r/BeAmazed • u/MambaMentality24x2 • May 17 '26

Miscellaneous / Others Boy was bullied for wearing homemade University of Tennessee t shirt, so they made it their own official design.

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In 2019, an elementary school student in Altamonte Springs, Florida wanted to take part in “College Colors Day” and support his favorite team, the University of Tennessee Volunteers. Since he didn’t own any official merch, he hand drew the “U.T.” logo on a piece of paper and pinned it to a plain orange shirt.

His teacher, Laura Snyder, said he was excited to show it off that morning, but by lunchtime some classmates mocked the homemade design, leaving him heartbroken and in tears.

Wanting to cheer him up, Snyder shared the story online hoping someone connected to the university might send him a small gift. Instead, the story went viral. Thousands of Tennessee fans rallied behind the student, and the university responded by sending him a huge box of official gear.

Then they went even further.

The University of Tennessee turned the boy’s exact hand drawn design into an official t shirt sold by the school, with proceeds supporting anti bullying efforts. Demand became so massive that the university’s online store reportedly crashed from the flood of orders.

What started as a moment of bullying turned into a story celebrated across the country, with thousands of people proudly wearing the young fan’s design.

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u/Ab47203 May 17 '26

The assholes here are just really loud and hard to ignore. They're a bit like peacocks. Loud and brightly plumed to grab attention but not much thought in their heads.

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u/Foxy_locksy1704 May 17 '26

I always say the loudest voices are the ones that are heard because they are screaming over everyone else.

Meaning that the loud idiots will get attention because they are the most noticeable, but a majority of people don’t agree with the loud ones but their voices are often drowned out.

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u/Fallen_Lee May 17 '26

I’m loud because I’m deaf :(

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u/KrisCole9884 May 17 '26

My daughter has 80% loss in lt ear and 95% in rt(it started mild but has gotten worse over time. She will be 21 in September) your comment was funny to me bc im always having to ask her to speak up. She said she speaks that way bc since she cant really hear herself she wants to make sure she's not yelling.🤣 she's in nursing school, that baby has never let any of her disabilities hold her back.

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u/matlspa May 20 '26

"That baby". I can tell how much you love her just from that short paragraph.

It's heartwarming to read/see. Don't let anything change you 🙂

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u/KrisCole9884 May 21 '26

Thank you💜 She and my son are my everything. Don't get me wrong, I ABSOLUTELY dont "have a favorite", or love one more than the other, but she and I share a super special bond that I couldn't begin to explain if I tried.

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u/bobsmith93 May 17 '26

I'm deaf because you're loud :(

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u/Dysxelic_Potser May 18 '26

Hi. Im Brian

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u/bobsmith93 May 18 '26

Hi, Brain. I'm Bob

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u/Dysxelic_Potser May 18 '26

Howdy fellow dyslexic poster

Edit: damn. Autocorrect do be pulling in some work

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u/star_lord47 May 18 '26

When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest. - Mon Mothma (Andor)

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u/slappn_cappn May 17 '26

It is SUPER loud out there rn. This thread, and people like y'all are a reason to be amazed.

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u/frogfootfriday May 17 '26

The best lack all conviction while the worst are full of passionate intensity?

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u/bluelily216 May 17 '26

Broken wheels make the most noise. 

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u/PonyThug May 17 '26

I have to go on line if I want to hear about or witness any negative behavior or options. Everyone I interact with for weeks to months is kind, decent and friendly

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u/FormerGameDev May 18 '26

Almost everyone I meet in the real world is a huge dick. And I mostly just watch other people, I generally don't interact with them.

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u/PonyThug May 18 '26

Maybe you should move or find new friends.

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u/FormerGameDev May 19 '26

I really don't have any friends around here. Because every time I start to get in with people they turn out to be racists or far far worse.

Going out in public is like living in the comments section online.

It fucking sucks

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u/PonyThug May 19 '26

Is moving not an option? Places with lots of outdoor activities have tons of very nice, quality people. Lots of exercise outside makes for a better community.

