Another controversial T-shirt hits the racks

This has got to be the dumbest article I've read in a while. It's a shirt for crying out loud! When I read the title of the article, I thought the shirt had something vulgar or distasteful or offensive on it. 'Allergic to algebra' doesn't mean anything, it doesn't imply girls are stupid, nor do I think it reflects a decline of interest in math. There are thousands upon thousands of shirts with funny, quirky or whatever else messages on them; some are offensive, or consists of crude humour, or may give off a bad impression of the person wearing it (e.g. 'I'm a naughty girl') but all the rest are just...shirts. Funny, cute shirts. I'm 20 and doing an MSc. in Banking and Finance, my undergrad was in Economics and Management. I had/have to do a lot of math and guess what? I don't like it. Few are those who actually like math and it doesn't make the rest of us look stupid. I would wear a shirt like that, and I know that no one would look at me and think I'm stupid (really, who would actually take such a shirt to heart?). It's just a cute shirt that says 'hey, math sucks'. And yes, it does.

It just a shirt. I wear one with an 'illuminati' sign on it doesn't mean I'm part of it. Its a slogan! This is clearly middle class mothers with nothing else better to do with their time.

A lot of people can't stand algebra, regardless of their gender. It's an amusing play on words. Do people really need to make such a fuss about it, just because it happens to be catered to feminine tastes?

It would be fine.. if they just spelled it wrong too. :)

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Any Toronto Star readers see yesterday's Family CIrcus comic? Where are your letters to the editor?

Allergic To Al-Qaeda, T-shirt would of been a great seller!

As sure as someone will make that t-shirt, someone will look for a "cause" against it. Capitalism at it's best. Now a fairly average shirt will sell off the shelves because it's badass.

My advice is to change the way we think about things and look at things, this shouldn't offend anyone.

They really have to stop suggesting these sorts of things about how smart women are. Just because a girl is pretty doesn't mean she can't be smart too!

I don't like math, but a t-shirt is not gonna make me fail all subjects. I will NEVER like math, even if you give me 10 billion dollars. What's wrong about not liking a subject? We all talk about it, don't we? Does that mean we have to stop talking about our dislikes?

What's next? People banning us from commenting about how bad our hair looks at times, because others might go bald? Geez.........

wow,people have nothing better to bitch about. its a tshirt people.political correct~nes has gone too far!! most people have brains and actually use them,and likely wont let a tshirt take them over..fak?

An alergy to algebra is a serious condition that should be made know to others for the victim's personal safety!

all the negative nancy's need to get a life. . .I'm pretty sure some girl somewhere in this world is not going to fail because a t-shirt says allergic to algebra. . . .the only thing people are alleric to is a sense of humor. . .people need to relax and mind there damn business if you don't like it don't buy it. . .

ALLERGIC TO AL SHARPTON

Who cares? The world is full of stupid tees. This isn't the first or the last...is it seriously that big of a deal???? As parents, it's up to us to make sure that our kids do their homework, stupid tees or not. Geez!!! If a tee affects the outcome of parenting skills, than something is seriously a-miss...

Ughhhh......

Teeshirts should read: Girls are the best sex on earth. Girls are Doctors. Girls are Engineers. Girls are Pharmacists. Girls are Executives. Girls are Athletes.....and above all Girls are Humorless and Boring.

Yeah seriously? I personally hate calculus... I took it up until 2nd year and was glad to be rid of it. Is it because I'm a girl? No... I know a ton of girls who were whizzes at it. This shirt design isn't really a big deal...

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