A Sense of Doubt blog post #2835 - BUY NOTHING DAY - SoD Reprint #1372 from November 2018
I am almost caught up after falling ten days behind; however, I was not catching up fast enough to get this posted BEFORE Black Friday.
And I failed. I bought something on Black Friday, which from when I am writing was yesterday.
Still, this post is extremely relevant.
Thanks for tuning in.
LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.
A Sense of Doubt blog post #1372 - BUY NOTHING DAY 2018
Today is BUY NOTHING DAY 2018.
I am not going to the store. I am not buying online. I am not consuming anything today. I am not spending money I do not need to spend. I have plenty of food. I can walk the dogs.
You can do this, too.
"Black Friday" is not a holiday event. It's not a tradition. There are not things THAT YOU HAVE TO DO. You can do whatever you want.
Do not be hypnotized by the mass media. Do not be brainwashed by the corporations, the gated communities of the one percent, who want to keep you poor, keep you in debt, and addict you to a toxic lifestyle that is killing you, me, your neighbor, and the planet.
BREAK THE MEDIA TRANCE!
I am me.
I am not what I buy.
I am not what I own.
I do not need more things.
I do not need to take advantage of "deals."
I do not need to do what they say I have to do on this day.
I do not have to line up at the store at 2 a.m.
I do not have to fight another consumer for a Cabbage Patch Kid.
I can resist.
I can think for myself.
I can find what I enjoy that is neither instant gratification nor produced by a corporate monster engaged in slave labor and debtor prison creation.
You can, too.
You can break the media trance.
We can all counter-act the brainwashing, the programming, the mind fuck.
I like this share (below), but it's difficult to take seriously an article about activism on a site choked suffocatingly tight with advertisements from corporations flooding my available RAM.
It's part of why I copy the content.
See? Now, it's add free content.
Information wants to be free.
Information will find a way.
and, PIZZA IS HERE FOR YOU.
FROM
https://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-buy-nothing-day-heres-why-some-people-are-observing-this-alternative-to-black-friday-13188407
Dubbed as a 24-hour shopping detox, the day was also championed by the Occupy movement, and it encourages relaxing over consumption. So, if your mom/sister/grandma/bestie has talked you into hitting the mall on Black Friday, and you'd rather do anything but, just tell them you're celebrating Buy Nothing Day instead. Rather than push people out of the way to get the last pair of 10-cent socks, heat up some leftovers and settle in for a day of Netflix and chill. I've only been Black Friday shopping once when my stepmom dragged me out of bed at 6 a.m. to shop for gaudy gifts that no one wants, let alone needs. That was over 10 years ago and I'm still recovering.
According to the website Days Of The Year, Buy Nothing Day was founded in Vancouver, Canada, in 1992 by artist Ted Dave. It happens on Black Friday because, "anyone who has ever seen what happens in North America during the Black Friday sales understands all too well why it was high time that we take a step back and look at ourselves, our behavior, and contemplate the meaning of all of the Black Friday madness," the website noted of the day that's now celebrated in 65 countries. On the other hand, staying in on Black Friday is a welcome opportunity to digest your Thanksgiving dinner and get pants drunk or practice some well-deserved hygge.
If staying home is not your jam, Days Of The Year has an alternative that aligns with something that might be: The Walking Dead. "Some organize a so-called 'zombie walk,' during which all of the participating 'zombies' lurch around stores, supermarkets and shopping malls aimlessly, buying nothing, and staring ahead blankly. This is used to raise awareness about Buy Nothing Day, as the 'zombies' will inevitably be asked what they are doing and why, and then can proceed to explain their point of view," the website explained.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1811.23 - 10:10
- Days ago = 1238 days ago
Thanks for tuning in.
Friday, November 23, 2018
LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.
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| https://www.xn--detlillegrnttorv-uxb.dk/2017/11/20/buy-nothing-day/ |
Today is BUY NOTHING DAY 2018.
I am not going to the store. I am not buying online. I am not consuming anything today. I am not spending money I do not need to spend. I have plenty of food. I can walk the dogs.
You can do this, too.
"Black Friday" is not a holiday event. It's not a tradition. There are not things THAT YOU HAVE TO DO. You can do whatever you want.
Do not be hypnotized by the mass media. Do not be brainwashed by the corporations, the gated communities of the one percent, who want to keep you poor, keep you in debt, and addict you to a toxic lifestyle that is killing you, me, your neighbor, and the planet.
BREAK THE MEDIA TRANCE!
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| http://trance-busters.blogspot.com/2006/07/break-consensus-trance.html |
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| http://trance-busters.blogspot.com/2006/07/break-consensus-trance.html |
I am me.
I am not what I buy.
I am not what I own.
I do not need more things.
I do not need to take advantage of "deals."
I do not need to do what they say I have to do on this day.
I do not have to line up at the store at 2 a.m.
I do not have to fight another consumer for a Cabbage Patch Kid.
I can resist.
I can think for myself.
I can find what I enjoy that is neither instant gratification nor produced by a corporate monster engaged in slave labor and debtor prison creation.
You can, too.
You can break the media trance.
