ass?
September 7, 2011 at 3:27 pm
It’s a shame that painting is so horrible, because it’s beautiful as architectural art.
September 7, 2011 at 10:25 pm
I like the snide comments in the seller’s copy about the aesthetic failings of the buildings.
September 10, 2011 at 5:30 am
One of the stories right after 9/11 was a woman calling her mother, who was a prominent historic preservationist in New York.
The conversation tap-danced around the fact that the mother thought the buildings were hideous and wouldn’t mind them being gone under better circumstances.
There’s a bank building in Omaha that was done by the same architect and looks very similar. They’ve had to ban interviews and photographers because everyone kept asking “What’s it like to work in a building that looks like the WTC?”
September 8, 2011 at 12:26 am
Others have complimented the picture, but I’m not convinced. It’s not that great, and it’s clearly copied from a photo (“referenced” is a bit of a stretch here). It’s in no way a moving piece of art which evidences great skill or sensitivity to the subject matter.
September 8, 2011 at 11:22 am
OK, I admit it isn’t “Guernica”. By the standards of Etsy art it is well-executed, and the artist has had the good taste to leave out the sparkly unicorns, crying baby Jesuses, or mystical fairies which many many Etsians would have insisted upon.
September 7, 2011 at 3:51 pm
I went from “Haha so stupid” to “Oh my god, I just realized that this is a flipbook of the actual thing.” My face would’ve been funny to watch.
I’m interested in what geewhiz wrote, but I still think it’s slightly horrifying.
September 7, 2011 at 3:00 pm
OMG you missed this one an the attack of the killer daffodils!!!!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/80191834/twin-towers-without-warning-911-memorial?ref=sr_gallery_5&ga_search_submit=&ga_search_query=911&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade
September 7, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Oh honey please. This is only round one.
September 7, 2011 at 4:03 pm
All I can say is THANK GAWD. ANd thank you Helen. I’m in the grip of a fierce steroid induced crabbiness and this 9/11alia is the only thing that’s reminded me I have the capacity to laugh.
September 7, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Wow, and it’s $300 for a fucking reproduction, too. That one’s a keeper.
September 7, 2011 at 3:24 pm
AND…”It will not fade from exposure to sunlight and rarely needs dusting!”
Great! Just what I need to put in my living room window, hoping that anyone who is a survivor who walks past can’t miss it. I have to do something for cloudy days and those long dark nights…
*checks Home Depot site for floodlights for the lawn*
September 7, 2011 at 3:21 pm
that makes so little sense it’s awesome.
September 7, 2011 at 6:17 pm
“When Birnham Wood comes to Dunsinane…”
September 8, 2011 at 7:27 am
That is absolutely amazing. I’m now picturing the Statue of Liberty joining the Daffodils of Doom in their destruction. In my mind she’s using the torch to bash the buildings because they’re taller than she is.
September 7, 2011 at 3:02 pm
It’s official. I hate people. I’d think about buying these items just so I could get their home addresses…. then show up at their doorstep just to punch them in the gut…
But then my journey toward the Dark Side would be complete…
September 7, 2011 at 3:25 pm
It’s not so bad over here. We have cookies.
September 7, 2011 at 3:30 pm
I have that shirt. Seriously. LOVE IT!
September 7, 2011 at 3:34 pm
I’d pay to watch.
September 7, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Holy crap.
I’m not American, but I still find some of these pretty disturbing. Especially the last one.
It could be worse though, they could have done it Frida Kahlo’s “Suicide of Dorothy Hale” style.
September 10, 2011 at 5:34 am
Someone else mentioned that painting. What irritated me about it was that she showed the wrong building.
It would be like showing the Seagram Building and Lever House on a 9/11 tribute.
September 7, 2011 at 3:02 pm
I just laughed, cried, and threw up. Costume inspired 9/11? I think that one takes the prize. And it always amazes me how quickly some sellers pull their items. And that some leave them up. This is amazing in any way possible.
September 7, 2011 at 4:29 pm
How could you be so damn heartless! Don’t you know this costume honors the brave birds who gave their lives trying to stop the planes from crashing into the towers by flying into the engines? Think, man, think!
September 7, 2011 at 4:56 pm
No one cries for the dead birds.
September 7, 2011 at 6:10 pm
oooh yeah I forgot about the birds…
September 7, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Everyone does. *weeps silently; wipes glittery tears off of cheek*
September 7, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Need an up-cycled tissue?
September 8, 2011 at 7:01 am
I was just checking out that Costume inspired 911 thing and just realized I have never seen an item with over 10,000 views and zero admirers. No one cares about the birds!
September 7, 2011 at 3:02 pm
The last item is done quite beautifully, but honestly, who wants to have THAT on their wall? Maybe the bedroom ceiling, but not a wall.
September 8, 2011 at 9:47 am
This made me snort.
September 7, 2011 at 3:03 pm
For a second there I though someone was selling a costume that would allow you to dress as one of the towers with smoke coming out. Then I realized it was a really bad angel.
September 7, 2011 at 3:15 pm
I would totally pay $75. to have a pictures of the look on peoples faces as this little number was paraded around on New Years Eve.
September 7, 2011 at 3:20 pm
I really thought at first that it symbolised smoke and debris falling from the upper waist. I was expecting to find miniature people and desk chairs and photocopy machines and Rodin sculptures in the tutu.
September 7, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Anybody else’s birthday on the 11th? I’ve gotten pretty used to grocery store clerks looking at my ID and saying “ooh, how terrible.” Sometimes I forget for a second and think they’re talking about my picture…on second thought, hell some of them might have been.
September 7, 2011 at 3:08 pm
My granddaughters in on the 12th, I forgot that year all about it, she was 6 years old but grandma was in NYC and kinda freaked out that day
September 7, 2011 at 3:10 pm
A real self-esteem booster eh?
September 7, 2011 at 3:37 pm
I probably wouldn’t make the connection.
Anyway, I hate when cashiers ask you pretty much anything. Nothing is more awkward then when they assume those pee sticks are for being positive. I bought them in hopes they would show the opposite. Geez. Just because you just became a grandmother doesn’t mean my mom wants to be one too.
