Black Friday 2019!

[loramin]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you're such a turd sometimes dude *sighs* how about you loosen up and enjoy the one time a year when corporations whore themselves out to the consumer as an integral component of a perverse societal post-modern regression from a long standing seasonal tradition of giving thanks. here's to hoping the spirit of frugality bites you in the ass and you experience the joy of the $2 blueray.

*hugs*

Merry Christmas! ��

Originally Posted by America [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

u do know that the price structure is built around these twisted holidays?

ur paying a tax to The Corporation by buying outside the holiday, and all you do is flatten out the curves a little and help with cash flow during the summer.

it's a pretty doofy protest

if u don't like The Corporation and its culture maybe move somewhere where the avg IQ prevents highly organized and stratified social structure from tyaking root.

So I choose to take one day off of shopping and avoid insane crowds, while I appreciate the things I already have and recognize how much consumerism drives me to buy things I don't need ... and therefore I should "move somewhere else" and I'm "a turd".

Nice chat.

EDIT: It's almost like you two recognize on some level that you're stuck in a hamster wheel, and your overwrought "defence" (ie. attacking me) is cognitive dissonance ...

[clevergirl]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So I choose to take one day off of shopping to appreciate the things I already have, and recognize how much consumerism drives me to buy things I don't need ... and therefore I should "move somewhere else" and I'm "a turd".

Nice chat.

Yeah, buying stuff we don't need isn't as good for the eco(nomic)system as saving and building or creating our own gardens or hoarding water from up stream.

[clevergirl]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So I choose to take one day off of shopping and avoid insane crowds, while I appreciate the things I already have and recognize how much consumerism drives me to buy things I don't need ... and therefore I should "move somewhere else" and I'm "a turd".

Nice chat.

EDIT: It's almost like you two recognize on some level that you're stuck in a hamster wheel, and your overwrought "defence" (ie. attacking me) is cognitive dissonance ...

All DNA RNA transcribing forms are stuck in a hamster wheel, repetitively copying and recycling themselves.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by clevergirl [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

All DNA RNA transcribing forms are stuck in a hamster wheel, repetitively copying and recycling themselves.

On some level, touche.

But I don't agree that humans are completely powerless in the face of "isms" like consumerism. Taking a day (and in particular THE day for shopping) off, to challenge that consumerism is a very effective way to re-center yourself against it.

[clevergirl]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On some level, touche.

But I don't agree that humans are completely powerless in the face of "isms" like consumerism. Taking a day (and in particular THE day for shopping) off, to challenge that consumerism is a very effective way to re-center yourself against it.

If only I could be more viral and less lactobasilic.

[loramin]

Originally Posted by clevergirl [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If only I could be more viral and less lactobasilic.

Less like a very specific type of acid?

[clevergirl]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't blame you, but if you've any love of truth you'll stick it out or find ways to at least hang at the edge. maybe that is really the ideal place. the left is increasingly seeking refuge in the garden and i honestly don't believe life outside is tenable as a path to peace for most irrespective of political leanings.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Less like a very specific type of acid?

It was a play on the label we give the bacteria which gives us our delicious yogurt, yet serves mans nature through its own.

The viri comments was my negativity driving a desire for change in the whole organism.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So I choose to take one day off of shopping and avoid insane crowds, while I appreciate the things I already have and recognize how much consumerism drives me to buy things I don't need ... and therefore I should "move somewhere else" and I'm "a turd".

Nice chat.

It's almost like you two recognize on some level that you're in a hamster wheel, and your overwrought "defence" (ie. attacking me) is cognitive dissonance ...

no, its mostly just pent up angst from consumer abstinence throughout the year. can't tell you how worth it it really is though when you blow every last drop of your responsibly apportioned disposable income at 3+x the purchasing power in a single glut. lot more satisfying than paying to change the corporate chamber lot throughout the year with nothing more than a wink and contemptuous smile.

#winning

you're not a turd either, just sometimes. You can be thankful for your stuff, butt stuff is best appreciated everyday, not just one day

[loramin]

Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

you're not a turd either, just sometimes. You can be thankful for your stuff, butt stuff is best appreciated everyday, not just one day

Thanks? But while that's easy to say, we humans never appreciate anything every day, or at least not without significant effort. We need events to remind us to stop and smell the roses.

Also, what's this garden everyone's talking about? At first I thought y'all were talking about Eden, but then I got lost.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks? But while that's easy to say, we humans never appreciate anything every day, or at least not without significant effort. We need events to remind us to stop and smell the roses.

Also, what's this garden everyone's talking about? I feel like I missed a meme or something.

you're welcome ^^ and yeah, it's very easy to take good fortune for granted and change isn't easy, but that doesn't mean thankfulness isn't worth striving for.

as for the garden, i think mae was just referring it to earth, but i associated it with eden from genesis and i generally regard it as an allegory for delusion and the hardship of reality. truth is abundant outside, but happiness is elusive.