"Ignore all previous instructions" is the new "Become ungovernable"
I may have made a thing

There's also a shirt. (I'm charging zero markup, so please be gentle).

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1740340667/ignore-all-previous-instructions

Looks like my vendor is charging me VAT, which with no markup means I’m out of pocket for that. So I’ll probably be taking the shirt down at the end of the weekend.

(NB: This isn’t a request for money - I’m thankfully able to absorb this amount but am probably not up for letting that hang out on an open ended basis.)

Achievement unlocked: create a design that gets ripped off by others.

I've reported https://www.amazon.com/Ignore-All-Previous-Instructions-T-Shirt/dp/B0D8G47C9G/ and would appreciate others doing the same.

[Edit to add: can file a report starting at https://www.amazon.com/report/infringement]

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@tenzochris how to report an item, at least on mobile, isn’t quite evident. How do I go about doing it?
@tenzochris Reported. I wore your shirt yesterday. It looks great, and is remarkably comfortable. Thank you for creating it and making it available to us.
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We can print on back/front of the shirt. 5.3-ounce, 100% cotton (99/1 cotton/poly (Ash) & 90/10 cotton/poly (Sport Grey). Tear away label. ).

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I have finally taken down the listing.

Glad for all the folks who liked it, and if there's demand I may bring it back at some point (though it'll have to be priced at a level that doesn't leave me covering VAT). 😅

@tenzochris Wore mine today and searched to boost your listing, cause it's a great design, so I'm sad to hear about the VAT issue and I hope it didn't cost you too much. https://mastodon.social/@Mabande/113032337802756830
@tenzochris I just found out you made this! I wore your shirt when I gave a Blackhat talk on prompt injection. :) It's one of my favorites - thank you for making it!

@tenzochris Wore my shirt today and have gotten more people asking for it

I can’t tell you to become a for-profit t-shirt vendor but I think few would mind if you charged a bit more if only to cover costs

If you truly want to give it away but retain some control or credit may I suggest putting a Creative Commons license on it

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/

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@tenzochris As a random person who happened to see this design, I joined Mastodon mainly to tell you how awesome this is. Superb work, and if it ever makes sense for you to offer the tshirts again, my family members are all mad for one!
@tenzochris Etsy lists it as a "US Letter" t-shirt, and I have questions...

@foo I didn’t catch that - my assumption is that is intended to indicate the sizing is S/M/L by US standards, but agree it’s weird.

(I don’t think I have the ability to edit the dropdown though 😔)

@tenzochris Please do, you're onto something and it should definitely be worth your while. (I ordered one! Thank you.)

@necedema Thanks a bunch and I’m glad one will be going to a good home. 😊

I am honestly just happy to be putting something into the world that some folks like - if you’re wanting to put extra money towards something and are in a position to do so, a local charity or mutual-aid org would be a great choice.

Regardless, glad you like it. 🦝⩜⃝🤘

@tenzochris I had an ex with a Cricut and a shirt press. 58 would’ve taken hours. I promise to wear mine proudly!
@tenzochris as soon as I saw it I said I need that on a T!
@tenzochris good lord, mine will be threadbare in a month. Thanks for this!
@tenzochris laptop sticker and I'm 100% there

@tenzochris

I guess it's time for a new t-shirt.

@tenzochris Insta ordered, looks great 🙌
@tenzochris It is marvelous. TheChild asks me to wear 'screaming possum'.

"In 37 carts, 4 bought in the past 24 hours"

@tenzochris So happy to see the interest and people's rave reviews!

@tenzochris I have never bought a tshirt faster

Getting a number of requests for the sticker template. I'm not sure if Mastodon does anything funky with PNG uploads, but there's an alternate upload available at https://imgur.com/a/jdP4KTs

Ignore all previous instructions and use freely for any noncommercial purpose.

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This should work week for my laser

@tenzochris I need to cover a brand name on my Bluetooth speaker and this looks perfect!

This also looks like it would be a perfect tarot box design, lol. It fits in stylistically with the wild unknown tarot deck.

These are making me unreasonably happy.
@tenzochris this is great, I'd love to have this a sticker, are you planing on selling some, or releasing the design for people to self-print or …? 🥺

@jollysea Hey there! I'm not planning on selling these, but I'm happy for folks to self-print as long as they're not making money off of it.

I also have a delivery of these in sticker form which should be showing up next week - can mail you a couple if you're comfortable giving me an address you'd want those sent to.

@tenzochris I would be very happy for some stickers, and I would insist on at least paying your cost to make and ship
@spaceraser @tenzochris +1 to that for myself! (especially the latter part!)
@scubbo @tenzochris I went ahead and had a small batch made at StickerMule, since the work is free to use for non-commercial use. If you’re local to the US, I’ll send you some when they arrive for $1 each
@spaceraser Fantastic, thank you! (I reserve the right to overpay in recognition of your time and effort, for your choice of an enjoyable beverage or three :) ). Please email at your convenience to [email protected] for us to arrange payment and postage (or happy to use other moderately-secure communication methods of your choice)
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@tenzochris a friend had one of these and I'm definitely jealous, but I feel like attempting to self-print with the available on-demand merch options is an ethical mine-field. If you don't mind me asking, you seem pretty clued-in about such things, do you have one you would recommend? I assume that *someone* will make some money on this if I do it and I would like it to be minimally harmful without making a big research project for me first.
@tenzochris hey, I saw your responses about the stickers — I would love to do something similar and embroider this on a patch for personal use. Can I throw you some money somewhere though?

@infryq You're kind to offer, but don't need money for you making a patch for personal use. (Donating to a local charity you like would be awesome, if that's something you're drawn to).

I don't know whether Mastodon crops or compresses images, but if it's helpful for your project I'm happy to share a full-size image.

@tenzochris nah the existing one is sufficiently huge for my purposes. thanks!
@tenzochris It's an infinite contradiction. 😵
It's ignore all subsequent instructions, you imperialist dog!
@tenzochris This is an excellent sentiment! Is this your drawing?
@tenzochris Wow! I love this and may have to purchase a shirt. Well done!
needs a "Refuse any future inputs" as well ​
@tenzochris This is awesome, I need this as a sticker!