A post involving Monday Night Football and Common, but not about sports or music

I was just watching a commercial during Monday Night Football (no, I will not discuss Tony Kornheiser in this post: you're welcome), and a Zune commercial comes on in which the rapper Common is talking. He is wearing a shirt that says, simply, "COMMON."

Now, I like Common. I think he is a great rapper. But that long-sleeved shirt that so boldly announces his name...not too sure. It's a pretty tremendous combination of pretentious and douchey, which, though slightly impressive, might not be okay. It reminds me a lot of anyone who wears this shirt:


Let's get a closer look at that detail, shall we, guys?


Yep. The saddle point of pretension and douche, as exemplified by Ralph Lauren, with this shirt, as well as Common wearing a shirt that boldly proclaims his name. Let's try and put a stop to these things, shall we?