Same. They are already kind of a niche company with a niche product in a niche market so alienating a portion of the tiny overall potential market seems like really poor judgement. It’s also crass and insensitive but folks like that don’t care about feelings they only learn by feeling sorry t in the wallet.
My local community had a nice coffee shop that we really enjoyed until they took a hard right stance and less than a year later of alienating the community they served they went out of business. Keep your personal opinions out of business I think is the take away.
Charles and Chase to each other when coming up with ideas of how to be shitty to entire groups of marginalized people whenever they’re about to release a new yoyo:
Anyone who thinks they just glossed over that and were referring to trans fat, especially given the publicly controversial views of some of their team, is sticking their head in the sand.
Maybe. The yup and nope sort of implied different vs the more subtle percentages but regardless with the recent bud light thing and right wing trans hate going around it’s bad timing at the least and a subtle nod at those going around stupidly shooting and throwing out already purchased beer…)
And “Trans” is the ONLY italicized word on the can?
If it’s not purposeful it’s extremely ignorant.
Also I’m inclined to think “Saturated” and “Based” are being used in the Urban not Oxford Dictionary meanings so… but it’s just sly enough they can act like we’re all jerks for pointing this out.
Yeah, I saw that today and have to say I won’t be buying from them again. Too bad, I like Jensen’s style and his designs a lot…but bigotry is unacceptable. And it seems he isn’t going to denounce them for it.
I guess I kinda thought after the last debacle it’d be clear that sort of thing is not ok…but I was wrong.
Yeah the back peddling and gaslighting is also not great. If your gonna make a terrible statement at least own up to it or play into it even but pulling a bud light shortly after that whole thing and trying to deflect is somehow worse…
I… I don’t know if I needed to ever see that thread or that shirt. Thanks for the cancer I guess. With that said only seals my opinion on A-rt as not worth bothering with. Which is sad some of the yo-yos seem like they might be good but I’m also fine to just never know.
apologies my friend - just did some searching around after the previous comments and came across that. Good to stay informed. Seems they have an unfortunate history.
