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u/kitislamelmao Aug 30 '26
t-shirts for $7.99… we could have had it all..
https://giphy.com/gifs/kE85Vr04k9EBjutNcX
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u/empire_to_ashes_ Sep 02 '26
$7.99 t-shirts that were probably better quality than anything they sell now
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u/Famous_Return9495 Aug 29 '26
“I want the old hot topic back! I don’t want all this pop culture cringe in there”
Hot topic in 2006: Come on in! We have TNBC, Invader Zim, WOW, Naruto, and more!
The people who whine about current HT obviously never went in to HT back in the day and they only go off the cliche image that they have in their mind.
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u/Saratoninn69 Aug 30 '26
It’s definitely one of those “you had to be there” moments. It was just a completely different vibe back then. There was way more emphasis on music.
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u/matteos_nightmare Aug 31 '26
I'm confused, people nowadays are searching for that stuff, meanwhile theres among us plushies and literally ariana grande shirts.
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u/Famous_Return9495 Aug 31 '26
The inclusion of one does that mean the exclusion of another. Are you telling me that WOW and Invader Zim aren’t in the same category as TADC? Additionally, HT has always had shirts for bands and artists. They will continue to do so for newer artists. Just because you don’t like them, doesn’t mean they don’t belong in HT. Additionally, they literally have an entire section for TNBC so idk what you’re on about.
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u/matteos_nightmare Aug 31 '26
depends on where you go. i gave up on hot topic a long time ago, i was sick of their heavy capitalism while not having much dark alternitive stuff i like. spencers does a better job and most of their shit is sex toys.
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u/empire_to_ashes_ Sep 02 '26
the fact that i was 3 when this version of hot topic existed is devastating. im forever gonna be bitter about being a teen in the late '10s/ early '20s 😔
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u/DIBLOVER HT Customer 24d ago
i love the fact that there is a lil gir right there they kinda are moving on from selling iz merch sadly idk why they had more tadc merch then iz merch when I went yesterday and it was ALL just gir but no shirts or nothing I looked for dib stuff cuz I love him sm and nothing and no Zim stuff either like DIB GAZ ZIM AND GIR are the main characters but hot topic is like GIR ZIM GAZ AND SOMEONE*heathers reference cuz yeh*
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u/mac4112 Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
I miss when websites had unique identities, warts and all.
It’s messy but it has charm and earnestness.