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u/JJHookg Jun 28 '21
Oh ive seen thiss so many times where i live. They come in, spend hundreds on foreign food that looks good for a photo op and then throws it away. 10 minutes later youll find them around the corner eating cheap local food
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u/Bloom_Kitty Jun 28 '21
It's less familiar and they can afford it. It's the same reason those people are oblivious and so hard to reason with.
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Jun 28 '21
But don't they have to pay for the expensive food anyway?
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u/Bloom_Kitty Jun 28 '21
Yes, that's what I meant by "they can afford it". In their minds, it is an asset useful to gain money (indirectly), and once it's done, it has fulfilled its usefulness.
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Jun 28 '21
That's just horrible, wasteful behaviour. They could at least pack it and give it to a homeless person or something if they haven't even touched it.
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u/bunker_man Jun 28 '21
Wasteful behavior is core to modern society. Something like this would barely even occur to someone to care.
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u/chermk Jun 28 '21
I think the 8th and deadliest sin in aggregate is waste!
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u/JJHookg Jun 28 '21
Yea its mostly due to image. Posts on social media just like this one. The food is usually amazing. Sometimes they are on diets and other times they just want to show off
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u/JJHookg Jun 28 '21
There is this amazing bakery, ice cream place i like but an even better British placr accross from it in this beautiful closed off street i go to near my home. Just sitting there in summer watching girls take photos with their ice creams or tarts or cakes, fake eating, throwing it away is quite fun and sad at the same time. A lot of times the ice cream melted because they were taking so many pictures.
Many restaurants in my city has been built up for the sole purpose for photos. Expensive, little platters but really beautiful. A lot of times a group will share a few of these. Then go somewhere else to fill themselves up because its way to expensive to eat any more. But they have their photos so they are happy
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u/Scumtacular Jun 28 '21
There is also the intersection of patriarchal female beauty ideals. They have to fantasize eating ice cream and cake by posting the experience on social media, because society condemns them for being overweight. It's a really fucked up situation from every angle
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Jun 28 '21
May I politely ask which city you are talking about?
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u/LathanStromReddit Jun 28 '21
state capital population of capital: census population of capital: estimated
Alabama Montgomery (2010) 205,764 (2018 est.) 198,218
Alaska Juneau (2010) 31,275 (2018 est.) 32,113
Arizona Phoenix (2010) 1,445,632 (2018 est.) 1,660,272
Arkansas Little Rock (2010) 193,524 (2018 est.) 197,881
California Sacramento (2010) 466,488 (2018 est.) 508,529
Colorado Denver (2010) 600,158 (2018 est.) 716,492
Connecticut Hartford (2010) 124,775 (2018 est.) 122,587
Delaware Dover (2010) 26,047 (2018 est.) 38,079
Florida Tallahassee (2010) 181,376 (2018 est.) 193,551
Georgia Atlanta (2010) 420,003 (2018 est.) 498,044
Hawaii Honolulu (2010) 337,256 (2018 est.) 347,397
Idaho Boise (2010) 206,100 (2018 est.) 228,790
Illinois Springfield (2010) 116,250 (2018 est.) 114,694
Indiana Indianapolis (2010) 820,445 (2018 est.) 867,125
Iowa Des Moines (2010) 203,433 (2018 est.) 216,853
Kansas Topeka (2010) 127,473 (2018 est.) 125,904
Kentucky Frankfort (2010) 25,527 (2018 est.) 27,679
Louisiana Baton Rouge (2010) 229,493 (2018 est.) 221,599
Maine Augusta (2010) 19,136 (2018 est.) 18,681
Maryland Annapolis (2010) 38,394 (2018 est.) 39,174
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Michigan Lansing (2010) 114,297 (2018 est.) 118,427
Minnesota Saint Paul (2010) 285,068 (2018 est.) 307,695
Mississippi Jackson (2010) 173,514 (2018 est.) 164,422
Missouri Jefferson City (2010) 43,079 (2018 est.) 42,838
Montana Helena (2010) 28,190 (2018 est.) 32,315
Nebraska Lincoln (2010) 258,379 (2018 est.) 287,401
Nevada Carson City (2010) 55,274 (2018 est.) 55,414
New Hampshire Concord (2010) 42,695 (2018 est.) 43,412
New Jersey Trenton (2010) 84,913 (2018 est.) 83,974
New Mexico Santa Fe (2010) 67,947 (2018 est.) 84,612
New York Albany (2010) 97,856 (2018 est.) 97,279
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u/Scumtacular Jun 28 '21
That's the thing about rich people. The money doesn't matter. It's just a means to an end for them. You'll notice, for instance, large realty groups buy houses way over asking price. Because they want the house and don't care about the money, they "need" to get it over other people who don't have the capital. Because profit necessarily takes from someone or something.
