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Oh, I kind of love this. I've had my 'Keep Calm and Carry On' poster for about a year now. It's spent that time rolled up in its packing tube because I've moved twice in the last year and haven't gotten around to doing anything with it. Much though I like it, they ARE everywhere and I'm hesitant to have what is fast becoming a ubiquitous sentiment/poster on my wall. I could go Rock On instead, in fact, that might suit me a bit better. Wish it came in red.

I visualize this in Gwen Stefani's home.

Better than "...Carry on", I guess.
Doesn't our generation have any imagination beyond regurgitating old things without context in pretty colors?

While we're at it. Let's make a black and white poster that says "Got Carry On Poster?". We can hit two ubiquitous designs at once.

I guess I'm outta the "poster loop," so this one's fresh to me. Though I do have to admit the design isn't very "rocker." I'd have gone with some tattoo typeface, myself.

I always try to put myself in a serene state of mind before I rock.

Sedate yourself by any means necessary and wake to toil another day.

At least this one is a commentary on something, not simply a rehash of an old idea; I like it! I'm not sure how much sense it really makes, and I actually appreciate its silliness.

wow. that's commentary?

so sick of these posters...spotted them in domino magazine as well. i don't find them to be original.

SNORE!

This isn't very good if it's satire.

Lame

No amount of vegetable ink on organic acid-free paper could make me put this on my wall.

would have loved a "shriek and run amok" poster better, as suggested in that earlier thread. lame.

I like it!

I think that's a pretty sweet deal and they ship to Canada!

I like the "Keep Calm" posters, but there should be one that says, "Keep Calm and Poop On."

Doesn't our generation have any imagination beyond regurgitating old things without context in pretty colors?

No. It's all simulacra, spectacle, and simulation.

I love it! I'm glad other people don't, more for me! :D

I would buy 10 Poop On posters! Thats a great idea

Misses the whole point.

At least the original poster was a based on an authentic idea anthat had some relevance as commentary on the current war. (even if it was usurped by American hipsters who had no understanding and or respect of its origins).

This is just a cheap attempt at satire -- and quite insulting to the original, not to mention those who suffered through years of bombings.

I like it. I've been trying to get ideas on how to decorate my sons room in a rocker styled theme - this seems to work great for that. I'm a bit of a history dork, I actually did my senior thesis on war time propaganda over in London so I love the "Keep Calm" posters, as well as other war time posters/art. I don't think it is being disrespectful, just playing on history, thats done often.

The site also has some other really great posters that brought a smile to my face.

My husband would love a "poop on" poster though for the little guys room - he'd think that was hilarious.

im sick of posters with words.

My dad got cancer earlier this year, and we were preparing for him to go through chemo, surgery etc. Every time I called him, I was surprised and pleased by how upbeat and calm he sounded - he was doing lots of simple walking, meditation, trying to keep calm in his everyday life.
A couple of days ago he called to tell me that the cancer has disappeared! No treatment or anything like that, just up and gone. The specialist was completely baffled, but I'm certain it had to do with my dad's outlook.
While we were chatting, I mentioned that I had bought a Keep Calm poster, and he said how much he'd like it. He grew up in the post-war period, and he's hardly a hipster. His birthday is this Friday, and I think it'll be a perfect present for him. So there, AT! I love my dad and I love that poster, I don't care how many hipsters think it's a fad.

WACK!

Seriously? SERIOUSLY???

A silly trend that's was over before it started

Um. When I rock out, I am not calm. I don't think these people have rocked - on or out - in their whole lives.

I see the "re"-surgence of this motto as typifying people from two sides of the mental health/self-help issue.

1. You got your touchy-feely, likes reassuring little mantras and affirmations. Cozy embroidered pillows to remember how not to fall apart every day.

2. You got your pragmatic type, with the "get over it already" pull yourself up by your bootstraps, no sympathy for "whiners," shut the hell up and there's no crying in baseball.

"Keep Calm and Carry On" can apply to both philosophies!

The satires of this poster can be funny enough to make fun of the poster, and the people with feelings, and the people with feelings of anger for people with feelings. This is no such example; it's poorly executed. None are worth the paper they're printed on, for the joke is already over once you've read it. Given the apparent fact that most of the world doesn't read blogs or shallow shelter magazines like Domino, and therefore hasn't even seen the "original," even people who read AT have not spotted it live, and some new readers haven't been over-exposed to it either, none of your friends will get the joke. It's called consumption, an impulse reaction, and I thought that was something the blog ostensibly tries to discourage. Posters that instruct you what to do, unless they are for the Heimlich Maneuver or a self breast exam, are generally kind of stupid.

Also given that it is historical wartime propaganda, a fact which I even just learned, I think it's kind of pathetic that it's taken on some kind of new age warmth with a large dose of ignorance to the original meaning.

binging and regurgitating the same trends under different facades...i love pop culture.

Maybe if you're about 12 it's cute.