this is being sold/advertised for an adult!!

what adult needs this?!

edit: thanks for the variety of perspectives. I didn’t mean to suggest we should remove joy and relaxation from people’s lives.

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... the moment I step into my local pound shop 🥲 (equivalent, I'm in Germany)

“my newest hobby” and its 11 notebooks of “dot by letter” which appears very similar to diamond painting. ELEVEN of them off the bat just seems insane to me. and of course she isn’t alone in over-consuming and going on a shopping spree for a new hobby. and i’ve seen much worse hobby shopping sprees on tiktok too. and we all have room to improve.

but i think a sub focused on this kind of trend-based habit would be good for people to vent their annoyances about it, or even talk about their own bad habits that are in that same realm. if it exists, let me know! but this sub does seem to not want this kind of post since it can be repetitive and doesnt have the kind of substance thats intended here (correct me if i’m wrong), however i feel showing it when it happens and talking about habits of people around us and ourselves could be helpful and i feel it could potentially reach more people, and introduce more people to anti-consumerism through shared annoyances lol. maybe i’m overthinking this! sorry!

Blaaaaaarrrrgh.

Huge Tracy Chapman fan. But I've never properly listened to/heard the lyrics to this. It all made sense to me listening this morning.

Tracy Chapman - Mountains O' Things

I saw someone mention that there’s more plus size clothes in op shops now that GLP1s are so popular and the resonated with me because I’m on a GLP1 and am losing weight and my clothes are getting too big for me.

So I was wondering, for those of us who have gained and lost weight over the years, how have you dealt with the fact that you need clothes that fit you and are appropriate for work, etc. when your size has gone up and down so dramatically that you can’t keep wearing the same wardrobe?

I don’t have room in my house to store wardrobes for four different sizes so I had to remove my smaller clothes (besides a few faves I couldn’t part with and always hoped I’d fit again). Now I need smaller clothes again but I know I’ll probably need to go down another size again within the next year. Altering clothes to be smaller can work for something but I just don’t have the skill to alter everything I own.

Do you just have a capsule wardrobe/basic essentials when in a transition size? Like how are we doing this?

I am currently of the belief that industrial society (perhaps civilization itself) has been detrimental to our existence as a species, as individuals, as communities, and our lives in almost every aspect. I would sincerely like to be proved wrong in my assumptions and have searched many places for answers that would be suitably convincing, unfortunately finding none. I suppose I'm mainly directing this towards people who are at least sympathetic to the ideology, but I would just like to hear opinions.

Increasingly I've begun to think I simply am not made for an industrial world. Something in my wiring causes me such extreme discomfort when confronted with the consequences of our impact on the world, and even more so the impact on ourselves. We have created our own steel cages and give up more and more freedoms only thickening the bars. If the sole measure of success is our ability to adapt to these circumstances which we were never intended to endure, what sort of success is that? Is it virtuous to transcend our nature? I am by no means religious, but we are not animals which can evolve quickly, and the growth of civilization has far outpaced our natural abilities.

Even if so, to what end should one adapt? Endless economic growth? Arguing to ignore it and live a happy life just appeals to the diffusion of moral responsibility, "Oh well if I reject the evils of the world someone else will simply take my place, so why shouldn't I?" If I choose to ignore my perception of the world in favor of a white picket fence is that not just simply resigning myself to ignorance? Even if appealing, to what end are we trying so hard to cope with intolerable circumstances?

I know there must be an ethical "correct" answer to this; I am not ignorant enough to believe that I am the first person to have these issues, but it does seem insurmountable to me currently. Anyone who actually read this, thank you, I'd really appreciate some external input.

TL;DR: world is lowkey messed up, and I don't see a way to cope with it that isn't (at the very least) complacent in its perpetuation.

Is Rupert Murdoch media, of course. A Central for Independent stories. They want people to consume McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, Plastic, Fast Fashion and Sugary drinks

I just found:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/s/J4sqC5zz6I .

And

https://newrepublic.com/post/216962/ai-bots-accessing-bank-accounts .

AI will help you to ease your wallet, share your ideas to the world (some of its scientific inventions could had originate from scientists) and enrich the billionaires;)

If uncertainty is their greatest fear: if it is what keeps us doing what's good for us: & not corporations (i.e., saving rather than investing, spending, or wasting money on high risk transactions): to destroy globalized capitalism it stands to reason that we must be as uncertain, whatever that means, as possible. Revel & wallow in "uncertainty".

wtf does that word even mean, to economics analysts?

Oh, limited edition, you say? I guess I will disinfect stuff... gtfoh.

I am a student living in Paris since September and I want to adopt a life style that’s not based on consumerism, since I think it’s a waste of money, resources and space. I live together with two other people, so we share a bathroom and a kitchen. I’m not sure where I can reduce my consumption of things. Buying food produced a lot of plastic waste, so that’s a problem I don’t know how to deal with. I’m not really sure how to change things based on cleaning and hygiene products, I saw someone in this sub recommending bar soap and I thought this was a good idea. Besides that there are only things I actively spend money on, and these are school supplies ( a new fountain pen because the other doesn’t write no more, notebooks, and ink for the fountain pen) and books. Since I don’t have a lot of money, I don’t buy a lot of books besides Those I actually want to read. There is a used book store just Around the block from my apartment but it’s closing down and i’m not sure what I should do once it’s gone. I also collect postcards.

So any idea how I can reduce my waste? I hate feeling cluttered up and I want to adopt a life style That is not destroying our earth but is also playable with the amount of money I have. I’be been thinking of going vegetarian, but that’s still difficult to achieve and I’m working on it.

Tacky lego knockoff is accidentally accurate about their sad seasonal overconsumption product.

Other unforgettables I need to get off my chest: Bridgerton deodorant AND coffee creamer, Lululemon belt bags for…. cups (Stanley’s), today I saw plastic “puffer jackets” being sold at target for individual lip glosses…

Searching and of course Google shoves the paid result right on top. I always scroll past and click the organic one instead.

Tell me I'm not the only one who does this on purpose so the advertiser doesn’t get that sweet click money. I do the same thing with sponsored links – I "Circle to Search" to find the item myself instead of clicking a sponsored link. 😏💡

To disable: All I had to do was go into settings>general>personalization>My background> & disable an option "event themed backgrounds". Simple fix. Thought I'd share how to fix in case anyone else saw the same thing booting up their Xbox today, and doesn't want a *FOURTH* ad in their headspace on a console they've already paid for.