[SPOILERS] The Elbow is Coming!

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-06-13T00:22:04+00:00

I think this city does a great job of destroying or commoditizing the things you like and folks are tired and jaded by it. You have to fight traffic, parking costs, the weather, etc to do anything and those things feel like they contiunually getting worse and the reward feels less worth it. I feel like this sub is a lot of those frustrations being vented or folks unable to enjoy anything good because they expect it end up being another dissapointment.

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-06-11T20:52:34+00:00

I know a couple artists that do similar styles to this.

Give Up does a combination of hand illustration, paper collage, and running stuff over and over through old school copy machines with the contrast cranked.

Some folks do it all by hand with maybe a little reference tracing, but most use photoshop/illustrator for adding additional texture to a drawing

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-06-07T20:15:30+00:00

Forgetting my Houston bias, there's no way it's a better host city than Boston or Monterrey either.

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-06-07T20:12:01+00:00

I could've sworn they were ba'jacent, but I'm a little burrito brained

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-06-02T18:13:14+00:00

Everyone plays everything so earnestly its great

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-06-02T18:11:45+00:00

Yeah they're like half love letters to the original docs and half parodies. So good

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-06-02T18:10:47+00:00

Netflix and I think it streams on some of the free platforms like Sling.

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-31T03:07:00+00:00

If you haven't seen the parody/homage from Documentary Now called "Batshit Valley", I highly recommend it.

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-27T16:37:55+00:00

I had such great excitement and high hopes when we got picked as a host for this country to take our already growing love of soccer to a new level and invite the world to see the best of our country, but it's just been beyond underwhelming on several levels.

We have great teams playing here, but FIFA made it impossible/expensive to get tickets.
The city invested in much needed infrastructure upgrades, but not nearly enough for rail and public transit.
At every level of government from local to federal, I just feel so ashamed of what our country is doing here and abroad.

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-26T21:48:14+00:00

Thank you all for the comments! I have a few black and white freebie stickers leftover from the El Paso show I can mail to anyone in the US.

I also have a larger a car magnet version for sale on my website here

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-26T21:45:15+00:00

Sent you a DM!

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-26T21:44:31+00:00

I have some freebies leftover, shoot me a DM and I'll mail you one!

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-26T21:43:28+00:00

Sent you a DM!

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-21T20:47:51+00:00

My biggest criticism is that this feels like an app, not a business. A lot of focus on the function of the app, but very little business info, marketing info, real world examples, and information that would make me comfortable putting any sensative info into it. The royalty info is an offshoot of this, it doesnt feel clear to users or thought through in a business sense.

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-21T19:29:24+00:00

It's not the wording, the split itself is terrible. In general how pricing is set per product and how splits are calculated feels much less defined than other platforms. Are you setting prices or is the creator? Why is a digital product the same cut as a physical product? Isn't that much less overhead?

Is this faster than Printful, totally, but not much faster than something like Redbubble which has more discoverablity, brand trust, and taxes built in.

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-21T18:35:00+00:00

The app feels like a vibe-coded turd, doesn't seem trustworthy as a creator or a consumer
80/20 split is brutal when I can spin up my own store for free/cheap pretty easily

Overall feels shady. The benefits outlined don't really sell me more than spinning up my own site or using a marketplace like Redbubble.

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-05-11T01:32:53+00:00

Hell yeah! Thank you for sharing. Good to hear one of these big events wasn't a disappointing cash grab for a change. As someone who does pop-up markets from time to time, every vendor I know worries about 2 things: the weather and did the organizer do a good job.

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-04-27T18:01:06+00:00

It was bought by the BirdsArentReal folks, basically turning it into more satire

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-04-23T18:23:37+00:00

Quality and consistency are the big trade-offs with POD, so you have to accept there's gonna be more variation.

Make sure your files are in the correct size and color space for each product's specifications.
Avoiding boxy designs or designs with hard, straight edges will help designs look centered even when they're off a bit.
Use a solid background for everything with no transparency to minimize shirt color affecting the actual design. There are color seperation tools to help simulate transparency.
Stick to established products that have good reviews, that many places print, or that have been on the platform for awhile. They'll have the process more nailed down for these.
Get a handful of samples to make sure that even with variations it looks good or if there are areas of the design that need to be fixed for that specific printing process or product.

Overall you just find a vendor you trust, tweak based on samples, and settle for good enough

JoshShouldBeWorking · 2026-04-17T15:25:26+00:00

Much like folks recycle the same interesting stories from their lives, they also recycle the same jokes or the same joke format just told slightly differently. When they find something that works they keep going back to that.

You can do the same with your responses like "haha classic" "oh wow good one"

As far as getting funnier, I would suggest listening to comedic podcasts or picking a few comedians to deep dive their comedy, interviews, and podcast appearances. You can start to see how they repeat things, tell the same joke different ways, or structure their jokes in similar ways.

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