Who /anti-consumerism/ here?

Who /anti-consumerism/ here?

>never take out loans or finance tech purchases like iRetards do
>buy only 4-5 year old tech once it's a worthy upgrade of your current tech, usually once every 6-7 years or so, buy only used because those devices have worked a decent amount of time and haven't broken down yet, they have proven already that they can be workhorses
>invest into higher quality yet bargain price items such as older Elitebooks, Thinkpads, older (but not shit) Samsung SSDs, flash drives with lifetime warranties when on uber-sales and the cheapest they've ever been online.
>One iOS device (tablet), one android device (phone), one Windows/Linux device (laptop) as to not have overlap and yet enjyo the best of both worlds.
>Cut soda off completely, drink only water and homebrewed ice tea.
>Never spend more than 200 bucks on tech at any given point unless it's a work investment and will pay itself off within a few months.
>Own only an optimal 8 sets of clothes and 5 pairs of footwear for all of the seasons together, which I combine together.
>For the odd thing or two that I can wait a month for, I'll just order off of ebay and tell the chinks it didn't arrive, which is how I'm repaying the karmic debt to them (or rather they are to me, they just don't know it yet).

I don't feel pressure of any kind when I walk past a huge SALE sign, neither do I feel inclined to even take a look because I know I don't need any of the shit they're trying to peddle.

Feels good, man

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OH MAN YOU'RE SO ENLIGHTENED AND UNIQUE FIGHT THE CORPORATIONS AND FEEL LE BERN

me. havnt bought new tech in almost a decade, apart from some hard drives. people chuck out perfectly find shit, even this Core i5-4440 im on now. for almost nothing you can get a decent smartphone.

I actually prefer being around legit socialists than /r/frugal cunts

I haven't bought any tech since 2009. In my country it's pretty common for employers to buy laptops and mobile phones for their employees.

I have university loans.
I buy recent tech.
I drink soda often.
I pay more than 200 dollars for the recent tech I buy.
I own more than you.
I use Amazon for online purchases.

I do all that stuff only because I'm a poorfag. I would buy all the newest chinese gadgets and mechanical keyboards if I could.

y-yamete!!

Being anti-consumerism for the sake of being anti-consumerism is as much a function of vanity as being a consumerist whore is. Go ahead and be frugal and smart with your money but holy shit don't be so proud of it. Just live your life dog.

I kinda fit the bill
>Just bought 350 € headphones
Well... kinda.

The only "useless crap" i buy are the two cups of coffee at work each day i need to not fall asleep.

tl;dr "I need a hobby and probably need to get laid as well"

baka OP reads reddit

reddit.com/r/minimalism/comments/5xtc0y/advice_i_got_in_the_trap_of_constantly_buying_new/

Fuck the sheeple! I'm so enlightened, unlike the unwashed masses who get cucked into buying Jew shit!

I eat fast food often. I pay for cable. I use Windows 10 and I like it.

Fight the power that will show them! The one who fights, one who is the fighter, and fights will overcome man! Consumerism will be overcome! I love the fighter; the fighter is my love! The love of the fight is my fight!

>Windows 10
You went a little too far there, user.

I only own a phone and a laptop.

Never had to take out a loan in my name but my car still has payments due but the loan is in my dad's name.

I might overdraft my credit card from time to time but I never had to pay interest.

Oh, and I live on Coke zero.

Its true though. Windows 10 is the perfect desktop operating system and nothing can compare to it.

In the end, computers are tools, you should only have as many as you feel necessary to complete whatever jobs or personal work you're trying to do.

There are people with garages of full of precision-machined chrome steel who can't put together a birdhouse, and there are people who could build you a car with an incomplete set of Harbor Freight sockets.
Give meaning to what you own.

i called 2chainz n he said truuu

you may be taking it a little to the extreme, but I agree with you

there is no real need to spend all this money on something if its not going to add utility for you. you're always better off saving it

though consumerism isn't bad, its actually good if other people consume while you don't

I know this is a shit thread, but if I give you a reply will you stop baiting?

kys, fucking commie

>Give meaning to what you own.

No meaning without creation.
No creation without knowlege.
No knowlege without education.
No education without time.
Time is money.
Spending money is consumerism.

>Ted-Kaczynski.jpg

Why the fuck would you buy used SSDs? They're a terrible value because they have a limited number of write cycles so buying used ones just makes it more likely that your drive will fail on you. If you want absolutely cheap storage, get an HDD.

How old are cuz at those rates you've upgraded what twice?

