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30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group
Now with only a few clicks of a button, we can get everything we need or want. This has led to a serious discussion of what consumerism brings us and how we should change our shopping habits. And this is not the only reason why people sometimes need to think twice before confirming that purchase. Together with this goes untrustworthy brands, low-quality items, and influential hype of purchasing unnecessary things.
Reddit user @u/Badass_Band1t asked people online “What should people seriously stop buying?” and received almost 40k upvotes together with 27.5 comments where other users shared their opinions about things that, for various reasons, should not be purchased in the future.
Most of the answers showed that people are very much concerned about plastic use. A lot of comments suggested that we can all live without buying single-use plastic products when there are so many alternatives that are friendly to the environment. Plastic water bottles and cutlery were among the things that pollute surroundings the most and can be easily replaced with reusable items.
I guess that spreading awareness about MLM (multi-level marketing) scams stuck in people’s minds as these companies and their products were also mentioned by users of Reddit. It was stressed in some of the comments that any kind of unnecessary things that provide you with temporary happiness are not worth buying as they only take up space but usually have no value.
What do you think people should also stop buying? Leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
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#1
Animals that are so inbred to meet a certain 'breed standard' that they are a walking vet bill from birth. Brachycephalic dog breeds such as French Bulldogs being an example.
#2
Shark fin soup. The fishers only want the fin and throw the shark out to the sea after cutting it since the other body parts have no monetary value, letting the shark to die
#3
Puppy mill puppies!
Aisling Raye 3 years ago
ADOPT DON'T SHOP. I feel like I have to say this so many times. Look for a pet at your local shelter. Give them a chance. I promise that an adopted pet knows that you saved them. In my experience they are always the sweetest.
#4
Anything an influencer gets paid to promote
#6
University books… boycott them, ridiculous price for individuals to pay for education, should all be online publicly for free.
#7
So much. Stop buy so much. You don't need all that f*****g s**t.
#8
Animals they can't take care of for the rest of their lives.
Julia Larsson 3 years ago
Like parrots who outlive their owners. If you want to buy one (please do your research ofc); find an adult parrot.
#10
GLITTER. Sparkles, glitter and sequins on everything, especially kids items.
You think it's hard to get that s**t out of your house after craft time?
It's MICROPLASTIC, and it's going into our waterways and oceans. Yet the toy stores and clothing stores are adding more sequins and glitter every day. Makes me furious. Just stop buying it!
#11
Detox teas or anything that claims to help rid you of “toxins” in your body. If you can’t do that s**t on your own already then you need a kidney or liver transplant, not a tea that a fit mom is trying to sell you.
M O'Connell 3 years ago
In their defense, I don't think they have any medicinal properties at all, but the schisandra/kuchika/chicory/dandelion "detox" teas are quite delicious.
#12
Caskets.
Especially those sealed tight ones... Our dead need to decompose, and they will, but the casket can just explode.
When I'm dead I want to be buried in a blanket and tossed in a hole. Let nature worry about me.
#14
Cigarettes. Quit while you can. If you need help doing so, we can be friends and I can help you all I can.
#16
any kind of shower gel or facewash that has those plastic microbeads in them.
The beads are small enough to get through most filtration systems and are ruinous to marine life
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/microbeads-international-ban-damage-marine-life-plastic
M O'Connell 3 years ago
The 'Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015' phased-out and effectively banned the sale of these products in the US in 2019.
#17
Fast fashion.
Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago
Absolutely! I have bought hardly any new items of clothing in a decade. I buy most of my clothes at thrift stores.
#18
Diamonds
DarkAngelNic 3 years ago (edited)
Diamonds are overrated and there are lots of gems more attractive.
#19
Anything involved in an MLM scam. I’m looking at you Young Living Essential Oils
Satirical Duchess 3 years ago
dear lord, why did that take me a second to realise it didn't say "men loving men scam"
#20
Plastic bottles.
Just buy a water filter and fill up the same bottle
Edit: for people saying just drink tap water, I agree 100%. I’m just saying there are a lot of people who only buy bottled water, drink it, throw it and buy another one. Ridiculously unnecessary. Those plastics are so difficult to recycle, if at all. Most just ends up in landfill anyway.
Trying to convince them to buy a water filter is good middle ground!
My FIL boasts about how eco-conscious he is but still does what I said above. Drives me mental.
Samantha Lomb 3 years ago
refilling a single use bottle does actually cause germ growth though. You need a reusable bottle than can be cleaned.
