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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:13 PM Original message |
consumerism "we buy things we don't need" question. |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, if I were to say it |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. it goes to utilities as well |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Quantity!! |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. please forward paragraph 3 to my wife. LOL n/t |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. That's true, as well |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Electric can opner?!? |
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PennyK (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. I agree! |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I never could get the damned things to work |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #22 |
39. I made some soup the other day |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. twelve issues of People |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Here in our western comfort we're all guilty of this. |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. okay, so |
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GOPBasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Good question. |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
53. Deeper, People seek meaning and identity in owning, consuming. |
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fairfaxvadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's the "do I really need this junk?" test. |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. an example |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Not if you use it a lot, and buyer fewer bread products from the store as |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Acidify the bread slightly. |
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Bunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. I did not know that! |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Thanks for the tip |
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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
7. I found out I didn't need my DVD player. |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Now that makes sense |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. And not even just 'others' |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. people who always need the latest |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
10. Junk dump society |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. agreed. Yard Sales can be our friend, though. |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. I have five PCs |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
13. The problem I have with this exercise, is that many in the world, |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Do you not think there is such thing as overconsumption though? |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Yes, that's exactly what I mean. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I think overconsumption |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 12:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Oooh. I'm not stepping in that pile of doo-doo. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I know |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. I see your point But |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. And all of those people |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. so what is your point? |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:15 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Yeah |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. In one post you are saying that reproduction |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I thought my point was rather clear |
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SCDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I wouldn't call my having one son rampant reproduction, thank you nt. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. and I didn't call it that, either |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. So no one should reproduce? |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I think |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. But you brought it up. If you aren't going to discuss ramifications |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
47. thanks for the advice |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. Limit as in? |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. I don't know of any way |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. seems to me like 1 would work. |
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gtp1976 (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. There is no future of humankind without reproduction. |
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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 04:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Ah, but overpopulation makes us an ecologically non-viable |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
34. To me, it's anything that doesn't fill my tummy cheaply, or clothe my |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
48. TV sets, celeb worship magazines... |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
52. My take on it |
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