>one student loan before I applied for scholarships and qualified for grants
>recent tech that is on the lower side because I don't need processing power
>ipad mini 3 (a gift), moto g4, toshiba running ubuntu
weird how we match on that, OP. Give me a reason to not get rid of my iPad pls
>Dr. Pepper is the best drink on the planet
>never spend more than $200 on tech
>thrift store clothes + white tees from target == too much shit

Sales don't bother me, either, fwiw

Thats pretty much me expect Amazon. Don't let poorfags (aka GNUtards) let you down.

>5 pairs of shoes
>anti consumerism
Good goy

Communist here.

>Buying everything used
Have fun never knowing what being in the bleeding edge feels like.
I don't disagree with you, some people have no control over money, but there's no reason to horde it. May as well enjoy life while you're living it.

a-are you m-me?

seriously though, the amount of shit I see other people waste their money on is incredible, but, that's what normies do. waste money then cry poverty when they're in so much debt. enjoy your mountain of trash when you're poor while I retire early due to saving/investing.

Not OP but

>1 pair of running shoes
>1 pair of every day (casual) shoes
>1 pair of black shoes to go with a suit
>1 pair of winter shoes (because of fucking snow)
>1 pair of skiing shoes

I just have
1 pair of hiking shoes (that I wear 95% of the time)
1 pair of black shoes (almost never)

My only problem is Chink shit general. I keep buying 1$ shit. Just so I can wait for something in the mail every two weeks.

Buy a decent brown boot and it will cover suit&casual&snow as long as you wear navy or brown suits

And the fact that you own skiing shoes is enough consumerism in itself unless you ski as a means of transport

Just mail yourself shit and pretend to be surprised.

The only thing that pisses me off about reddit is some of them are into minimalism and anti-consumerism because they wear it as a fashion symbol, but yet they continue to do the very thing they claim not to

pic related, look at this jackass. buyitforlife is admittedly different from /r/minimalism and /r/anticonsumption, but it still is related.

>buying a rolex
>not consumerist

anyways, I am genuinely a minimalist. I can give you guys some links if you're interested - I made over $2,000 by selling most of my things

the goal isn't to look like a fuckretarded modern day ascetic who is attention whoring, but it is to only have what is useful and valuable to you in your life. were you to come into my house, it would not look any different except that you would note that it is tidy - what do i not have? all the hidden bullshit such as stuff under my bed, excessively full closets, etc

i have finally hit a point where with the exception of furniture, i could actually fit everything i own into a single car

That would be even more sad than this.

It doesn't fucking matter.

We won't be able to afford shit for much longer anyways...

>I can fit everything I own in a single car
>americans believe this is anti consumerist
I can and have before carried everything I own

>We won't be able to afford shit for much longer anyways..

Truth

>And the fact that you own skiing shoes is enough consumerism in itself unless you ski as a means of transport
I ski in the mountains in winter the same reason I go hiking in the summer, to keep healthy and fit and to spend the weekend outdoors.

it is anti consumerist, you just chose to go with /r/onebag, which is admirable, but still impractical

do you have any tools?
do you play an instrument?
do you even have a job, or are you a student where you have limited needs?
do you cook for yourself?

don't be ridiculous user, that isn't practical for everyone.

>national debt is in any way related to consumer spending power
Full retard. If anything, Trump putting a 45% tariff on everything will reduce our spending power way more than the national debt.

I carry 4 bags. Dont be a limp wristed fag.

I used an ancient computer for 12 years. Built a new PC last year. I think buying used tech is generally pretty iffy as you don`t really know what was done with it before and pretty much all tech depreciates like cheese. Anything mechanical can be used even if its 20, or 30 years old depending on the condition, such as cars, but try using a 20 year old computer to do anything productive.

Also dumbphone master race.

Yet there are tons of healthy fit people who dont do any of those. I'd recommend swimming or running but youd probably find a bunch of useless crap to buy for those activities.

The deficit fell under Obama, and Republicans had full or partial control of Congress, which has the power of the purse, for most of Obama's presidency.

But I'm sure you understand things on a higher level than "le nigger = bad XDDD"

Everything is fine except
>soda
Disgusting desu, drink tea instead.

>I have university loans.
Le free uni because of dual citizenship (the other country doesn't let you renounce it so the US says it's OK) and I'm going back to the US when I'm done so it's not like I have to pay the taxes as an adult or anything. And I'm a walking passport so even my overweight ugly self gets tons of 3DPD. :^)

>I buy recent tech.
You can get objectively more powerful tech for the same money if you buy lightly used. I still buy a ton of new shit, but sometimes it makes sense to buy that $200 i5 Elitebook with the nice metal body and a SSD from Ebay.

>I drink soda often.
But user soda is bad for you. Only time I ever drink it is occasionally as a mixer with alcohol.

