Aston University + gerbil merch thread

[GrimbutGerbil]

By request. The shop is here

https://grimut-gerbils.teemill.com/

Idly wonders if AI could be put to more useful endeavours.

Probably, but...colouring in pages!!

Unfortunately I've yet to perfect the level of command that works between designed for five year olds and having the patience of a saint colouring in page!

Did get it to do some lovely cats though

Meow

Omg the steampunk cat, again I love it. You need your own teemill (other companies are available) store, or we need the gerbils to work overtime.

On another note, when I get paid I'm gonna buy moar ts and stuff.

Overtime? Don't let them hear you, they don't even know about wages or the working rule agreement yet! They get paid in kibble!

I'm waiting for my second order to arrive so I can see what the other t shirt styles fit like. I fear so will also be spending more money soon!

Greetings, the gerbils have returned, slightly exhausted from the road trip. They've peered back into the shop and have some observations.

Firstly, some requests are now up there, including the men's t-shirt and some bags with various things on. They would like to point out that cats are not their friends.

More importantly, they also need to say that there is a limit of 30 items per shop (unless they pay, and they need the money for kibble and Netflix) so we can't do everything. Very specific requests can be accommodated, but will then be taken down.

They are also a bit worried about how some of the designs will work on t-towels as being quite dye heavy. They will do some, but only if someone promises to buy one and report back as to whether it arrives as hard as a board or not.

So they would like you to take a look at the new stuff and then they will do another round of requests.

I'm deffo getting a teatowel, but after payday so likely someone else will get one before me.

Thanks so much for adding a Suffragette cat. I feel awful for asking, but is it possible to have this design on the baseball top or the scoop-neck t-shirt?

Oh @Boiledbeetle sorry! I really did just mean imagining in my own wee head, I wasn’t trying to hint you should make the picture!

But but but ... Little fluffy Roman soldiers!

Come on!! This lot are busy doing their victorious victors lap of honour now they've vanquished all the otters

😉

I did try to get it to not make you look angry, but it just made you more angry The AI does assume though that you identify as having a cracking pair of tits!

Angry face rectified, seemingly the happier you are the larger your breasts grow according to AI

Interesting on the smiling & bigger boobs thing. Is that evidence of the misogynistic tendencies of AI? All the men I've generated using AI (I use Microsoft Copilot) have v. masculinised bodies and faces. And, come to think of it, all the people it generates are white too!

@GrimbutGerbil would you be able to encourage the gerbils to work a bit faster please? I put my order in on 5th, estimated delivery 9-11, but it's still not dispatched 😞 I'm going away on Friday and was hoping to flaunt my gerbils on the train.

Same with mine, ordered on 5th est del 9-11. Just checked using the where is my order help thing and it just says "this order has been marked as paid and will be dispatched soon". Wonderful so helpful 😶

The first order came within the est delivery slot. I wonder if teemill got swamped over the bank holiday?

I'm using copilot, and it does do feminine women and masculine men as its go to if you aren't being descriptive about the person you want it to draw. And yes I also find that it generates white people the majority of the time which as I'm not expressing a preference in my prompts is a rather large flaw in the programming.

Hello from the gerbils. Sadly they have outsourced fulfilment and don't know when the parcels will be dispatched. They regret the delay but as they don't know how to print t-shirts and can't reach the letter box so it's probably for the best.

Suffragette cat baseball shirt up as temporary special.

Thank you Gerbils for all your hard work.

No worries, I'll be patient. Well, I will try to be. We do appreciate what you and @Boiledbeetle have done in designing and setting this all up.

Thank you very much, I've ordered a t-shirt for DH who is very pleased at being described as "the right sort of man". I think so too, so I've also ordered the lucky chap a tea towel. (For his use only)

Oops.

My credit card had an accident. It's probably JKR's fault.

@Boiledbeetle
Crumbs. My wee sister has more than once complained that I didn’t collect any of the boobage that was meant to be mine so she has it as well as her own share. And the women on both sides of my family tend to be pretty blessed in that department, so she’s not terribly impressed with said arrangement 😶 Even I - & I despair of ever gaining weight - can comfortably wear one of those glorified crop-top type-bras but I don’t think I’d want to go without that…

@WitchyWitcherson am glad it’s not just me whose brain drifted to “oh well isn’t that an interestingly misogynistic little t[r]ic[k] of the AI?” 🤔

@Motorina
Oh, definitely. She made me buy a t-shirt with cats as Potter characters the other week. It’s the Imperius curse, I tell you…

@NitroNine cats as potter characters you say (the AI was unsure as to which meaning of potter I meant!)

Turns out putting Harry before potter helps the AI!