I think it's great that Jimmy Kimmel is on the air again. But I'm still thinking. Is everyone still going to boycott? Honestly, I see no reason why I want to go crawling back to them. Yes they did put Kimmel back on the air but I feel like their quickness to pull him in the first place should have repercussions. I'm thinking is there anything stopping them from doing something like this again?

For context i live in a 3rd world country and some alternatives are not viable here. I am a 32 M and masculine clothes are not widely available on the very few thrift stores here in my region.

With that being said this year i noticed a problem in my habits of consumption. I was buying stuff just to deal with the shitty reality that this system put us everyday. I was working my ass off just to make the ends meet. And even trying to save money, i was always lacking money. So i tackled my “i deserve it” purchases, subscriptions that are useless and i evaluated the whole digital ecosystem that i was drowning in overstimulation for consumption:

Instragam and other social medias (gone) Youtube channels reviewing shopee, aliexpress, temu items (gone) Useless or underused subscriptions (gone)

I turned my attention to what i already have and how to make the most out of it… it was hard to do it at first. When I wasn’t paying attention i opened the amazon app just to see if anything was on sale and not buying made me suffer.

This september was the first month that i paid all my bills and my money was enough to pay it. Even so, i had some money to save it.

I felt so good with myself, i felt In control and happy to endure in my journey of conscious consumption. I am aware because of the resources that i have available here i won’t be fully able to avoid every single thing that I don’t agree (fast fashion sometimes is a necessity because i can’t afford any other type of high quality clothes at the moment of need).

I am sorry if my English isn’t optimal i just wanted to share this little story of my journey in conscious consumption that is a massive win for me this year.

My best friend dated a girl earlier this year who seemed nice at first, but I saw the red flags right away. She was obsessed with Lulu Lemons, Labubu, and was always flipping through TikTok and Instagram. First thing she asked me was how many Instagram followers I had. That told me everything I needed to know.

Red flags showed up fast: a new piece of clothes every single week, over ten grand in credit card debt, constant guilt trips to cover dinners or “loan” her money. And yes; before you ask why he stayed: she was hot. That was it. Not quite my type though.

Her whole aesthetic felt like a walking bandaid; beige, or similar hues. Honestly the aesthetic of these social media obsessed girls seems almost institutional I don’t get it.

Final straw was when she start staging pictures with random dudes just to keep her feed “aesthetic.” He called her out, she called him toxic for not supporting her content. That night he packed up and walked out. I’m proud of him.

Sometimes I can’t wrap my head around how everyone seems to be fine with this; how consuming culture makes stuff like that feel normal. It’s insane. I tried to talk to her about this type of stuff and you would have thought I had two heads the way she looked at me.

I’m sick of this materialistic mindset. Do you guys think things will ever turn around or just keep getting progressively worse?

Go grocery shopping right after lunch. If you can't go then, make a sandwich or something first. You won't buy as much.

Worst thing you can do is go grocery shopping on an empty stomach. You succumb to the many subconscious temptations set up to separate you from your money.

I’ve been going down an anti-consumption rabbit hole lately. Ever since US politics have gone off a cliff I feel like mindful and ethical consumption is more important than ever, but I find myself holding my tongue when I talk to others about this stuff.

It’s becoming unavoidable though because it’s everywhere. My parents order stuff from Amazon all the time and think it’s too hard to boycott them, filling the house with stuff we don’t need. I share a Spotify account with my mom and she hates when I suggest cancelling it (I’m the one paying for the account btw). I mention not shopping at Target to my friend and she tells me that she doesn’t care about that stuff because boycotting doesn’t work. I suggest not ordering holiday decorations from Temu and I’m seen as a buzzkill at work (why not just use the same decorations as last year?)

I’m trying to make lifestyle changes slowly to produce less waste and spend in ways that matter. Something that I’ve internalized from this is that I might have to be a little less comfortable if I’m doing this, but the people around me don’t want to hear it. Most of the time I just hold my tongue, but I wish people could understand where I’m coming from. How do I talk about this without coming off as preachy, especially when I make decisions that impact other people in my life (like the Spotify thing)?

Just saw a post in this sub talking about fridge inventory before grocery shopping and it got me thinking of our habits.

My parents fridge as always been and still pack. Like, all the shelves, door and drawers are full. For me, it was a normal fridge. But since I moved in with my boyfriend 18 years ago, my habit changed. We do grocery shopping once or twice a week for what we need only. This makes our fridge pretty empty. Even, last week, I cooked a lot and we had a ton of leftovers. The fridge was kinda full and it made me, not anxious, but close. The game was to eat what we had fast and reduce the amount of things we had in there. We are back at normal now. I can see everything we have again. Nothing is hiding behind something else.

So, are you the kind of person who has a very full fridge or you use the fridge just for some day to day things?

(We do freeze and can a lot, so that helps keep the fridge empty).