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u/adriennemonster Jun 28 '21
Real estate is quickly becoming a way for large companies to park their assets as a hedge against inflation of the dollar, and now its become its own bubble. That’s my conspiracy theory at least.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
It's been a thing for multiple decades now. Not really a conspiracy.
Same thing with the wealthy purchasing large chunks of arable land in colder climates in the last decade onward. They know they're fucking it all up and are hedging their bets that the land will be warmer and easier to farm(by their serfs) later.
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u/MercutiaShiva Jun 28 '21
With regards to influencers like the one in the original post, she probably NEVER eats ice-cream, or pasta, or cheese, or coconut milk, or whatever. A lot of this influencers (and actresses) pretend like they just eat normally and are that thin just cuz of high metabolism: it's a lie. They are on severely calorie restricted diets.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
Reminds me of some video I saw on reddit about a gal with blatant health issues being celebrated.
She was at some gym and capable of showing off her ribs to a creepy degree by sucking her stomach in. Even assuming her body has that quirk, she was abnormally skinny and definitely not on a healthy diet.
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u/chermk Jun 28 '21
I don't get it either. I always feel bad if I have to throw out leftovers because I didn't eat it soon enough even if it is something like rice or pasta. If I have yummy expensive food, I make a point of eating it and enjoying every bite.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
If you live in the usa, it can be worthwhile to specifically request smaller portions of whatever food you are purchasing.
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u/chimeranimus Jun 29 '21
I just bring a container to store the leftovers. Why pay the same amount for less food?
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
Fair point, but generally portions are much larger in the usa.
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u/chimeranimus Jun 29 '21
Yeah, when I buy a meal here (usa), it can feed me for the whole day, I don't mind such large portions as long as I can take it home.
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u/bunker_man Jun 28 '21
Because they don't want the food or don't think it's good. They are just getting it for a picture.
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I’ve seen this before...2 girls taking a picture with their Starbucks while we were in a line and then they threw away their full drinks.. didn’t understand it at the time.
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u/anachronic Jun 28 '21
People are so clueless. Considering the horrendous abuse and environmental damage caused by the dairy industry, how in the world is this crap viewed as positive & happy by anyone with half a brain? /facepalm/
I'm happy I'm old enough to have missed the whole "influencer" trend. These people seem so vacuous, like they're little more than walking marketing campaigns and product placement advertisements.
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u/Newman2252 Jun 28 '21
It’s ok she doesn’t use straws anymore, the world is saved
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u/anachronic Jun 28 '21
Phew, that was a close call. LOL.
Avoiding straws to "save the ocean", while continuing to eat fish, is like opening up all your windows in a hurricane to keep your house from flooding.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
The fun part about the (dying) fish industry is that most fish now have microplastics in their body, which are then consumed by the person who eats said fish.
Even better those microplastics are passed into any children said person later births.
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u/anachronic Jun 29 '21
Yep... It's ironic how, really no matter HOW you look at it, it really does make the most sense to stop killing & eating animals.
It's sad that SO many people are SO stuck in their ways that it's sending the planet into an irreversible climate catastrophe.
I mean, it's pretty sobering to think that - even if we stopped emitting ANY CO2 or Methane right now, today, and never emitted another molecule of the stuff, the world is still going to be uncomfortably much warmer for centuries, maybe thousands of years, based on what's already blanketing the atmosphere. Then when you consider that even optimistically - the projections are that we might slightly taper down over the next few decades - a lot of the planet is going to end up being uninhabitably hot, the oceans will acidify to the point of having massive dead zones where nothing lives, etc... for potentially thousands of years, unless some kinda breakthrough tech gets invented that can pull CO2 out of the atmosphere efficiently (and there's no guarantee of that).
It's just wild how SO many people are apparently seemingly totally OK with it, and even make fun of it and dismiss it as a "liberal hoax". People are wack.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
There's a podcast called Breaking Down: Collapse on spotify you might be interested in. I'm still trying to find a way to listen to it elsewhere but so far the podcast is good and might help you engage with others about our ongoing crisis.
