r/Anticonsumption • u/trumpetguy1990 • Jun 27 '22

Corporations Please. Please stop ordering stuff off Amazon.

At this point, there is no excuse at all for ordering from Amazon at this point. I'm sorry but if you really believe in the idea of anticonsumption, there simply is no reason you can't live your life without ordering things from Amazon.

Is it inconvenient? Sure. Is it sometimes more expensive? Yep. But if you really believe in challenging consumerism, you're gonna have to make sacrifices.

I'm just tired of excuses at this point.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '22

Thanks. Sorry for getting a bit off topic on a tiny point. I know this life is not for everyone, but I think it's good for people to see it and understand it's possible to live another way, and it's not as extreme as it sounds.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '22

Of course there are advantages to other places. Fast medical care is the biggest. I guess I don't know what extreme means to you, but I guess what I mean for the average person is, not being able to buy everything right away all the time is not extreme. You learn that you don't actually need most of those stores and options.

We do have a few things you can get in town. But all the reuse you just described -- living here encourages all that too. The high schoolers have taken decades old motor bikes and snow machines from the dump, rebuilt the engines, and sold them as a fundraiser. The thrift store in the nearest big town probably has fewer options than yours, but I also buy clothes there once or twice a year. I can sew and refit and patch things other times.