Hanging by a thread: How the online nerdy T-shirt economy exists in an IP world
by Ars Staff from Ars Technica - All content on (#2NHWB)
Enlarge / A moviegoer wearing his Superman T-shirt in the lobby prior to watching the new Superman Returns movie on June 27, 2006 in Chicago... little did we all know what kind of a film awaited (sigh). (credit: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
Most everybody has at least one. It may be buried in the back of a closet somewhere or wadded up in a pile, forgotten. Perhaps it's even clinging to your back right now, fitting you to, well, a tee.
The humble T-shirt has been a staple of daily life for what feels like forever, and the Internet has only enhanced humanity's fondness for it.
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