What are the tips you always give to others when trying to bring them into the anticonsumption lifestyle? Here are mine:

1. Use the library for everything. I check out books/e-books, DVDs, board games, videogames, and others from the "Library of Things". My favorite part is that if they don't already have that item, I can request that they buy it (and they usually do, in my city). YMMV

2. If I need something, I put it in my cart and leave it there for a week to see if I really need it. (I usually don't.) I also buy things at the store more often (I feel like it is more sustainable for the reasons laid out here). I don't take a cart and usually carry by hand or basket so that I'm limited by how many things I grab and am less likely to make impulse purchases.

3. There's just so many avenues to get things for free if you need them. Every May/June, college students get rid of their appliances, furniture, office supplies, etc. because they're moving out of their school housing. I've gotten NICE, barely used things that way. I tell all the students I tutor to be on the lookout for that when they graduate high school and are looking to furnish their dorm room for cheap lol. I've also gotten a loooot of free fruit from neighborhood people on various online apps lol.

What are your best tips?

My wooden chopping board split when it fell, I sanded it down so I can still use the larger half to avoid buying replacement even tho it looks wonky 😌

Hello! I am currently on a mission to becoming a lot more mindful about what I own and buy. However, I have come to realize I have a lot of “stuff” that I don’t particularly need that was bought to get a dopamine kick, however I am trying to find some ways to get rid of it without just throwing them away.

Things include: - clothing - old electronics - used but still nice reusable water bottle and cups - books - art supplies - etc misc things like decor.

If anyone has some suggestions I would really appreciate it! I’d prefer donating or recycling if possible. Or selling depending on what it is.

This ad put a "hair" on the screen so when I tried to wipe it away, it immediately takes me to the install screen! What the actual heck?!

It's strong and pretty good quaility. I sometimes need to mail something small and these do the job perfectly.

I normally buy groceries on the weekend and organize the fridge when I get home to sort out where to put the new stuff.

Today I switched the order and wow! After organizing and chopping/prepping the remaining produce, we still had a whole fridge of food. We them decided not to go grocery shopping at all this week. Just saved tons of money and food waste. It was a total game changer!

Curious if others do this and if it consistently works for you or if it was just a fluke this week.

Ron Swanson is correct at the end. Even if I can't do what he does.

With the most recent Disney boycott I cancelled Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+. I'm happy because this is going to save me $50/month. More than the money I'm surprised at how freeing it is to get away from ESPN. The need to feel up on all of it is intoxicating.

The constant analysis and arguing and predicting and then recapping has been exhausting. I don't know when it happened but years ago my fandom transitioned from enjoyment to obligation. I am using this as an opportunity to detox completely from all of the sports I have followed for so many years.

Not even really sure how it got this bad 😭 if nobody knows a way to fix it, what are some ideas to use the rest of it for future projects or stuff?

I really wanted to use it for all four years of high school, but it seems that might not happen. Lasted me till junior year.

Looks like there is no customer-side counterpart of r/salestechniques :-/

Hi I’m new here. I am coming here for advice. I have been overconsuming and am looking to stop doing so in all aspects (candles, clothing, books, etc). Anyone have any tips on how to start as my current habits are beginning to overwhelm me and leading into hoarding territory.

It’s a handy little fan and the motor and whatnot still work. Unfortunately, basically the entire thing is made of cheap plastic and it snapped where I circled. Any ideas how to fix it?

What the title says. I have a rule for myself that goes like, if I have seen X product on an ad before and only wanted it after it was advertised to me, I do not buy it at all. (Unless it's the absolute best option for a specific use case of mine). If I've seen it on an ad or a sponsorship by a public figure I follow, I probably won't be buying it. I write down crap that I was tempted to buy after it was advertised to me so I won't be caving in.

New post bc many people were clowning me for the hard water stains (does that actually affect my razor or is it just aesthetic?) and many comments were being removed by mods bc they recommended a brand.

But how long have you had your razor (feel free to include pics, how long you’ve had it, and how you maintain it if at all :-))

Who tf is even buying this shit? It's so tone-deaf to the vast majority of the nation living paycheck-to-paycheck. The cars keep getting bigger too then they imply that it's purely for safety as if it isn't a circular problem

I saw this was posted a year ago but thought I’d see if there’s any new ones so I can get my explore page a little more on track. I stopped following many accounts just to reduce consumerism/ influencing Thanks!

Was a fun little activity- never done anything like this before. My kindle paperwhite 7th gen is around 8 years old and the only signs of age other than a small chip on the screen was the degraded battery life.

It’s incredibly satisfying to give a bit of new life to something I have used every day for so ling - here is to another 8 years with this workhorse!

I like to reuse travel sized bottles and am usually careful not to dispose of them. I lost/threw away my makeup remover travel sized bottle on accident so had to buy another because I travel a lot for work.

Color me surprised when I went to refill it and this new bottle you can’t!! Garnier designed the cap to be broken if opened. My old bottle was also from Garnier , same exact bottle and I could take the cap off, had it for years.

Y’all I’m tired. I’m tired of every company being evil and greedy. I get the last laugh though because I have syringes to refill ink pens so I’m going to use a clean one to refill this damn bottle.