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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

Regardless, thank you to every creator that trusted me with your brand, I do feel like I’ve let you down which is why this decision is fairly serious to me. Thank you to every customer who trusted me with your dollars during a cost of living crisis. I hope it all makes a bit more sense now.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

Nothing will be deleted, and maybe when AI can help me do a lot of the tedious work I’ll give it another go. Or maybe something else. For the unforeseeable future though, this sadly needs to come to an end.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

Quite literally as I write this I don’t want to close the doors. There is always a part of me that refuses to let go. Which is why everything will still exist in the background.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

Of course I had some disagreements with creators, and even some customers did some dumb things, but the overwhelming majority of interactions I had with people were positive. This ended up being a surprise.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

With all that being said, I’m incredibly proud of what I built and the service I provided for small wrestling creators. The work I did on @socialsuplex.bsky.social was probably my favourite, as I got to be a designer again. None of this ever had anything to do with sales or profits.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

Over the past year, our suppliers have changed prices and shipping costs to the point where I’m likely losing money on every purchase. So either I fix everything up, or shut down. Sadly the latter seems far more appealing, especially if policies continue to change and it keeps me away from my kids.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

Unfortunately, the change to the economy wasn’t the problem, it was the volatility. With every shift in policy, it created more and more backlog for me. By the time we get to today, as much as I’d love to say fuck it let’s stay open, there is a list that paralyses me to even think about right now.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

Now you might say, “I thought this was about tariffs?”, and actually it was. Chopped Tees was designed to be semi autonomous. I’ve basically not been doing anything for the past 8-9 months, but every order has been processed and every creator royalty has been paid

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

My daughter was born this past April and I took some time away from the store, but unexpectedly, I never felt like wanting to return. I just can’t take myself away from them. I didn’t lose my passion for Chopped Tees, it was just dwarfed by something else.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

I immediately felt a greater responsibility to raise my children with love, respect and inclusion - something that seems rare now With my kids both being under 3, the job at this point is just to be there for them. To gain their trust. Chopped Tees was taking me away from that

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

But something happened just over 12 months ago, which to some will sound hyperbolic The majority of American adults voted for Donald Trump as their next president This didn’t just affect my business, it also affected my other job as a parent All of a sudden, the world wasn’t what I thought it was

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

I recently completed the tax returns for the company and everything was on track as written in my business plan. Chopped Tees was set to have a break even year next year - so yeah, I’m shutting down prior to having any realised profits, which is pretty dumb of me I had a lot of plans for the future

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 24/11/2025

As we approach the final day of Chopped Tees, I wanted an opportunity to say my piece. This will be a long thread, but it’s dedicated to people who seek truthful information. Apologies in advance. While I constantly feel as if I’ve given up, and have failed, there is a lot more to it 1/

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Chopped Tees Apparel @chopped-tees.com · 16/10/2025

After nearly a year of assessing the future of Chopped Tees, I’ve made the difficult decision to officially close the brand. The business became harder to operate as global trade policy turned into a moving target—tariffs announced, delayed, walked back, then threatened again.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 13/05/2025

My therapists name is Dr. Chat GPT

You’re not obligated to chase a ghost who never turned around to see if you were following

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 03/05/2025

Yet still no apology to the person you accused of very horrible things

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 28/04/2025

Hey @allmykidshavepaws.bsky.social while I appreciate trying to call out people when they do wrong, you give social justice warriors the bad name they have because of your lack of effort verifying. You should be ashamed of yourself and realise you are part of the problem the world is experiencing

Some random person tagging Chris Elliot and abusing him because of something completely unrelated

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 19/04/2025

Me cleaning up shit this wrestlemania weekend, seems like I have something in common with WWE PR

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 18/04/2025

So the Wrestlemania weekend build has been “WWE Superstars ❤️ Trump” eh? I’m spending this time with my 1 week old and 2 year old, aka the next generation of this earth, because the current generation is so cooked

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 15/04/2025

My life summed up in one image

Dickie, holding his baby, looking at a horse

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 08/04/2025

The Australian Dollar continues to get crushed against every currency. I’d say we’ve got until midnight eastern before Chopped Tees is cooked

The Australian dollar dropping under 60 us cents

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

(Bloomberg) - JPMorgan Chase & Co. said it now expects the US economy to fall into recession this year after accounting for the likely impact of tariffs announced this week by the Trump administration. $JPM

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 04/04/2025

As a truly global company, Chopped Tees can’t operate in a global recession. We are knocking on the door of this reality.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 08/03/2025

We have reached max pain for both equities and Bitcoin. A good time to move your increasingly worthless fiat currency into something that will hedge against shitty inflation If you’ve had your local currency in a bank account, it’s lost 50% of its value over the past 3 years

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 07/03/2025

I’m a big fan of @atrupar.com, but this is a big miss. I urge people to study Bitcoin.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 01/03/2025

I am beyond disgusted with the vile display in the Oval Office today. I cannot express how I feel about bringing children into such a hateful world. I must invest in their future at all costs.

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Chopped Tees Apparel @chopped-tees.com · 22/02/2025

Early access sale - before the marketing blitz goes out 🚨 Our limited edition jackets are now PRICED TO CLEAR 🚨 40% off with FREE SHIPPING almost everywhere Sale ends next weekend - all clearance items will be discontinued. This is your final chance chopped-tees.com

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 15/02/2025

#AEWGrandslam was pretty good, but the Brisbane Entertainment Centre is a fucking shithole

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 15/02/2025

Ok night owls, I’m about to head to #AEWGrandSlam I won’t post spoilers, but instead just dumb Australian things instead like Tony Khan welcoming all the ‘Blokes and Sheilas’ to the show

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 28/01/2025

Tanga Loa being on the cover of WWE 2k25 was not on my bingo card this year

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 19/01/2025

And this my friends, is why you don’t fuck around with garbage

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 19/01/2025

“Cryptocurrency is the future”

Both Fartcoin and Trump coin are up 10+% on the hour

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Bushby01 @bushby01.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

NEW. Eagles Don’t Hunt Flies. This Friday 11pm GMT. 6pm EST It’s part one of MOX vs Kenny Omega as me, @brandonfrmnj.bsky.social & @dickie.chopped-tees.com look at their Lights Out match from Full Gear 2019 & more. 🤼 Live on @poisonrana.ca YT: youtube.com/@poisonranap...

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Eric Marcotte @ericmarcotte.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

A tale of two nights.

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 04/01/2025

2025 will be the year of “What have you done for me lately?”

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 01/01/2025

2025 will be the year of Digital Assets, might be a good idea for people to get their heads around it

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 01/01/2025

This is really fucking up everything

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 01/01/2025

To be honest, 2024 was kinda mid but I have absolutely nothing to complain about. It was just there Next child is born in 2025 so I’m morally obligated to say this year will be fantastic

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Dickie Bird @dickie.chopped-tees.com · 31/12/2024

New Years Resolution Unsubscribe from email lists

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