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Kodesex!
Just happened across an interesting line of products called “kodesex.” The idea is that you can wear t-shirts featuring psychedelic looking art and symbols, and they covertly express your sexual proclivities as well.
Technically, I guess it only really works if other people “know the code” so to speak though. So go ahead and educate yourself in it, to be sure you’re not missing out on anything interesting. The designs are pretty cheesy really, but it’s a cute enough basic idea. Now you can finally tell the word using symbols that you like to get shit on by Jewish sadomasochistic role-players. Thank god!
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January 11th, 2006 at 10:39 pm
dude… sometimes it’s scary how much overlap there is in our reading.
January 11th, 2006 at 11:03 pm
Reminds me of the old handkerchief codes among 1970s/80s gays. (I’m glad I was too young to get into that.) But at least this modern version is more creative and visually appealing.
January 11th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
Dude, that’s because I got it from your saved pages list!
January 12th, 2006 at 12:27 am
Sounds like a trendy and sexy way to sell t-shirts.
January 12th, 2006 at 2:25 am
Yeah, essentially. Am I the only one who things these t-shirts are kind of ugly though? Really though, the core idea is smart. They’re saying (1) we want to sell t-shirts, but (2) everybody sells t-shirts. (3) How can we get free press and word of mouth marketing? (4) sex sells and everybody loves secret codes (5) create a code that “empowers” people culturally, and then bam! The rest takes care of itself.
The cool part I think is that these shirts highlight the fact that there are secret codes that subcultures use which are not usually so much secret as unknown by larger audiences. And there’s this idea that by not knowing these codes, you could be missing out on meaningful or exciting interactions and levels of meaning. The “kodesex” could be applied to a lot of other areas, which we could develop secretive sets of symbols to communicate with people ‘in the know ‘
January 12th, 2006 at 5:53 am
I knew there was something wrong when my eye was immediately drawn from the “FISTING” icon to the one labeled “CHRISTIAN”.
January 12th, 2006 at 6:32 am
LMAO, the brown “scat” smiley is too cute.
January 12th, 2006 at 10:30 am
Maybe we dont have to develop those secretive sets of symbols tim, they may already be there. I like that universal language thing, like a strangers voice you recognise…….
January 12th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
it’s clever marketing, for sure. shizoots, eye even wanna get one uv them shirts. m’eye question is, are they capitalizing on some already existent codes for these things that have arisen organically out uv the free-sex subcultures (obvioulsy the religious ain’t–is that obvious?) or has the company come up with the symbols itself? it would be cooler if, like the “black rose,” these had an organic life and organic genesis in an actual community as opposed to just being in the minds of the marketeers and designers at kodesex, but in a way, re-assigning the meanings of certain signs (the smiley faces) and creating others is in itself another sharp piece of marketing magick, as to wear these shirts and learn the meanings and utilize them, one is accepting the “secret language” of the kodesex company, thereby strengthening the brand and the Kodesex Tulpa. Kmee, eye figure–thank’em for the cool idea in action, take it and create your own symbols to mean the same thing…though eye suppose that would take much more work to disseminate that language than just going through the company.
Is this rambly?
Skidoo.
January 12th, 2006 at 2:17 pm
yeah it reminds me of the Hankercheif code too, only cheesier. I can imnagine plenty of fraternity brothers wearingthese to Tijuana, but women… hmmm….. they never seem to want to advertise this sort of thing the way men do.
Just for kicks, here that is the hanky code from wikipedia:
January 12th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Thanks for that rev, being from england id always wondered why all the bad boy gangsta’s in america wore handkerchiefs out of there pockets, now i know.
January 12th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
LOL! I think it means something different for gangstas - red is the bloods, blue is the crips - same deal with the nortenos & the suerenos (latino gangs, just can’t remember which is red & which is blue)
Gangbangers advertising themselves as tops & fisters is definitely funnier tho!
January 12th, 2006 at 10:32 pm
I remember once I was at this ridiculous 12-keg party in a closed off parking lot, in the middle of a speed freak-out, and I saw this frat boy wearing a shirt with the viagra logo on it, and I pointed my shaky fingers and said through my gritting, gnawing teeth–”that stuff works but gives you headaches” and then he said with this incredulous look “what?” and the girl I was there with went looking for a chick to pick up. Not telling a lie. Anyway, I’ll agree with Rev, this seems like the sort of thing for Spring Break! SPRING BREAK! for dumbass frat boys, and give it twenty years hipsters will be combing over thrift stores looking for a vintage Scat Smiley shirt.
My own brand study dept. says, kodesex seems like one of those sensitive libertarian ideals, helping bridge social divides with a relatively affordable easy commodity. At the same time, kodesex’s tulpa really looks like it could use some help or re-purposing, it seems a little too focused on getting everyone what they want. Come on, Pagan Partner? I bet if I suggest it, they’ll print off a thousand “Sex Magickian” shirts, with a closed fist inside an eight-rayed star. Final analysis: innovative marketing of an already-done idea, too many initial products in rollout. predicted disaster. sell short. one less logo to worry about. moral: focus your intent & focus on your intent. and before anyone says, “why don’t you ever try anything yrself,” don’t worry, I’ve got some plans.
What about for the shirt “I have low self-esteem” for girls and “vulture” for boys?
And the gangbangers (huh huh, bangers) always have made me wonder. Did anyone see the Warriors? For being so masculine, it’s kinda, well, gay.
January 13th, 2006 at 4:24 am
LOL!!!
This is a Spacey, Fruity Shit! HAHAHAHA!
You don’t know need this shirt to communicate
that you’ve got the hots for someone and want
to do the POONTANG! LOL!!!
That’s what verbal and (especially) NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION for!
You don’t even need to say word to communicate that horny for someone!
Geesh!
Anyway, Funny Shirt!
NO! Im not gonna buy one!
January 13th, 2006 at 12:35 pm
Yeah no kidding!
80% of this shit is below the threshold of conscious awareness anyway, if that ain’t there no amount of advertising is gonna make a difference, to me a T-shirt just screams “desperate”
January 13th, 2006 at 12:51 pm
Yeah good points. When you advertise, you get all kinds of buyers you may not want anyway. Just because you’re looking for a Pagan Fister doesn’t mean you’re looking for just *any* Pagan Fister!
January 13th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
yeah, sometimes you’re looking for a senstive, pony-tail guy Pagan Fister. Could they add a pony tail and goatee to the fister shirt?
the guys who run the company look, well…dorky as all get-out, too. the whole bdsm codes thing is cool because, not to beat or whip or splay a dead horse, it came out of an existing community in an organic way. and it’s an “in thing” and secret society seeming stuff always has an appeal. this, on the other hand, is just way too easy. the idea of codes is that only the people who are really really interested will take the time to dig, learn the codes and signifiers and actually be part of the community. this is kind of like, well…the fact that they’ve got a press department means the shelf-life of this, if it ever does catch on, will be about the same as the friendster-hype. six months; 8 to 10 factoring the time it’ll take the folks outside the major urban areas to hear about it. but, yeah. eye’m with null. this thing is gonna crash in burn.
sayin’, all that eye’d still get a shirt–a dooky smiley face shirt. hey, shit don’t always have to read as desperate, it can also read as: eye’m fuckin’ with you.
Skidoo.
January 13th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
Agreed. But then I think there are times when people intentionally design things to flare out brightly to create a name for themselves. Doesn’t matter if it’s a success always as much as it matters that you gain the experience and the CV material.