September 7, 2011 at 11:00 pm
After they congratulate you or wish you the best for your impending/hopeful pregnancy you could just sneer at them and tell them “if this doesn’t go well I’ll be back for some coat hangers.”
September 8, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Disclaimer: I’m female, and neither a mum nor (obviously) a grand.
I used to just paper bag ‘em, and say, “We’ve all done this. Best wishes, whatever your wishes are.” Never had a complaint.
September 7, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Unless you were actually born in 2001 that reaction doesn’t make sense and would just piss me off. I mean, Hitler invaded Poland on my birthday in 1939 and the Great London Fire started back in 1666. What exactly is the timeframe before people stop reacting like that?
September 8, 2011 at 7:37 am
Heck, one of my friends was born on the day the Titanic sunk. People still comment on it. (I blame the movie.)
September 8, 2011 at 10:41 am
That’s my birthday, too. Well, the 14th, the night it hit the iceberg and started sinking. Lincoln was also shot on April 14th. Fun facts!
September 7, 2011 at 5:41 pm
My wedding anniversary is the 16th of April, which now marks the VA Tech shooting, a tornado ripping up our neighbourhood and being two days before our Clare died of cancer. We’re moving it to October starting next year.
September 10, 2011 at 5:36 am
If they can move the “Queen’s Birthday” to a time when the weather is better, you can do it too.
September 7, 2011 at 6:32 pm
My eleventh birthday was two days after it. It took three years before I stopped feeling guilty for having birthdays.
September 7, 2011 at 8:49 pm
I don’t know of any birthdays, but I have a co-worker whose husband died on September 11, 2001. I just…wow. I didn’t know that until the other day and when she told me I was just jaw-droppingly speechless.
September 7, 2011 at 9:01 pm
Actually, I know TWO people with Sept. 11 birthdays. And it was also my sister’s wedding anniversary (before 2001).
September 10, 2011 at 5:38 am
A lady I know divorced her second husband on 9/11/01. They locked the courthouse doors as she was leaving.
Her boyfriend (soon to be husband #3) accompanied her. He heard she liked Billy Joel so he bought the three-disc greatest hits set and played it constantly in the car. They didn’t know anything had happened until she called her mother to tell her the divorce was final.
September 7, 2011 at 10:31 pm
yes, it’s my husband’s birthday. i suggested fleeing to canada for the weekend this time with our 3 yr old, or at the very least, the beach where we’d be a bit removed from all the …. “festivities”, but i’m a little concerned crossing the border will be more hassled than usual.
September 7, 2011 at 3:04 pm
I am shocked that a commemorative tampon hasn’t been featured. You know, to match the commemorative tp, that soaks up the commemorative bullshit…
September 7, 2011 at 6:55 pm
wait for it. . .
September 7, 2011 at 3:04 pm
I keep reading “Fall Tea” as “Faulty”.
I’m hoping it’s not just me for once.
September 7, 2011 at 3:30 pm
No, not just you. The seller is probably Basil Fawlty. He would do some egregious like this.
September 7, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Basil Fawlty was funny, at least.
September 7, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Fawlty Towers Tea? That’s pretty meta, right there.
September 7, 2011 at 4:02 pm
It is. I totally would buy it too.
September 7, 2011 at 3:04 pm
I love the baby one. NEVER FORGET EVEN BEFORE YOU WERE BORN!!!
September 7, 2011 at 3:05 pm
A scrunchie? FOR REAL? It happened in 2001, guys, not 1991.
September 7, 2011 at 3:08 pm
it’s a way to go back before it happened, to the days of innocence and scrunchies. and poor taste.
September 7, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Like the original 9/11 attack from the 1940′s Vietnam war?
September 7, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Yes, where we flew airplanes into the Japanese in Pearl Harbor.
September 7, 2011 at 3:17 pm
..and soda. and pretzels. and beer. oh for those lazy crazy hazy days of summer…
September 7, 2011 at 3:06 pm
75 dollars for a TWICE USED costume, really? I don’t think I want something that was next to her skin to be next to mine
September 7, 2011 at 3:07 pm
I have never felt so inspired to create a piece of shit myself.
Or so disgusted to be associated in anyway with these people.
Signed,
a proudly confused sadly incensed American
September 7, 2011 at 3:07 pm
I honestly have nothing I can say about this. I look at it, and my brain does not compute.
September 7, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Me either. I’ma go back in the forum where it’s safe and warm.
September 7, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Making money off of other peoples’ tragedy? AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!
September 7, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Oh God, what annoyed me most was that it was painfully fucking evident that the ‘lead soldier bracelet‘ was 9/11′d post listing. The description has nothing to do with 9/11, the seller could’ve just said it was in support/memory for the troops, but no, he needed to put 9/11 on the damn title, so it would sell better.
It’s mostly about how much he misses being a kid, like all good hipsters do. And there’s nothing wrong with that, unless you try to sell your infantile nostalgia in a national tragedy wrapping.
September 7, 2011 at 3:15 pm
The same skirt/pen/teapot/butt plug/necklace/placenta for Amy Winehouse, 9/11, Lady Di, Twilight, and/or Christmas.
Etsy should just create a computer generated tagging application.
Think of the marketing strategy…
September 7, 2011 at 3:56 pm
I hope that eventually more things are tagged 9/11 than not tagged, thus making it easier to look for things that are not 9/11. My comment maked sense
?
September 8, 2011 at 12:14 am
Probably not but I got the point. Plus, our avatars are almost the same.
September 7, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Because pink and silver army men are just the accessory I need this fall along with my angel costume and commemorative flask.
Oy vey.
The best Canadians could do for patriotic tragicrafting™ is if someone did a half assed oil pastel of Jean Chretien getting pied in the face. Or Chretien choking that protester.
Yep, Canadians use pie. And our PM’s don’t need the RCMP – they know how to choke a bitch.
September 7, 2011 at 3:29 pm
My sister has a shirt of Chretien wearing roller skates and saying “Vroom, I am always doing tings!”
