As it seems to be for everyone else, pride stuff is pretty much absent in my area, too. Funny since I live in a blue area. Not surprising when you remember that 2020-2022 was not only hell in and of itself, but much of this was forced upon you against your will and negative comments got you banned just about anywhere. Also because corporations love money and BlackRock fed it to them by pandering this to the masses.
There was a store I mentioned
last year in this thread that had little items dedicated to it that were out before July, and that same store had nothing in that section except Independence Day stuff, especially with America 250 all over it this year. Guess they threw that garbage that was taking up warehouse space since 2023/24 out where it belongs. Or maybe it's in some shitty discount store.
For corporate pride, haven't seen much there either, though I honestly haven't bothered to check. Google had a doodle on June 1st about disco, and as mundane and innocent as it was, clicking on it spoke of basically how the genre was totally made by gay people, just like how rainbows were always meant for faggots only. Said doodle lasted only 24 hours and was replaced with the default logo and then NBA Finals not long later. Can't say I'm shocked they kept it so subtle, though I wonder why they bothered with it at all.
Lastly, real-life events and acknowledgement in my area are virtually non-existent. Maybe one or two little things nobody knows exist unless they really want to show the world how degenerate they are, but nothing spectacular. The city made one low-effort fedora tip to their existence in a silly press release that everyone forgot about already. I think most of the pride IRL things I could see would be restricted mostly to small businesses that still want to virtue signal in 2026, but I think they realized that pandering to groups the majority of people either do not like or don't care either way but hate seeing this shit plastered everywhere is a poor financial decision. Updoots mean nothing if your shop shuts down because you chased off all the foot traffic by shoving rainbows down their throats for the crime of just wanting to buy some watercolors or a refurbished computer.
Of course, there will always be some companies/stores/groups or what have you that will go out on the rainbow stuff, much like you'll always have people that are convinced Earth is flat. But it is nice to not have to see it every single place I go online or in real life like one did prior to the Bud Light and Target incidents. Man, I still laugh at those. Probably the most blatant pride thing I can say I've seen, though it was in May, was some fat (absolutely was around 400lbs) purple-haired dyke in a motorized wheelchair with rainbow flags that had the Star of David slapped on them waiting for the bus. May have been one of those "queer punk/anarchist" things fascists like those with Kiwi Farms accounts are supposed to be scared of. Just think People of Walmart: Pride Edition to get a mental image, not that you'd necessarily want to punish yourself like that, though.
Don't think this gem was posted.
Was actually made by a dude in mma named Sean Strickland, and he got flak for it
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Days of Girlhood: When a Woman Leaves the Kitchen
