Anarchism News15h ago
Dark Nights: **War Against the Information Age: A Future of Mass Social Control – PDF**

https://darknights.noblogs.org/post/2026/05/16/war-against-the-information-age-a-future-of-mass-social-control-pdf/

War Against The Information Age – PDF This was originally published in 325 issue #10.

#General #Antitechnology #ArtificialIntelligenceAI #Consumerism #CounterInformation #DataSurveillance #ElectricityNetworkSabotage #GPSSurveillance #InformationAge #InformationTechnology
War Against the Information Age: A Future of Mass Social Control – PDF – Dark Nights

PRoe19h ago

Are you Stupid or Lying?

You know this comes up way more than it should #rant You must be trogloditic in nature, or lying, knowing this thing you are giving me will fail. The product you have put in front of me leaves me no other mental path! You know how to create, for you do. You know truth, or at least you claim too, as every brand does. So why do you think I am going to come to any other conclusion? You either knew this was going to fail and didnt tell me. Or you didn't, which means you dont understand how […]

https://proe.whimm.ing/are-you-stupid-or-lying/

ShovelTrouble19h ago

https://youtube.com/shorts/sAzQxrQtu-k

The question I have is "How much of the economy is now structured to depend on barely functional disposable items that cost as little as they can make it for?

The "market" wants maximum activity for minimum per transaction cost and maximum total cost over time. There are endless amounts of "micro-taxes" on our time, money, and attention in normal life, and I don't think a lot of us can fully keep up.

#woodworking #repair #consumerism #economy #questions

The Old Oil Trick #woodworking #axecraft #repair #handtools

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Donncha1d ago

The wellness slogan and the whipped cream

I shot this on Princes Street in Cork back in 2016, and I had it filed in my head all this time as a Starbucks-versus-Starbucks gag. The wellness sermon in the window was contradicted by the Frappuccino in the hand. Turns out the window belongs to Rocket Man, a salad and juice bar, which means the slogan is just an honest pitch for what's inside. The joke isn't the shop being two-faced; it's the woman walking past it with a competitor's plastic cup and a New Look bag, completely uninterested […]

https://inphotos.org/2026/05/15/the-wellness-slogan-and-the-whipped-cream/

Donncha Ó Caoimh1d ago

The wellness slogan and the whipped cream

I shot this on Princes Street in Cork back in 2016, and I had it filed in my head all this time as a Starbucks-versus-Starbucks gag. The wellness sermon in the window was contradicted by the Frappuccino in the hand. Turns out the window belongs to Rocket M...

https://inphotos.org/2026/05/15/the-wellness-slogan-and-the-whipped-cream/

#2016 #Advertising #branding #consumerism #Cork #Ireland #marketing #Photo #Photography #RocketMan #Starbucks #StreetPhotography #Urban

Stean2d ago
Austrian Glaciers: A creeping process, a consequence of consumption driven by the burning of fossil fuels. What does each and every one of us consume? #nature #FossilFuels #consumerism #Science #fyp
Pete Prodoehl 🍕2d ago

Hear me out… we should restrict all package design to just two colors.

https://www.npr.org/2026/05/13/nx-s1-5820671/japanese-snack-packages-black-and-white

#design #consumerism

Carolannie3d ago
I read this and I feel sorry for the men who only value themselves as money machines
#GenderLARP #Consumerism #GrowUp
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/13/women-home-buyers-men-dating
Single women are buying more houses. The men they are dating are not responding well

Female home owners report feeling stuck between men’s contradictory expectations – they are told to be independent, but not assume the breadwinner role

The Guardian
Show threadSteven Berson3d ago

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Yeah, ebay turning into yet more "doom" has kinda happened for me as well. Current inflation & tariffs has turned me from my long time hobby of "flash foss OS onto random cheap device no one expect one on" into "guess I really don't need that thing anyway." Whether this is saving us from more rampant consumerism, or just ending with more stuff being dumped into landfills as e-waste, all depends on your perspective.


#ebay #foss #flashnewos #alternatives #linux #tablet #laptop #smartphone #smartwatch #ewaste #consumerism #
Idiot Business5d ago
Introducing 'BoxPeek' – a subscription service where we ship you mystery boxes... of unboxing videos! Get ready for hours of vicarious consumerism! 📦📺 #unboxingservice #subscriptionbox #consumerism #weirdbusinessideas
#BusinessIdea #Business #Ai #LLM