She made it her insaneself.
September 7, 2011 at 3:35 pm
That’s too awesome.
Chretien, the first world leader to get on national television TWO DAYS after 9/11 and openly say “America had it coming.”
Can we say shitstorm?
September 7, 2011 at 4:21 pm
We’re the *only* ones who can do that, it’s a family thing. We can talk smack about the US, but gods forbid outsiders do. It’s one of the few things Canadians will spill a Timmy’s for.
September 7, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Does she happen to have an extra one? ‘Cause I’d pay money for that!
September 7, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Or Mrs. Chretien running off an intruder with a gun. She totally got the win that day.
September 7, 2011 at 6:27 pm
I would gladly pay for a half assed oil pastel of Chretien getting pied or choking that protester. I miss a PM with character, and Chretien, he had plenty. Maybe he could lend some to Harpertron.
September 7, 2011 at 7:01 pm
Eh, I might not have agreed with the guy on many points, but Chretien was fucking amusing. In addition to the infamous pie incident (I can forgive a leader for choking someone in person as opposed to sending his storm troopers to do the dirty work) didn’t someone break into the official residence and either he or his wife chased them off? that’s just fucking awesome. Ahhhhh, good times.
September 7, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Aline confronted the dude and locked the door behind him. I also remember there being a soapstone Inuit carving involved, but that could be Air Farce playing tricks with my mind.
September 8, 2011 at 1:00 am
This has to be the BEST pie thrown in protest moment in history for me:
And if the embed code doesn’t work: Anita Bryant Gets a (Very Much Deserved) Pie Thrown in Her Face (She attacked and opposed the amazing and wonderful Harvey Milk, who gave his life fighting for human rights).
September 7, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Is it weird that I’m focusing on the fact that the scrunchie and the dog outfit are made out of the same fabric? And the sellers live on opposite sides of the country. Joann’s must have had it on sale or something.
The painting made me gasp–if that’s what you need to do to heal, go for it. I draw and paint to express emotion all the time. I just don’t ask anyone else to pay $120 for it. Or even look at it.
September 7, 2011 at 3:23 pm
The pen has the same pattern too.
September 7, 2011 at 3:51 pm
I find the mere existence of that fabric disturbing.
Do you think the designer anticipated a need, or do you think crafters demanded it?
September 7, 2011 at 3:58 pm
I noticed that too, especially because I was fixated on the “stamp” mention in the scrunchie description. I could not see anything that justified the word “stamp” being in there. Then I saw the dog thing and understood, and noticed it was the same.
FIN
September 10, 2011 at 5:41 am
There was a postage stamp with the picture of the three firefighters, maybe that’s what it meant?
I’m going through five hundred comments first thing in the morning, I really don’t feel like scrolling up to check.
September 7, 2011 at 4:05 pm
That fabric was “commision” for the incoming aninversary of this tragedy.
September 7, 2011 at 10:30 pm
The painting makes me flinch. It’s good, and I imagine painting it was cathartic, but Christ, why would anyone WANT it?
September 7, 2011 at 3:17 pm
The dog costume made me want to drink whatever is in the flask.
September 7, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Wincing Patriotic Narcissism Dog Believes al Qaeda Hates Us Because of Dog Outfits
https://sadetsydogs.wordpress.com/
September 8, 2011 at 6:06 pm
*Clicks on Favorites
September 7, 2011 at 3:22 pm
And I thought the “9/11″ patriotic cake mix display at my grocery store was a tacky, tenuous way to sell crap.
September 7, 2011 at 3:59 pm
I need a picture of that.
September 7, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Cake mix? Cake mix. MotherFUCKING cake mix.
. . .I do believe we’ve hit a new low.
September 7, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Maybe Helen’s flag cake comes in a box now? My calendar DOES say it’s “Patriot Day”.
Hrm.
September 7, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Two things:
1) ‘Don’t ask. Don’t tell’ has clearly gone out of the window on that charm bracelet.
2) Do the makers of that 9/11 romper suit also do a Bay of Pigs version? Or perhaps the Suez Crisis? Or the 100 years war? Damn…there are dozens of historical events I want my unborn baby to remember! I figure schools are so competitive these days and I want to give him a head start!
September 7, 2011 at 3:37 pm
With that in mind, the Massacre of the Innocents would be an interesting subject, in a sort of ironic/conceptual way…
September 7, 2011 at 3:52 pm
Get the HELL outta my head, damn you! You might disturb my dust mandala art..
September 7, 2011 at 6:37 pm
OMG JONATHAN SWIFT ONESIES GUYS
WE GOTTA GET ON THIS
fer serious
September 10, 2011 at 5:42 am
So well-off kids can wear one that says “NOT FOR SALE”?
September 7, 2011 at 4:24 pm
Why not a Holocaust onesie? With stripes and a cute little star of David?
September 7, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Sadly, it’s been done:
http://www.cafepress.com/+israeli-holocaust+baby-bodysuits
September 7, 2011 at 9:35 pm
I was depressed from the post, and now I know of the Holocaust onesies I have to go take a valium and lie down. And sob.
September 7, 2011 at 9:47 pm
Holy…fuckmuffins…
Why do some parents feel the need to project their political views onto their baby? It’s a CHILD, not a goddamn billboard.
September 8, 2011 at 12:41 am
Is it a human shield thing? As I understand it, some of those sentiments would be dynamite on the streets of Jerusalem – are you hoping that you won’t get into a fight with the guy toting an Uzi because your baby’s wearing the shirt, not you?
T-shirt slogans are always passive-aggressive to some extent, but this takes it to a new level.
September 7, 2011 at 6:23 pm
I’d rather have onesies with Maxwell’s equations, a Tardis, the Enterprise D, Babylon 5, and Moya.
That’s the shit I want my kid to remember. Oh wait. She’s 17 now.
September 7, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Well, better get those onesies before she hits her last growth spurt. . . worst. christmas. ever.
September 7, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Making these pieces of crap is bad enough. Let us now give thought to who the FUCK would buy them and WHY?
