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I do really consider that I will have an audience for the text that I am wearing. I am very careful to make sure that I do not offend anyone by what I wear or represent and I also usually know what I am wearing. In junior high, I wore a m&m t-shirt and everyone called it out and I was confused all day. Then I realized that the t-shirt wasn't directed at me alone but to who ever I am near. They day you wear the text is when you make the decision instead of when you buy it. My dad is a teacher who has a wicked sense of humor so some t-shirts he buys but cannot wear it out in public for fear that a student will see it. When I use twitter, I only anticipate my readership is you (Prof. Lay) because you are the only one who cares and that matters on twitter for me. The texts we wear and tweed succeed at making meaning because it gives the argument about who we are. These are as limited as the crayon responses because they both have limitations. For example, putting text under the armpit on a shirt is useless.