HelenaDe accounts met #ikeahacks, de #funnydog filmpjes, de razendsnelle #vegansandwich en alles over #underconsumption en #personalstyle... Ik kan ze niet vinden op #PIXELFED.
Wie tipt me de accounts voor een kwartiertje niet-zo-doemscrollen?
UsaryreusarNo me mal interpretes, es súper necesario el trabajo de limpieza de ríos, mares, playas, pero el foco debería estar en reducir, reducir y reducir el consumo de cosas de usar y tirar.
#sostenibilidad #zerowaste #plasticfree #consumismo #underconsumption
JulesWatching #BuyNowTheShoppingConspiracy (because that's how the stereotypical kind of person who ends up on Mastodon spends a Friday night) and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone interested in #UnderConsumption #AntiConsumption #Degrowth #Consumerism #FastFashion
And while we're doing #underconsumption let me delude myself that I'm an influencer for a second. My jacket was second hand, the sweatshirt is at least a decade old, I knitted the scarf myself ages ago and the hat originally belonged to a girl my fiancée dated in her early twenties. Sorry Heather wherever you might be now, but apparently you were a bit of a dipshit anyway
Speaking of #underconsumption, one brand I'll always promote is Timpsons who replaced my watch strap last weekend. They're one of the few nationwide high street chains whose business model involves repairs rather than trying to sell ever more new stuff - they fix shoes and replace watch straps and batteries as well as cutting keys, and recruit their staff from ex prisoners whose arrest record would otherwise make it difficult to find a job.
Kees AntiFA van Malssen@afewbugs I started doing the #UnderConsumption already a long time, long before it was hyped. For some time out of necessity, later stuck to it and from the money saved, I could help some other people less fortunate.
Oh and by the way, I cycle more than I drive (we do have a car) and use Public transport. Cycling is more than a way to get from A to B (is sort of necessity for me, but not from a money perspective)
The other problem of course is that #underconsumption is probably only trendy or aspirational if you could choose not to do it, rather than if you have no choice, in the same was that cycling or using public transport is a flex when you could be driving but not so much if you can't afford a car. There's a #Quaker Advice "A simple lifestyle freely chosen is a source of strength" which I love, but the "freely chosen" bit is definitely the most important part there!
Even if I'm a bit bemused by it I am thoroughly in favour of #underconsumption / #Underconsumptioncore as a trend though, there's a lot of shaming and particularly bullying of children for wearing charity shop or hand-me-down clothes and not constantly having the newest things, so any sort of trend romanticising this and making it aspirational has to be a good thing
When TikTok's #underconsumption trend meets festive excess.
I find the whole hashtag underconsumption thing fascinating because it's how most normal people on a budget live anyway - don't buy stuff you don't need, make things last longer - but it's become a "trend" because it's the opposite of how advertising driven social media usually works
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseBBC: When TikTok’s underconsumption trend meets festive excess. “Secret Santa, stockings and presents under the tree – gift-giving is at the heart of Christmas Day. But should it be? This year more people have been exploring underconsumption – the trend where shopping hauls and miracle must-buys are replaced with reusing beloved possessions and purchasing less.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/23/bbc-when-tiktoks-underconsumption-trend-meets-festive-excess/
