<-- Buy nothing Day
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- Ichiro
Fabuluos idea,...this will surely help the economy.
ROFLMAO
- Jade0
Hope you were being sarcastic...?!?!
- jpea0
i certainly hope you were being sarcastic. check it out maybe before sayin' something. it's all about the principle.
- nh0
buy stock in the ones that are taking money out of our pocket while they pretend to open our eyes.
yaaay!
- nuggler0
for me, every day is buy nothing day.
- unfittoprint0
doing that for years.
- 00t50
This could actually benefit the economy...Think about if the big ones not were so strong, there would be more small business to keep the economic going on a steady flow..!...
- atomica0
bleah.
- oculasm0
sorry to be so resoundingly negative but I wonder if they'll close up their own shop on buy nothing day..
- witch0
how about "can't afford to buy anything day"?
- stuff0
What a load of absolute hoop. Adbusters are a walking contradiction. Quite ironic how they used to sell 'Buy nothing day' Calendars on their website.
Anyways, how am I supposed to get to work without buying a bus ticket?
- cookie0
bike? - someone elses car?
- stuff0
You try cycling 20km to work in 45 degree heat next to some of the worst drivers in the world. A bus....someones elses car.
- stuff0
"Short on funds to pull it off? No problem. This year, Adbusters is giving away twenty-five $100-$250 awards to help jammers organize and carry out their actions. "
WTF?
- jennydean0
hi jadey!
- jpea0
frankly i feel a little frustrated that there are so many neg. responses to this thread.
i guess i'm just surprised that the people that make a lot of consumerism attractive and possible (all of us here), aren't feeling any need to change the system.
I'm not saying that Adbbusters shouldn't change a couple things to better serve their purpose, but if you actually gave a damn, you'd go read some of their background and principles.
just don't be a f**king lazy ass citizen and just watch it drift by.
give a damn.so ok, logistically speaking, it's hard to go a day without purchasing something, BUT, AdBuster's is talking "consumerism" (ie: mickey D's, Clothes, Perfume, products with useless packaging, everything that hurts the earth in a huge way, etc...)
A bus ticket is not their meaning of consumerism. Resource hogs are.
- stuff0
4 years ago I wrote my Masters Dissertation on Adbusters et al, so yes I do actually have quite a good grasp of the subject of anti-consumerism etc. (please don't get all nasty ass and start calling people 'f**king lazy ass citizens' that don't give a damn. I was joking about the bus ticket until someone else took it seriously!)
I do agree with what you're saying about Adbusters changing some things to better serve their purpose, but I also believe they are kings of contradictions, and their principles aren't worth the paper they're printed on...
Make a difference on your own and don't preach what you don't practise. (Directed at Adbusters not you Jpea :0) )
- jpea0
thanks
i don't take anything here personally anyway:-)
i agree with some of their ideas, but usually not their executions of said ideas.
i also do just wish more americans (only americans in my experience) would actually give a damn about the world they live in though... seems like a sorry state of affairs every time i see someone buy a ford excursion "to bring the kids to soccer practice" because "having 2 small kids requires a larger vehicle"(actual quote from my sis, queen of "keeping up with jones'" consumerism).
- stuff0
Yup know what you mean...but its not just Americans who are the Kings and queens of conspicuous consumption, right here in the Middle East, the Arabs are finally realizing they can go to the mall, and spend their riches on useless rubbish. (They also all own over 2 cars. Usually a fuck off 4 Wheel Drive and a fast sports car) Advertising is rife over here, and a lot of the issues which are being addressed in the rest of the world like the use of public space for advertising etc, are being ignored.
Anyways, check this out for a laugh. http://www.billboardliberation.c…
- pagedown0
they should make BND a national holiday for retail workers.
im sure they won't mind...
- Jade0
Hey Jenny!