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stop shopping
caroline1973lefty
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anyone got any good 'stop shopping' /anti consumerist links? i like this one though it's a bit wacky and american - https://www.revbilly.com . Rev Billy preaches in Times Square, in Starbucks, Walmart/ASDA and the Disney Store, in the US and the UK, and is the spiritual leader of the Church of Stop Shopping, he says:
"Not-buying is a brave thing to do. At first it may induce vertigo, identity weirdness, and a desire for an unwanted pregnancy. But most often a new believer will have an abnormal kitsch-acquisition fit. The first response to the break in buying may be a huge sucking sound in your hands - you want to buy something, anything…
"When you lift your hand from the product and back away from it, a bright, unclaimed space opens up. Consumers think it is a vacuum. It is really only the unknown.
"In the Church of Stop Shopping we believe that buying is not nearly as interesting as not-buying. When you back away from the purchase, the product may look up at you with wanton eyes, but it will slump quickly back onto the shelf and sit there trying to get a life. The product needs you more than you need it - remember that."
"Not-buying is a brave thing to do. At first it may induce vertigo, identity weirdness, and a desire for an unwanted pregnancy. But most often a new believer will have an abnormal kitsch-acquisition fit. The first response to the break in buying may be a huge sucking sound in your hands - you want to buy something, anything…
"When you lift your hand from the product and back away from it, a bright, unclaimed space opens up. Consumers think it is a vacuum. It is really only the unknown.
"In the Church of Stop Shopping we believe that buying is not nearly as interesting as not-buying. When you back away from the purchase, the product may look up at you with wanton eyes, but it will slump quickly back onto the shelf and sit there trying to get a life. The product needs you more than you need it - remember that."
"The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed" - Ghandi
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I clicked the link - and I'm living up to my name! Totally!Resolution:
Think twice before spending anything!0 -
Hi, a good site which may help is Freecycle.org, changing the world one gift at a time, as they say some ones rubbish is anothers treasure, hope you find it as great as I did.Well worth looking up.
P.S It also helps to reduce landfill so hope you find it useful.0
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