September 7, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Something has to cost more than $25 for it to matter at all to me whether it is signed, numbered, and dated by the artist.
September 7, 2011 at 3:26 pm
Good to see that amazingly fugly costume still hasn’t sold. I remember when it was first posted on a collection of 9/11 related bullshit.
The rest is just… wow.
September 7, 2011 at 3:30 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 5:58 pm
Despite? More like because of!
September 7, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Read the text on the bottom most listing.
That’s what I was mocking, haha.
September 7, 2011 at 3:35 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Ha! None of that can possibly be true, because it’s not even *mentioned* in my son’s History textbook.. and they wouldn’t lie to public school students, would they??
Naw. ‘Course not.
September 7, 2011 at 4:14 pm
OK, think we found our second vote for a “fun & funky” act of non-terror.
September 7, 2011 at 4:29 pm
I really dislike the argument that someone should stop feeling bad because someone else has it worse. It’s like saying shut up about your dead dog because my grandma just died. Can’t we all be allowed to feel like shit about whatever we want to?
September 7, 2011 at 4:31 pm
I had someone tell me that I was lucky to have three sons because if one of them died, I’d still have two left.
Yeah, they are all interchangeable units.
September 7, 2011 at 4:50 pm
People blow me away. My friend almost lost one of her twins in utero and she got that a few times. “at least you still get one baby”.
September 7, 2011 at 6:49 pm
Ugh. I’ve had people use a similar argument to convince me to HAVE children: “What would you do if your husband died one day? Wouldn’t you want to have a child to remember him by?” Because having a baby would totally make it okay for the love of my life to die. People suck.
September 7, 2011 at 8:39 pm
inorite? I’m always forgetting about my late boyfriend because we never had a child! I thought the whole “oh you can just get a new pet” bullshit was bad…but kids? Really?
September 10, 2011 at 5:44 am
Whenever there’s a news article about someone doing something fun and exciting, someone always makes the comment “how can they be spending money on this when people are dying in Somalia?”
You’re apparently not allowed to feel good about anything because someone else on the other side of the planet has a sucky life.
September 7, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Yes, dammit – stop being so nationalist and be the proud capitalists and consumers that make us Americans!
Go make some 9-11 Memorabilia and if you can’t make it, buy it and help restore the economy!
September 7, 2011 at 4:40 pm
September 7, 2011 at 4:49 pm
there are some occasions for which I’d be glad to pay for extra thumbs even if I don’t have the monies.
September 7, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Run!
September 8, 2011 at 12:07 pm
The Troll Cat never gets old.
September 7, 2011 at 6:00 pm
If you have pets I hope they puke on you all at once. Then compare that to a “more deserving” disaster.
September 7, 2011 at 10:33 pm
I bet you’re fun at funerals.
September 7, 2011 at 3:36 pm
What the actual fuck was that person thinking when she/he made the flipbook. GREAT IDEA. (The contents of the rest of the book and the pledge to charities still don’t make it even remotely ok).
It’s for all those moments in class or during a boring conference call, when you just have to see a recreation of hundreds of people being killed flash right before your eyes!
September 7, 2011 at 3:38 pm
The flip book is what bothers me the most.
September 7, 2011 at 3:46 pm
It’s something, isn’t it? Do you suppose if it sells well, this tragicrafting asshole will follow up with one of someone leaping from a 100th-story window?
September 7, 2011 at 3:54 pm
I had this really awesome professor for a book arts class that made an art book right after the attack. His was a few pages of building, then out of nowhere there was a guy falling. It was from a newspaper photo. It bothered me in the right way, it was shocking. This flip book, not so much. Of course, he also wasn’t selling it on etsy…
September 7, 2011 at 4:09 pm
You have have the “fun” of reliving the horror time & time again.
September 8, 2011 at 6:16 pm
Aesthetically, maybe…but I still don’t really like the opening credits of “Mad Men”. -_-
September 7, 2011 at 3:41 pm
And speaking of bad taste…
How about some commemorative chew? Ya know, fer spittin’ in the direction of them what ain’t true patriots.
September 7, 2011 at 3:57 pm
It’d probably sell well here in Texas.
September 7, 2011 at 6:26 pm
I suppose having a “fire sale” is too soon?
September 7, 2011 at 6:34 pm
Eh, depends on who you ask. Those fighting the fires and in the immediate area would probably say yes, too soon.
But the three shops I drove past today while picking up my son from school who *proudly* displayed “Fire Sale” banners in their windows.. Probably not.
September 7, 2011 at 5:46 pm
I’m going to tell myself that’s just a Photoshop because it makes me feel better to believe that.
September 7, 2011 at 7:17 pm
It is, but there’s probably some real stuff around somewhere…
September 7, 2011 at 3:43 pm
The Pen I could see and understand if a percentage of profits were being donated to victims families (And not priced at over $200)
The painting, while technically beautiful, is still a tad tacky. To me it seems a waste of talent to cash in on tragedies. Not sure if donations could save that one.
September 7, 2011 at 3:45 pm
I just realised the painter of the last one also paints mushroom clouds. Something is not right with this seller
September 10, 2011 at 5:47 am
The maker of the pen (who’s been a fan since it was featured last year) gave a polite argument justifying the price.
He makes a wide range of pens and is raising money to adopt two children.
September 7, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Wonder if the tea tastes like burning…
September 7, 2011 at 6:41 pm
Nope, feels like burning coming out.
September 7, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Probably tastes like Chloraseptic – numbs your mouth and makes you wonder what the hell just happened.
September 7, 2011 at 7:11 pm
I have that phrase on a t-shirt. Love wearing it to PTA meetings!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/56510632/wthjh-what-the-hell-just-happened-shirt
September 7, 2011 at 3:46 pm
And, yet, the Pearl Harbor Day market remains untapped.
September 7, 2011 at 4:16 pm
The 70th anniversary is coming up this December. You never what some craftards will do.
September 7, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Shhhhhh! Don’t let the craftards know!
