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50 Dystopic Posts From This ‘Anti Consumption’ Group (New Pics)
A casual stroll down most grocery store aisles will reveal a glut of options that can be a bit overwhelming. And if you have ever thought that it was excessive, you aren’t alone, there is a growing consciousness around rampant consumerism and what it’s ultimately doing to the planet.
The “AntiConsumption” internet group showcases the effects of producing, moving, and buying too much stuff through memes and insightful posts. Hopefully, these images might be some good food for thought, so be sure to upvote the posts that caught your eye and comment your thoughts below. We also got in touch with Gediminas Kondrackis, Climate Activist & Baltic Sustainability Awards Changemaker.
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#1
Insecurity Is The Lifeblood Of Our Economy
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#3
Yes! You Should Wear Stuff For Years
#4
Spooky Reusables
#5
This Small Act Of Kindness Can Make Such A Huge Difference! Love To See It
#6
Things Used To Last For More Time
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
Like computers & tablets that are programmed to break down to force you to buy a new one. There's a lightbulb that's been going for over 100yrs too! Mind you, old fridges use a LOT of electricity, so overall it's not that much cheaper/environmentally friendly overall.
#7
Where Can I Buy A Card With This On It?
Auntriarch 3 years ago
I thought it was to celebrate St Valentine for skinning Hypatia alive (using oyster shells) for the crime of mathing whilst female
#8
Climate Dad Knows Better
jon gilbertson 3 years ago
Do people ever ask themselves where the electricity for electric vehicles comes from. 70% is usually from burning coal or natural gas.
#9
Eco Friendly
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
Except they won't go brown and wilt if you leave them in the cupboard for a few days?
#10
Let’s Be Real
#11
Never Forget, The Electric Car Is Here To Save The Car Industry, Not The Planet
CanadianDimes 3 years ago
Yes! That electricity has to come from somewhere, and there's a good chance it's coming from fossil fuels.
#12
Apologies For The Quality, Got A Kick Out Of This!
Gavin Johnson 3 years ago
An enterprising individual advertised a solar and wind powered clothes drying solution on eBay, it was £49.99 IIRC. There were no photos of the item but it was a modern looking advert pushing the benefits of going green. What did they send out? A washing line worth about £5 (at a push). They made a few quid 😀😀
#13
Felt Like This Belonged Here
#14
Please Continue
contre kems 3 years ago (edited)
The Notre Dame thing is worse than you think. Many very wealthy people donated to have it rebuilt and had THE NERVE to deduce it from their taxes! It was allowed of course, making EVERYONE ELSE pay for THEIR "GENEROSITY", with money that should have gone to schools and hospitals. As a French person it was infuriating to see. It's a shame such a monument went in flame but I don't give enough of a f**k to have it rebuilt honestly. Priorities. Rich people have their own.
#15
On Black Friday 2008, 34 Yr Old Walmart Employee, Jdimytai Damour, Was Asked By His Employer To Use His 6’5 Body As A Barrier For A Crowd Of Over 2,000 People. He Died That Day After Being Trampled By The Crowd. The Shoppers Did Not Concerned About His Death, And Even Complained Of Waiting Too Long
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
This is why I hate those companies that are trying REALLY hard to make Black Friday a thing in the UK.
#16
Gucci-Poochie Can't Go Potty
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
Our neighbours did this, they've now got a lawn that looks weird compared to everyone else and need to hose it down whenever their eight mini-yappy dogs goes to the toilet on it! Putting several metres of plastic on top of your garden is so green, you guys. Who needs butterflies and bees?
#17
Told Everyone Not To Get Me Anything Except A Trip To Go Hike And Be With Nature. For Once, Everyone Respected Not Getting Me Anything And I Got To Hike. I Even Got In For Free. :)
#18
Capitalism Drives Innovation! The Innovations:
#19
Pretty Much Sums It Up
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
The store person who was put in charge of applying these stickers TOTALLY knew what they were doing 😁
#20
This Library Has Cake Pans You Can Check Out
Snazzy Smurf 3 years ago
They have to fill the slots with something. The books keep getting banned.
#21
It Never Worked In The First Place. Ever Since The Pandemic Started, We Are All Collectively Realizing This
Katrin Krueger 3 years ago
Or - it worked, exactly how it is supposed to work: making only a few people richer on the backs of most others
#22
Saw This On R/Tumblr, Knew It Fit Here
#23
This Entire Bin Full Of Brand New, Intentionally Destroyed Shoes, Destined For Landfill. All To Prevent Reselling And To Maintain An Artificially High Price
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
Happens with other products such at make-up too, they don't want people dumpster-diving so will destroy repressor pans, squeeze out the foundation etc. before throwing it away.
