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Litany Against Consumerism (lemmy.world)

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[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 week ago

For those who actually like to be able to cut and paste text (cursed screenshots...always with the white background).

I must not buy. Buying is the purse-killer. Buying is the little-dopamine that brings total bankruptcy. I will face my wishlist. I will permit the limited time sale to pass over me and through me. And when it has expired I will turn the inner eye to see it's impulses. When the mania has gone there will be nothing. Only $ will remain.

olivia-online

[-] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

For those not familiar, this is a spoof on a quote from the book Dune by Frank Herbert: https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/3634639-dune

[-] Toldry@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Frank Herbert, Dune (Dune, #1)

[-] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

it would be nice if I got to keep money I didnt spend, but it gets taken from me anyway, so why not buy another plushie

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

You could just save money that doesn't get arbitrarily taken from you.

[-] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 week ago

Me when steam sales

[-] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Me when steam sales from like 2010-2016. Since then, all the good old stuff I bought a decade ago and all the good new stuff still costs more than I could pay for it elsewhere.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Clever. For me simply not being interested in buying stuff is sufficient.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

…I gave into steam this time :(

At least I kept it under 100 this time ..

[-] EldenLord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah, me too. I also kept it under 100 new games this time around.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago

My eyes! please use dark mode or text

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au -1 points 1 week ago

Never gonna afford anything worth saving for so might as well spend each paycheque.

[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

For some reason I imagine Caleb Hammer screaming a response to this.

https://youtube.com/shorts/9zg9kzdSLYQ

[-] HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Terrible mindset and straight up wrong. Start saving money.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Wrong. I saved up for a house deposit and bought one a couple of years.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 0 points 1 week ago

Yeah the median house price is $1M where I am.

No bank would ever give me a mortgage that high on a single income, and no amount that I can save would ever cover the non-stop increase of property prices year on year.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Don't buy a median house or move somewhere else then.

Here I often hear of people move to London "for the jobs" complaining they can't afford a house and they are working retail. Just move, you can get a retail job anywhere.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 1 week ago

So what live a 3 hour drive from my workplace?

A retail job won’t afford me a bloody house and there’s like 4 cities in the whole country that you might find a job in.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

I earn about the same amount a retail job would pay, I just have WFH. If I lost WFH which I might be then those retail jobs start to look tempting because a commute of 15 mins walking a day is better than 5 hours on trains and ferries.

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 points 1 week ago

Honestly it sounds like you’re in Europe somewhere?

I’m in Australia, we have no population to support living outside of the few cities that you cannot afford to live in unless you live hours out of the city via P/T or car.