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30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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

marisquo , jay.tong Report

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377points

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Paddling Panda 3 years ago

The sharks die by DROWNING. It's barbaric.

133points

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Puppy mill puppies!

bagelmama11 , gianni Report

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375points

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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.

119points

nagygirl23 , HumongoNationphotogallery Report

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Anything an influencer gets paid to promote

Final score:

370points

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Treessimontrees 3 years ago

Just ban advertising then... all of it is a gross exaggeration.

17points

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group The sewage that comes out of TV Evangelists' mouths.

datazulu , Robert Couse-Baker Report

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364points

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denzoren 3 years ago

Not to mention the robbery with all these "seed faiths" and donations preying on vulnerable persons.

79points

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group University books… boycott them, ridiculous price for individuals to pay for education, should all be online publicly for free.

AidanOP , Teresa Grau Ros Report

Final score:

330points

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GFSTaylor 3 years ago

Not for free. The people who spend months and years writing them need to earn money from their work.

120points

SolarisIX , Blondinrikard Fröberg Report

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group So much. Stop buy so much. You don't need all that f*****g s**t.

Final score:

316points

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Cafe con pan 3 years ago

This should be the only thing on this post.

92points

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Animals they can't take care of for the rest of their lives.

mcontant , Phil Fiddyment Report

Final score:

307points

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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.

65points

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group A new phone every year.

Gabochuky , Daniel Grothe Report

Final score:

294points

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denzoren 3 years ago

I've had my phone for the past 3 years and it's a gem. It's not even high end, it's a based model ASUS and it does everything I need it to. It fell numerous times and haven't broken!

57points

#10

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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!

candidlycait , m01229 Report

Final score:

283points

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Zophra 3 years ago

Probably have heard this elsewhere but "Glitter is the herpes of the craft world."

13points

#11

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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.

TheBereWolf , Judit Klein Report

Final score:

277points

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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.

22points

#12

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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.

BevLive , Rob Oo Report

Final score:

259points

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bonnyatlast 3 years ago

I want one of those egg things that turn into a tree.

169points

#13

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Products with palm oil in.

Yabanna_Koogarappa , Aul Rah Report

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247points

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Tracy Wallick 3 years ago

An explanation would help, why is palm oil so bad?

34points

#14

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Cigarettes. Quit while you can. If you need help doing so, we can be friends and I can help you all I can.

ParanoidOzzy666 , Fried Dough Report

Final score:

242points

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Jenn Ryan 3 years ago

I've tried to quit so many times throughout the years. I've tried every product and cold turkey. I can get over the physical addiction just fine. It's the mental addiction I can't get past.

68points

Mavywavy13 , Kristin "Shoe" Shoemaker Report

#15

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Pugs and French bulldogs

Final score:

238points

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Julia Larsson 3 years ago

poor babies can't breathe

62points

#16

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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

graeuk , J B Report

Final score:

216points

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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.

62points

#17

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Fast fashion.

icee5728 , Denkrahm Report

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201points

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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.

44points

#18

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Diamonds

OrangeyUnicorn , kyler kwock Report

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196points

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DarkAngelNic 3 years ago (edited)

Diamonds are overrated and there are lots of gems more attractive.

20points

#19

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Anything involved in an MLM scam. I’m looking at you Young Living Essential Oils

wafflelover17 , Channy Yun Report

Final score:

189points

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Satirical Duchess 3 years ago

dear lord, why did that take me a second to realise it didn't say "men loving men scam"

42points

#20

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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.

ItWazFuken1ofYas , zeevveez Report

Final score:

182points

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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.

54points

#21

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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.

WitherWithout , Ivan Radic Report

Final score:

168points

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More Thinking Needed 3 years ago

81% of plastic ocean polution comes from Asia. Africa 8%, South America 6%, North America 5%, Europe <1%

33points

#22

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Red Delicious apples. You deserve better than that mushy garbage. Get yourself a honeycrisp.

1080TJ , Sonita Lewis Report

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166points

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Tracy Wallick 3 years ago

Pink Lady apples are my fave

76points

#23

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group K-Cups

If you have a Keurig, use the reusable K-Cup.

gizmosbutu , m01229 Report

Final score:

158points

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Helmut Kok 3 years ago

or learn to make coffee

73points

akidnamedsunny , aúl Hernández González Report

#24

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Nestle Products

Final score:

147points

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Mike Ieva 3 years ago

They own like 1/6 of all the global food brands...

38points

#25

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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?

Hormel_Chavez , Make Lemons Report

Final score:

147points

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John Baker 3 years ago

I never heard of such a thing.

