Unconscious consumption in general. People are pouring crazy amounts of money into plastic garbage, “collectibles”, general useless and unnecessary junk, lifestyle products etc. Then they defend it with a flippant “lol intrusive thoughts won UwU”. I wouldn’t even mind so much if it wasn’t too often the case that these same people also complain about environmental issues and capitalism.
“but but i’m a magpie, I’m a loot goblin” is just normalizing the behavior, trying to make it cute. It’s not. You’re very directly contributing to the increasing waste problem in the world and giving money to megacorps (think plastic production in particular). If you absolutely must do this, find products made of natural materials, produced by real people. Yes, it’ll cost more. Yes, that’s the real price of your obsession.
Yeah, I see a lot of people appropriate neurodivergent lingo to justify it. Being autistic doesn’t mean your life literally depends on owning every figure of your favorite anime.
Fast fashion.
Unconscious consumption in general. People are pouring crazy amounts of money into plastic garbage, “collectibles”, general useless and unnecessary junk, lifestyle products etc. Then they defend it with a flippant “lol intrusive thoughts won UwU”. I wouldn’t even mind so much if it wasn’t too often the case that these same people also complain about environmental issues and capitalism.
“but but i’m a magpie, I’m a loot goblin” is just normalizing the behavior, trying to make it cute. It’s not. You’re very directly contributing to the increasing waste problem in the world and giving money to megacorps (think plastic production in particular). If you absolutely must do this, find products made of natural materials, produced by real people. Yes, it’ll cost more. Yes, that’s the real price of your obsession.
Yeah, I see a lot of people appropriate neurodivergent lingo to justify it. Being autistic doesn’t mean your life literally depends on owning every figure of your favorite anime.
Wat?
“OCD made me buy the set.”
“Intrusive thoughts won.”
“Didn’t have enough spoons to resist an impulse.”
“Something something ADHD something something ooh shiny thrinket”
“Me spending another 10dollars on useless junk for a drop of serotonin”
Oh yeah those are terrible