Why buying more stuff doesn’t make us happy in the long run, and how buying less can lead to more freedom and contentment.

[Video Title: Stop Buying Stuff (It’s Making You Miserable)]
YouTube video in 4k: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yr9...

#einzelgänger #frugalliving #consumerism #minimalism

New study finds Canadians prone to generating electronic waste | The-14 New study shows Canadians are generating rising e-waste, harming environment and health, while exporting toxic electronics to poorer countries.

New study finds Canadians prone to generating electronic waste
#Canada #ElectronicWaste #Environment #Pollution #Tech #Recycling #Sustainability #ClimateChange #Waste #Mining #EcoCrisis #Electronics #Health #GlobalSouth #GreenLiving #Consumerism
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If you value your wallet, do NOT walk in the store when I'm working. You WILL leave will more than you intended to buy. #consumerism

Gotta love marketing… to the fools.

Hens are free roaming
“inside a barn”

Breaking!
Cages across the United $tates are now identifying themselves as barns.

Anything to make a sale.
#consumerism

EP 738, the Dark Side with @cyberwire @bittner: #GravityFalls returns with an art book, #Muppet marathons & lack of touchstones - ala #EvenKnievel #RipTaylor - and #TheLastQuietThing has us angry at #enshitification #technology and #consumerism gog.show/738 #podcast

"I'm imagining a world where we figure this out. Or, I'm imagining a world where we don't exist". #Consumerism

World powers assemble a naval coalition | To ensure your online order arrives on time.

World powers assemble a naval coalition | To ensure your online order arrives on time.

#RedSeaCrisis #Geopolitics #SupplyChain #NavalAction #Consumerism

Accelerated Consumerism Alot of people were listening to our generation and changing their diets, a retail apocalypse in the works. Then everyone got vaccinated and all the progress made was lost… why? Donald Trump …

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#USA #Hivemind #Consumerism America has fallen under the control of a Hivemind #iran

Accelerated Consumerism Alot of people were listening to our generation and changing their diets, a retail apocalypse in the works. Then everyone got vaccinated and all the progress made was lost… why? Donald Trump …

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#USA #Hivemind #Consumerism America has fallen under the control of a Hivemind

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Consider this without a profit seeking bias. Should it be the manufacturers \ retailers responsibility to produce \ sell products that don't pollute the environment (I.e., aiming for best practice), or "the consumers" responsibility to "shop around" for them, & hope they're not being […]

The best things in life are free.

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like."
- Will Rogers

#free #consumerism #happiness #schnauzer #schnauzergang #dog #dgosofbluesky

Americans have a severe form of Stockholm syndrome #iranwar #authoritarianism #unitedstates #capitalism #consumerism

Secured the bag for the #mtg #secretlair Dandan drop, and by that I mean spent $200 for two packs of shiny cardboard. Those overfed goldfish got me bad. #magicthegathering #consumerism

Ep145 Why do we compulsively click on ragebait? with Angele Christin - Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman Do algorithms shape our lives? What did clickbait look like before the internet? Why do journalists start writing differently when metrics are introduced? What does any of this have to do with cooking...

Are you sucked into #clickbait or #rageBait ?

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman: Ep145 Why do we compulsively click on ragebait? with Angele Christin

Episode webpage: omny.fm/shows/inner-...

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#SocialMedia #advertising #consumerism #psychology #NeuroScience

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Generally, l'm not sucked into #clickbait or #rageBait, are you? Or are you the type of person that produces rage bait so as to increase advertising revenue?

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman: Ep145 Why do we compulsively click on ragebait? with Angele Christin

Episode webpage […]

Daily #haiku

To the mall we go!
With nothing to fill ourselves
But more emptiness

#poetry #mentalhealth #consumerism #capitalism #happiness

From Consumerism to Moderation: Choosing Meaning Over More - The Geeky Leader Moderation challenges modern consumerism. Explore why “wanting it all” leads to stress, inequality, and unsustainable lives. Discover how moderation creates freedom, meaning, and balance.

Life is about sharing, being useful, doing what’s right, and acting courageously and according to basic virtues. #Moderation, willingness to miss out on things, and the courage to commit to a path are the ways to build a #sustainable society. thegeekyleader.com/2026/03/15/f... #consumerism #freedom

I miss when people would shake in their boots explaining why they got an iPhone 17 because everyone hated how it looked and became anti consumerists for a hot second; we were so close to ending the cycle😂😭 fuck consumerism and fast fashion let’s try again guys! #apple #iphone #iphone17 #consumerism

I predict that 'no money no talk' would be what some delightful Malaysian commentators' response to this essay . . . completely missing the point. 
#substack #essay #capitalism #consumerism
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Global shipping lanes in chaos | My "guaranteed 2-day delivery" is still pending

Global shipping lanes in chaos | My "guaranteed 2-day delivery" is still pending

#RedSeaCrisis #SupplyChain #GlobalTrade #ShippingDelays #Consumerism

The Art Economist: "How to Market to The Revolutionary" | #Marketing #Capitalism #Consumerism #EngineerHopelessness #Validation #ReversePsychology #Commodification #Absolution #Neutralization #BlackMirror #Integration
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iojO...

Curiouser and Curiouser with Leonie Dams: "love analog hobbies, hate the analog trend" | #Podcast #Neuroscience #Hobbies #Consumerism #SocialMediaFatigue #PhysicalMedia #ReclaimingFreeTime #TakingBackControl #CognitiveProcessing #Memory #Handwriting #OutdoorPlay
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhNt...

#dumptrump #magat #nuremberg #antifascist #bluecrew #christofascist #capitalism #consumerism

Returned to Malaysia after twenty years abroad. You can indeed buy anything. The downside is: You can indeed buy anything. #substack #essay #capitalism #consumerism
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Edge Of Humanity Magazine Presents Sacro-profane By Giuliana Mariniello

#documentaryphotography #photoessay #contemporaryphotography #visualculture #socialcommentary #culturalidentity #sacredandprofane #secularization #consumerism #religioussymbols #societyandculture #artphotography

@caelan.bsky.social
You’ll appreciate this. 🤙🏻🖖🏻

Vía @chasehughesofficial
We Are #Livestock. It Was All a Lie.
#Branding #Symbols #Consumerism #Politics
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Please watch & share. 👇🏿 🤙🏻🖖🏻
Vía @chasehughesofficial
We Are #Livestock. It Was All a Lie.
#Branding #Symbols #Consumerism #Politics
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@markhamillofficial.bsky.social
Please watch & share. 🤙🏻🖖🏻

Vía @chasehughesofficial
We Are #Livestock. It Was All a Lie.
#Branding #Symbols #Consumerism #Politics
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@realtexaspaul.com: Good info. And— 𝔂𝓲𝓴𝓮𝓼! 🤙🏻🖖🏻

Vía @chasehughesofficial
We Are #Livestock. It Was All a Lie.
#Branding #Symbols #Consumerism #Politics
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