Wait, what am I saying?? Where would my sanity be if not for regretsy?
We must let the craftards know!!
September 8, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Oh, yeah! Can’t wait to see what those little gnomes will come up with…
Two-Strand Pearl Necklace to commemorate the Americans AND Japanese who died…
A bar of Ivory Soap carved in the crude shape of a battleship, to be the one battleship that still floats (some cheap lei necklace will be glued on the box…
A hand-knitted afghan with “Pray for the U.S. Arizonna”…
An American flag with 50 stars “So we never forget”…
I’d suggest we start a fun (!) contest to see what those trolls come up with, but too many of them lurk here and take notes.
September 7, 2011 at 4:07 pm
I was trying to find baby clothes for my friend who is having a kid next wek, but googling “9/11 Jumper” gave me very different results.
September 7, 2011 at 4:09 pm
Do people even still wear scrunchies?
I guarantee you that the person who made it is called Muriel or Gertrude.
September 7, 2011 at 4:11 pm
I personally am going to rebegin wearing them on this incoming anniversary.
September 8, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Worn by loyal Walmart shoppers I’m sure.
September 7, 2011 at 4:09 pm
The dog costume has reminded me that life is worth living after all. I want one big enough that I can wear it myself if I should ever become transformed into a roach.
September 7, 2011 at 10:31 pm
How Kafkan. Thumbs up! I only wish I had the patience to ‘shop that tonight.
September 7, 2011 at 4:20 pm
My sister and I used to love watching the Pollyanna movie. Who wants to play the Glad Game?!
September 7, 2011 at 6:43 pm
I’m glad it made us all SO PATRIOTIC!
… which would be funnier if that particular Glad Game hadn’t already been played.
September 7, 2011 at 4:21 pm
I think that we should get the oil pastel artist together with “diseased loved ones” artist. Not only could you see this “pivotal moment in history” when you mother died, but you can see her depicted moments “before [her] luck simply ran out” down to her “specific expression…with shock, the horror which was about to beset [her].” The ultimate tastess gift for the entire (remaining) family.
September 7, 2011 at 4:24 pm
I don’t see how the army men bracelet has anything to do with 9-11 but I am glad to see it is the “new” army. No more don’t ask don’t tell, wear your pink uniform with pride.
September 7, 2011 at 4:26 pm
That dog looks like its head is on backwards.
September 7, 2011 at 4:29 pm
The last one isn’t that bad, but…. The others… ESPECIALLY that Halloween costume. :S
September 7, 2011 at 4:47 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 6:02 pm
That’s just stupid.
September 7, 2011 at 4:48 pm
September 7, 2011 at 9:43 pm
THANK YOU!
September 7, 2011 at 10:09 pm
That there’s pure win, Aliceblue. Pure win.
September 7, 2011 at 11:55 pm
You are welcome & thank you. This is my first goatse and my computer & I are very proud.
September 7, 2011 at 5:25 pm
This almost doesn’t compare to my friend telling me she saw 9/11 themed craft supplies at Michael’s – complete with crying eagle stickers.
I don’t understand the mentality of it all.
We don’t want to forget our loved ones, we do want to remember how so many people in the world come together in sympathy. Somehow making crafts depicting the horrible way people lost their lives or loved ones seems disrespectful.
September 7, 2011 at 5:32 pm
I remember 9/11. There were Silver and Magenta soldiers EVERYWHERE.
September 7, 2011 at 5:52 pm
That horrible bracelet is really good for one thing: snagging sweaters on.
September 7, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Especially the one with the missing leg.
September 7, 2011 at 5:52 pm
9-11 commemorative dog sweater, for people whose dogs are right-wing flag-waving jingoistic morons!
September 7, 2011 at 8:43 pm
So that’s why my puppy was a little *too* enthusiastic about peeing on the Washington Post….
September 8, 2011 at 12:24 am
Dogs are too smart to be right-wing flag-waving jingoistic morons. Clearly that shitty dog clothing and its accompanying right-wing flag-waving jingoistic moronic air has been forced upon the dog.
September 7, 2011 at 6:28 pm
I was so proud and honored to be pictured on the header, resplendent in my glitter tear, and then I remembered, I’m not really an eagle.
Truly, a tragedy.
September 7, 2011 at 7:04 pm
And here I was hoping we had an eagle that could type as a member
September 7, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Yes, the Peck of the Day would consist of more dead rabbits and lambs, then.
September 8, 2011 at 9:02 am
Nah, they’re too busy trying to make Youtube comments, and wouldn’t use apostrophes.
I love Hyperbole and a Half.
September 7, 2011 at 11:30 pm
If you’re not an eagle, does that mean I’m not really a badly-drawn arctic fox…? D: And here I thought we had a zoo going…
September 8, 2011 at 5:11 am
If anyone ever needs a REAL wrinkled old pussy, you know where to find me.
September 7, 2011 at 6:42 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 6:44 pm
Trying to decide which is the worst, but that flip book actually gave me the shudders. Or maybe it’s the “great baby shower gift”. Or the flask.
Damn, I’ve got to take another look…
September 7, 2011 at 6:51 pm
As soon as I saw the flask, I wanted it. Is that wrong? Taking a sip out of one of those during a meeting at the office… Nobody would dare ask what’s in it.*
*EAGLE TEARS.
September 7, 2011 at 10:33 pm
I heard that in Stephen Colbert’s voice.
September 7, 2011 at 6:56 pm
As a veteran who has been to combat multiple times as a result of 9/11 I find these to be some of the most god-awful attempts at making money I have ever seen. The only one I could ever see myself owning is the flask and that is so I can get hammered and forget that I ever bought the fucking thing. There is a HUGE difference between being patriotic and being a total bag of fucking fuck just trying to make a fucking buck (Yeah, I am a poet).
September 7, 2011 at 7:05 pm
in fact, I am tempted to hire Sam from fiverrrrr to make a rant video bashing these fucktards…this is just too much for me. I need a drink…
September 7, 2011 at 7:39 pm
You do that! …then share!! I would love to see Sam go after these craftards!!!
