[lbo-talk] Classist t-shirt of the day

[B.]

God, people are still getting t shirts with Napoleon
Dynamite quotes on them? That's depressing. The
quesadilla quote t-shirts and other crap from that
movie being everywhere completely ruined what was once
just a cute, innocuous little gem of a film. Then it
became this badge of indie wit to advertise its
slogans everywhere on all your accoutrements. I don't
remember the "Your mom goes to college line," but it
still looks like a put-down to me.

-B.

J Cullen wrote:

"It's a non-sequitur from 'Napoleon Dynamite.' I'm not
sure it's meant as a classist put-down. At least from
a skimming of Google citations, it looks like "the
kids" use it to mean something like 'So's your old man...'"