>I pay more than 200 dollars for the recent tech I buy.
Nothing that came out recently costs less than $200 unless you're talking chink shit (which is bretty gud if you know what you're doing).


>I own more than you.
The amount of things you own has been empirically proven to be a bad metric for overall life quality. It does help, but if that's all you're riding on then chances are you're a very sad person.

>I use Amazon for online purchases.
>supporting the botnet

This is the board of xD give it back Jamal kek pajeet kek, I don't know what you would expect other than "le nigger = bad XDDD"

>Yet there are tons of healthy fit people who dont do any of those
So?

>I'd recommend swimming
Costs money unless I swim in the ocean, which I can only do in June through August

>or running
I do this in the summer after work, but I prefer hiking. We have half a meter snow from late-october to mid-may so it's hardly something I can do all year.

>his government doesnt provide him with parks with cleaned running tracks and public closed pools

Public pools cost money here, I'd have to pay 120 NOK to go swimming for a couple of hours which is obviously going to be expensive in the long run.

As for running tracks, no, they don't bother with that as they turn running tracks into skating ice in the winter.

>5 sets of shoes
>Anti consumer
Lmfao fuck off

I like buying new tech. It's fun to play with stuff that you haven't played with earlier.

However, it's a pretty American mindset to think that you need to always be buying the latest things and taking debt for them.

I don't have a credit card, since I don't like the idea of buying shit you can't afford. The only thing that I currently think of paying with debt is my first apartment.

I only upgrade my tech when something breaks and the upgrade is the same price as what I had before. Other than that, it's not worth it. Just remember all the people who spent 1000s of dollars on computers in the 90s, just for them to be obsolete and significantly cheaper a few years later.

I eat my cum to save money on food because it is full of protein. Why dispose of it?

Also, my Hindu parents told me masturbation was bad because it depletes your life force, so I figured eating my semen was a way to get around that.

Damn I bet you think you're so smart man. I wish I could be like you.

That's not anti-consumerism user, that's just common sense. A rarity these days.

I don't see the problem in buying stuff you need, but if commercials were outlawed tomorrow, I would probably celebrate it, advertisements doesn't provide any value, they prey on the weak and is a waste of time to the rest.
And by advertisement, I don't mean the 50's advertisement where you put a shiny label on your product or hang a sign outside the store, but modern advertisement where you constantly interrupt people to tell them about a product they don't care about.
If I had the ability to save the life of one person among a group of pedophiles, murderous, drug dealers and admen, I would make sure all the admen stayed behind to meet their demise.

But I don't mind all aspects of consumerism.
Loans make sense if you are investing in something you need but cannot afford to save up for, like a house or an apartment.
I prefer to pay for things right away, even expensive stuff like a car or a computer etc.
If I can't afford it, I can wait for these things.

Rolex is a non-profit organization so it isn't consumerism.

I'm terrible with money
I have no self control.

What do i do? What do i read/watch?

>I don't feel pressure of any kind when I walk past a huge SALE sign, neither do I feel inclined to even take a look because I know I don't need any of the shit they're trying to peddle.
Neither do most of us, and we don't have to put on a mask and act like a deluded pretentious piece of shit to do it. If I see something nice that I like and feel will make my life better, I will use my money that I earned to acquire it, it's simple as that.

>>Never spend more than 200 bucks on tech at any given point unless it's a work investment and will pay itself off within a few months.
Only a retard would use "invest" and technology in the same sentence. Get your heads out of your asses.

Is buying expensive tools for work you need to do, which just so happen to be technology-related tools really unfathomable for you?

A 5K iMac for a professional graphical designer, who's been working on a 1600x1200 IBM monitor and a 2008 Desktop for close to 10 years now might see some benefits in upgrading to an expensive device like that in terms of workflow and productivity.

>Never spend more than 200 bucks on tech at any given point unless it's a work investment and will pay itself off within a few months.
lmao poorfag detected.

>I own more than you
No, you don't. You don't own anything. You own negative things. You are in debt. You use other people's things as long as you pay them off.

> Has a long shower

>Posts to Sup Forums about being a poorfag

>Claims no company claims him

>has Brandnames littered throughout post

>Glorifying having no money


Could just get a job and stop being an elitist prick because you cant afford to conform


kek

> spending more than $200 on useless toys
That's poorfag way.

(You)

I'm not a commie but I cannot stand consumerism culture.


So sad that it's rampant today. I wish I could firebomb most of the US.

YOUR SO COOL MAN!!!! HOW DID YOU GET TO BE SO COOOOOOOOL!!!!???

