Buy Nothing Day

paulpaul
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
November 29th



<a href="http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/bnd/"; target="_blank"></a>



Who knows about this?



does anyone here support it?







[ 11-15-2002: Message edited by: Paul ]</p>
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  • Reply 1 of 33
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    I know about that day .. heard about it some years ago!!



    Great.. but i celebrate it far more often!! Like when the wallet is simply empty.. so i extend it to a buy nothing-week!!



    I guess it is an attempt to remember that the world is not only commercial and we are not only what we buy.



    So, i celebrate it.. when i feel like or when i have to.. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 2 of 33
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    I don't see the interest of these day. Dont buy anything these day and buy twice the next day.

    perhaps these day i will not buy anything, but it will be only hazard and it will mean nothing.

    Buying is not everything in life, but these day is clueless.

    We have also in France (under the previous governement) a day without car. It was stupid and solve nothing. Just bring troubles to people who tried to go to work.
  • Reply 3 of 33
    _ alliance __ alliance _ Posts: 2,070member
    sounds like "no alcohol in college day"

    brilliant...
  • Reply 4 of 33
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Uhh... and the point of this would be what?



    "Down with the capitolist pigs!"
  • Reply 5 of 33
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    The point? That buying or owing is not the only level of your existence. You can exist even when you don't buy, have or own... <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 6 of 33
    bellebelle Posts: 1,574member
    Yay capitalism! I love spending money. Is that so wrong?

    [quote]Originally posted by Mulattabianca:

    <strong>The point? That buying or owing is not the only level of your existence. You can exist even when you don't buy, have or own...</strong><hr></blockquote>

    So, by not buying anything on one day of the year, you prove that you don't rely on capitalism and consumerism? Putting off your Christmas shopping until November 30 proves nothing.



    [ 11-15-2002: Message edited by: Belle ]</p>
  • Reply 7 of 33
    _ alliance __ alliance _ Posts: 2,070member
    i am blatantly honest that i am a consumer whore. the only thing that stops me from buying more dvds and cds is that i already bought so much, and now i have an empty bank account. sorry guys, no christmas presents for you this year...
  • Reply 8 of 33
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    [quote]Originally posted by Brad:

    <strong>Uhh... and the point of this would be what?



    "Down with the capitolist pigs!" </strong><hr></blockquote>



    <a href="http://adbusters.org/abtv/movies/uncommercials/buy_nothing_day/BuyNothingDay_160.mov"; target="_blank">pigs?</a>



    [ 11-15-2002: Message edited by: Paul ]</p>
  • Reply 9 of 33
    ibrowseibrowse Posts: 1,749member
    Sounds like a good idea, but I honestly think it will have little impact. The thing is that these types of actions, most people don't take seriously enough to partake in. I'll support it though, I'm used to doing things like this that I won't ever see any results from; Vegetarian, Registered Green Party, Member of Anti-Racist-Action, War Resisters League. Meh...
  • Reply 10 of 33
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    [quote]Originally posted by Belle:

    <strong>So, by not buying anything on one day of the year, you prove that you don't rely on capitalism and consumerism? Putting off your Christmas shopping until November 30 proves nothing. </strong><hr></blockquote>



    True, one day is nothing. Have a wallet with no money and you will have a buy nothing week or month... i prefer celebrating buy nothng-moth in december.. = save the nerves from christmas shopping..
  • Reply 11 of 33
    brussellbrussell Posts: 9,812member
    Isn't that the biggest shopping day of the year? You'd think they would pick some other day so they don't set themselves up for such a defeat. It's like declaring "don't watch football day" on the day of the superbowl.
  • Reply 12 of 33
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    This ain't gonna help the economy one bit <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />
  • Reply 13 of 33
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    Coming from Ojai(full of Hippies) I am very well aware of Buy nothing day(which just ended 25 minutes ago) I didn't buy anything all day....In fact I didn't buy anything all week...in fact the last thing I bought was the beginning of last week.



    but thats not the point.

    nov. 29th is the biggest shopping day of the year, thats why buy nothing day is on the 29th.

    the purpose is more to get the message of overconsumption and materialism out to the masses, by making a potent stand on the biggest shopping day of the year the originators(and practicers) hope to let those who go to malls and have shopping sprees know that there is more to life than buying things.....or at least I think thats whats up



    nov.29th isn't the biggest shopping day by chance...it was designed to be, notice how all the best sales happen on the 29th and are only valid for that one day? advertisements telling people to buy their holiday gifts early...its not an accident.
  • Reply 14 of 33
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    [quote]Originally posted by Paul:

    <strong>



    <a href="http://adbusters.org/abtv/movies/uncommercials/buy_nothing_day/BuyNothingDay_160.mov"; target="_blank">pigs?</a>



    [ 11-15-2002: Message edited by: Paul ]</strong><hr></blockquote>



    "The average North American consumes five times more than a Mexican!"



    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    The sentence above isn't necessarily false, but it's damned funny. It's stylistically retarded.



    The average retard...



    Oh, and I love my capitalist amenities!



    [ 11-30-2002: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>
  • Reply 15 of 33
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    Ok i didn't buy anything ...
  • Reply 16 of 33
    bellebelle Posts: 1,574member
    I did. Gas, groceries, a Metrocard, movie tickets, gift wrapping paper and ribbon, card, and a couple of books.



    I consume.
  • Reply 17 of 33
    spaceman_spiffspaceman_spiff Posts: 1,242member
    I didn't buy anything either. But that wasn't because I was supporting this "cause". I just hate crowds. Also, I had to attend a funeral yesterday morning.
  • Reply 18 of 33
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    I bought one bottle of orangina (sp?) a bag of chips and a couple of six-packs....and a tank of gas... so of course, i was driving so i didn't get to drink <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />



    other then that, i didnt buy anything
  • Reply 19 of 33
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    And gas is probably the worst of them all. Good going.



    The parking structure near the Palo Alto Apple Store was sidewalk chalked all over. Every "Small Car" parking space had "still pollutes" in chalked on it. Oh, and the comparison of consumers to Nazis was a nice touch.



    [ 11-30-2002: Message edited by: Eugene ]</p>
  • Reply 20 of 33
    immanuel goldsteinimmanuel goldstein Posts: 708member
    My earnings are adequate, and my consumption less than average, so when I do buy a product, I don't mind paying a little extra, like for that rather recent Powermac I'm typing on.

    While my own lifestyle is quite frugal and I find the contemporary frantic sought of acquisition and possession rather futile, if others feel it suits them it's fine by me.

    I find that whole anti-consumerist activism as misplaced as consumerist frenzy itself, just as obesity and diet-craze are symptoms of the obsession with food in prosperous societies enjoying abundance.

    But here again, if that suits you, it's fine be me.
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