Why isn't it a choice like stores are supposed to offer? Does this signify Target having a preference? [friendlyatheist.patheos.com]
I never knew about this. Now I want one. And I’ve never, ever wanted to buy a throw pillow. LOL
I don't shop at Target, so I can can care less.
Grrr, said the English major.
You can care. You can decide not care. You can't care less. There are no degrees of care. Ask any Care Bear. It's not like there is a guy with a care meter saying "Yea, I'll set this care at 37 down from 55. I'll care less now."
@WonderWartHog99 Yea, though I walked through the shadow of the valley of death, I spelled "yeah" with an "h".
Does the store matter? It was the decision that's an issue.
@greyeyed123 touche...yeah, good for you!
As if...
@WonderWartHog99 but what if I care a little bit?and could give a s*** about your opinion.
@oldFloyd and could give a s*** about your opinion.
If you didn't care, you wouldn't respond. If you are giving a shit do us all a favor and squat over my mulch pile.
The pile isn't stinky enough this year. Percy is doing his best with his litter box contributions.
They want to see your preference. Then ads are directed only to you by that preference. Soon your smart TV is going to be that way too. Not much of this BS will work with me as I do nothing by brand names at all. I make my choices. I do not care about the choices of others who waste their money.
It's politically incorrect to be pro-human. I guess.
Seems like a stupid marketing ploy that misread its market. It’s a niche market surely? The only people that would buy it would be Humanists. No wonder it’s not selling units by the thousands.
Any product has to justify its floor space. 1 unit per month at $50 a go is not going cut it if it can be replaced by 20 product sales at $20 each in the same space.
Target’s only preference would be sales. It’s their raison d’être. They won’t care what their pillows have embroidered onto them!
You can always make your own.
Who's this "you" person?
I can't embroider worth a tinker's dam.
@WonderWartHog99 Don’t have to embroider. Fabric paint or even sharpies could be used.
@lazylee My hand writing sucks giant donkey dicks. The lofty career of calligraphy has been slammed in my face. The people behind that door have been snickering hard.
However, I do know embroidery shops with computer assisted sewing machines who are more than willing to do five minutes worth of work for $20. After that, it's merely a question of what font do I want. I tend to lean toward comic sans-serif. Perhaps something in Gothic script.
Of all the things that are wrong, unjust, and disrespectful in this world, I find it difficult to get too cranked up about a pillow with a slogan that you used to be able to buy but now you can't. If someone wants to step into the breach and can come up with the capital, it looks like a business opportunity to me. In the meantime, if you want humanist pillows:
Religious prejudice
Sounds about right. Many people associate the word "humanist" with the word "atheist." After angry Xtains waste an obscene about of time arguing with the clerks, it's time to cut the cord.
Lots of angel pillows and "god bless this home" pillows...
Target feels a need to be "Religiously Correct". They don't want to alienate the sky daddy worshippers who outnumber the atheists.
@Sandman07 It is business...there are plenty of other places to buy products that cater to specific groups...Target can market however they want...I don't fault them for that so if customers demand these products and it is profitable, then they will carry more of these products...until then, I shop elsewhere...
@thinktwice Yes, in Target's case, I believe they target, no pun intended, the largest purchasing group. And they do whatever it takes to make that happen effectively.
@Sandman07 Exactly. They will follow the trend. Unicorns today, monitor lizards tomorrow!
Target has always been one of those corporations that's very careful about staying in the middle of the road, not doing anything too incendiary or controversial. That's most likely why they removed the humanist pillows from their stores and online. They were probably starting to get some flak for it, so instead of rising to the challenge, they simply removed it. They're not the most courageous corporation when it comes to issues of this nature. For example, the corporation has allowed some Target stores in more conservative states, cities and towns to not offer birth control or the Plan B pill in their pharmacies if the pharmacist objects to it. If the pharmacist is ok with it, then they'll offer birth control. If not, the customers are screwed. Wishy-washy corporation. Customers deserve better.
@maturin1919 What?! Target's a business?!? How did I not know this? How did this get by me? Where would I be without dudes to explain things to me on the interwebs?!
@maturin1919 What was their bathroom policy?
@maturin1919 Well, that’s a step forward. I bet that pissed a few people off!
@Geoffrey51 I got doubts about bathroom policies having any effect at all with the customers. If a drag queen checks into the woman's stall, who's to know? Same thing if a drag queen checks into a men's room stall.
Nobody will want to listen to the pervert who stood on the can and looked into the next stall to be sure.
@WonderWartHog99 @Geoffrey51, the Target stores in my area don't really present them as transgender bathrooms. They're presented more as "family restrooms," per the signage on the doors, meaning bathrooms where moms and dads (adults of any gender) can take babies and toddlers of any gender to change their diapers, or go in a stall with them if they're still potty training. Of course, transgender people can use those restrooms if they choose, but the signage doesn't specifically indicate it's for them, and the general concept reads as a "family restroom" and not "transgender bathroom." I've also seen "family restrooms" at some movie theaters and other department stores in my area, so it seems that's how they're trying to appease the general public.
@Ruby_Slipper I’d be interested to know if the ‘family restroom’ signage was a hetero mum/dad/boy/girl stereotype.
@Geoffrey51 I would have to look at the signage pic again because I can't remember what the image was. The only thing I recall are the words "family restroom" on the bathroom door.
Very grave matter. After massive nation-wide violent protests perhaps Target will reconsider.
Meanwhile anyone can write “HUMANIST” on their pillow with a marking pen.