I just bought YET ANOTHER really slick looking Chinese ana-digi watch because the two others I ordered last week have yet to arrive from the world's factory. I spend like 10 bucks a piece for these buggers and I've got 15 already and a few are from around 6 months ago when I really didn't know what I was looking for, or what's out there. Now I have a specific set of requirements for what my watches must be able to tell me, namely the day and date without having to push any buttons.
I originally got this bug from /wt/ which made me ponder the thought of getting something to wear for my cable-guy crawlspace / attic job I had at the time, you know, when your hands are full of tools and shit and you just want to check the time.

Now it's just that little emotional kick I get from acquiring these little gadgets in the mail that have all these cool dials and digits and shit.

But yeah, other than that I won't be caught dead spending over 100 bucks on any smartphone, 200 for a laptop which I immediately install Linux on.

>For the odd thing or two that I can wait a month for, I'll just order off of ebay and tell the chinks it didn't arrive, which is how I'm repaying the karmic debt to them (or rather they are to me, they just don't know it yet).
But stealing is wrong.

I don't feel the need to constantly buy shit and upgrade, but I don't take it to the hipsterish levels that you do. I don't buy tech often, but when I do I buy new. (Usually. Occasionally I'll buy used from a friend or relative when they upgrade.) I also don't set any arbitrary spending limits.

Being anti consumerist is another way to be rich, seriously. It feels good to have money in the bank at all times

Why do you want our validation? Why do you care what a bunch of random internet strangers think of you?

I don't bother buying new computers because the upgrades for the past decade (laptops/PCs) or five years (phones) have been insignificant if you're not a huge gaymer or doing "real work", as in, time-critical computations, as in, "have that shit rendered by 12 or you're fired and we're getting a new IT manager"

I actually have two laptops, one from 2006 (broken hinge, home server now) and the other from 2013. They're equally practical even for heavy web browsing in chrome and using fucking photoshop, but really high resolution work, rendering, and video games kill them. When will I need to buy a new laptop? Probably never because 8 hours of battery life is more than enough.

The only reason to buy say, a new phone, at this point, is because of changing network standards. You'll get the latest OS anyways, even if you have android and will have to fuck around with a million hide-my-root options so you can still play pic related

Found the debt-chocked iphone babby

People who always need the newest shit never actually enjoy what they have. You can still get a lot of use/entertainment out of older obsolete hardware. You don't need an i7 and 1080 to do much of anything except play the newest games which are undeniably not even as fun as lots of older stuff.

Nah. I like having things, especially new things. I just stick to buying things only if it's replacing something that's ready to be replaced. I don't go into debt since this doesn't happen that often (I don't replace things every year, more like every 3 to 5 years), and I make enough money that it's not a big deal to drop $1000+ on a gadget.

Why exactly consuming is bad?

Consuming is not bad. Unnecessary (and often compulsive) consumption that is driven by marketing instead of personal needs is bad.

nytimes.com/2016/07/31/magazine/the-oppressive-gospel-of-minimalism.html?_r=0

Check your privilege.

I'm basically the same, except I don't use iOS or Windows. Buying new tech is a meme. Used or refurbished is always the way to go. My newest devices are a Nexus 5 and a 2011 MBP. Feels great to live within my means and not be in debt.

>that Normie face when I use my ThinkPad T400

I buy cheap shit when expensive shit isn't worth it and I buy expensive shit when the cheap shit isn't good enough.

A guy who always needs to buy the newest most expensive things, or a cheapskate who won't spend more than 200 dollars on anything, either asshole is tasteless and ignorant of the real value of things.

all looks sensible/moderate to me, not any kind of extreme like "anti-consumerism"

not that i can call myself a normal person

Last month I ate a toast and thought that it's pretty damn tasty. So I've bought a toaster, and after a week stopped using it because I was too fed up with toasts. Is this consumerism?

this

OP is completely normal, and most likely will never get a wife

>desu

sou da

I generally feel disgust and despair when I look at what the human species is, and could be called "anti-consumerism", but not in the moronic way you're describing.

This is just more false flag, tribalism fanning, divide and conquer bullshit. I wish it would go and stay gone, and I wish it didn't work so well. People are hedonist herd animals, and crowd psychology works. It just werks.

That sounds like a plus. A couple of big expenses out.

>I don't drink soda and only buy used consumer electronics!
>MOM LOOK HOW ANTI-CONSUMERIST I AM

kek

You're like the "I only eat meat four times a week" vegans.

You're one of those distribute-the-wealth fags who want to live the lifestyle of rich people. Fucking hypocrite.

No, he's just saying OP is even worse than these cunts.

It feels wonderful for a short time then you get bored of it. You buy new tech to give yourself another hit of dopamine.

How is he worst when his actions aren't affecting other people? Socialists want everyone to spend money in the way they want them to.