http://mindhacks.com/2008/09/13/psyop-merchandise/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Sun, 26 May 2013 04:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2008/09/13/psyop-merchandise/#comment-6376 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:33:32 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/psyop-merchandise/#comment-6376 I love Psyops merchandise…that’s what psyops does! I miss the old 96 foxtrot-37 foxtrot MOS! I am a long haired Democrat, but I still love my USACAPOC shield tatoo’d on my arm. Fond memories.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2008/09/13/psyop-merchandise/#comment-6375 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:38:29 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/psyop-merchandise/#comment-6375 I’ve got a closet full of would-be badass trinkets like these from my years in PSYOP.
The funny thing is, even with all the graphic-design chops we were supposed to have (and bring to bear on the target audience), there was never more than a handful of people in any given unit who could turn out anything that looked halfway decent.
These shirts and keychains are, sadly, no exception. To my eye, they turn USACAPOC’s striking chess-knight-and-lightning-bolt iconography into something a thirdrate Alberta metal band might sport on their t-shirts. Quite a few steps down from the historical roots of the modern trade in WWII, if you ask me – I bet some of that era’s PSYOP images still live amid your synapses, however foggily remembered. (“Driving with Hitler,” anyone?)
Sigh and double sigh.

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