September 7, 2011 at 8:42 pm
I would gladly contribute to that.
September 7, 2011 at 10:10 pm
for those of you who give a damn, I just bought and paid for a video by the one and only Sam Cornwell bashing these stupid fucking bags of fucking fucked up fuckety fuck-fuck. I will post it when I get it
September 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm
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September 7, 2011 at 10:12 pm
I like tea, and this one sounds yummy. However, NOT buying it is a matter of principle now.
September 7, 2011 at 7:38 pm
You know what pisses me off? This post has over 300 comments and the post for FINLAND KICKSTARTER PROJECT has like less than 150. Fucked up priorities must go with the territory of being a ugly fat jealous loser I guess…and yes, I am kissing ass because HK’s ass is so sweet…you beg to differ?
September 7, 2011 at 8:17 pm
The ass-kissing is appreciated, even if I’m not the one getting my as kissed.
Well, kind of indirectly. Since, you know, I’m drawing some things for that book IF AND ONLY IF EVERYBODY FUNDS IT. IF YOU LIKED TOWEL MIKE IN ART FORM YOU WILL LOVE WHAT I’M DOING TO CHRISTMAS IN FINLAND.
September 7, 2011 at 9:10 pm
Well, just to clarify, I stand to gain nothing but the rewards I will get from my pledge, and I really really want them. My fat ugly jealous loser ass has no talent, thus, I am not a part of the artist group that has been offered project. I just like HK’s brand of humor a lot!!
September 7, 2011 at 9:17 pm
I’ve been thinking about this.
I am a donor. And I will be thrilled when I get my copy of the ebook and my extra prizes.
But to be honest I am not ponying up big bucks.
I would love for her to go to Finland.
But I would love more for her to visit me. I think that April should just offer a 1000.00 prize that says she and Bronc will drive to your house and insult your cooking if you pay up.
I would take out a loan. I would make her a BLT, listen to her complain, quietly drool over Bronc take some pictures to be photoshopped later into looking like we were BFFs, and consider the money well spent. Then she could be on her way to Decatur to bitch out the next donor over hors d’oeuvres and little hot dogs on tooth picks.
September 8, 2011 at 6:41 am
I’m liking this idea…
September 8, 2011 at 6:38 am
What I really don’t understand about the Kickstarter project is this:
* We have over 100,000 members of Club Fuckery and all of them/us claim to worship HK
* HK needs “only” $50K to make this project reality
* that’s only $2 PER MEMBER as a straight-up donation
* We are allowed to simply donate to the cause, yet we are given the option for some awesome fuckery for a larger donation
*For those people who really can’t afford the $2 (I understand, there are people out of work and our US economy SUCKS BALLS right now), but the rest of us who can afford it have already donated larger amounts that should cover those people (more or less)…
So why wasn’t this 100% funded already?
September 8, 2011 at 7:05 am
THIS! ^^
September 8, 2011 at 7:26 am
This is right up there with all the stuff I see on FB, like a new page for “Save the [insert cause-du jour here]“, and they have 267,000 (+/-) “likes”. Right under that the page owners exclaim, “We’ve raised $1,200 so far!”
To which I always think, “What the Holy Fuck!?!?!”
People feel better about themselves by clicking “like” and getting their friends to see how caring they are about the cause, but they can’t be bothered to pony-up ONE LOUSY DOLLAR.
If they had, those likes would add up to one helluva donation, eh?
and yeah, I noticed my math mistake…my first post should have read “That’s only FIFTY CENTS per member!” Even more stunning to think about, really. If only HALF of us donated just a buck, she’d be ready to go already.
September 8, 2011 at 10:37 am
Yeah, no shit.
September 7, 2011 at 7:57 pm
I tried to share this piece of fuckery on facebook. The only three comments I got were complimenting my hair and my mother. O_o
September 7, 2011 at 7:58 pm
And when I say three, I really mean two. FUCK
September 7, 2011 at 8:23 pm
That’s two more replies than I got when I shared it. My friends are ignorant of Tragicrafting, and probably each has a stunted sense of humor.
September 7, 2011 at 8:24 pm
But your hair and mom both look incredible.
September 7, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Why thank you~ XD
September 9, 2011 at 6:30 am
And now mom and her friend are carrying on a completely unrelated conversation…
September 7, 2011 at 8:23 pm
This is some horrible shit. Why not make a commemorative 9/11 tampon while you’re at it. Christ.
September 7, 2011 at 8:56 pm
The blood represents the tragedy of all those brave fallen heros who gave their lives for our what the fuck I don’t consider myself much of a patriot but this bullshit makes me want to punch babies.
September 7, 2011 at 9:17 pm
White tampon, blue string, you supply the red
September 8, 2011 at 12:14 am
You can commemorate 9/11 AND hop on the hip D.I.Y train!
September 7, 2011 at 10:17 pm
Make two, and paint them to resemble the towers.
Cripes. I disgusted myself just typing that.
September 8, 2011 at 8:22 am
Don’t feel bad, Rana. As soon as I read Kyjellybutthurt’s post, I had the same idea as you. As much insanity as we’ve been exposed to here, it’s not surprising, really. What IS surprising is that April always manages to find something that does suprise us.
September 7, 2011 at 8:45 pm
That poor dog is totally embarrassed to be caught in public with a backwards shirt on.
September 7, 2011 at 10:02 pm
I was appalled, after 9/11, by the kitsch crap in magazines, advising people to bake red-white-and-blue fruit tarts and drape flags on everything, but I figured, we’re in shock.
We’re no longer in shock.
This is not a dignified way to mourn or remember.
Also, I kind of want the dog outfit, and I don’t even own a dog.
That is all.
September 7, 2011 at 10:16 pm
I love the fact that the baby wearing the onesie will actually have no idea about the tragedy that’s commemorated on his clothing.
September 7, 2011 at 10:26 pm
For whatever reason, the flip book makes me feel some form of anger, yet the plushies strike me as cute. True story.
September 7, 2011 at 11:02 pm
People may be dying of Communism but I think part of me just died of Capitalism.
