anti materialistic
 

I realized that I'm always thinking "I want this" and "I want that" and then once I get it I'm never really happy. I dont want to waste the money, space, or the environment anymore! Who's with me?


ANYONE?!

btw, I'm still going to buy "stuff," but I just want to be more careful.

stuff :(

:( boy do i feel selfish right now...

don't feel selfish. i feel temporarily good when i buy something too..

oh.

Well I will stand by my thread then!

it's a curse!

when i moved a couple of weeks ago i threw away 4 black garbage bags full of stuff and donated 4 black garbage bags full of stuff to goodwill. i still have too much crap

:eek: That's a lot of stuff!

Buying things makes me happy. I enjoy being a consumer.

yeah i got rid of most of my stuff

Hey if you guys ever break up, gimmie a call.

Ornjes is correct. Siddhartha Gautama is correct. Materialism fucking sucks!

It’s like an endless rat maze, convincing you that your ticket to contentment is that next piece of cheese, but as soon as you’ve got it, you find yourself pining for the next one. And like a total moron I crack open another doctor pepper and think about the next five albums I want to get because surely, the next five albums will accomplish what the last two hundred couldn’t. As if any material good would substitute whatever vacuous corner of my soul I’m trying to patch up. It’s all based upon the false premise of consumer capitalism. That we will be happy with more shit.

Is it a coincidence that everything that’s marketed is done so as a vice guised in virtue? That's part of why I hate advertisements so much, they encourage you to be evil.

btw Ornjes, LOVE the avatar.

If you're rolling in it you can also buy camels and cows.

:rofl:

Want to buy something grumpy and that likes spitting? Okay, how about something that provides milk for nourishment during droughts, can carry houses, and children on its back, has a third eyelid to wipe sand away, can live in desert temperatures and is environmentally friendly. More appealing? Then buy a camel.

ya. It's just all around pretty lame. When you realize you're working to buy things you'll end up throwing away someday, you realize something's wrong. Oh and on top of that, think of what it's doing to our environment. We're wasting our lives to for nothing!
haha thanks!

If I'm still alive by the time I'm 35,(given that I'll hopefully have some education as well), I might just run for President! We need to a) live better lives b) save our environment

Greed has overridden this.

I wouldn't vote for you.

is bribery an option?

Once upon a time I would have indignantly said NO! but now, gimme the loot.

hooray!