{"id":18398,"date":"2020-02-12T13:45:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T19:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=18398"},"modified":"2020-02-19T10:38:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T16:38:41","slug":"target-minnesota-badgers-onesie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/target-minnesota-badgers-onesie\/","title":{"rendered":"Target apparently not sports fans, sells &#8220;Minnesota Badgers&#8221; onesie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a feeling someone at Target is getting fired.<\/p>\n<p>The Minneapolis-based department store chain was forced to apologize on Tuesday after a gaffe that could only be described as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel3000.com\/minnesota-badgers-onesies-found-at-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a big uh-oh<\/a>.\u201d How else could you define the monstrosity below that greeted shoppers at some Targets in the Gopher State?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What is this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Target?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Target<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GopherSports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GopherSports<\/a> \ud83e\udd28 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BxIHcSRjWV\">pic.twitter.com\/BxIHcSRjWV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 k i l e i g h (@kilecarp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kilecarp\/status\/1226664438805286912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Target managing to fuck up a onesie for its home state\u2019s flagship school is not a great look. But what\u2019s worse is that it mixed its nickname up with its top rival. (Maybe someone\u2019s still a little salty about losing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channel3000.com\/badgers-share-photo-of-paul-bunyans-axe-back-in-its-trophy-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Bunyan\u2019s Axe<\/a>?) I can\u2019t tell if this is very sad or very funny, but I\u2019m leaning toward the latter.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of wrongness, this is as painful to see as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/madison-thrifting-cowboy-kitty-january-2020\/\">Brett Favre Vikings jersey<\/a>. As the internet might say, it\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyourmeme.com\/memes\/cursed-image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cursed image<\/a>. Target\u2019s response was swift, issuing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kare11.com\/article\/news\/local\/color-us-red-target-sorry-for-minnesota-badgers-onesie\/89-7e4847b9-4be7-4d53-903f-da170431fc75\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humorous apology<\/a> and pulling <em>almost <\/em>all the items from shelves. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/story\/_\/id\/28681411\/target-apologizes-selling-minnesota-badgers-onesies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Two people actually bought<\/a> these erroneous shirts, which could mean a couple things:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Someone who is most likely not a sports fan made an honest mistake and will now be supplying theirs or someone else\u2019s child with the college sports equivalent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/i.kym-cdn.com\/photos\/images\/original\/000\/743\/813\/8b2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cHarry Potter\/Obama\u201d backpack<\/a>. OR\u2026<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Someone recognizes this shirt as the unintentionally brilliant piece of comedy and bought it specifically because of its grievous error. (I\u2019m guessing this person is also a fan of Meth Syndacite\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B8ZktsUhfDa\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">quest for the worst shirt<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Whatever the source of the error, it\u2019s given supporters of each school something to laugh about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m happy to see both fan bases unite,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/target-says-its-minnesota-badgers-onesie-is-donesie-apologizes\/567762012\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said Kileigh Carpenter<\/a>, the tweeter who originally spotted the onesie. (She also expressed regret at not buying it herself.)<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota: the land of 10,000 lakes and zero fact-checkers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a feeling someone at Target is getting fired. 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