#21
Tiny plastic garbage
I see tiktoks of people unboxing like these mini-plastic toys (?) of name brand items.
And they will have 100s of them all individually wrapped in multiple layers of packaging just to have tiny replicas of a bottle of windex or lay's potato chips.
More Thinking Needed 3 years ago
81% of plastic ocean polution comes from Asia. Africa 8%, South America 6%, North America 5%, Europe <1%
#22
Red Delicious apples. You deserve better than that mushy garbage. Get yourself a honeycrisp.
#25
Any home exercise machine or equipment that requires a subscription to use. You paid 2 grand for a treadmill and then a recurring monthly fee to use it. How is this business model working?
#28
Most saltwater fish if they aren't willing to put in the effort, and certain species that just can't be kept in captivity even with the effort.
90% of saltwater fish you see in the store except for most clowns, some tangs, some seahorses, and I think maybe cardinal fish are all wild caught.
More than any other pet, when you take home a saltwater fish you have purchased a piece of the environment and you should treat it with every bit of respect it deserves.
Raven DeathShade 3 years ago (edited)
This is why I stick with freshwater fish. My betta is perfectly happy in his ~30 gallon tank, and I'm getting him some more tankmates soon.
#29
Online IQ test. If there was a way to fail an IQ test, paying for one online would be it.
Sam Yobado 3 years ago
Just be sure to buy all the brain training apps first, to make certain you are the superest smart.
#30
I can't understand the people that buy holiday decor every single year. Are people buying fake trees and tossing them every year and needing a new one? Same with ornaments and what not. Obviously people move out of their parents or they need to replace ornaments if they're broken or something but the amount in stores does not add up to me. Why so much new stuff every year?
What do you think ?
Kevin J. Henning 3 years ago
I'm 59 and remember having milk bottles which were taken back to the stores. The stores sent them back to dairy to be sanitized and reused. Same with soda bottles. There were people who actually used to come to your house and fix your appliances and televisions. You didn't chuck them out after 2 or 3 years for landfill. There was even a place to take coffee pots, toasters etc to be repaired. Sounds quaint and yet considering the concern being raised over saving the planet maybe it shows how far we haven't come.
Veronica Mars 3 years ago
I have been told that the companies do this on purpose, you can't buy a part and fix it, they've purposefully made it so you have to buy a new machine. New laws should make this redundant now, but the big companies will probably find a way around it!
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Shelby P 3 years ago
stop shaming consumers for all the plastic waste that they have no control over if they need 'x' product. Blame the industries instead.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Shared fault. Consumers can put pressure on manufacturers to curtail plastic packaging waste. They can bombard them with complaints, they can boycott them, they can merely switch to a competitor that uses more ecologically sound packaging. We’re not totally powerless in this.
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Jo Davies 3 years ago
Tupperware. Keeping a lot of the packaging produce comes in will do the same job. Cheaper and less plastic products
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
Who even needs it anyway? If you order takeout a couple times, it always comes in thick reusable plastic and you can just keep it. I have stacks of it and never need to buy containers.
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Kevin J. Henning 3 years ago
I'm 59 and remember having milk bottles which were taken back to the stores. The stores sent them back to dairy to be sanitized and reused. Same with soda bottles. There were people who actually used to come to your house and fix your appliances and televisions. You didn't chuck them out after 2 or 3 years for landfill. There was even a place to take coffee pots, toasters etc to be repaired. Sounds quaint and yet considering the concern being raised over saving the planet maybe it shows how far we haven't come.
Veronica Mars 3 years ago
I have been told that the companies do this on purpose, you can't buy a part and fix it, they've purposefully made it so you have to buy a new machine. New laws should make this redundant now, but the big companies will probably find a way around it!
Load More Replies... Shelby P 3 years ago
stop shaming consumers for all the plastic waste that they have no control over if they need 'x' product. Blame the industries instead.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Shared fault. Consumers can put pressure on manufacturers to curtail plastic packaging waste. They can bombard them with complaints, they can boycott them, they can merely switch to a competitor that uses more ecologically sound packaging. We’re not totally powerless in this.
Load More Replies... Jo Davies 3 years ago
Tupperware. Keeping a lot of the packaging produce comes in will do the same job. Cheaper and less plastic products
Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago
Who even needs it anyway? If you order takeout a couple times, it always comes in thick reusable plastic and you can just keep it. I have stacks of it and never need to buy containers.
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