Funny Customer Reviews

We at theDIHEDRAL are very proud of the shirt designs we have been putting out over the last year.  We feel they represent some of the important aspects of what makes us who we are.  The bulk of our shirts are climbing and philosophy related, but really, what else is there (that is a rhetorical question, clearly there are more things than climbing and philosophy (at least that is what I’ve heard))?

While our Etsy shop does have a 5-Star rating (thank you to all our customers), there are some questionable reviews.  These reviews are interesting for two reasons.  

1. They seem a little exaggerated and improbable.
2. Some of these aren’t real.

While that may be the case, if nothing else, they are also very entertaining.  Which is why we are sharing them today!

Kara from White Plains, NY

I deeply appreciate the problem-solving aspects of climbing.  I’ve always been a puzzle solver; I’m in a Sudoku of the Month club, I have a Rubick’s Cube, I once completed a 1,000-piece puzzle with no edges and no colors, and I have a tattoo of the Riemann Zeta Function.  I usually boulder alone, and I generally enjoy the alone time I get while bouldering because I can sit and evaluate a route just as I would examine a Recombinator Marble Puzzle.  The problem is that being a solo climber is often seen as an invite for every goon and weirdo to infiltrate my space and tell me how to solve a route.  They spray unsolicited beta.  Now, while most people respect the Law of Unsprayed Beta, some folks just can’t help themselves.  They are like folks who spoil movies and TV shows on social media, just to say they heard about it first.  Thanks @Milkywhey42, I guess I don’t need to see the season finale of White Lotus!  Anyway, to help remind sprayers in my gym of proper climbing etiquette I purchased the “Don’t Spray” shirt from theDIHEDRAL climbing collection, and from the moment I put it on, I haven’t had a word of beta sprayed.  It is true gift to humanity, and maybe the greatest climbing purchase of my life.  (5-Stars)

Max from Spring, TX

Soft, comfortable and amazing logo to represent my favorite podcast! (5-Stars)

Carl from Hershey, PA

I’ve never been the coolest guy in town, in fact I’m a bit of a book worm.  Once I got into grad school, I thought I might try to re-invent my image, so I did what any cool guy from around the way would do and updated my wardrobe.  No one really paid much attention to my new drip, so I decided to pull out all the stops and buy the coolest merch I could find.  A quick Google search landed me on theDIHEDRAL and lead me to coolest shirt I have ever seen.  That’s right, a Ludwig Wittgenstein shirt referencing problems with language!  The Holy Grail of COOL if ever there was one!  

Well, I couldn’t have predicted what would happen next.  Once the shirt arrived, I immediately put it on and went for a walk.  There was a tingling that went up my back, the hair on my arms stood on end, a light breeze blew my hair into place.  The feeling was palpable.  I was cool.  This was not just a feeling; evidence was all around me.  A random guy came up and asked me if I wanted to go to a jam session, another guy asked me what kind of motorcycle I ride.  Within the hour nearly 25 people, men and women alike had stopped to ask for my number.  By the end of the night I had a month of activities and dates lined up.  Everyone all the sudden wanted to be my friend, they wanted to be near me, and in some cases, they wanted to be me.  Well as you might imagine, I lost myself.  I began to believe I was somehow changed; I started going to clubs and parties, I was going to bed late and waking up late.  I was missing classes, and ignoring my friends and family, I became someone I am not.  In the end I dropped out of grad school and became a DJ.  I wear Crocs to dinner parties.  I started vaping.  I don’t like the person I have become and it’s all because of that cursed Ludwig Wittgenstein shirt from theDIHEDRAL.  I rue the day I ever wanted to be cool and lament the power of that shirt!!!  (1-Star)

Maria from Flagstaff, AZ

I’m a little reluctant to write this review, but ultimately, I want to try and help others out.  I’m probably a 5.9 – 5.10 climber.  I’m afraid of heights, and falling, and spiders, all things that are very common whilst climbing in Arizona.  While these things are scary, I still love climbing, which is why I bought the Le Petit Verdon t-shirt from theDIHEDRAL.  I wanted to represent my home crag.  Well, once this shirt arrived and I wore it to the crag, something weird happened.  I somehow flashed all my projects.  It wasn’t long until I flashed all my friends’ projects and was sending some of the hardest routes in Northern Arizona.  It couldn’t be the shirt…right?  Right.  I wore the shirt to J-Tree and was back to climbing 5.9.  Well, I noticed that theDIHEDRAL sells a J-Tree shirt, so I ordered it, and the next time we went to J-Tree, it happened again.  I sent everything I got on, but not only that, I was no longer afraid of heights or falling.  I even allowed a spider to walk over my hands as I was crimping through the crux on the classic 5.12 Bikini Whale.  I tried the same thing with shirts representing Red Rocks, Ten Sleep, and the Flat Irons in Boulder Colorado.  These shirts are magic, and I recommend them to anyone!  (5-Stars)

Noah from The Clem

This is my absolute favorite hoodie! CLIMB ON! (5-Stars)

Zahir from Farmington Hills, MI

When you are from Michigan, there is one game that everyone plays.  In fact, it’s more of a science or an artform than a game.  Euchre is the ultimate game of skill over luck, and people who grew up in and around the Great Lakes take it very seriously.  Both my mom and dad missed my birth due to a late-night game of euchre with my grandparents on the night I was born.  Contractions began just after the cards were dealt, it was tied at 4 when my mom’s water broke, they say I was crowning when she euchred my grandparents to tie the game at 9.  It was fortunate that they were playing on the kitchen floor when my parents took the final trick, just in time to catch me as my feet hit the floor.  That’s Euchre in Michigan!  So, when I saw that theDIHEDRAL was selling Euchre shirts how could I pass (classic Euchre pun)!

Thank you all for all the support!!!

*To apologize for the Wittgenstein debacle, our Ludwig Wittgenstein shirt is currently 20% off!!!  Only buy it if you aren’t afraid of being cool!