September 7, 2011 at 11:12 pm
The chalk drawing is really well excecuted, its just the subject matter that is tasteless. I wonder if they do any other tragedies in their colletion? A whimsical water colour study from Chernobyl, perhaps?
September 7, 2011 at 11:28 pm
From the 9/11 “angel” costume description:
“I began with the skirt and gently gathered up old pieces of nylon net that I had gotten when my friend Phyliss died. [...] Most of this added stuff I stitched, but some (it looks like) I glued.”
She’s not sure whether she glued stuff onto it (the fumes maybe?), but her costume honours not only the 9/11 deaths, but a bonus unrelated death, too!
September 7, 2011 at 11:54 pm
Eww. I had not seen that. And just WHY does one get nylon net when someone dies? Flowers, sympathy cards, casseroles, and mass cards I know. Is nylon net a tradition is some less mainstream religion?
September 8, 2011 at 12:33 am
I suspect that the suspect–er, I mean crafter–inherited part of her late friend’s fabric stash.
And I don’t know if you can consider fabric hoarding a religion, but if so, a lot of my friends are pretty devout.
September 8, 2011 at 11:43 am
Ahh–OK, I have been to the “stash” church even though I’m not a full member. Although I must say that old (or even new) nylon net would not be my choice for a memento (no silk? wool? knits?) unless I was growing tomatoes that year.
September 8, 2011 at 12:02 am
Dear Maker of 9/11 Toy Soldier Earrings,
Thank you for giving me a plan for tomorrow to start rolling in the dough like you!
Sincerely,
EyeLoofahEwe
Tomorrow’s To-Do List
* Go to Dollar Tree
* Buy various bags of crappy plastic toys for exactly $1 each
* Attach crappy plastic toys to jewelry fixings
* Take pictures of crappy plastic toy jewelry against backdrop of barn wood
* Post crappy plastic toy jewelry on Etsy at $3 to $5 less than Maker of 9/11 Toy Soldier Earrings‘s prices
* Put Maker of 9/11 Toy Soldier Earrings out of business while making a nice chunk of change to turn around and waste on buying much better crap than those crappy plastic 9/11 Toy Soldier Earrings
(No, really, I’m seriously considering doing this)
September 8, 2011 at 12:11 am
I thought I recognized that poor dog! S/he was featured on Sad Etsy Dogs as “Sad Americana Tea Cosy Dog Also Looks Strangely Like Ruffled Spat.”
P.S. I swear I’m not the owner of Sad Etsy Dogs, even though this is the second time I’ve pimped it in as many days.
September 8, 2011 at 11:26 am
Much appreciated, as I had not known of Sad Etsy Dogs, and your pimpage cheered me up greatly when it led me there.
September 8, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Always glad to bring the cheer!
September 8, 2011 at 6:08 pm
Most disturbingly, almost a dead-spit for my dog.
September 8, 2011 at 12:37 am
My original comment somehow showed up as a reply further up the page & I just wanted to repost this link…a friend of mine gave a really great interview about his experiences with 9/11, both then and now, talking about his experiences going from a New York actor who showed up on the scene just wanting to help to ending up spending 6 months setting up rescue shelters, writing reports for FEMA and being in charge of a large portion of Red Cross efforts here in NYC. I wouldn’t normally repost something, but for me this really personal, frank & unsensationalized retelling of events was the perfect way to commemorate 9/11, and I thought other people might like to listen as well: Conversation Hub: Remembering 9/11 with T.J. Mannix
September 8, 2011 at 4:21 am
Apparently, the American attitude is Never Forget and Never move on. Etsys attitude is its time to make money off a tragic event.
September 8, 2011 at 8:27 am
Etsy’s attitude is that it’s ALWAYS time to
make lots of money offcommemorate an event in your artistic ability. It’s NEVER too late, either. As I mentioned above, Pearl Harbor happened 70 years ago this coming December. I, for one, can’t wait to see what fuckery will spout forth from the glue guns like so much mucous from a nose after an overdose of Mucinex. *rubs hands in gleeful anticipation*September 8, 2011 at 6:30 am
Etsy has problems that go beyond these listings because of the permanent and continuing damage that Etsy does to the reputation of the real handmade product. Their continuing maniacal control and display of their hourly faves doesn’t hide what’s really going on with their blatant disdain for quality handmade.
September 8, 2011 at 8:34 am
I know I’m going to come off sounding bitter, but on this same “is it too soon” kinda thread….I competed in our county fair in the cake decorating class. It was Holiday Cakes.
Someone entered (took 1st place AND people’s choice) a September 11th cake.
How in the FUCK is Sept 11th a HOLIDAY??? I was pissed. Not that I didn’t win, but that this pandering, badly done fondant cake won 1st over the other entry besides mine, which was a well done Christmas cake….ya know, a HOLIDAY cake.
People suck.
September 8, 2011 at 7:19 pm
I mentioned earlier, it seems my calendar lists it as “Patriot Day”. How old this phenomenon is, I’m not sure.
September 9, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Yeah, I kinda fucking hate that they already labeled it something….wtf?
September 8, 2011 at 8:47 am
Maybe I’m being an insensitive jackwagon here, but I really don’t understand how it’s “brave” to die in a terrorist attack. I understand people who say it in relation to people who died in the military, presumably they were fighting back and not cowering in a corner somewhere, but I don’t understand how dying in a building hit with an airplane makes you particularly brave.
September 8, 2011 at 9:03 am
I think most of the references to “bravery” are aimed at the firefighters, EMTs, police and whomever else in any capacity, (official or otherwise) that went out of their way to help those people, many of whom died in the process.
September 8, 2011 at 1:01 pm
I’ve heard the “every one who died is a hero” cry. I would agree with you and AnEnchantedNotion. I feel very sorry for the people who were murdered while going about their daily workaday lives, but I don’t consider them heroes (yes, there were some who bravely helped others–I’m not counting those). The first responders, who ran up the stairs when everyone was running down, those are the heroes.