#24
This Is Ridiculous And Makes Me Feel Icky When I Look At It
#25
No Amount Of Wealth Could Ever Stop This
Nadine Debard 3 years ago
I feel rather wealthy considering I grew up poor and I still do a double take when I see furniture on the curb. On the other hand I give what's not useful anymore instead of selling it.
#26
One Apple Slice In This Plastic Baggie, Advertising A Movie About The Ocean…
#27
One Family Decided To Count How Many Yeti Products They Bought Over The Years. Top Comment Was Yeti Offering Even More Products To Their Collection
#28
I Hate That This Is Becoming A Trend, So Wasteful
Kaspar Kristiansen 3 years ago
Perhaps fun to do one time, but not exactly example of good table manners.
#29
Marketing Meme Of The Week
#30
We Can Do Our Best But At The End Of The Day The Force Of Capitalism Is What’s Destroying The Planet
#31
I Feel This So Hard
#32
This Aluminum Can Comes Wrapped In Plastic
#33
Irony. Not For The Average Consumer. [original]
![Irony. Not For The Average Consumer. [original]](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/64b8f52730247_76tux36u7f8a1__700.jpg "Irony. Not For The Average Consumer. [original]")
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
Is that missing a comma? I don't think so but my brain REALLY wants to think that it is...
#34
Libraries Are The Bastions Of Anti-Consumption
Mediocre Genius 3 years ago
Love my library! Especially the Hoopla and Libby apps. Save so much money!
#35
Am I The Only One Infuriated By Cooler Screens?? These Video Screens At Gas Stations Are Worse Than Just A Glass Door In Every Way
Donkey boi 3 years ago
If only there was another way to use glass that would allow people to see inside...
#36
💯
#37
Kind Of A Small Change, But Those Tiny Plastic Chairs Only Have One Use
Nadine Debard 3 years ago
I first thought it was a rock. Nice little piece of delicious bread, it's a win!
#38
It's Not A Lot, But It's Definitely More Than Nothing
#39
Bunch Of Escooters Becoming Ewaste
#40
"The Void You Fill With Consumerism Is Your Own Disempowerment." Pasteup In Austin
#41
In NYC They Just Cut The Lights Off Of Trees After The Holidays And (I Assume) Throw Them Away
#42
Ad Free Subways Make The Inside Look Larger And Lighter
#43
Green Chef Sent Me Two Separately Packaged Green Onions For The Same Recipe
#44
This Gross Commercialization Of Bob Ross Into Mints And Energy Drinks
George Hylands 3 years ago
Bob Ross was so laid back and calm, an energy drink would turn him into a babbling Picasso.
#45
$2000 Garbage Bag, Unreal
#46
Spotted In The Wild At A Hipster Coffee Shop. They Said They Sell At Least One A Week…
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
It had better have a smiley face with little googly eyes glued on for that price!
#47
A Shopping Mall, Where The Lights Are Always On, The Music Always Playing (Even In The Parking Garage!), Even If The Shops Are Closed
#48
I've Saved So Much Money By Not Buying Things I Don't Need
#49
Embodiment Of This Sub
Ian Reynolds 3 years ago
I am glad this person has found all they need to be comfortable, but it's crazy that some people have other tastes. They seem to have a weird 'better than you' complex, because other people have different ideas to make their lives feel more comfortable.
#50
The Flossing Stick Perfectly Summarizes Wasteful Western Ideology Under Capitalism
Take a perfectly fine solution (floss) and generate a new solution to improve efficiency while creating mountains of plastic garbage in the process
Animelover 3 years ago
Umm actually these are good for people who have arthritis in their hands or have mobility issues
#51
This Makes Me Feel Ill
#52
A Cardboard Six Pack Holder From A Major Beverage Manufacturer
Missy Corron 3 years ago
Better than the plastic six pack holder that ends up killing wildlife.
#53
The Sheer Amount Of Stuff That Could Be Recycled Or Donated At The End Of The Semester That’s Just Tossed Out
catastrophegirl 3 years ago
i used to live in a neighborhood near a college and at the end of every semester i'd drive around looking for new furniture. once i got a lovely bookcase still completely filled with vintage DIY books (still have the books). multiple chairs, an entertainment center, a dining table... there was actual neighborhood ettiquette that anything still good was put out several feet away from the trash cans. when i moved i left most of the stuff behind, out by the road, away from the trash cans. people were picking it up before i even made the second trip outside.