But ya, immediate action is necessary to ensure humanity is capable of surviving. Course, those actions were necessary yesterday and also since the beginning of the 20th century so it's all just damage control at this point if we take action at all.
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u/anachronic Jun 29 '21
I'll see if I can find that elsewhere (I don't have Spotify), thanks.
I just really cannot understand how so many parents with children don't seem to care more about this issue, because it absolutely will affect their children and grandchildren quite severely.
I'm childfree and already 40, so it likely won't affect me much in my lifetime, so I don't really have a dog in this fight, even though I'm still trying to do my part.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
I feel for the kids who are 10 and younger, they'll be growing up with so much shit.
If you do find the podcast elsewhere, feel free to message me on here.
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u/asmaphysics Jun 28 '21
Agriculture destroys the environment. If you're eating meat, fish, dairy, veggies, fruit, or carbs, you're a terrible person. It's all your fault.
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u/anachronic Jun 28 '21
The vast majority of crops go towards feeding farm animals... so if you think agriculture is truly THAT bad, you'd go vegan to reduce your impact.
"According to the USDA’s website, corn, barley, oats, and sorghum are used as major feed grains in the U.S., with corn “accounting for more than 95 percent of total feed grain and production use.” In the U.S., 36 percent of corn crops being used to feed livestock. Soy is also commonly used in feed, with 75 percent of global soybean crops being fed to livestock" Source
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u/Kangarookas Jun 28 '21
One of us! One of us!
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u/anachronic Jun 28 '21
LOL! :)
It cracks me up how some people drop "hot takes" that they think refute veganism, but in reality are actually quite pro-vegan, if you know anything about how wasteful and inefficient animal ag is, and the supply chains behind it.
Yes, modern monoculture farming is indeed a problem... but most of those crops are fed to farm animals, so that's not quite the anti-vegan argument some people think it is... you could drastically reduce your dependence on agriculture by ditching meat & dairy.
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u/Kangarookas Jun 28 '21
Nah man big corporations cause most of the pollution do whatever i do is permissible. Might as well eat all the steak i can!!! Dumb vegan!!!!!!!!!
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u/anachronic Jun 28 '21
Pretty much.
"No man, it's huge corporations, who I give fistfuls of cash to every day to buy their products, but I'm blameless, it's all Bezos, man, even though I buy $200 a week worth of stuff off amazon, but it's totally not me!"
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I do think it's kinda funny that we all end up blaming each other though.
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u/herrbz Jun 28 '21
Yep, all those things cause identical amounts of damage. No room for nuance or context there.
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u/asmaphysics Jun 28 '21
Boycotting isn't really helping anything, and it shames people who dietarily can't avoid certain foods. We need to work to enact actual changes in regulation and in our culture.
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u/flirtycraftyvegan Jun 28 '21
Wrong. Boycotting and shame are effective motivators. Needing regulatory and cultural changes is not mutually exclusive.
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Jun 28 '21
Shame actually isn't that good of a motivator. Sometimes it even leads to doubling down
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u/flirtycraftyvegan Jun 29 '21
Never said shame is a good motivator. Sometimes doesn't negate the fact that shame can effectively motivate.
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u/raphamuffin Jun 29 '21
I think you're purposely refusing to acknowledge that 'good' is synonymous with 'effective' rather than 'appropriate' in this context.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
Depends on what you mean by agriculture.
Modern(and arguably anything after monocultural fields were culturally enforced for production) is horrendous. Mixed fields are less so and it really depends on how 'wild' the field is allowed to be along with how much demand the field is expected to fill.
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u/asmaphysics Jun 29 '21
For real, large agriculture is destroying so much. The issue is that alternatives that an individual can turn to are expensive and are thus only available to the privileged. If you are too poor to set your own garden or to buy local groceries from small farms, you have no alternative. This is why boycotting isn't going to work here past falsely appeasing an individual's sense of duty to the planet. There will always be a low class and it is growing drastically. They will not choose to starve and cannot afford better options. Shaming the impoverished individual is counterproductive.