September 8, 2011 at 12:21 pm
There was a lot of bravery. People trying to help others find a way out- people letting other people go ahead of them and getting trapped, people trying to help the children who were there.
My favorite uncle jumped out of the first tower on 9/11, so maybe I’m an overly sensitive jackwagon. I know his coworker who survived said my uncle (and LOTS of other people) who were just regular office employees truly did sacrifice themselves to keep stairways clear and let others go. To me, that is brave… knowing you’re going to die and deciding others are still more important in that moment for whatever reason. Maybe I just love my uncle though, whatever.
September 8, 2011 at 12:46 pm
Well said.
September 8, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I’m NOT being all butthurt, just trying to explain.
September 8, 2011 at 1:08 pm
You’re not being butthurt and I’m very sorry for your loss. I’ve heard so many stories and it humbles me to think that there were people, regular everyday office workers, who did sacrifice themselves to save others in a situation no one had ever experienced before, much less could be prepared for.
September 8, 2011 at 6:00 pm
I’m so sorry for your loss. You are right in saying that your uncle was a hero. You don’t have to save a million lives or be flying a fighter jet or be in the Coast Guard to be a hero. If you put even one person’s life ahead of your own and in doing so save that one life, you are a hero. And that person will forever be grateful to the “ordinary” guy who did such an extraordinary thing for them.
I truly hope that you’re able to get through the upcoming anniversary with the least amount of sadness possible. Just think about the good times you were able to spend with your uncle and … this is becoming overly sappy, isn’t it? I just wish you peace and comfort on this Sunday. ♥
September 8, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Thank you, I really appreciate that.
September 8, 2011 at 2:08 pm
No one ever talks about the assholes pushing other people out of their way in the stairwell, do they?
September 8, 2011 at 2:23 pm
People in a panic aren’t always rightly referred to as “assholes”. Sometimes the instinct of self preservation overwhelms an individual. I’m sure a few of them, in their otherwise every day life, were indeed assholes, but that’s not relevant here.
Anyway, true assholes are better off forgotten so as to not keep them in the spotlight. Why talk about them and give them validation?
September 9, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Great jumpin’ Jeebus – I was being SARCASTIC….as in, making a commentary about saying somehow calling people heroes is a bad thing?
September 8, 2011 at 9:39 am
This was the display at my local Michaels craft store. It’s been taken down now to give the Halloween/Christmas stuff more space.
September 8, 2011 at 1:15 pm
Obviously they have priorities. Has everything been moved to Final Clearance?
September 8, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Probably. They’ve been itching to move the Christmas stuff front and center since it shipped in July.
I used to work a a Michaels and I understand the need to have stuff available early so people have time to craft shit before each holiday, but they had the Christmas music on 24-7 the DAY AFTER HALLOWEEN.
Now stores like Walmart are picking up on their business tactics. God forbid you need something last-minute for a Halloween party. It’s all packed away in storage the week before.
September 8, 2011 at 7:24 pm
Holy crap, and we never put Xmas music on until the day after Thanksgiving!
September 8, 2011 at 2:36 pm
Shit! I knew I’d seen these recently. I DID NOT want to make eye contact with them and thus blocked them out. You not only made eye contact, you made them pose for a close up. Awesome.
*learns from her missed opportunities.*
September 10, 2011 at 1:19 am
What kind of hot hell is this? Merchandise, honestly? And asinine “We remember” notices? God forbid your neighbors look over at your house and not see some kind of signage–they might think you’ve forgotten. And then the terrorists have won.
And what is on the bottom there? Crime tape?
September 8, 2011 at 11:57 am
I know the words “fun and funky” are totes what I think of when 9/11 comes to mind.
September 8, 2011 at 12:06 pm
That IS a sweet-ass flask…I will never forget – until I empty my twin towers booze flask!
Taste Kentucky Justice, you freedom-hating tourists!
September 8, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Is it just me, or have the 9/11 T-shirts started to be reminiscent of souvenir tourist shirts?
It’s kinda like a Japanese kid wearing a “Hiroshima 1945″ shirt with a big-ass cartoon bomb on it.
September 11, 2011 at 12:22 am
…do they sell those?
September 8, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Several of you make great points. I think it is extremely sad that the folks families of those who died in the Trade Towers received $1.5 Mil a piece, while the families of the soldiers who die in Iraq receive $7k.
What a joke. The U.S. needs to wake up and start valuing the lives of our fallen soldiers.
September 8, 2011 at 8:06 pm
The people who died on that tragic day died in peace knowing that someone, somewhere, would one day be wearing a commemorative patriotic scrunchie in recognition of their sacrifice.
If you don’t wear a 9/11 scrunchie, the terrorists have won.
September 9, 2011 at 11:50 am
The power of 9/11 Angel costumes. I believe and me likey long time! “Later I used this costume for a New Year’s Eve party. Even later I was shivering and vomiting in a dark alleyway somewhere in Newark. Much later I was picked up for solicitation. Several years later, after loosing my gig at the Chix or Dix Stripper Club, I decided I would sell this thing on Esty and try and get $75 for it by making up some story about Angels, my higher power (I heard about that at an AA meeting) and tie it into 9/11 somehow.”
Speaking of 9/11…
I just hope my local Burger King has the dignity and honor to once again give away small orders of “Freedom Fries” with every purchase of a Whopper (limit 1 per visit) in honor those that lost their lives on 9/11. Please, don’t let the terrorists have it their way.
September 10, 2011 at 12:20 am
Way to go, you f*ing vultures. Sometimes capitalism is thoroughly inappropriate.
To quote Gramma: “Let your conscience be your guide.”
And Grandpa: “Go on, hell ain’t half full.”
They didn’t stack bodies amongst the $500 shirts in Brooks Brothers as an impromptu morgue so ten years later some ass from BFE could make a quick buck.
Namaste, bitches, and give peace a chance.
Much love,
New York
September 11, 2011 at 12:24 am
A tip for anyone thinking of buying that pen: Give $279 to a 9/11 charity (or any, hell) and use the remaining $1 (or so) to buy some Bics at Walmart. Srsly.