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My friends went to Tumblr...

And all I got was this crummy t-shirt.

So let's say (hypothetically of course) that you're a pasty-faced Web 2.0 wonk who spends your free time maintaining your numerous social network profiles, Twittering, uploading close-ups of your favorite coffee mug to Flickr and getting your groove on in Second Life dance clubs.  Even with such an active online lifestyle, you still need to step away from your computer every so often and venture into the real world.

You may even crave some real world interaction -- you know, person-to-person conversation without intervening routers, hubs and switches.  But in cases like these, how can you let that hottie in the produce aisle (the one you've been eyeing for weeks but haven't yet gotten up the nerve to approach) know just how interesting and complex you really are?

A couple of enterprising gents in Germany have the solution -- they've teamed up to produce a t-shirt that features scores of Web 2.0 chicklets, alongside check boxes so that the wearer can tick-off all the online networks that they call home.  It's something clean to wear and a great conversation starter to boot -- "Hey, you're on Orkut?  Me too.  Wanna Pownce?  No?  OK - well, see you on Ustream sometime."

I am soooo gonna get me one of these.  You can buy yours too -- US or EU.

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[Have you seen this one yet, Karl Long?]

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