r/Anticonsumption • u/penny-fed-car • Jun 25 '24
Tell me your most boring methods of avoiding consumption Discussion
As the title says I want you comment your most boring, mundane, unimpressive, absolutely not worth posting, methods of avoiding buying shit.
The key to our survival as a species has always been our ability to communicate and share knowledge. In the age of the pending apocalypse, every corner of the internet is packed with content telling us to consume.
The problem is that talking about how to make things we use everyday seems so rare, especially online. I think it's because the topic is seen as boring, compared to other posts that elicit an emotional response, so no one bothers. But in some ways not consuming is the only way we have of protesting the system, and we need to collectively share our methods of doing so - no matter how boring.
I'll start. I was going to buy salt water hairspray, but then my inner cheapskate didn't want to pay for it. The result was this me using this recipe; 1 cup water, 1 tbsp sea salt, 1 tsp aloe vera. I then put it in a super old spray bottle I never use and was considering getting rid of. That's it. I spent $0.
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u/kellyoohh Jun 25 '24
I love my refill store so much