I’m pretty sure there is more junk in the textile industry than there is in the recycling business. Watch a streaming documentary about it, and you’ll be totally grossed out, too. (This is what radicalized me.) The situation is dire because there are more clothes – especially cheap T-shirts – than people can wear them. Budget chains like TJ Maxx aren’t helping this, and to make matters worse, they’re selling cheap AI designs that make Chevrolet’s beautiful GMT800 pickup look bad.
A fellow named Cameron E. Schmidt noticed the graphic tee and posted it a chevy truck facebook group I am inside. It shows three pickups labeled “Regular Cab,” “Extended Cab,” and “Crew Cab.” The problem is that they each have two doors, and the only difference between each truck is the length of the bed. Come on, print shop! You have to be better than that!
I’m pretty sure the captions below are also AI-generated. Chevy has produced a lot of famous ad copy, and it’s hard to believe these blurbs came from the same geniuses “Like a Rock” campaign. At least they got the model year right, because Chevy didn’t sell a crew-cab Silverado half-ton until ’04. I learned something new today!
Schmidt isn’t the only one spying dirty shirts, either. Another man, Stephen Sutton, posted his findings GMT800s with Dangerous Auras V2 Group a few weeks ago, and first example I can see that it was shared in the same group on June 22nd. Some are beige, some are black, and they are being sold as “officially licensed products” at TJ Maxx and Marshalls. I’ve contacted Chevy PR about these and will update this post with their response.
Seriously, it’s more ridiculous than anything. The only people who will buy these are well-intentioned family members who know their son/brother/uncle likes bowties, and people who are in on the joke. Paying more money to reckless corporations sucks, but for anyone who is heavily online – which certainly includes the GMT800 community – it may be worth it.
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