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muttonchops

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Article Denouncing Clown Consumerism on Yahoo
« on: September 18, 2015, 08:12:59 PM »
Insightful article about the clownishness of consumerism:

https://www.yahoo.com/makers/a-few-months-ago-i-went-through-the-worst-129239098220.html

While sad that the author's father passed away, this part stood out to me the most:

"I threw away a normal lifetime’s worth of accumulation. Time, money, and effort had been heavily invested in getting all of this stuff — only to be disposed of with great difficulty."

Really makes you question which would you rather have more of, "stuff" or time?

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!