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Many may already know this offer from Sticker Mule, but you can get basic Unix swag really cheaply to stick on a laptop or water bottle.

I bought myself a couple and can confirm it's legit and good quality.

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[–] drwho 82 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 40 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jeez sending that Liberal moron shirt to a person ordering a shirt raising awareness to indigenous murders is really fucked up

[–] drwho 5 points 1 year ago

I think that was done by somebody who knows the corporate culture, and further knows what can be gotten away with.

[–] wim@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

StickerMule claims it was an innocent mistake, but not sure how credible that is https://twitter.com/stickermule/status/1656058962247053312

[–] li10@feddit.uk 16 points 1 year ago

Huh, wish I’d known that before I ordered.

Will avoid in future, as that’s genuinely quite fucked up…

[–] six_arm_spider_man@reddthat.com 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For a buck, why not... I like the doofy looking bear. What is that the mascot for?

[–] Andy@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Since you ask (why not?), check the current top comment. I didn't know about it until today.

[–] six_arm_spider_man@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year ago

FFS, can't even buy stickers anymore with out researching if the company is a horror show.

One more place I'm not shopping at any more I guess.

[–] KotFlinte@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I believe you mean the go gopher!

[–] eric@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't argue with a dollar. This will be my second time buying from them. Great quality.

[–] Andy@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago

It is possible to argue with a dollar.

[–] scorpionix@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh do I miss the days when Unixstickers was an independent company. Way better merch and offers. But oh well, can't argue with a Dollar...

[–] Andy@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] GravelPieceOfSword@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

I bought this set of 206 stickers from Amazon a few weeks ago for $10 (9.99, but that's really 10).

The stickers are very hard to peel off till you get the hang of it, but can vouch.

[–] tekeous@apollo.town 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah I produce stickers at Stickermule all the time, they’re the GOAT

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Nice. I think that's the one I ordered a while ago

Also if anyone is interested in diy Linux distro stickers...

https://github.com/RockyC36/StickerPack (no affiliation)

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I got a set recently but something weird happened in the mail and they took 18 months to arrive XD. It had been so long that I forgot I had even made the order.

[–] Long_Con@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago
[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I just wish they all didn't have white outlines, makes them look a little cheap/store bought, instead of "collected" which is how I usually like to get my stickers. Oh well, for 1USD it ain't bad.

[–] Luci@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

Yes nice Fiskars. But they're not gonna make them look as nice as they would if they were designed without borders.

Probably is the reason why they have borders to start with, cheaper to laser cut with less precision.

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

They keep printing quality of their other products and it's great. The price is propably a gift to community and/or some soft of advertisment.

[–] const_void@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does the money go back to the distros?

[–] Andy@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago

Apparently it goes toward sending customers "Liberal Moron" shirts instead of their requested designs, and also illegally underpaying employees. So... I doubt it.

[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the price is more to prevent people from spamming orders than to actually make money. StickerMule is propably losing on this stickers to make their site more recognized.

[–] Andy@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Would you consider editing the main post with the details from here? At least one person here has explicitly said

wish I’d known that before I ordered

And I'd guess many here would like to know that before deciding whether to support the company.

[–] rzlatic@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

thanks, ordered!

[–] Smoogy@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is anyone else seeing a face on a counter in the thumbnail?

[–] targetx@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I believe that's a kbin specific bug mixing up image thumbnails or something. Works fine for me from Lemmy.

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 1 points 1 year ago

You just posted about Unix swag in a Linux comm