That time of the year again Father’s day, and for the past couple years without fail there’s always some retailer, company etc… just likes to shit on the role that Father’s play, and push the idea that fathers are unnecessary or that women are the sole parent, and the men just babysit.
This year it’s Old Navy !
They’re selling these lovely It’s Her Day t-shirts this year.
Bravo Old Navy, I use to go into your shitty store once and awhile and peruse through the god awful shirts in the men section, which is about 25% of your floor space btw and laugh at the ridiculous designs, ugly logos, patches and stripes plastered all over the shirts, dress shirts. Joking to my SO, I’d always use to comment why do they think men want to wear this crap and turn into walking billboards. Their pants, and jeans were usually pretty good and well priced which I use to buy from time to time.
But I’ll no longer be spending money there. Go fuck yourself Old Navy.
I’m not so much insulted or upset as I am just baffled at who would buy a shirt that’s good one day a year and meekly gives credit to… your wife? Mother?
It baffles me how stupid shit like this come to fruition. I mean, wasn’t there at least ONE father in the decision making process that said: “Guys, this is a little fucked up.”?.
Fathers Day, Mothers Day, Valentine’s Day … These aren’t real holidays. They’re just made up nonsense to trick you into buying useless shit. Why get worked up over this?
Oh Jesus on Rollerskates…
It’s a lame t-shirt, one of millions.
Admit it, OP, redstate . com and you are parodying the “microaggresion” people, acting like someone who’s really looking for shit to get indignant about anywhere they can find it, isn’t that the schtick?
I’m not seeing any such shirt, or any Father’s Day themed shirts at all, on the Old Navy website. I did not click the link in the OP (I try to avoid clicking links for sites I’m not familiar with), but if it includes a link to the shirt on the Old Navy site could someone repost it?
When I got the archetypal Father’s Day gift from my kids, I wasn’t offended, just baffled by their lack of irony (but they were 3 and 5, it’ll develop later).
But no one in our family’s ever taken the day seriously… but “her day”… huh? Is your birthday really your wife’s day, too? Maybe the shirt is a way to say “Yeah, I lost custody and the house and a shitload of alimony and my golf clubs. And Father’s Day.”
ETA: If this is a bullshit item, it’s well done, but such a crappy thing to do. Wouldn’t whoever did this have to be a miserable, tone deaf/unfunny human being?
I’m with you. It’s more baffling than anything. What is the point of such a shirt? Who would buy it? Is there really enough of a market to make it worth selling?
I did an image search and found lots of Old Navy links with that shirt but that shirt is now gone from the pages. Then I clicked a cached version and it was still there.
Seems legit, but Old Navy has always been dumb anyway.
Speaking as a father, I’ve never taken the day too seriously, but I do take exception to the notion that fathers don’t offer anything of significance to the raising of their children.
