This shopping season basically clenched it - Amazon sucks.

It used to be useful for finding certain things. Then it seemed to abuse vendors more and more, so I began to use it more as a search engine to discover vendors which I would then contact directly on their own websites, and purchase there. At this point, the "Temu effect" has kicked in on Amazon and most of the vendors are Chinese knock-offs and rip-offs of other products - and the search results are limited to the same crap over and over. Enshittification indeed.

At this point I only keep Amazon because a few vendors whose consumable products I like are *only* available via Amazon - in fact the vendor website links to their Amazon store instead of their own warehouse - so I still make use of it. But that's it. Ugh as in ugly.

#consumerism #amazon #enshittification

This shopping season basically clenched it - Amazon sucks.

It used to be useful for finding certain things. Then it seemed to abuse vendors more and more, so I began to use it more as a search engine to discover vendors which I would then contact directly on their own websites, and purchase there. At this point, the "Temu effect" has kicked in on Amazon and most of the vendors are Chinese knock-offs and rip-offs of other products - and the search results are limited to the same crap over and over. Enshittification indeed.

At this point I only keep Amazon because a few vendors whose consumable products I like are *only* available via Amazon - in fact the vendor website links to their Amazon store instead of their own warehouse - so I still make use of it. But that's it. Ugh as in ugly.

#consumerism #amazon #enshittification

Tomorrow is Black Friday. Here's the cartoon I did last year. I'll share a new one tomorrow (with a similar point, but a new visual :)

#BlackFriday #climatecrisis #consumerism

RE: https://mastodon.social/@greenpeace/115650407839633653

since re-booting my #sewing life, i’ve learned how insidious the #petromafia is in #fashion with #polyesters.

when we made our clothes, we learned fabrics #tech. #globalization for #consumerism killed that knowledge.

most people don’t know polyesters don’t burn, they melt ―and that will kill you in a fire.

you know what’s the least flammable fiber? sheep wool.

no wonder Italy’s military uniforms are sewn in the finest of EU wools ―industries historically protected from capitalist predation

Black Friday. Cartoon for Trouw.

#BlackFriday #consumerism #exploitation #sweatshops

Great NYT video story about a little piece of technology that has delivered enormous benefits to consumers — and is in danger of disappearing. It’s called the price tag. Yes, the price tag.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/opinion/dynamic-pricing-algorithms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4k8.WMRb.dmQekahP8Nvj&smid=url-share #giftarticle #consumerism #Blackfriday

Black Friday. Cartoon for Trouw.

#BlackFriday #consumerism #exploitation #sweatshops

Tomorrow is Black Friday. Here's the cartoon I did last year. I'll share a new one tomorrow (with a similar point, but a new visual :)

#BlackFriday #climatecrisis #consumerism

Wow. I have not received a single black Friday promo Email this year. Haven't read any "news" articles about black Friday.

I don't know when black Friday is and I couldn't be less interested in knowing.

I must be doing something right in this personal escape from capitalism I'm doing, step by step.

Now, if only Christmas would be as easy to ignore. 🥲

#blackFriday #christmas #capitalism #consumerism #fuckAmazon

Wow. I have not received a single black Friday promo Email this year. Haven't read any "news" articles about black Friday.

I don't know when black Friday is and I couldn't be less interested in knowing.

I must be doing something right in this personal escape from capitalism I'm doing, step by step.

Now, if only Christmas would be as easy to ignore. 🥲

#blackFriday #christmas #capitalism #consumerism #fuckAmazon

I don't need any Christmas gifts! I have too much stuff! I'm drowning!

The greatest gift I could get would be a holiday where family and friends come to your home and each unburdens you of one item that's just gathering dust. Just take it away from me! Donate it to charity without me having to make the decision. What a load off my shoulders!

I think this is what we all need.

An antichristmas, if you will.

#christmas #consumerism #OverConsumption #burden #MountainsOfThings

I don't need any Christmas gifts! I have too much stuff! I'm drowning!

The greatest gift I could get would be a holiday where family and friends come to your home and each unburdens you of one item that's just gathering dust. Just take it away from me! Donate it to charity without me having to make the decision. What a load off my shoulders!

I think this is what we all need.

An antichristmas, if you will.

#christmas #consumerism #OverConsumption #burden #MountainsOfThings

I'm bleeding right now because of capitalism.

Let me explain one by one:
* capitalism produces shitty products that have to be replaced regularly
* they send them in oversized cardboard boxes to be able to add more plastic around the product
* the cardboard box is more durable than the product
* i have more than once been yelled at by neighbors for putting boxes in the wastepaper bin without making them smaller first (usually they were filled with wastepaper, but the neighbors didn't see that)
* if capitalism didn't produce so much garbage, or there was enough money for a more frequent garbage collection, the neighbors wouldn't be stingy about space in the bin
* but capitalism wants us to be angry and miserable
* to avoid getting yelled at again I just tried to crunch a very big, very sturdy box
* I stepped on it
* the box didn't give in
* i slipped
* fell
* and hit my head
* hard

Die capitalism, die!

#capitalism #consumption #PlannedObsolescence #PlasticPollution #PlasticIndustry #EWaste #hate #consumerism #AddingInsultToInjury #CompostTheRich #EndCapitalism

Group 1: "All these instructions on the internet say I need a computer or sometimes even two; who has that kind of money?"

Group 2: "I have sixteen fully operational laptop computers that I fished out of a dumpster that desperately need a good home, but no one will take them, so they're cluttering up my apartment."

It feels like some problems would be solved if these two groups could talk to each other, but somehow it never seems to work that way : (

#freecycling #consumerism #capitalism

I'm bleeding right now because of capitalism.

Let me explain one by one:
* capitalism produces shitty products that have to be replaced regularly
* they send them in oversized cardboard boxes to be able to add more plastic around the product
* the cardboard box is more durable than the product
* i have more than once been yelled at by neighbors for putting boxes in the wastepaper bin without making them smaller first (usually they were filled with wastepaper, but the neighbors didn't see that)
* if capitalism didn't produce so much garbage, or there was enough money for a more frequent garbage collection, the neighbors wouldn't be stingy about space in the bin
* but capitalism wants us to be angry and miserable
* to avoid getting yelled at again I just tried to crunch a very big, very sturdy box
* I stepped on it
* the box didn't give in
* i slipped
* fell
* and hit my head
* hard

Die capitalism, die!

#capitalism #consumption #PlannedObsolescence #PlasticPollution #PlasticIndustry #EWaste #hate #consumerism #AddingInsultToInjury #CompostTheRich #EndCapitalism

GUIDE: How to Start a #ToolLibrary

#SyracuseUniversity - Institute for #Sustainability Engagement
October 29, 2025

" #Libraries can offer a lot more than just books. Whether it’s a #SewingKit or a step ladder, tool libraries can provide #SustainableSolutions for communities to complete their personal projects in a way that promotes #reuse, discourages needless #consumerism, and saves people money.

"The Institute for Sustainability Engagement ( #ISE) has prepared a printable 10-step guide to help anyone get started implementing a tool library in their community. This guide stems from ISE’s role in helping develop a tool lending library in #KeesevilleNY..."

Read more (includes Resource Guide):
https://sustainabilityengagement.syracuse.edu/guide-how-to-start-a-tool-library/

#SolarPunkSunday #SharingEconomy #ToolLendingLibraries #LibraryOfThings