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Clothes for when the joke gets reported to HR.

Black-and-white streetwear. Bad coping mechanisms. Good timing. First drop soon. Unfortunately.

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Drop 001 is being built in public.

The first release stays small: tees, hoodie, cap, sticker pack, and one useful bag if the joke deserves to carry groceries.

001 / Tee

Logo shirt
(do not explain it)

Black blank / white print
002 / Tee

Vintage comedy club from hell

Distressed without looking cheap
003 / Hoodie

Minimal front
hostile back

Heavyweight candidate
004 / Cap

Small text.
Bad decision.

Embroidery after proof
005 / Stickers

Evidence pack

Cheap, useful, incriminating

Not funny shirts. Evidence.

Pause4Laugh is for people who know the difference between dark and lazy. Profane, yes. Mean to strangers for no reason, no.

Rule 01Punch up. Never punch stupid.
Rule 02If it looks like Etsy, kill it.
Rule 03No founder story. The joke is the founder.
Open call / Small graphic designers

Send the work that made your client nervous.

Black-and-white graphics. Dark humor. Vintage comedy, hostile corporate, funeral merch, public warning label, therapy-office-gone-wrong energy.

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