We can all counter-act the brainwashing, the programming, the mind fuck.
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| https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2000/11/24/17822.php |
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| https://www.wheniscalendars.com/buy-nothing-day/ |
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| http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2015/11/430980.shtml |
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| http://daysofyear.com/nothing-day/ |
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| https://www.wtvq.com/2012/11/23/national-buy-nothing-day-information-from-adbusters/ |
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| https://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/black-friday-may-be-dying-buy-nothing-day-still-going-strong.html |
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| http://abillionpeople.org/buy-nothing-day/ |
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| http://greenactioncentre.ca/event/buy-nothing-day-2017/ |
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| https://oss.adm.ntu.edu.sg/vchang003/presentation-text-and-transformation/ |
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| https://crooksandliars.com/2018/11/today-buy-nothing-day |
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| http://www.everythingzoomer.com/style/shopping/2018/11/22/buy-nothing-day-antidote-black-friday-consumer-madness/ |
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| http://www.eldiariodelanovia.com/christmas-shopping-magazine/christmas-shopping-magazine-2019-some-call-it-black-friday-i-call-it-buy-nothing-day/ |
I like this share (below), but it's difficult to take seriously an article about activism on a site choked suffocatingly tight with advertisements from corporations flooding my available RAM.
It's part of why I copy the content.
See? Now, it's add free content.
Information wants to be free.
Information will find a way.
and, PIZZA IS HERE FOR YOU.
FROM
https://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-buy-nothing-day-heres-why-some-people-are-observing-this-alternative-to-black-friday-13188407
What Is Buy Nothing Day? Here's Why Some People Are Observing This Alternative To Black Friday
Whether or not you've participated in it, you've definitely seen the reports of people going from being their best selves on Thanksgiving to being their worst selves on Black Friday. This is why some genius person in Canada invented something different. If you're wondering what Buy Nothing Day is, this Black Friday alternative also happens the day after Thanksgiving, but it doesn't involve trampling people to get a deal on a TV. According to a video from TicToc by Bloomberg on Twitter, the anti-shopping day began in Canada 25 years ago to protest mass consumerism, and it quickly spread around the world.Dubbed as a 24-hour shopping detox, the day was also championed by the Occupy movement, and it encourages relaxing over consumption. So, if your mom/sister/grandma/bestie has talked you into hitting the mall on Black Friday, and you'd rather do anything but, just tell them you're celebrating Buy Nothing Day instead. Rather than push people out of the way to get the last pair of 10-cent socks, heat up some leftovers and settle in for a day of Netflix and chill. I've only been Black Friday shopping once when my stepmom dragged me out of bed at 6 a.m. to shop for gaudy gifts that no one wants, let alone needs. That was over 10 years ago and I'm still recovering.
I’m deleting every Black Friday email ad I get. #BuyNothingDay— beth konomoto (@besudesu) November 22, 2018
According to the website Days Of The Year, Buy Nothing Day was founded in Vancouver, Canada, in 1992 by artist Ted Dave. It happens on Black Friday because, "anyone who has ever seen what happens in North America during the Black Friday sales understands all too well why it was high time that we take a step back and look at ourselves, our behavior, and contemplate the meaning of all of the Black Friday madness," the website noted of the day that's now celebrated in 65 countries. On the other hand, staying in on Black Friday is a welcome opportunity to digest your Thanksgiving dinner and get pants drunk or practice some well-deserved hygge.
If staying home is not your jam, Days Of The Year has an alternative that aligns with something that might be: The Walking Dead. "Some organize a so-called 'zombie walk,' during which all of the participating 'zombies' lurch around stores, supermarkets and shopping malls aimlessly, buying nothing, and staring ahead blankly. This is used to raise awareness about Buy Nothing Day, as the 'zombies' will inevitably be asked what they are doing and why, and then can proceed to explain their point of view," the website explained.
The full costs of consumption beyond market prices are hard to determine and hard to see, and they are typically underestimated. The benefits of consumption, by contrast, are immediate and tangible, and they are typically overestimated.— Adbusters (@Adbusters) November 19, 2018
- James Gustave Speth pic.twitter.com/oY9jYNJU0G
I'm all for activism, but heading out to a shopping center for any reason on Black Friday sounds like a punishment. If you still want to do some good to combat consumerism, consider using Buy Nothing Day to start your Giving Tuesday early by donating to victims of the Camp and Woolsey fires in California, or by signing up for the Born This Way Foundation's #MultiplyYourGood challenge. Once you pledge, any time you volunteer or donate to a nonprofit, BTW will match it by performing an act of good for one of its nonprofit partners.
Doing good for others is going to make you feel a whole lot better in the long run than buying stuff just because it's on sale. If you still need to score some gifts on the cheap, wait until Cyber Monday where you can shop from your computer or phone without getting caught up in the madness. While things will surely sell out online, no one is going to run you over with a shopping cart to get the last pair of discounted bluetooth headphones.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1811.23 - 10:10
- Days ago = 1238 days ago
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2211.22 - 10:10
- Days ago = 2699 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2211.22 - 10:10
- Days ago = 2699 days ago
- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.
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