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Re: Avoiding consumerism

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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
Joined: 09 Oct 2016
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11 Oct 2016 07:48 AM
Do any of you OTers avoid participating in consumerism? I'm avoiding it and I'm trying my hardest. I won't buy anything I don't need or really want. So I won't buy anything from ROBLOX or other online games. I avoid video games, toys, gimmicks, whatever. I buy minimum food, I don't buy snacks for myself. I use AdBlock to avoid marketing, I don't need my mind poisoned with that.

I'm thinking of starting my own garden so that I won't have to participate in capitalism by buying food all the time. It would be good for me too since I'm a vegan. I wonder what vegetables and fruits I should be growing. Some crops would be hard to grow here unfortunately because of the climate. Other than that I wonder how I could produce products for myself, maybe I should take up sewing and fix clothes with holes in them rather than buying new clothes.

Any ideas?
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Diaxam is not online. Diaxam
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11 Oct 2016 07:48 AM
why not use feudalism


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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 07:49 AM
I don't support feudalism.
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Diaxam is not online. Diaxam
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11 Oct 2016 07:52 AM
why not try communism instead


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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 07:55 AM
I want anarcho-communism, that's sort of the point why I'm avoiding consumerism. I want to keep my participation in capitalism to a minimum.
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The_Froggy is not online. The_Froggy
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11 Oct 2016 07:55 AM
pinko


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtW4xyACIhU
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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 07:57 AM
What the hell is a pinko?
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The_Froggy is not online. The_Froggy
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11 Oct 2016 07:59 AM
google helps all your problems mate


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtW4xyACIhU
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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 08:00 AM
Yeah I googled it. There's just one issue here. It says it means a communist sympathizer and explains that pink is a lighter shade of red so it doesn't mean a full-on communist. But I'm not pink, I'm as red as it gets. I'm a complete communist.
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MadSanity is not online. MadSanity
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11 Oct 2016 08:01 AM
You forgot ######## and atheism, just to round out the stereotype.
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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 08:03 AM
Don't know what you're talking about MadSanity, but I wouldn't call myself an atheist. I technically am one by definition, but I don't associate myself with any sort of atheist community. I just don't care about it. The label doesn't fit me.
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TheMeatReturns is not online. TheMeatReturns
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11 Oct 2016 08:09 AM
Capitalism is still better than Communism, at least I have the chance to succeed in some way while in Communism growth is pretty much impossible at a personal level

Saying you want Communism is like saying you wanna starve , even if you grow your own crops the state will simply take half of it, or better yet, force you to stop working in your own field and having your own animals in favor of working in a communal farm from which you barely get anything


In communism everybody is equal, equally poor, starved, indoctrinated, excluding the state officials who get an incredible amount of special treatment .


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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 08:11 AM
I didn't want this thread to turn into a political debate. I just wanted ideas and suggestions for avoiding consumerism.
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S1xty is not online. S1xty
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11 Oct 2016 08:11 AM
I really hope this is satire, because if it isn't you need to be admitted.
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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 08:13 AM
It's not a satire, sorry that having my own opinions and views has hurt your precious feelings. Like I said, I don't want a debate here, I just wanted ideas for how I could implement non-participation in consumerism.
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MadSanity is not online. MadSanity
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11 Oct 2016 08:17 AM
Do people not finish reading sentences anymore?
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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 08:19 AM
If you're talking about the stereotype part, well, nobody is a stereotype. I'm not a stereotype, you're not a stereotype. Stereotypes are just such small-thinking.
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Kamov is not online. Kamov
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11 Oct 2016 08:28 AM
"AdBlock to avoid marketing"
Are you delayed?

I hope that you will one day realize that by doing this you are shooting yourself in the foot, since ads are the only reason why you can actually view anything on the Internet for free
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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 08:37 AM
Ads are nothing but intrusive. And as time goes on they'll only become more annoying, more obnoxious, and more intrusive. If sites want to make money, they better find another way. Sorry, that's capitalism, isn't it?...
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VitoArmato is online. VitoArmato
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11 Oct 2016 08:43 AM
f4cism


Weak? Nerdy? Never popular at school? Then why not become an internet forum moderator! The way to feel power without using an illegal weapon!
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KingDiglett is not online. KingDiglett
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11 Oct 2016 08:44 AM
You do realize without capitalism you would not be posting this on ROBLOX, right?


Main: Pajaking (2011-2016), 8k posts
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Kamov is not online. Kamov
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11 Oct 2016 08:45 AM
Make money out of thin air? And yes it's capitalism how else would that work? Someone would volunteer and pay all the bills while having nothing to eat? I think you overestimate people's will to to do that.
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VityaBC is not online. VityaBC
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11 Oct 2016 08:47 AM
I don't have a CC to buy things online, and I don't have much money to pay for things except for some necessities anyway


Vitya + 72,971
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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 08:48 AM
I have no choice. I didn't choose the capitalist system. What do you think I'm going to do, sit around doing nothing all day, because I don't agree with the system? I have needs and desires just as any human does. It's just that I've been forced to take part in such a system and there's no other way to survive right now than to participate in it. (Revolution please come soon!) At least I'm trying to minimize my participation in capitalism. Which is the point of the thread. Besides, I'm leeching off someone else's internet, so I'm not paying for it. Now, ideas? Anyone?
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Zbigni is not online. Zbigni
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11 Oct 2016 08:49 AM
Kamov, well, that's too bad. The free market, remember? I thought you capitalists were all for the free market and consumers deciding what and what not they'd pay for.
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