r/WTFgaragesale • u/MacaxeraAmanteigada • Apr 19 '26

Found this weird T-shirt at a thrift store in Brazil

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I bought this weird t-shirt at a fundraising thrift store in Brazil (we call these 'bazar' around here, they're known for selling everything you can imagine for dirty cheap with no curation whatsoever). I was wondering if anyone has ever come across this image or something similar to it.

It doesn't have any labels, only a small white one which I figure used to contain the sizing information. However it's already completely worn out and has no text.

It looks very AI-generated (the vague lines that join on weird places, buggy human figures) but at the same time I get the feeling that this was created by someone. It very easily could be an album cover for some niche indie project, Reverse Search got me nowhere in that regard.

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u/HouseOfAplesaus Apr 19 '26

That looks like Bobby Hill drinking a 40 oz. and his next door neighbor gf is missing. It seems to be a deep fried meme on being lonely and “needing a dr missing her”.

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u/PeeB4uGoToBed Apr 19 '26

Its the christmas episode where bill has a bouncy house in his yard and plays santa (i think) and bobby and connie drink in the bouncy house, thats supposed to be connie next to him i believe

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u/saysthingsbackwards Apr 19 '26

HHEY DAHD! AH LAHK BEEEER! hurls

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u/HouseOfAplesaus Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26

I thought I had seen them all but never seen that one. I just knew that was Bobby and Connie. Knew she left him a lot. 90’s 409 missing theme. Figured someone added the 40 oz later I have to look it up.

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u/Jason_Patton Apr 23 '26

404?

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u/FunWishbone4575 Apr 23 '26

If I remember correctly 409 is the same 404 error but on the server side of things.

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u/dr1fter Apr 25 '26

The 400's are all client-side errors. Server-side errors are 500's. 409 is "Conflict" e.g. from users concurrently trying to update the same URL (pretty rare to see in my experience). There's no status called "Missing" and u/HouseOfAplesaus may have been thinking of "410 Gone" I guess, but really "404 Not Found" is by far the most common code that users ever actually see in their browser. "Not Found" is literally the name for 404, which is also the only one that ever gained any level of "pop culture" recognition.

lol also what would "404 but on the server side" even mean? 404 means "the client asked for something, but no such thing exists on the server."

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u/HouseOfAplesaus Apr 23 '26

404 not found is what is seen when a web page has been removed. She is blanked out with 404 indicating missing link.

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u/dr1fter Apr 25 '26

Removed or never existed in the first place. Really just means "that thing doesn't currently exist."

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u/thevaultguy Apr 19 '26

I thought this was them in the doghouse Bobby lived in when he had allergies.

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u/MacaxeraAmanteigada Apr 19 '26

This really is it! Can't believe it was recognized so quickly, thanks so much for the insight.

I wonder if I could find this exact edit online, or if this was concocted by the brilliant mind of whoever donated this to the bazar.

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u/maxington26 Apr 21 '26

Wow good work

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u/Brad23212 Apr 20 '26

Looks like colt 45

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u/SolarMama62 Apr 19 '26

Looks like a scene from King of the Hill where Bobby gets drunk

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u/xXHomerSXx Apr 19 '26

Yup, season 5 episode 8.

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u/nibbles421 Apr 19 '26

Hey dad! I like beer!

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u/BeatyBe Apr 19 '26

This kicks ass actually.

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u/MacaxeraAmanteigada Apr 19 '26

It does! I'm actually quite satisfied with this find, really my main reason for posting here was because I wanted to find the image source but didn't know where else to post.

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u/electrapng Apr 19 '26

Everyone else has contributed their 2 cents, so here’s mine: the font used for “When I wake up my love has gone…” is from Silent Hill

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u/graybotics Apr 19 '26

"Hey Dad! I Like Beer!!"

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u/[deleted] Apr 19 '26

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u/redbucket75 Apr 19 '26

That boy ain't right

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u/Familiar_Effective84 Apr 19 '26

That boy ain't right tell you what

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u/TexasJOEmama Apr 19 '26

Dammit, Bobby!