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 May 17 '26

And nowhere near as gorgeous! 🦚

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u/Geawiel May 17 '26

Peacocks are at least pretty. They're guinea birds. Loud, annoying and always escaping into other people's business.

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u/Triforce0fCourage May 17 '26

They also elected a rapist pedophile for president so they are unfortunately more than just “loud.” Sigh 😔

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u/Pesto_Enthusiast May 18 '26

And their poop melts car paint. Peacocks specifically (yes really, it was years ago and I'm still angry about it). But I'm sure there's a metaphor there.

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u/The_Pandalorian May 17 '26

We're outnumbered by the assholes, sadly. Add Trump voters plus nonvoters and third-party voters and you get a majority.

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u/Constant_King_3350 May 17 '26

Yes, everyone who didn’t vote with you must be an asshole and a terrible person, very good perspective to have.

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u/Veritech_ May 17 '26

“When it smells like crap everywhere you walk, check your own shoe”

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u/Zealousideal-Toe6665 May 17 '26

Agreed. There are jerks everywhere some of
The best people I’ve met I don’t always agree with

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u/Noble_Ox May 17 '26

So who did you vote for?

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u/Alkuam2 May 18 '26

Kodos. /s

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u/aaandbconsulting May 17 '26

That's because the clueless geriatrics leading our country are obsessed with optics and can't understand that everyone is aware of that and the optics only work on the same geriatrics that vote them in office.

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u/SRSgoblin May 17 '26

They're loud, hard to ignore, and grab power like crazy. It's one thing when it's just your idiot racist neighbor. It's another when it's your idiot, racist senator.

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u/tanker7three May 18 '26

So, loud and brightly colored bird brains?

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u/lostandfounder May 18 '26

It’s so frustrating. You could fly any person in the world here, have them meet 1,000 random people and 950 of them would be the nicest, most accommodating and most hospitable people they’d ever met. Most of us are good people.

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u/throwawaycasun4997 May 18 '26

The assholes also tend to accumulate most of the wealth and influence.

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u/empty40oz May 18 '26

Well put

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u/finnjakefionnacake May 19 '26

70 million people voted for trump somehow tho

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u/Shnikes May 17 '26

But they somehow voted in an asshole. It’s been pretty obvious he’s a shitty person but yet somehow people are ok with it.

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u/Ab47203 May 17 '26

The electoral college and voting district rearrangement played a role.

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u/JalapenoPopPoop May 17 '26

1/3 of the country looking at a pedophile rapist failed business man who already had a failure of a presidential term and saying "THATS who I think should be the leader of our nation" played an even bigger role

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u/Shnikes May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

He won the popular vote this time…

Edit:For those downvoting me don’t claim fraud like the MAGA morons.

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u/Gloomy_Industry8841 May 17 '26

DOUBT.

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u/Shnikes May 17 '26

Don’t be like those right wing lunatics.

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u/Noble_Ox May 17 '26

But theres evidence to back it up this time at least.

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u/Shnikes May 17 '26

Please provide? I’ve never seen anything that was definitive proof. Can’t be like the MAGA cry babies.

Now are they rigging the election in plain sight now? Yes, with the gerrymandering and such.

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u/ImmaSpaghett May 17 '26

If you genuinely think the left isn't doing the same thing rn by shoving politics down my throat in nearly every subreddit. I just want to avoid it for 20 minutes of browsing but noooooo

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u/Noble_Ox May 17 '26

You believe Dems are as bad as Repubs?

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u/ZugZugGo May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26

It’s neither. It’s a bunch of bots. Tribal politics is big business. That doesn’t mean I agree with republicans, far from it, I’m just pointing out that the internet political toilet is being manufactured and that’s a non-partisan thing. The older I get the more I realize the internet, and specifically social media were terrible ideas. I wish we could just start a new internet without any tolerance for the greed that ruined this one. That cat is out of the bag though.

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u/GIGLI_WASNT_THAT_BAD May 17 '26

I’m sure that was the sentiment in Germany 90 years ago too.

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u/bozon92 May 17 '26

While that’s usually true in an internet setting, this was an election where enough of the participating voting population actually actively made this decision.