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The former: Target's 2023 Pride collection included swimsuits labeled as "tuck-friendly". The conservative outrage-industrial complex made up its mind they were designed for and marketed at children -- despite all evidence to the contrary -- and demanded a boycott to stop Target's promotion of sexual deviance and recruiting children into the "LGBT lifestyle".
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-target-lgbtq-1203e875adcc7c86f62252d4ace1a738
Is Target Offering 'Tuck-Friendly' Bathing Suits for Kids?


The latter: Target used DEI initiatives in years past and advertised itself as an inclusive place to work. This has made it the devil in the eyes of the aforementioned conservative outrage-industrial complex. Like many for-profit corporations, Target has rolled back those DEI initiatives this year and made it clear to the presidential administration that it was just funnin' when it suggested women and non-white people might be at least as good at leadership as straight, white men. This has made it the devil in the eyes of civil rights groups and left-leaning customers, who are also calling for a boycott. Essentially, Target as a corporation has tried to play both sides of the aisle when it comes to allyship and ended up satisfying no one.
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/21/business/target-dei-lawsuit/index.html

I'm just a little pregnant.

 

[Hermes]

The MAGAs that were already Big Mad at Target over woke swimsuits and leaving people the hell alone in bathrooms? That group, which holds grudges even after a business bends the knee?

To the point @sgreenwell made, the biggest thing Walmart does to set me on edge is its equivalent of a schlocky Top 40 + adult contemporary radio station blaring on the PA from mid-morning through close. I can hear myself think inside a Target.

Now imagine working there as that music plays. I just gritted my teeth and remembered I was putting it all in a college fund.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Now imagine working there as that music plays. I just gritted my teeth and remembered I was putting it all in a college fund.

I worked in a store in the mall one Christmas. Talk about songs on repeat. Turned my off from Holiday music for a long time.

 

[Hermes]

I've had a cart with just beer, garbage bags and mouse traps and my wife told me we could not walk to the checkout with that combination. We simply bought more stuff to make it less weird.

 

[BTExpress]

Hobby Lobby does it right. They play only instrumental music, and at a much lower volume than stores typically do. One minute it's something by Bach, the next oldies like "As Tears Go By" or "The Rose."

 

[Driftwood]

I like it when Hobby Lobby begins playing its annual Christmas music... in July.

 

[Neutral Corner]

My easy answer to that is that I simply never go to Hobby Lobby. Or the mall, because I worked in one many decades ago, and my enthusiasm for Christmas (other than the enjoyment of children at Christmas) never recovered.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

I worked in a store in the mall one Christmas. Talk about songs on repeat. Turned my off from Holiday music for a long time.

I went to one of my local supermarkets a couple weeks ago and kept hearing "Attention shoppers … it's Shrimp Saturday!" literally every three minutes on the PA.

I commented to the lady at the check-out counter that I felt sorry for her and the other employees because they kept having to listen to that. She commented that "Shrimp Saturday" meant that prices were reduced by a dollar.

 

[BTExpress]

My easy answer to that is that I simply never go to Hobby Lobby.

You would if you had a wife who spent 90% of her free time making things.

This is just yarn and 3 weaving looms. The fabrics/art supplies/sewing supplies/cutting boards are in another room.

I don't just go to Hobby Lobby. I LIVE in a Hobby Lobby.

 

[Hermes]

I went to one of my local supermarkets a couple weeks ago and kept hearing "Attention shoppers … it's Shrimp Saturday!" literally every three minutes on the PA.

I commented to the lady at the check-out counter that I felt sorry for her and the other employees because they kept having to listen to that. She commented that "Shrimp Saturday" meant that prices were reduced by a dollar.

"Avocados de Mexico" jingle is in my head decades after stocking at Kroger. Four times an hour.

 

[ChrisLong]

You would if you had a wife who spent 90% of her free time making things.

This is just yarn and 3 weaving looms. The fabrics/art supplies/sewing supplies/cutting boards are in another room.

I don't just go to Hobby Lobby. I LIVE in a Hobby Lobby.

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OMG. This is my sister-in-law, who is becoming a pioneer woman. She has 4 looms and several spinning wheels. She has taken over her living room and a bedroom with weaving stuff. Every visit, here or there, includes a stop at a fabric store. She buys freshly shorn wool and picks out the bad stuff so she can make her own yarn. Fortunately, she is quite good at making stuff.

 

[Deskgrunt50]

Looking like another shitty day for the trump stock market. Thanks, forking moron.