How do you feel about consumerism? A poll.

what the hell is consumerism
buyin shit?


Smoking pot leads to uhh... I forget.

No, we should all stop trying to acquire as much as we can. We are stuck in the paradyme that Amount that One Has= Status.
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'If I were to dress up like an animal, I would fuck what I was' - DP

NO

'Victory? We're French, we don't even have a word for it.'

Beer is my copilot.

i only buy things i need. weed, skiis, skates, beer, season pass. after i have those kind of things, money is expendable
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consumerism is bull shit
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i'm a bit torn on this one, i am against consmerism in principle but if there was no consumerism there would be no ski companies and therefore no sponsorship for me
~Get a haircut and get a real job~

No.

Need a vacation? No.

Yes and no, more no.



'Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music.' -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

isn't skiing a sport of the rich.



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Fashion is for loosers
Stop following Hype

I can stand it to a certain degree. It's way too out of wack in the suburbs in the states. I like the degree it is in east van, Canada. BUt consumerism isn't exactly the greatest thing in the world.


I don’t care what any fire victim says. where the hell would we be without fire? we'd be worse off than Mormons!!! - my friend dominique while bored in class.

I'm gonna quope a song here, and this will show everyone my viewpoint on consumerism.

Don't trust them as far as you can throw them
'Cause as strong as you may be you won't be able to move them an inch
But you don't have to believe me go ahead and be the corporate stooge
that they trained you to be and...
THEN YOU'LL SEE WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR LOYALTY!

They call it 'down sizing' but that's just a backhanded saying
For the phrase:
'We're gonna screw you, till you're down on your knees...
And you better not try to complain 'cause there's another
Hundred stiffs like you, all who'd plead...I'D KISS YOUR ASS JUST FOR A CHANCE
TO BE A WHORE TO YOUR COMPANY!!!'

You see it every day, everywhere, on the t.v. screen
Each time a different face or family, but it's always the same
'We worked here all our lives, gave them everything we had and now
they say they're gonna move the factory, to a third world country where
the labor is cheap.'

But the fact my friend that you don't see
Is the money you spend on the goods they make
Supports their methods of abuse on the third world scene
And in your very own backyard, yes your country

So I won't be the consumer that they want me to be
Because the goods I own, aren't going to set me free
So I won't buy that crap, they want to sell me
Because the goods I own, won't set anyone free
~The Consumers Song
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i personally like economy, i know that wasn't the question, but you're making everything a little bit extreme. there has to be a happy medium, no?

Being a business student, and soon to be a Marketing major, I think I have to say I like consumeritsm. It decreases umemployment, and creates a stable economy. Also I like having stuff. My computer, my speakers and sub-woofer, my suveniers from Disney Land.... Granted, my giant Mickey hands just sit there, but when I look at them I get emotional memories. Having stuff makes me feel like an individual.
I have to agreee with Coz, when he says it's easy to just look at one side of it and blow it out of proportion.
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'That's my cancer wishing face' - yellowsnow4U wishing cancer upon the server that kept us away from NS

If you're asking if I like consumerism then I say yes. If you're asking if I like the problem of mass consumption then I say yes and no. Places like BJ's and Costco and other wholesale stores are good for certain things (i.e. things that don't go bad, stuff you need anyway like soap and shampoo)but it persuades people to buy more than they need and further depletes our resources. Has anyone ever finished one of those 20 pound tubs of mayonnaise?


I like my chicks like my whips, topless

How do you feel about the mindless loyality to a logo. Since when did corperation define who we are as a person?

Need a vacation? No.

yo, tak.. i think u need to relax a little bit. we can't all live in potato sacks.

no...that's why i only buy stolen shit
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The only real drug problem is scoring real good drugs.

To answer your mindless loyalty question, there are people who are to dumb to think for themselves and there are people who follow others to be cool no matter what you talk about (music, clothes, sports, etc.). Die hard support for a brand because you really like the product they put out is a great thing.


I like my chicks like my whips, topless

Yeah, but how good is Tommy Hillfinger clothing? I'll all for Line vs. Salomon, but we have some of the powerful nations in the world, whose people are tools of a company (Hillfinger is a convient example). There's a little 'M' in everyone!?! WHATTHEFUCKISTHAT!?! That makes me what to puke, the idea, that we're so far into comsumerism, that corporations are winning our hearts by apealing to parental instincts. We should have more in common than a liking of the same brand, or the love for an advertising campiagn. Some may say that whatever brings people together is a good thing, but I have several examples of this I'd rather not use. When the shallow promises of capiatalism washes away, where will be left then? Laughing together at to public sevice annoucment telling us were to pick up our potato sacks beacause our resouces our depleted and our goverment has grown even more powerful. I belive that individual thought and opinion are more powerful than liking of tool of economic Darwinism. Through education, maybe, we can show people that shoping is a superfical way to fill an empty life, and maybe, they'll get outside the plastic malls, the perfect suburbs and dare to be themselves, in the real world.


Need a vacation? No.

I only think you should buy what you need. Skis, a home (tent, apartment, VW bus or house), clothing and some things like food and other essiantials. It ok to buy luxury items once in a while your own pleasure but there is an epidemic in western society that more is better. People dont care what they have as long as they have a lot and the best stuff out there. If you need it its fine to buy it but if you just want it for status then its bullshit~!
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Andrew

Hey sweet thang, may I offer you a fish sandwich?
-Leon Phelps a.k.a. The Ladies Man

... u definitely need to go on a sabbaticle.

'we work jobs we hate to buy shit we don't need' -fightclub so buy what you need, burn what you don't, or fo whatever the fuck you want to do. hopefully we can all sell out morally.

pick your fav. star
a dime a dozen for your fav. song
when everybodys selling out,
everybody can't be wrong




See no evil, here no evil, speak no evil, do no evil...I see more than i should, hear what i shouldn't, say more than they'd like....and i'll do just about anyting you ask.

I'm kinda drunk right now, so this might not make a lot of sense, but, how many of you guys have ski poles? I think you should all get rid of them, because you can have just as much fun skiing without them.
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'That's my cancer wishing face' - yellowsnow4U wishing cancer upon the server that kept us away from NS

sweetcoz, I just came back from a sabbaicle (sp?). Read the history of NS.com part 2.

And Rebel... THPTHBT! But, I like ski companies.
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