87points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#26

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Pangolins

thehonestyfish , Wildlife Alliance Report

Final score:

144points

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miss miss 3 years ago

Leave them alone to grow

54points

#27

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group S**t made of plastic they use once and throw away.

LPTKill , Carl Campbell Report

Final score:

144points

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jpaul 3 years ago

Europe has started a "0 plastic" campaign. progressively any avoidable plastic is prohibited

35points

#28

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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.

RhynoD , Aquatic Life Report

Final score:

143points

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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.

21points

#29

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Online IQ test. If there was a way to fail an IQ test, paying for one online would be it.

theoceanisdeep , Alberto G. Report

Final score:

141points

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Sam Yobado 3 years ago

Just be sure to buy all the brain training apps first, to make certain you are the superest smart.

29points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#30

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group 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?

PumpkinPieIsGreat , subherwal Report

Final score:

126points

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Lara Verne 3 years ago

No need to buy new ornaments every year. I still use ornaments from 1960s that belonged to my grandparents.

17points

Freya the Wanderer 3 years ago

Ditto! Some of my ornaments are way older than I am.

3points

Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

There are even places where you can "rent" a fir tree in a pot. Decorate it for the holiday, then return it to the farm, where they'll plant it.

11points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

Like where? That sounds nice.

0points

Gogubaci 3 years ago

in Romania Christmas tree decorations are a family heirloom passed through generations, grandma has decorations dating back to the end of WW2 very fragile thin glass globes, beautifully painted, and ofc I broke about a quarter of her collection when I was little lol

6points

Stacy Parker 3 years ago

I buy one new ornament every year, usually tied to travels. All of my ornaments have meaning to me.

5points

Ivy la Sangrienta 3 years ago

Yes. I don't have sets or matching ones. I buy one every year that is special and I have some from my childhood still. Only ones that sometimes need replacing are the lights.

0points

Shannon Kathleen 3 years ago

I have ornaments that belonged to my grandparents. They are my favorites.

4points

Just a girl in a crazy world 3 years ago

My mom NEVER buys new ornaments, she gets new ones as gifts but she never goes out of her way to buy them. Some of her ornaments are from the 70s and 80s and most of them are older than me.

3points

Tami 3 years ago (edited)

Halloween decorations too.

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

I haven’t heard of people buying a new fake every year. If you own your own home perhaps you could just decorate an outside tree?

1point

Taco Da Guinea Pig 3 years ago

I hate how people buy plastic trees. Why put more plastic into the world? But I mean chopping down trees is kind of mean too... but at least we try to keep them alive.

1point

June 3 years ago (edited)

My mom has had her plastic tree for 20 years :)

1point

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)

I prefer real Christmas trees—-specifically farmed ones, not the top cut ones. I live near the beach, and always donated my trees after the holidays were over, to be used as artificial reefs (the only thing artificial that they’re associated with). My husband is the artificial tree fan. We have one now, and I told my husband we could use it, but only if he bought one that will last for decades, so we’re not buying new ones every other year. It’s OK, but I still prefer real trees.

1point

Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 3 years ago

I’m my family we use the decorations as long as we can.

1point

Matt Sharples 3 years ago

We don't even bother with a tree or cards for that matter 😂

1point

Jutta Plötz 10 months ago

A friend of mine donates her reusable plastic one every year after Christmas to charity.

0points

Debby Keir 2 years ago

I buy one new ornament a year, usually to commemorate a holiday or an event. My 2020 had toilet rolls on them.....

0points

Barbara L Bristow 3 years ago

I've never bought a tree. At my gramma's I made all the decorations; snow flakes, chains, and cranberries strung together.

0points

Lucy Shupe 3 years ago

I bought each year my kids were home, before they married a new ornament. I searched to get the right one for each one of them. When they married and were getting ready for their first Christmas as a couple, I gave them the ornaments I’d bought. To make it clear the ornaments were on the tree. Stop assuming that because I may buy a new Santa, I collect them, makes me a bad guy. Lighten up.

0points

Suzanne Haigh 3 years ago

I buy old/antique whenever I can get them

0points

Eglė Bukauskaitė 3 years ago

I have a plastic tree - i use it for a good decade now (if not more). I have plastic ornaments too - use very same ones from my childhood and i'm in the 30's! (i buy 1 or 2 new ornament each year as a memento of the moment)

0points

Nadine Debard 3 years ago

I used to buy new ornaments every year after Xmas because of huge sales. I loved having different colors every year. Then I realized how much plastic crap, glitter-full and useless those things were. Now the simple sight of Xmas ornaments in a store give me shudders.

