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To think Tesco/F&F should be ashamed?

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Welshpoppyyellow · 08/05/2025 21:09

To sell this T shirt in age 5-6?

Interested in other people's thoughts.

To think Tesco/F&F should be ashamed?
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AliBaliBee1234 · 08/05/2025 22:41

Welshpoppyyellow · 08/05/2025 21:51

(to poster asking if I'm going to complain)

If most people had the same reaction as me I might have considered it, but not all do, poll currently at 50/50, so it's clearly not as clear cut as I thought. All the people I asked in 'real life' had same reaction as me.

I'm using AIBU to sense check my own reaction, while getting inevitably flamed by some in the process 🤣

Maybe I'm getting old, but yes, I remember lots of girls having Playboy bags and pencil cases at school so maybe those associations are just closer to the surface than for others.

Definitely not trying to demonize or sexualise bunnies (Easter or otherwise) please don't call the RSPCA.

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I love how you are not being defensive and listening to the feedback

ItGhoul · 08/05/2025 22:40

Welshpoppyyellow · 08/05/2025 21:46

That's interesting, like someone has said upthread, I've only really heard "honey bunny" as a romantic partner nickname, which probably added to my reaction

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My mum has always called babies and little kids ‘honey bunny’ and she was born in the 1940s. She’d never use it for an adult.

CalleOcho · 08/05/2025 22:39

Supporthelittleguys · 08/05/2025 21:33

Yeah it’s tacky and a bit sexualising. I deffo wouldn’t buy it for my 5yo 🥴 saying that I remember aged 12 having a friend with a ‘von Dutch bitch’ t shirt and another that said ‘if you think I’m a bitch you should meet my mother.’ 😂 can’t believe her mum allowed that!

I loved the Von Dutch Bitch late 90’s early 2000’s era!

I remember wearing a T shirt with the actual playboy bunny on it to non uniform day at school. My mother must not have realised what the logo was associated with. 😬

SpidersAreShitheads · 08/05/2025 22:38

Welshpoppyyellow · 08/05/2025 22:07

@sandrapinchedmysandwich

No, this isn't all I have to worry about. I'll have you know I give equal time to worrying about this and my mismatched tupperware lids.

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Why are you wasting our time with a T-shirt with bunny ears when you've got some serious shit going on with your Tupperware lids?!

Mismatched lids are a sign you've got a demonic infestation in your kitchen.

I've lost my garlic press and honestly, I fear there's a vampiric attack imminent.

ItGhoul · 08/05/2025 22:37

I think people making a connection with Playboy are massively overthinking this. ‘Honey Bunny’ and ‘Honeybun’ are terms of endearment and rabbits do not scream sex to most people.

FieldInWhichFucksAreGrownIsBarren · 08/05/2025 22:31

Not getting Playboy vibes at all from that top 🙄

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Welshpoppyyellow · 08/05/2025 22:30

Whispee · 08/05/2025 22:22

Me too, I find it grim i wonder if it's an age thing.

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Or maybe a regional thing I guess!

Definitely not suggesting people are wrong to use it as a nickname for their kids, just didn't know it was a common term for kids for some.

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BethDuttonYeHaw · 08/05/2025 22:28

It’s not my taste and I wouldn’t buy it but ‘ashamed’ is hyperbolic.

myfavouritemutant · 08/05/2025 22:23

I was just glad they spelt ‘honey’ correctly and didn’t go for ‘hunny bunny’ which really irritates me!

Whispee · 08/05/2025 22:22

Welshpoppyyellow · 08/05/2025 21:46

That's interesting, like someone has said upthread, I've only really heard "honey bunny" as a romantic partner nickname, which probably added to my reaction

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Me too, I find it grim i wonder if it's an age thing.

Fordian · 08/05/2025 22:20

Complain. Completely inappropriate. Just because ‘others’ don’t have those boundaries, it doesn’t mean those us who do see the harm - shouldn’t remind companies of those boundaries.

AliBaliBee1234 · 08/05/2025 22:20

Atarin · 08/05/2025 21:26

Oh dear, I call my children ‘honey bunny’! I didn’t realise it was wrong!!

it's not at all 😂

brunettemic · 08/05/2025 22:19

AlrightTrouble · 08/05/2025 21:35

@Bfmamma “Everybody be cool, this is a robbery!” 😅😅

Imagine the uproar on here if they marketed that wallet for kids 😂

AliBaliBee1234 · 08/05/2025 22:18

My mum used to call me honey bun? I don't get what is offensive about this?

AnneShirleysNewDress · 08/05/2025 22:17

My first thought was Pulp Fiction but I don’t think the t-shirt is offensive and I definitely don’t think Playboy.

YoungSoak · 08/05/2025 22:16

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 08/05/2025 21:29

Apart from the obvious grimness, why is a single individual aspiring to be both a wife AND a girlfriend?!

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Perhaps the kid was non binary? 😁

Musclewoman · 08/05/2025 22:16

sandrapinchedmysandwich · 08/05/2025 21:54

FFS. Is this all you have to worry about?

This was my first bloody thought!

It's just a cute T shirt OP, you can stop clutching the pearls now....

CleaningAngel · 08/05/2025 22:13

Loomy · 08/05/2025 21:26

No idea what the issue is here

Me neither, am.i missing something?

Mabiscuit · 08/05/2025 22:12

I once wore a jumper to primary school with "honey bun" and bunny face on it and got teased. In the '90s it was decided by my classmates that was a really cringy American phrase.

TY78910 · 08/05/2025 22:08

Didn’t Ariana grande reclaim the whole bunny ears thing?

Pedallleur · 08/05/2025 22:08

Pleasantsort · 08/05/2025 21:26

Yuck. The worst I ever seen for wee girls was " Future WAG".

I remember young girls wearing shirts with ' Porn Star' on the front which I couldn't fathom why the parents thought that was good. Playboy is still out there. I've seen some female students wearing the shirts or shorts. Made Hefner rich but it was 70 plus years ago. Doesn't need to be remembered or rebooted

Vipersgonnavipe · 08/05/2025 22:07

I have no problem with that. I’ve called both dd and ds honey bunny, bunnykins, bun bun etc since they were small. Dd would have loved that as a youngster. Stop looking for offence when it’s just a cute top.

Playboy logo… that’s showing your own bias I think.

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Welshpoppyyellow · 08/05/2025 22:07

@sandrapinchedmysandwich

No, this isn't all I have to worry about. I'll have you know I give equal time to worrying about this and my mismatched tupperware lids.

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TheCurious0range · 08/05/2025 22:06

IfYouPutASausageInItItsNotAViennetta · 08/05/2025 21:57

Yes, of course I know that. But it's a t-shirt (presumably) intended to be worn by only one person.

"Here are the WAGs" - makes sense.

"She is/wants to be a WAG" - makes no sense!

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Come on, I like things to be grammatically correct but if you use the intended or for the individual wearing the t shirt you've got a racial slur on your hands. I'm happier with grammatical dubiousness personally.

Catwoman8 · 08/05/2025 22:03

No I don't think they should be ashamed, its just a t shirt with bunny ears on it, what's the issue? 😒 it looks nothing like playboy if that's your problem with it.

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