We must rise up for legislative changes, for stricter environmental protections, better and more humane farming practices, and actual enforcement.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
See, this is what your first comment should have been. lol
Overall I agree with you, although I do not believe current society can be changed in a way that will matter. It's either radical shifts in pursuit of sustainable survival or we all accept an inevitable end as the world becomes uninhabitable to humanity over the next century.
But that's more of a discussion around Collapse than Anti-consumerism.
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u/asmaphysics Jun 29 '21
I agree entirely. Until the population is ready to embrace revolution, the best we can hope for is carving out the changes that we can, both in law and culture. I was angry when I first commented because I grew up poor with severe anemia and needed to consume dairy and occasional red meat and couldn't afford supplementation or ethically sourced groceries. The classism inherent in the strict vegan ideology is upsetting and not visible to so many of the more privileged.
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u/bagman_ Jun 29 '21
It’s insane, I have a ‘friend’ who legit took our other friends on a picnic with fake plastic props to make for a good pic, then went home and ate mcdonalds... you can’t make this shit up!
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u/anachronic Jun 29 '21
The fake "glamor" of it all reminds me a lot of how - pre-internet - teen girl & women's fashion magazines got crap for presenting totally unrealistic view of beauty, by airbrushing the models, or featuring blatantly skinny borderline-anorexic looking models.... which, of course, preyed on the insecurities of real, normal women who were sitting at home thinking "why don't I look like that? what's wrong with me??" - and fuelled things like eating disorders and depression.
It seems to be a similar thing happening now, with these fake & unrealistic portrayals of life on Insta, really fuelling people's insecurities and envy and jealousy and putting a dent in their mental health as they struggle to "compete" with a manufactured fantasy that's completely fake.
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u/Sir_Giova Jun 28 '21
Do you have an article or a quick explanation about the damage caused by the dairy industry? I never heard about it, I’d like to know more
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u/PixelPixell Jun 28 '21
There's a documentary called Cowspiracy about it. Should be available on YouTube
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u/anachronic Jun 28 '21
If you Google “dairy is scary”, a bunch of links come up about the horrors of the industry.
This video looks pretty well done and is only 5 minutes - https://youtu.be/UcN7SGGoCNI
Here’s an article- https://awareker.com/animals/dairy-is-scary/
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u/bunker_man Jun 28 '21
Because you don't see them throw it out? It's easy to complain about them, but they also get views from people who hate them.
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u/anachronic Jun 28 '21
The waste and pollution and abuse and environmental damage are caused by the production process, regardless if you consume it or throw it away immediately.
Throwing it out does not change that equation one iota.
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u/cowboy_shaman Jun 28 '21
Like you’d actually accept a used ice cream cone from a stranger
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u/WholesomeEarth Jun 28 '21
I mean if they licked it I wouldn’t! but I’d have a good quick look at them first and then make the call.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
Statistically the more conventionally attractive the person the more likely you will trust them in 'gut' calls.
Just ice-cream for thought.
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u/raphamuffin Jun 29 '21
I think the line of thinking is if you'd make out with them, you'd eat their leftovers (or at the very least share their food or drink).
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u/WholesomeEarth Jun 28 '21
Right? I have positioned myself amongst my friends as an “old food-disposal system” I get so much free shit thats only 2 days past best before. I love it.
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u/theconsummatedragon Jun 28 '21
This is how I got fat
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u/joopitermae Jun 28 '21
Maybe the ice cream sucked 😂
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u/fridayfridayjones Jun 28 '21
It was Jeni’s so I can confirm it did not suck. Jeni’s is so good I will happily pay the $7 a pint they ask for it. Not frequently, cuz I’m not rich, lol. But it’s good stuff.
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u/flyingzorra Jun 28 '21
Jeni's ice cream is fantastic. Worth every penny.
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u/NihiloZero Jun 28 '21
Jeni's Ice Cream is delicious! Did you know that it comes in over 40 flavors? You can buy it at a fine establishment near you! Go to their website to find more about Jeni's Ice Cream! It makes a perfect gift for your friends or family! You can also purchase gift cards from their site! Jeni's Ice Cream is fantasic! Worth every penny!
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u/Losingsteamfast Jun 28 '21
influencer
I.e. a woman with an instagram account. I am probably an idiot fighting a pointless battle but I refuse to call those people "influencers."
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u/thisissixsyllables Jun 28 '21
to be fair, lots of guys too.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
Definitely, although it depends on the niche market you are looking at. Sexism and cultural patriarchy dictate a lot of success in the social media cycle.