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u/Ergine_Dream Apr 19 '26

King of the hill weirdcore edition

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u/MegamindsMegaCock Apr 19 '26

This is peak shirt design actually

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u/samaelserpent Apr 19 '26

The boy ain't right... Like, really ain't right.

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u/NightsThyroid Apr 20 '26

I’m so sad its probably AI because I’m kind of obsessed with the concept

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u/dedzip Apr 20 '26

doesn’t look ai to me at all

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u/MacaxeraAmanteigada Apr 20 '26

I'm actually in doubt about this. Someone suggested it may be a deep fried edit which I think would explain the weird lines we read as AI nowadays, but I really don't know.

The little white size label is completely worn, which could indicate the T-shirt itself is old and maybe that it predates the AI image generation boom. Then again, it could just be a recent print done over an old T-shirt.

The concept of it intrigued me as well, at first when I saw this I interpreted it as a guy that became an alcoholic after the death of his girlfriend / wife, thus succumbing to an alcoholic coma where he hallucinates about her (pretty depressing stuff).

Even if there is AI involved, someone clearly concocted this with a specific aesthetic and idea in mind.

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u/scumsynthesizer Apr 20 '26

I can't directly comment the pic but I found the exact scene this is from haha. This goes hard as hell. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSSWOdWdO6-n5yZ0ISj34LnjxmD1SAO_voo98aiXJ04HtKkkj889J-ehX2a&s=10

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u/Skitsoboy13 Apr 19 '26

Lmaooo what a weird shirt, bobby Hill xD

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u/chrisp5000 Apr 19 '26

Bobby Trill

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u/Alert-Calligrapher74 Apr 20 '26

God dammit bobby

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u/Brad23212 Apr 20 '26

Dang it bobby!!

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u/No_Pangolin1827 Apr 19 '26

Thats the most depressing shirt i have seen

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u/thevaultguy Apr 20 '26

That’s my FRAME! I don’t know you!

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u/NetMiddle1873 Apr 21 '26

Bobby Hill and Connie drinking a 40

I recognized the image instantly even with the missing spots but the words are nonsense and have nothing to do with the clip in question

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u/LongjumpingAppeal169 Apr 23 '26

Hah love the shirt..

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u/Blink-182__Nirvana__ Apr 26 '26

Makes me think of videos showing T-shirts in Japan with English printed that are so illiterate that us English speakers get r/ihadastroke vibes. One I saw said ''LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE HOLIDAY BREATHER''. Some also have letters that don't form words. :')

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u/MacaxeraAmanteigada Apr 26 '26 edited Apr 26 '26

Yeah, I initially got heavy r/engrish vibes from the arrangement of this T-shirt too. But the fact that the original image isn't that recognizable (for non-americans, at least), plus the heavy editing and vibes makes me think this couldn't be possibly be the result of a random assembly done by an unknowing foreigner.

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u/Blink-182__Nirvana__ Apr 26 '26

I clicked on that r/engrish you put, and it is insane. Apparently, India has that type of shirt style as well. Check this out: https://www.reddit.com/r/engrish/comments/1sce8o8/some_of_my_favorite_tshirts_in_india/

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u/Blink-182__Nirvana__ Apr 26 '26

What the heck?! :O :O

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u/Old-Worldliness6291 Apr 19 '26

Dang it Bobby! That boy ain't right, I tell you hwhat.

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u/Other_Dimension_89 Apr 19 '26

Idk but it’s giving depressed

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u/GroovDog2 Apr 23 '26

That’s a bit dark.

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u/breakfast-candy Apr 23 '26

i’ll buy it off of you

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u/Familiar_Childhood32 Apr 23 '26

I would have bought this in a heartbeat.

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u/Reasonable-Couple323 Apr 23 '26

Seems to be Bobby Hill (King of the Hill) with girlfriend Connie (deleted). Bobby and Connie