Re: Consumerism
Posted: Thu December 01, 2016 10:03 pm
Don't need no dizziness, don't need no nausea, don't need no side effects like diarrhea!
In high school I had a classmate who died in a car accident the day after Thanksgiving. It put the term Black Friday in grim sense for me early on.
If only we were allowed to say, "Merry Christmas."
That's awfulGreen Habit wrote:In high school I had a classmate who died in a car accident the day after Thanksgiving. It put the term Black Friday in grim sense for me early on.
It might be a tie...BurtReynolds wrote:More people have died going to Bonnaroo. It's hardly a sign of the end of days. There are plenty of better signs of that.
This is really the heart of what this thread is about, so thank you for getting it back on track. I try to make sure my kids understand the difference between wanting/having nice things and coveting those things, or even worse, coveting the "deal." I'm sure we all know that person who is constantly buying shit they don't need, just because they "saved" x amount of dollars on it. As opposed to not buying it at all and saving 100%.Chloe wrote:People going crazy over $200 TVs? The attachment to "things", and acquiring more, is quite absurd.
It's not very good.theplatypus wrote:I've never seen Idiocracy.
You follow US newstheplatypus wrote:I've never seen Idiocracy.
But it's got electrolytes!cutuphalfdead wrote:It's not very good.theplatypus wrote:I've never seen Idiocracy.
And that's what plants crave! Right? That's a quote from the movie, yes? I've never seen it but I've read enough stupid AV Club comments that I know a bunch of lines from it. Kind of makes me hate the movie a little bit.The Argonaut wrote:But it's got electrolytes!cutuphalfdead wrote:It's not very good.theplatypus wrote:I've never seen Idiocracy.

Isn't he in an At&t commercial now? Or something commercial that is similar. Amazon?96583UP wrote: