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Cafepress have managed to capture under-represented niche markets wholesale and at the same time create some fabulously surreal and ironic products. In one fell swoop they have claimed the “I love X” product base, with such incongruous gems as “I love my kids” thong-style underwear, and “I love sex education” baby’s bibs.

Providence brought me to this particular page of theirs when I absent-mindedly typed “I love ducks” into Google. With this site proudly servicing the world’s consumers, there is no chance of having your love for a particular country, politician, animal, drug, or obscure abstract concept going unknown. It is obvious that there has been very little human input into the creation of these products, as can be seen from such clumsy phrases as “I love Earth”, and the automatically generated product images.

If nothing else, I find this site warmly comforting, as it shows that there is as much a niche to fill for thoughtful, creatively produced clothes design as there is for Alpacaphile products.