https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/kx83v3/what_is_up_with_this_tshirt/
created by Did_it_in_Flint on 14/01/2021 at 15:44 UTC
92 upvotes, 2 top-level comments (showing 2)
Seems like every hobbyist subreddit I subscribe to has a version of this same shirt being pushed right now.
Comment by AutoModerator at 14/01/2021 at 15:44 UTC
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Comment by Sunburn79 at 14/01/2021 at 15:50 UTC*
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Answer:
It's a scam. T-Shirt scam rings are rampant on reddit and they use organized bot rings to post these hastily photoshopped shirts, or stolen artwork. They then run bot scripts to upvote their own content and downvote anyone who calls out the scam.
Oftentimes they will work in pairs where one account will post the pic and another account will set the OP up to drop a link by saying "I love this where can I get it" or something similar. These become extremely easy to spot over time as they are almost always brand new accounts with zero post history, or they will have karma from reposts in subreddits like r/awww or r/freekarma4u.
The best thing you can do here is do downvote the post, report it to the subreddit mods, and report it directly to the admins.
A group of redditors also tracks these rings and others in /r/thesefuckingaccounts
Edit:
Here is a write up on reddit spammers from u/RamsesThePigeonseveral from several years ago that still holds up: