#hobby lobby

[theknightlywolfe]

[specialagentartemis]

ngl I keep forgetting that Hobby Lobby is a real store that people go to. That people actually think of it as a craft store and not as a crazy Christian mass artifact smuggler. I google "Hobby Lobby" and get a page full of results that make me go "wtf is this craft supplies and operating hours shit, I thought we all knew this place for smuggling looted cuneiform tablets out of Iraq"

[makereadgrow]

Why we don't shop at Hobby Lobby

At the end of my post on places to go when Joann finally closes its not so hallowed doors I mentioned "don't go to Hobby Lobby" and it has evoked some questions.

Hobby Lobby is a craft store beloved by many, with a cult like following. I have personally had a member of my extended family call me to tell me that they hoped my house was looted by protestors when I made a joke about Hobby Lobby on facebook (this was May 2020 so you can guess why they didn't like the protestors).

Hobby Lobby was founded by Steve Green and it has a long and sordid history.

Beyond the Bastards did a whole episode on Mr. Green and his Christian supremacy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeYaQQZTBPs&pp=ygUOI2J0Yl9rbm93bGVkZ2U%3D

The Mary Sue also has a write up of all the goods. https://www.themarysue.com/the-hobby-lobby-controversy-explained/

In 2009 Hobby Lobby and the Green's got caught smuggling antiquities to stock The Museum of the Bible

Hobby Lobby smuggling scandal - Wikipedia

ICE returns thousands of ancient artifacts seized from Hobby Lobby to Iraq

ICE returned 3,800 ancient artifacts, including cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, and clay bullae, to the Republic of Iraq. The artifacts w

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/28/623537440/hobby-lobbys-illegal-antiquities-shed-light-on-a-lost-looted-ancient-city-in-ira

and in 2014 we have Burwell v. Hobby Lobby - which is when Hobby Lobby sued the government over providing birth control to employees. Setting a precedent that companies can have religious convictions.

https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/birth-control/burwell-v-hobby-lobby

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And to top it all off they think bar codes are the mark of the beast and forced their employees to continue to work without sick leave through the worst of the early Covid-19 pandemic.

[cheddar99th]

i am way too proud of this

[sweaterkittensahoy]

reddit removed two of my posts from r/crochet because I was “encouraging illegal activity.”

Which. Fair. I was explaining how easy it is to steal from Hobby Lobby.

They don’t have door sensors or barcodes, and I believe their overall security camera coverage is fake or shit. 

You see, when barcodes were invented, evangelicals were convinced it was the sign of the devil (or government tracking; hard to tell). The point is, Hobby Lobby doesn’t have bar codes to this day because the devil could jump in your belly button.

And if you don’t have barcodes, you CAN’T have door sensors because the devil could jump right up a vagina, and you could get impregnated with the antichrist, and Hobby Lobby would have to make a very difficult choice about their anti-contraception views. 

Oh, and they knowingly stole a fuckton of ancient artifacts, and the money they paid for those (not all stealing is just taking; sometimes money changes hands) funded fucking ISIS. 

So. If you’re intellectually curious. You can steal from Hobby Lobby REALLY EASILY.

[sweetscribbles]

Demon babes at your local Hobby Lobby

[machetelanding]

[my-swishersweet]

Hobby Lobby Photoshoot ♡ someone needs to spoil me for my next shopping spree😂🤭🤭🤭🤭❤️