8-Bit Tie

Originally an April Fools' Day gag, ThinkGeek is now selling their nerdcool 8-Bit Tie. It's a clip-on, 'natch.
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[#1 posted by Ben , October 4, 2007 2:12 PM]

My pal Jack — who goes by the stage name Jack Flash when fronting Chicago "Sex Rock" band Bang! Bang! — makes some pretty awesome lightning bolt ties:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/features/stories/wayw/070706/

[#2 posted by Evaloushun , October 4, 2007 2:15 PM]

That is the coolest thing I have seen in awhile. It's startling at first glance.

[#3 posted by Adam , October 4, 2007 3:56 PM]

This would be 100x better if it wasn't clip-on. No way I could get myself to wear a clip-on tie (8-bit purism notwithstanding).

[#4 posted by Thomas J. Brown , October 4, 2007 5:35 PM]

I'm sad that it's a clip-on, but that didn't stop me from ordering one yesterday.

Excuse me while I go buy a short-sleeved dress shirt.

[#5 posted by Ashley , October 4, 2007 10:54 PM]

This would be 100x better if it wasn't clip-on. No way I could get myself to wear a clip-on tie (8-bit purism notwithstanding).

I dunno, if it wasn't a clip-in, you'd probably get pixels sticking in when you tried to tie it.

I reckon that's a really neat piece of tie though. Not sure if I'd ever have a chance to wear it, but yeah. Still neat.

[#6 posted by Depeche Mike , October 4, 2007 11:31 PM]

As nice as the tie is I (obviously) really like the Violator tattoo on the guy modeling it.

[#7 posted by icebat , October 5, 2007 1:33 AM]

So refreshingly nice to see ties that don't suck!

More to check out:

http://cyberoptix.com

http://www.sovereignbeck.com/

[#8 posted by Dewi Morgan , October 5, 2007 3:00 AM]

I only see two bits. Light blue, dark blue, black, transparent. Personally I think "two-bit tie" sounds punnier anyway. But it's not really the number of bits that matters: a black tie isn't called a "one-bit tie". This is probably better called a "low-res tie".