• Barndog53@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I used to read Adbusters for years, and that was the start of Buy Nothing Day. They tried to buy a prime-time commercial spot for like 50 grand(?) and once the stations saw what they were trying to “advertise”, they pulled the commercial and the price for a 30 second spot jumped 10 fold.

    The amount of damage it would cause if a reasonable amount of people partook in that day, would be striking

  • DessertStorms@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Na, I’m poor, and I’m not going to feel bad for getting some bulk household essentials at a significant discount today.

    I get not wanting to participate in unnecessary consumption, but this classist view that everyone can afford to ignore big discounts on items they actually need (which definitely do exist among the other noise) is just another high horse people need to get off of and instead focus their energy fighting the system that leaves people desperate for discounts in the first place, not on telling those people off.

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Are essential items on sale? I didn’t look around much but most things truly on sale are garbage electronics.

    • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I really don’t think they’re talking about essentials. Although around here I’m not seeing any deals on things like toilet paper, baby formula or anything like that.

      If anything, the classism that happens is the manipulation of folks who think they’ll get a TV on sale when it’s usually too low on stock and it’s only used as a lure to get folks in the door. The better deals tend to come after the holidays, too.