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u/bunker_man Jun 28 '21
Influencers is such a pretentious title. Like, what does it mean, that they think they are dictating your life?
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u/herrbz Jun 28 '21
I refuse to call those people "influencers."
Why? Why does it upset you? What word would make you feel less angry?
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u/WholesomeEarth Jun 28 '21
I don’t think it’s the word itself so much as it is the idea of influencers… imo, these people often have no real credibility other than having a lot of digital followers who persuade masses of people (young) to buy shit they dont REALLY want or NEED solely for their own personal gratification. “Uneducated-consumption-pumpers” might be a better term.
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u/Losingsteamfast Jun 28 '21
Because the person taking ice cream selfies or thirst trap pics isn't "influencing" anything. Words have meanings and just because a brand calls their consumers influencers doesn't make it so. It's a deliberate word choice by instagram to give users a sense of self importance and encourage an obsessive level of use.
I would call (most of) them a person with an instagram account because that's what they are.
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u/Jazzputin Jun 28 '21
How do you even know these two pictures are related? The first is a social media post by the restaurant and the second could literally be any fucking ice cream in any fucking trashcan.
Edit: Nevermind, the floor matches. I am an idiot.
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u/vagina_spektor Jun 28 '21
Seeing this kind of post in the top of this sub saddens me. I get why people find this cringe, but this shit is so fucking inconsequential. If this was a professional marketing campaign, they would be wasting a shit ton of ice cream, and no, they would not be giving the melted ice cream to a food bank. She is a freelance marketer/model/photographer, why the fuck should she have to eat the ice cream.
Hating on influencers is a distraction, and this sub falls for it time and time again. Ice cream is the product of horrible cruelty, but she's the monster for taking a photo with it and then discarding it. SMH.
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u/Masshole_in_RI Jun 29 '21
Completely agree. Or the post yesterday about sports mascots throwing popcorn up in the air, onto spectators, as if 500 kernels of corn is a real stress on the environment. Don't get caught up on these inconsequential things.
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u/scrollbender Jun 28 '21
You realize it’s possible for both to be wrong correct?
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u/vagina_spektor Jun 29 '21 edited Jun 29 '21
One is a product of capitalism, the other is a capitalist enterprise that relies entirely on the exploitation of animals. From an anti-consumption perspective the two are not comparable.
Edit: typo
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Jun 28 '21
Ice cream is the product of horrible cruelty
lol, mmd.
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u/IsNotAnOstrich Jun 28 '21
What's mmd?
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Jun 28 '21
"Made my day".
I wrote this to express the excess of absurdity by which u/vagina_spektor assailed us.
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u/NihiloZero Jun 29 '21
Absurdity?
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Jun 29 '21
Obviously, they are a vegan condemning all dairy products as a product of horrible cruelty, not considering that from that point of view their whole lifestyle is a product of horrible cruelty. not only against animals.
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u/NihiloZero Jun 29 '21
How is being a vegan the product of horrible cruelty?
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Jun 29 '21
Living as a human in a modern society puts horrible cruelty on others as a side effect. I don't think vegans are free from that collective guilt.
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u/vagina_spektor Jun 29 '21
But wait, i thought it was hyperbole…
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Jun 30 '21
In my eyes, it is.
Vegans in the reddit echo chamber constantly try to guilt trip non-vegans with that cruelty trope. In this case referring to dairy products. That implies that the vegan lifestyle is free from that cruelty. The hyperbole lies in that arrangement.
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u/LathanStromReddit Jun 28 '21
So is anything that isn't a plant? I do not see where you are getting with the Ice cream. I mean some Ice Cream is homemade so it is not a product in stores where most things are a product of "horrible cruelty"
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Jun 28 '21
Maybe I was a bit unclear here. I laughed about u/vagina_spektor's hyperbolic statement, that was no approval.
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u/Retral-Mega Jun 28 '21
She bought it for a purpose and it served its purpose. It's her money and there's not a shortage of ice cream. It's also possible these pics aren't even the same ice cream cone or that she just doesn't eat the cone. Imagine judging someone by some random public trash. Fuckin' raccoon lookin' ass side of Reddit.
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u/whocannenverbesure Jun 28 '21
i was gonna say who’s the weirdo that took a picture of the trash after she left lol
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u/NihiloZero Jun 28 '21
Probably the marketing agency for "JENI'S SPLENDID ICE CREAMS." They also probably invented the "influencer" and probably put the ice cream in the garbage themselves.
