Happy Buy Nothing Day! Today I had to work, but for #buynothingday 20 years ago my friends and I did an NVDA at a local mall. We set up a free store in the mall's food court, we each had a box of toys, accessories, books etc. to give away for free.
We wore Santa hats and some of us distributed a single-page comic we made advocating to make this year a "Buy Nothing Christmas", also the text of a banner dropped from the mall roof.
We got kicked out, one of us got assaulted by a security guard.
I've only included a part clipping of the article because I don't own the rights.
We made the local paper, the London Free Press the next day. I also ended up being interviewed on a radio talk show syndicated on the Corus network but I can't remember the names of the show or hosts anymore.
@tarek , who got assaulted by the security guard that day, went on to become a physician and start https://glia.org/ which is pretty cool!
Oh yeah, this is him: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-doctor-charged-again-with-same-alleged-ketchup-crime-at-mp-s-office-1.7385329
Glia is a medical solidarity organization that empowers low-resource communities to build sustainable, locally-driven healthcare projects. Our core values are centred on an open-source philosophy, where sharing and collaboration are unwavering principles: quality healthcare should be accessible to all.
@jmcnaughton @tarek Very cool! I'm very much against consumerism, but I did need to buy an air purifier for my home because the air is garbage, and my current small ass filter does not do the trick.
There was a $100 rebate, and no taxes on top of that. Didn't buy on amazon though. Canadian Tire it was. Their new Triangle Rewards has literally this as a logo loll 🔻
Ahh, Crappy Tire. Almost every experience I have at CT is negative.
I wear a backpack, because I don't drive a car. Every single time I go to a CT they ask me to store my bag behind their counter.
It's my bag, everything in there is important to me. They don't have lockers or even a ticket system. How do I know they won't steal something, or give it to the wrong person?
CT is on my personal boycott list.
Shopping's so complicated lol.
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