NewNarcissistic supply is attention, and it does not need to be affectionate. Anger works. Tears work. A furious three-page message works best of all, because it proves you are still thinking about them. This is why arguing never resolves anything and why leaving loudly tends to backfire: every reaction is fuel. Silence is the only response that contains nothing they can use. The line at the bottom of this design is the part most people work out far too late, which is that going quiet was never about being cruel. It was about cutting off the food supply.
Most versions of this joke stop at the punchline. This one explains why it works: they feed off your attention, so the moment you stop supplying it, there is nothing left for them to use.
A ghost in sunglasses making its position very clear, hot pink lettering, and a line underneath that turns the gag into the actual mechanism. It is funny and it is accurate, which is a rare combination on a shirt.
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