0points

Jane Alexander 3 years ago

And why ever buy that ugly plastic blow up stuff?

0points

Iapetos 3 years ago

Isn't the purpose of a fake tree that you can redecorate it every year?

0points

Glirpy 3 years ago

How about stop cutting down actual trees for Xmas?

0points

Tonya Wallace 3 years ago

My dad bought the trees that you plant outside after the holiday is over. Our driveway is lined with former Christmas trees.

0points

Marianne 3 years ago

I had no idea that people do that.

0points

Don't Look 3 years ago

I used to ask questions like this all the time. Why is there so much of everything, particularly that which is supposed to last? The answer is that my brain cannot fathom how many people there actually are out there and just how wasteful they all are.

0points

Donna Cain 3 years ago

I buy at the after Christmas clearance for 90% off.

0points

Bob Belcher 3 years ago

I give my old one to Goodwill. I've only bought 2 in the past 11 years.

0points

Bow, I’m a Slytherclaw 3 years ago

We've used the same tree for about 40 years. It used to be my trans, then when she moved it couldn't fit in her living room, so we got it. It's a beautiful tree, too.

0points

Stephanie Hewitt 3 years ago

I'm buying a new one this coming Christmas because my dying cat pissed all over mine. Sometimes you just need to replace stuff 🤷‍♀️

0points

Robin Childers 3 years ago

It's a trend now to have multiple Christmas trees thoughout the house. Why, I don't know.

0points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

You’re right, I forgot about this. It’s a recent thing where like each family member does a tree.

0points

Cynthia Carter 3 years ago

I've wondered that for decades. Most of our store bought ornaments are over 40 years old and it's like seeing old friends when we get them out every year!

0points

Ivana 3 years ago

I got to the in-laws every Christmas, don't own a single Christmas decoration.

0points

Leigh C. 3 years ago

I love the Disney ones at Hallmark. But I'm fine just going in and looking.

0points

FABULOUS1 3 years ago

I get a new Nutcracker every year, because I like collecting them. Will still continue to get a new one every year. I have enough ornaments though and havent bought any new ones in years.

0points

Thomas Sweda 3 years ago

How many people do you actually know that do this? I know no one?

0points

Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

I still have ornaments from my great grandmother, they’re horrible and so fragile that breathing hard near them will shatter them, but I’ll be in my cold exploding coffin before I waste the Earth’s precious resources on more tat.

0points

Seabeast 3 years ago

Ornaments are fragile, so maybe they're breaking a lot of them.

0points

Caroline 3 years ago

You can never have too many ornaments for Christmas. Imagine your grand-kids when they come and see the best decorated house for XMas. And even for yourself, isn't pretty to be surrounded by joy and glitter? Unless you're like my husband who's a Scrooge and has dampened our kids enthusiasm for the celebration, boo.

0points

HoneyBun Arts 3 years ago

My family has one fake Christmas tree that we use every year. And for ornaments we hardly ever buy them. We’ve bought some from places as memorabilia, but thats about it.

0points

Theoretical Empiricist 3 years ago

I did, at one time, have an artificial tree that really looked like it was dying.

0points

Marlene Riethmüller 3 years ago

In my 51 years, my family has had 2 plastic Xmas trees... and the same ornaments!! Sure, a few single lights have needed changing (not the whole string of lights), but otherwise, same ol' faithful !!

0points

Confused koala 3 years ago

There is 4 kids in our house and we get a new ornament each year for each one of us. We have our baby shoes then whatever we liked that year and school made ones. We now have no basic ones left

0points

James016 3 years ago

We buy a few new ornaments every year to keep things fresh for my son. We don’t spend more than £15 on them. The tree we have had for years.

0points

Dodo 3 years ago

People do this? My parents have replaced their holiday decor once in my lifetime, when we outgrew the kiddie decorations.

0points

Deborah B 3 years ago

Lack of storage space. If you have limited space, and an artificial tree costs £20, it may be better not to store the tree, and reserve the storage space for something more expensive and more frequently used, or with sentimental value. Most charities won't take artificial trees in January, because they don't want to store them for 10 months either.

-1point

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

No way is a fake tree only $20. You can’t even get dinner for $20!

-1point

Viviane 3 years ago

I now ask for donations to my favourite charities. I do get gifts for other people. I no longer wrap them. I put them in a bag and pull them out one at a time, along with a one-liner ("For the man who has everything, have fun trying to stuff it into this wallet", "Santa was going to give you a lump of coal, but we settled out of court and you're getting a lump of plasticine", etc.)

