<-- Buy nothing Day
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- jjpoopoo0
Last year i bought a pack of tube socks by 9am. ( my feet were wet on the walk to work )
- stuff0
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<<Enough of BND already!
- v3nt0
OF course AB. contradict themselves. they can't avoid it. They can only exist and get their message accross in this world by playing along with it. They still have rent to pay, clothes... If they chose opt out of the system completely we would of never heard of them.
- josimarX0
I bought nothing yesterday because ididn't leave my house as I was working (freelance), from 7am to 1am(today)
- josimarX0
boo bloody hoo
- ian0
Get your hair cut you hippie!
Sorry, thats completely irrelevant. What if you have to go to the toilet and the only toilet around has a person charging 10cent to get it? Now, I hate this and its a scam but if you need to go...
- lowimpakt0
maybe dont take it too literally but as a benchmark to consider the cumulative effect of hyper-capitalist consumption is perpetuating poverty and destroying the planet all at the same time. People are so ascribed to the ideology that they cant or wont accept their responsibility in the problem. If people reacted negatively they show their submissive ignorance to the broader implications and not the short hand 'buy nothing day' concept.
- mirola0
oh no i just bought a bacon sandwich
- ian0
I like stuff.
- tfs__mag0
buy nothing day is a marketing ploy.. end of story. what happened to taking responsibility for what you believe in on a daily basis instead of waiting for someone to "make it official"? It's stupid, and the people participating are followers that need someone to tell them what to do. If you really want to make a difference use your energy to educate people about WHY they should not support huge corporate entities instead of calling them ignorant for doing what they, and everyone they know has been doing their whole life. Life is a little more complicated than just deciding to "buy nothing" and think that you're taking the high road. bleh
- rasko40
buy nothing today, buy twice as much on tomorrow.
it certainly does seem to be a bit of a "Hey, I'm ecological AND I have a CND badge - I'm righteous!"
which is a shame really because there are really important issues concerning consumerism, advertising that could be handled more effectively without the gimmick which it could be argued will sell more copies of adbusters.. a sold called 'media foundation' with charity status that happens to sell cheap nylon flags for $25.00. And I swear I have an old issue at home with a fookin Starbucks&trade ad in it.
- rasko40
excuse the missing words and ";"
- phist0
i understand why everyone is dogging adbusters and their buy nothing day. but at least they bring attention to the real problems out there. this is what they're trying to do. if they get more people to be more conscious about themselves and their consumerist behaviors, thats a start. no one is perfect. and they've only been around for a little while. give em a few more years, they will have their shit together. and you'll probably be culture jamming too. why do you have to buy christmas presents if its such a chore and burden upon yourself financially and not a gesture of goodwill and love? why are bogus holidays declared law in the land if they're just economic ploys to make people buy things they don't need? i'm glad adbusters is around, they have provoked such thought in a land that desperately needs a wake call. stop guzzlin the haterade (quoting a fellow nter).
- leBeat0
word.
- tfs__mag0
well it's sort of like this forum... if you don't like something. then don't participate. nobody has ever forced you to buy a gift you didn't want to buy. nobody has ever forced you to participate in meaningless holidays. Just don't preach anti-consumerism and then try to sell me stuff. It's kind of like when my mom caught me smoking as a youngster and then beat the hell out of me with a cigarrette hanging from her mouth. sorry i still don't buy it (pardon the pun)
- rasko40
thats a shallow outlook tfs, this is too in-depth to explain but it is impossible to change without complete society change, otherwise you are always 'bound' by the system to a certain extent.. With your fatalist attitude people would just continue to consume without thought of consequence, where does that get us?
- rasko40
though I do see where you're coming from.. there is a definate 'fashion' sensibility about a lot of it.. which is bollox
- tfs__mag0
im not saying that the idea of curbing consumerism is wrong rasko. What adbusters is doing is dogging consumerism and then using it to their benefit. If they were really trying to make a difference they wouldn't charge 48$ for a subscription to their magazine and then sell merchandise for a new "holiday" that they just created out of nowhere. I hardly have a fatalist attitude, getting a little dramatic with the word play there dude. No consumerism will only help poverty thrive. Adbusters is my problem, not the idea that is supposedly driving them. Are you going to force people not to buy gifts for christmas? No, but if you can convey your message without looking like a hopelss fuckin hypocrite in the process then you would have a better chance than holding some meaningless event. (which ironically is one of the thing they are supposedly protesting).
- ********0
yeah like uhmm tomorrow is Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year for Yanks. So they will be power-spending. Economy, schmonomy.
- tfs__mag0
but i digress.. the good thing about living in a democratic society is that you can have your ideas and share them with others. it just pisses me off when there is alot of deception in the guise of doing something good.