#54
Ok But At Least He’s Reusing Lol
#55
I Hacked My Car Radio To Support Aux. Now I Don't Have To Listen To Annoying Commercials On The Radio. Also I Dont Have To Buy A New One That Support Aux. Win-Win Situation!
#56
New Amazon Marketing Technique: Manipulate People Into Believing Consumption=happiness
#57
This Might Belong Here
#58
"Wind Farms Are Ugly" Corporate Media
Donkeywheel 3 years ago
Don’t forget to consider that you need shitloads of wind turbines to match the production of one nuclear power plant. And this one belongs to the oldest generations, the recent ones do not look like this and are more inconspicuous.
#59
I Never Really Thought About It
#60
I Just Cannot Believe This Is Real
#61
But Why Cover It In Plastic!?
#62
Oh, No! Less Conspicuous Consumption!
#63
What In The Sh-T
#64
Milka's Greed
#65
Doing The Work For Us
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
Just need to get the Day One DLC and some lootboxes, then we're sorted! They must be partnered with EA.
#66
A Store To Purchase Amazon Return Items
#67
I Hate This Type Of Useless Stuff
clist414 3 years ago
Its seriously infuriating. Each new "holiday" gets its own chapstick, or whatever useless plastic product, in a never ending stream of useless, mass produced pre-garbage. And then we, the consumers who never asked for these products to be made in thr first place, are told that if we don't recycle, the world is going to burn and our grandchildren will not have a habitable earth. I don't think it should be legal for pre-garbage like this to be mass produced
#68
This Line, Nearly 3 Hours Before The Taylor Swift "Merch" Shop Opens In Philly
#69
Of Course The CEO Of Kellogg Is Going To Say That Constant Consumption Is What's Going To "Save Us From A Recession" These People Are Unreal
Blue Sonnet 3 years ago
So now you can have exactly the same thing, but in lots of differently-sized boxes! I'm pretty much convinced that the smaller the box, the more the product will cost per 100g.
#70
Do Not Provide Your Children The Choice Of Paid-For Higher Education
#71
Excessive Packaging Is So F**king Wasteful
#72
Starbucks Mobile App Claims A 30 Min Wait. Employees Claim A 2+ Hour Wait. Manager Says Corporate Wont Shut Down Mobile Orders
Snazzy Smurf 3 years ago
What are they putting in that coffee? It can't be that good to wait 2 hours. You could go to the store, buy a coffee maker, buy coffee supplies, then go home a brew in 2 hours. I feel horrible for the baristas.
#73
Who Buys This Crap?
#74
This Is Why I Despise “Collectibles”
#75
Alright Everyone, What Are Your Limits?
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Donglens 3 years ago
I am genuinely interested in peoples replies so please leave your thoughts below. The world population exceeds 7.5 billion and 80 percent of the world's population lives in countries where income differentials are widening. Is capitalism a positive or negative thing? What can be done? Is democracy positive or negative? Is democracy real? Is there a better alternative (sortition?) What can be done? Instead of individual countries having their own polls can we not have an independent poll on matters that the world's citizens can vote on?
Susie Elle 3 years ago
Fundamentally, democracies are a good thing, but we're with too many people that can make decisions about things they know too little about. We have 30+ political parties, of which a lot want the same thing 99% of the time, except that one little thing that they feel needs to go differently than the other party. Then 5 parties end up having to form a coalition but their goals and beliefs lie so far apart that none of them are able to do any of the things they said they were gonna do, and you're left with compromises that nobody's really happy with. I kinda feel that a benevolent and altruistic dictator would be the best way to run a country, but this would only work if every country has benevolent and altruistic dictators running the show. Oh, and it's impossible :')
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Donglens 3 years ago
I am genuinely interested in peoples replies so please leave your thoughts below. The world population exceeds 7.5 billion and 80 percent of the world's population lives in countries where income differentials are widening. Is capitalism a positive or negative thing? What can be done? Is democracy positive or negative? Is democracy real? Is there a better alternative (sortition?) What can be done? Instead of individual countries having their own polls can we not have an independent poll on matters that the world's citizens can vote on?
Susie Elle 3 years ago
Fundamentally, democracies are a good thing, but we're with too many people that can make decisions about things they know too little about. We have 30+ political parties, of which a lot want the same thing 99% of the time, except that one little thing that they feel needs to go differently than the other party. Then 5 parties end up having to form a coalition but their goals and beliefs lie so far apart that none of them are able to do any of the things they said they were gonna do, and you're left with compromises that nobody's really happy with. I kinda feel that a benevolent and altruistic dictator would be the best way to run a country, but this would only work if every country has benevolent and altruistic dictators running the show. Oh, and it's impossible :')
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