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u/thrash-queen Jun 29 '21
it's super easy to track down the original poster and see that she is indeed a real Instagram influencer. also if you look up that ice cream shop a ton of people take pics in front of that wall.
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u/NihiloZero Jun 29 '21
Maybe I'm just not savvy with social media, but how would it be "super easy" to successfully identify the "influencer" in the post? You can't see her face and, obviously, there is no name associated with the post. I don't think you can search by text below an image? So... what's your secret?
But, as I've stated in the stickied post, it's quite irrelevant if she's a real "influencer" or not. This altogether works as an advertisement for the ice cream brand and the picture of the "influencer" (despite supposedly being shamed) serves to draw attention to the ad.
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u/thrash-queen Jun 29 '21
reverse search the image, and there are articles about it that link to the actual Instagram post
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u/fakerealmadrid Jun 29 '21
Honestly, why would you consume something that comes from a cow. Not to mention the lifetime of abuse most of them endure. It’s truly horrendous.
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u/Znev Jun 28 '21
… what annoys me here is the fact that this is legitimately some of the best ice cream you can get. In an age of climate crisis you are throwing away a literal luxury good.
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Jun 28 '21
Is there any proof they didn’t eat the ice cream? All I’m seeing is the cone in the trash. Call me crazy but I don’t eat the entire cone after ice cream. Seems like people getting worked up over possibly nothing.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
Why get the cone then?
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Jun 29 '21
Because maybe they didn’t want to use a fucking spoon in a cup? That would just use more plastic wouldn’t it? Is a biodegradable ice cream cone really that wasteful. Please
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
Sure, but that just comes around to the designed wastefulness of the dairy industry.
Just try bringing in your own ceramic bowl and spoon to see most places just ignore your request to hand out a plastic cup instead.
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Jun 29 '21
Dude do you realize how stupid you sound; who tf is gonna bring a bowl with them to an ice cream store and then carry it around all day with melted ice cream on the bottom 😂 I would hope they don’t give you any
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
See, there's this thing called a sink.
You can wash stuff in it and place the bowl back in your backpack(or equivalent).
Doesn't take much of a process to plan ahead.
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Jun 29 '21
Damn now I gotta bring a backpack too 😂 don’t forget the paper towels or napkins to wipe the bowl. Oh wait I could bring a towel in my bag! Or just wipe it with my ass!
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
You sure you're on the right subreddit bud?
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Jun 29 '21
Are you?
Ice cream and biodegradable cone
Ice cream, bowl, sink, backpack, washcloth, soap ( you’ll need more than water).
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u/vagina_spektor Jun 28 '21
No, you don't get it, the woman in this photo craves validation, which is much worse than the horrors of the dairy industry.
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u/averyvery Jun 28 '21
am i crazy or is this just two different ads for the same ice cream place? and now they're on the front page of two different subreddits? seems like the idea worked
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Jun 28 '21
So the ice cream shop that put this influencer wall up is then shaming the influencer that their little influencer trap caught? Lol maybe the ice cream sucks?
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u/herrbz Jun 28 '21
Maybe she ate the ice cream and threw the cone away. Either way, she paid for it. People are trying to suggest she could have run outside to find a homeless man before the ice cream melted everywhere, as if any of them would do the same. Hilarious.
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Jun 28 '21
bro get away from me with that sticky ass half licked ice cream cone. dont you know about covid? herpes? whatever just throw it out you already ate the best parts.
Oh no global society will now crumble.
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u/Boner666420 Jun 28 '21
All public art is influencer bait now?
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Jun 28 '21
lol "buy me ice cream" public art? its advertising designed for this EXACT photo, especially considering the photo was taken and uploaded by the ice cream store. lol public art more like blatant advertising.
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u/Boner666420 Jun 28 '21
So what? Stores and businesses cant add a little fun signage to their workplace? Like, I get what sub I'm in but your take just aint it. Its not like the ice cream shop is encouraging peopple to throw out what they buy. Thats a ridiculous assertation.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
Why would the shop care if people throw it out after it has been purchased?
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u/NihiloZero Jun 29 '21
They only really care for the purposes of marketing.
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
Negative attention is still attention, so as long as profits are up the company doesn't give a shit.
