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You have seen that cool kid who always seems to be wearing witty, clever, hilarious t-shirts.

Where does he get those? Where can you get one? Department store options are limited, and besides, everyone already wears those.

While it may not be true that you can get anything on the internet, you can definitely get unique, customized clothing.

Are they worth it?

The World of Custom T-Shirts

The great thing about buying shirts online is that there are thousands of different websites you can use. This virtually eliminates the possibility that someone will have the same shirt as you.

However, you have to select a websites based on a few different factors. If you choose one of the most popular sites, the chances are pretty good that someone else will have the same shirt as you. You should find a site that is:

-Relatively obscure

-Legitimate

-Not too expensive

-Has stuff you like

To Customize or Not?

A completely customized shirt includes not only personalized text, but unique images as well. This is a cool idea, but you have to consider that something like that might be more expensive that just finding something amusing and unique that has already been created.

A good middle ground option is to pick an image that the site offers and then add your own text to personalize it.

A situation in which it would be a good idea to customize as much as possible would be if you were creating custom apparel as a gift. This is a perfect idea for your friends who have very obscure interests or particular tastes, and would enable you to design the perfect gift.

Personalized Gifts

The options for giving personalized apparel away as gifts are endless. Here are some possibilities:

New Baby? Some websites offer personalized onesies, bibs, blankets, not to mention baby-sized shirts and hoodies for the special occasion. Your gift will stand out in a sea of impersonal presents.

Significant Other? There are all the normal options, like tees and hoodies, but you can also get something a little more intimate. If your inamorata has more of a sense of humor, you can even try custom underwear.

Friends? This is especially perfect if you have friends who are hardcore gamers, way into the environment, or basically any who are obsessed with anything. You can help them express themselves even more effective with an “I LOVE ____” shirt.

Conclusion

Custom apparel is a cool idea. Especially when given as a gift, it’s the perfect balance between “I put some thought into this” and not requiring too much effort.

Lexi bumped into someone at the mall. Curtis slammed into a parking meter. Ryan tripped over a bag at the airport. You’ve probably seen it, and maybe you’ve even laughed: People can end up in some pretty goofy situations when they text and walk at the same time.

Believe it or not, people can also get hurt.

The American College of Emergency Physicians warns people about texting on the move. ER docs who treat people like Curtis (he cracked his ribs in his encounter with the parking meter) say that we need to be more cautious about when and where we text.

What’s the Big Deal?

The problem is multitasking. No matter how young and agile we are, the human brain just isn’t capable of doing several things at once and giving full attention to all of them. So you can get into some major danger if you try to text in situations that require your full focus.

When you text you’re thinking about what to say, concentrating on what your thumbs are doing, and reading constantly incoming messages rather than paying attention to what you’re doing or where you’re going. And that significantly ups your risk of getting hurt or injuring others.

It doesn’t matter if you can text without looking at the keypad. Even if texting feels like second nature, your brain is still trying to do two things at once — and one of them is bound to get less attention.

Texting also prevents you from paying close attention to what’s going on around you, something that’s especially important in situations where you need to have your guard up, like walking home after dark. Your reaction time is also likely to be much slower if you’re texting. If you’re about to run into someone or something else, you may not have time to act before it’s too late.