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// "This is all fucking insane but I have a mortgage."

"Real people get left behind in the golden parachute techbro dreamworld."

$ cat README.md

A satirical merch collection for tech workers caught between their principles and their rent payments.

Think hacker zine meets shitpost meets economic reality meets gift economy.

// All designs freely available. Shop is just a convenience layer.

$ ls -la ./slogans/core/
"This is all fucking insane but I have a mortgage."
The unofficial motto of tech workers everywhere
"Peak Techbro Hype-Wizardry"
For the connoisseurs of venture capital theater
"Commons Over Kingdoms"
Subtle rebellion against Big Tech dominance
"Local-First or GTFO"
If it doesn't work offline, it's not a tool—it's a service dependency
"Cargo Cult Science with VC Funding"
When companies throw money at correlation hoping causation falls out
$ ls -la ./slogans/expansion/
"I Survived Another Pivot"
Badge of honor for the battle-scarred
"Inevitabilism is a Rhetorical Strategy"
Calling out "AI is inevitable" as a debate tactic, not reality
"Built Different (Same as Everyone Else)"
When every company claims to be "disruptive" while following identical playbooks
"It's Just CRUD with Extra Steps"
When complex architectures boil down to Create, Read, Update, Delete
"Autocomplete with Delusions of Grandeur"
When predictive text gets called "artificial intelligence"
"Even My Critique Gets Commodified"
The system commodifies everything, including its own criticism
$ cat THESIS.md

The tech industry runs on a simple dynamic: most people know the current trends are varying degrees of insane, but economic leverage determines intellectual freedom.

Until you have "fuck you" money, you nod along with "AI will revolutionize everything" while quietly building actual useful tools.

This is for everyone who's ever sat in a meeting thinking "this is completely insane" while nodding because they need health insurance.

$ cat GIFT_ECONOMY.md

// The Deal

  • Want to buy a shirt? Cool. We'll ship it.
  • Want to print your own? Here are the design files. No charge.
  • Want to remix it? Go for it. No trademarks here.
  • It belongs to everyone who pays rent.

This project demonstrates its own thesis: we're selling critique of capitalism while being trapped within it.