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Jackass of the week: Daring Fireball's John Gruber
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Originally Posted by WOPR 
No one ever is.
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to be fair, on his renewal page he said he's getting a new tshirt vendor, so maybe that was part of the problem.
(that comment is gone now that the new shirt design is posted)
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But he's left some people for 8 months with not even an email reply. You can't defend that.
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I almost freaked out- my best friend's name is John Gruber.
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o noes my t-shirt from teh GIANT John Gruber Inc. is teh latesss!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
I almost freaked out- my best friend's name is John Gruber.
I almost freaked out, as well - my girlfriend's name is John Gruber.
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Jees, it's a free T-Shirt. It's not like you paid money for it.
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No actually you pay extra for the shirt - member ship is $19, with shirt it's $29. I've amended the blog to correct my error.
Anyway it's the principle that's the problem here, he slates other people every week, but offers a lousy service himself. THAT is the issue here.
(Last edited by WOPR; Mar 30, 2007 at 02:25 PM.
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He's one guy printing up a bunch of t-shirts and shipping them himself. He recognized that it was getting out of hand, issued an apology and hired a company to do it faster. I don't see the need for drama.
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Ignoring other people for 8 months is 'issuing an apology' ?
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What I don't understand is, if you think he's a "jackass" and a "slimeball" and whatnot, why do you want to wear a t-shirt advertising his site?
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It's the principle and his hypocrisy. I won't be wearing the shirt, probably because it will never arrive 
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Originally Posted by CharlesS
What I don't understand is, if you think he's a "jackass" and a "slimeball" and whatnot, why do you want to wear a t-shirt advertising his site?
Good question. I'm kind of confused about these people's feelings. And who is that excited about a Daring Fireball t-shirt, anyway? Like, I like the blog, but the brand isn't exactly the next Juicy.
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The one angle of this I support is:
Gruber doesn't deserve to be called a "Jackass" for being a lousy t-shirt vendor. But neither do most of the people he labels "Jackass" all the time.
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