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Around the Internet => Mustachianism Around the Web => Topic started by: muttonchops on September 18, 2015, 08:12:59 PM
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Insightful article about the clownishness of consumerism:
https://www.yahoo.com/makers/a-few-months-ago-i-went-through-the-worst-129239098220.html (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?