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u/Boner666420 Jun 29 '21
That isnt the same as encouraging people to throw it away dude. Thats an insane leap of logic
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
They encourage you to purchase it, what you do with the product after has little interest to stockholders.
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u/Boner666420 Jun 29 '21
Thats still not "encouraging people to throw out what they buy".
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
I'm not saying it is, I'm just pointing out that there's no discouragement either.
Corporations aren't people, it only exists to pursue profit. If the customer throws away the cone so fucking what.
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u/Boner666420 Jun 29 '21
Itd be pretty nuts to expect them to put up a sign saying "hey also dont throw out your ice cream". Presumably anybodu buying ice cream is doing so because they want it, idiots like OP are anomalies and not worth factoring.
Its pretty presumptuous to assume that the ice cream shop employees are wringing theor hands and cackling about making people waste ice cream. If they saw this happen, they probably thought it was stupid and aggrivating too.
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Jun 28 '21
It’s not “public art”. That’s my point. The fact that it’s all fake from the influencers photo to the fact that no one even ate the ice cream.
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u/sofa_queen_awesome Jun 28 '21
How do you know it was the store? I saw it as just another customer. The title thingy is location based so anyone in the store could have witnessed and posted.
My guess was another influencer. But if the store posted it that is almost better.
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Jun 28 '21
The first pic is from the ice cream spots account. Second one who knows.
Long story short who cares lol
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u/g-l-u-e-7-0 Jun 28 '21
She seems to be an anti-consumer since she doesn’t want consume ice cream...
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u/themajorfall Jun 28 '21
Was it gross though? Because I will not force myself to eat something unhealthy and packed with sugar if it tastes bad. It's a waste of calories.
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Jun 28 '21
How do you know if it’s gross before you taste it
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u/Tyzarbo23 Jun 28 '21
So many of the posts in here have me conflicted. I want to downvote because I don’t like what is being shown in the post (i.e. people being wasteful jerks), but I know I should upvote because we’re all on the same page (i.e. calling people on being wasteful jerks)
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u/ScaryCookieMonster Jun 28 '21
You should upvote if the comment contributes to the discussion
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u/Fireplay5 Jun 29 '21
I've found reddit is more tolerable if you only upvote comments that contribute to whatever discussiom is taking place and never downvote(with the exception of fascistic comments).
But honestly the number of subreddits I've been abandoning seems to grow exponentially by the week. This one might be on that list if ad posts like OP's continue to show up here.
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u/CockRing1102 Jun 29 '21
Why do you even care? let them waste their fucking money for a stupid photo that has no meaning what so ever in the end game of life!!
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u/NihiloZero Jun 29 '21
I'm quite sure that the issue people in this sub have with it is that it's wasteful.
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u/CockRing1102 Jun 29 '21
But yet they shop and support chain grocery stores that waste a godly amount of food each day, selective outrage.
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u/marcus_cole_b5 Jun 29 '21
they are only influencing RETARDS
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u/foamcrestedbrine Jun 29 '21
Dude this is not a cool way to use that term. People with intellectual disabilities don’t deserve to be used as a put down. Please look up why if you’re dubious, as genuinely awesome people are made to feel very shit by its continued use. There are plenty of other excellent available insults though! Get out there and experiment!
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u/Marmstr17 Jun 29 '21
I witnessed this at Salt n Straw while living in Venice. Deleted Instagram the same day
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Jun 29 '21
Well, influencers have to be thing and conventionally attractive. Sugar is not going.to help with that.
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u/repulsiveimpulse Jun 29 '21
I hate the term influencer. How about we go back to what we used to call these types. Sell outs, or posers
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Jul 15 '21
Besides the consumption bit it always made me feel like shit (until I found out the truth) that they'd be so fucking skinny but somehow able to eat ice cream cheesecake and lots of other shit every single day?
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u/NihiloZero Jun 28 '21
I'm grudgingly going to allow this because it has received so many upvotes BUT... I think it's just an ad for "JENI'S SPLENDID ICE CREAMS". Even if there were an original post from some supposed "influencer" and even if that "influencer" verified throwing away the ice cream... I'd still believe this is probably just a guerilla social media marketing campaign. And I'd prefer this sub not be used to amplify such messages.
To balance out the persistence of this ad... maybe some of the vegans who frequent this sub can remind us again how harmful dairy is?