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Comment by bigmadshoe

2 months ago

Is it consumerism to walk around the beach collecting pretty rocks to go home and put them on a shelf?

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Alconicon  2 months ago

A rock is not a consumer good, so no.

And a rock is unique, nice to look at, did not cost you anything and kind of an appreciation of nature.

Enjoy your rock! (i'm sincere)

  • bigmadshoe  2 months ago

    Naturally since people are buying things, technically they are consuming.

    I mean that collecting a relatively small number of durable and visually pleasing objects isn't really the worst flavor of consumerism, even if it seems pointless to some people.

    I agree we have a massive problem with over-consumption (most glaringly with things like fast fashion), but I'm not sure record collectors are a big problem.