#overconsumerism

[sageandred]

Getting sucked into a Netflix limited series everybody tells you is amazing either ends up a decent original concept with caricature acting and the most predictable and worst twists ever or realistic character-building but ultimately a lackluster ending that leaves you regretful of taking the journey

And then there is that 1 or few Netflix show, nobody talks about that ended up being the greatest masterpieces of of the last decade

[moviemoods]

🎬 Five Easy Pieces (1970)

[kaestralblades]

anyone else feel open sauce hitting non-maker spaces this year & all these interest creators converging (from vtubers to bringus studios/f4mi/dankpods types/evan & katelyn types to swell/strange aeons types to just regular ass vloggers) & tiktok kids readopting ipods & DSes (intentional tech) is an optimistic cultural shift?

linux desktop numbers hitting unprecedented percentages (4%, but still a HUGE deal), vintage digicams making cultural waves, a renewed mainstream focus on indie games as people find their niches, just regular ass people buying 3d printers, younger people making noise about encroaching AI and oversaturation of soul-sucking, overly-monetized media.

hell, i've even seen teenagers playing around with blender commenting on blender tutorial shorts on youtube.

it feels like everyone's finally breaking under the pressure of our current political and technological hellscape, and it's hitting everyone to a degree that everyone's synthesizing into a new creative-oriented metaculture.

there's a surge of frustration happening right now and it's one of the things i'm holding onto right now. a lot of things are very bleak right now, but the trend towards active interest in creation and curiosity over resigning yourself to just dealing with consumption culture is hopeful and exciting.

[k1ssk1ss-b8ngb8ng]

cute little fun fact. you cannot call yourself "alt" or "punk" if you LITERALLY just got EIGHT (yes EIGHT) stanley cups for christmas along with a bunch of other crap. you are literally the core of overconsumption. being alternative and/or punk is not an aesthetic. it's a lifestyle. you cannot just be punk for a week and then just stop. commit to it.

[whe3pingwill0w222]

"i need more clothes"

"I need more makeup"

"I need more [something you actually don't need more of]"

SYBAUUUUU AUGHHH

[awhitewomansinstagram]

“make sure to double cleanse before your toner and retino—“ my sister wake up. years ago we played in the dirt together. there was no hyaluronic acid, just the feeling of something real between your fingers.

[khepiari]

it is certified that occasionally i am a little bit of a bitch. and i have valid reasons to be so.

for example, if pointing out that junk journals should be made of actual junk and useless things found in one's home makes me a bitch, so be it.

buying 300 dollars' worth of supplies to decorate a journal is peak CONSUMERISM, and none can change my mind.

i have been making "journals", "scrapbooks", and "art books"—everything trending under the sun—since i was, like, 7, all for fun with whatever i had in my home. the whole point of any kind of journaling is to make do with your existing resources. hobbies are not meant to dent your purse and make holes in your pockets.

as a kid i had the tendency to decorate my stuff with puffy stickers, glitter pens, newspaper cuttings, magazine glossy papers, and every time i wanted something trendy from stationery shops because they were the new shiny thing my friends had, my mom would remind me that: 'you are creating things to express your interests in certain topic and not making a showpiece for others to be impressed about.'

journaling is first an expression of the personal and then a peephole exhibition to the public. you create for yourself and then show it to the world to show your joy not create for random people first and yourself later. journaling trends, stationery hauls and journal supply unboxing videos has sent me into a state of alarm.

buying 300 dollar washi tapes, 100 dollars' worth of printed colourful papers, another 50 dollar stamps, using golden brass scissors, visiting super expensive restaurants to collect their napkins and bills, and layering on another 250 dollar journal is simply falling into a consumerist trap. you cannot take your disposable income for granted! the economy is crashing, and copying art influencers will put you in debt.

you don't have to journal every day, either! our ordinary lives don't need daily microscopic dissection and diagnosis written and covered in pretty stickers and glitter. yes, everyday life needs to be appreciated, the never-ending thought trails need to be put together, and we need to be in connection with our emotions, and journaling is a meditative method to achieve it all.

but we should remember this: that mediation should be free of materialistic chokehold.

also, i have vented about it before as well, but every day social media gives me new reason to get angry

god i am irritated…

and I found a video to match my anger!

[arts-and-crafts-wizard]

I'm begging people to realize that you simply cannot buy whimsy