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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:24 AM Original message |
My new pet peeve: Rampant, Mindless Consumerism/Materialism |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. And it's mostly crap they're buying |
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StClone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Walmart downs forecast for Xmas '04 |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. yes |
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SmartBomb (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. The American Zombie effect |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Hi SmartBomb!! |
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SmartBomb (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Hi and thanks! n/t |
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sariku (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. I saw an article in september.... |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Be prepared to be peeved a lot! |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. the ridiculous rising household debt |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
8. My peeve is how the media is pushing it |
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GR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Yes, This Is Part Of The Narrative To Make You Feel Left Out If You |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
26. On Friday, I saw an interview with two women who said they had just . . . |
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GR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
9. They Are Fed By A "News Media Narrative" That Revels In Crazed Shoppers |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Hey more of the sheep went shopping Friday than voted!! n/t |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. THAT is particularly scary, eh? |
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cmf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. Me, too. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
14. DU has a group for y'all of us |
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oc2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. You should rent the movie THX 1138, a George Lucas film... |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. actually, i've seen that movie. it was pretty freaky. nt |
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KayLaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's disgusting |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
17. Welcome aboard. |
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IrateCitizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. Welcome to the club! |
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wiggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. 20 years from now.... |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. I hope you're right! |
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UdoKier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. Must...have...beanie...babies....uhhh... |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
23. So |
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UpsideDownFlag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. consume, conform, obey, |
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digno dave (992 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
24. half the stuff bought will wind up in a landfill in a year's time |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 05:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. and... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's because they have no interior life... |
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EnfantTerrible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. I've just posted this list |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-29-04 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. i absolutely HATE this time of year |
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Sugarbleus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I've been fed up since a couple years already.. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-30-04 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
34. I bicycled to the beach on Friday and found nary a gridlock... |
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