RSS Reader Hats

An RSS reader makes a reading list personal. In January 2026, PC Gamer promoted feed readers as a way to choose news rather than rely on algorithmic feeds, explaining subscription moves through OPML and options including self-hosted FreshRSS. EFF's explainer dates RSS to 1999 and Google Reader to 2005-2013, and describes folders and filters as ways to handle the volume. That history gives the unforgiven-Google joke its particular target. One Hacker News commenter even reported roughly 1,700 feeds, a collector's anecdote rather than a typical subscription count. These RSS Reader hats turn those choices into badges and stubborn declarations. RSS FEED ME has a Redbubble shirt precedent, while I WANT TO BELIEVE IN RSS was documented on a Richard Stevens shirt in 2013. SUBSCRIPTION OVER SUBMISSION makes control the flag; I AM MY OWN ALGORITHM gives particular taste the last word. The 900-feeds design is a joke about abundance, not a benchmark for a proper reader. Chronological order is the wearer's preference here, rather than a promise about every feed or reader. Pick the plain RSS badge, the Google grudge, or a statement of independence for a friend whose subscriptions are their own. The subscription flag and the particular-algorithm joke each receive a second colorway.