-1point

Mike Ieva 3 years ago

Trick here... Get Ikea family card, buy Xmas decoration, use Xmas decoration, keep the packages, after Xmas, return things and get money back... Repeat... Not good for the environment or ikea, but good for the pocket

-3points

Dagnirath 3 years ago

This is called "fraudulent returns" and is a major problem for retailers.

1point

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30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Cheap children’s party favors. We aren’t talking the colorful pencils and paper pads that actually have some use. I’m talking about the non descript plastic forms with popular media stickers and other garbage. The amount of trash plastic available for this niche is staggering- especially given that most of those toys hold a child’s attention for 2 hours. Also- happy meal toys. Great for a collector, because most of them get thrown out 6 months after being found behind the couch. Legos are highly resealable/giftable and tradeable. Hot wheels last forever. Most toys have at least a possible second life. But party favor crap- is just crap.

Kinetikat , Elena Roussakis Report

Final score:

53points

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Bella, Your Kitty-Loving Queen 3 years ago

I was helping my friend buy stuff for her party, and she wanted all the useless s**t like mini skateboards and plastic springs, like bruh everyone is just going to throw this stuff away. (And the party was for 12 year olds, not 6 year olds)

7points

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#32

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Please uninstall Yelp off your phone. They are nothing more than extortionists that hold small businesses hostage to bad reviews (real or fake, doesn’t matter). I can’t express how s**tty Yelp is as a company. Every time you open their app, you give them support.

svhelloworld , Jason Howie Report

Final score:

39points

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John Baker 3 years ago

Got a bad review, did you?

21points

#33

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Herbalife.

DrC0re , Joel Kramer Report

Final score:

35points

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TheAnimalLady 3 years ago

Redundant and (seriously🙄) one word with no explanation or reference is useless, especially when BOREDPANDA is inclusive of other countries.

15points

UsernameTaken-Taken , Trevor Owens Report

#34

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Microtransactions, especially in sports games.

Cosmetics in a free to play game? I don't have a problem with that, gotta make money somehow and it doesn't affect gameplay. Blatant gambling and pay to win functionality in games like NBA 2K and Madden? Those can f**k right off

Final score:

35points

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Steve Goodman 3 years ago

BOYCOTT EA!

4points

#35

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Other people.

Nemissarr , Espen Sundve Report

Final score:

30points

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sofacushionfort 3 years ago

Agreed. I have not bought anyone since 1863-ish

66points

#36

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Madden. Seriously. Basically anything that comes from EA. They've just gotten a bit too greedy for my liking.

AlfredYT , Vincent Diamante Report

Final score:

30points

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Muff_Fluff 3 years ago

All of their expansions (I’m a Sims player, not sure if they have other games with add-one) are way overpriced, and many should be included with the base game

4points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#37

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Merchandise with the pink "for the cure" bows.

turdburglerbuttsmurf , Marco Verch Professional Photographer Report

Final score:

29points

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Marcellus the Third 3 years ago

I see your various 'cure' bows, and raise you 'pride' rainbows.

8points

#38

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Fantasy books that are first of a series of 13.

Fantasy has become completely entrenched in this model where every story HAS to be a massive multivolume epic. I can count on one hand the number of multivolume series that actually NEEDED to be 8-10 books long. Most of them could have been told in one trilogy, if not just one epic book.

I 100% believe that writers are pressured to stretch out their 2 volume stories into 8 purely for the additional sales.

PhillipLlerenas , Pussreboots Report

Final score:

28points

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Nikki Sevven 3 years ago

I feel the need to speak up to exempt Sir Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series, which is 40-something books long...and totally worth the investment.

43points

#39

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group Not a sexy or flashy response, but no one should be buying a boiler, furnace, or water heater below 90% efficiency. The ~80% efficiency equipment is ancient technology and you are throwing your money away while also spewing more greenhouse gasses!

Edit: well this did leagues better than I anticipated! Many of you have pointed out instances where the 80% is an appropriate choice, whether it be flue issues, a steam system, or you don't have the fund for the 90% upfront. On top of this I'll clarify that these upgrades should be made at the end of the boiler's life, it will almost never make financial sense to replace a functional appliance with a more efficient one, and the greenest equipment available is the one you already have. Heat pump crew, I'm with you, but currently, with US fuel mixes and electrical costs, there are very valid arguements against them. Everyone talking about how they have a 60 year old boiler that runs like a tank, this is some serious survivor's bias, if they all worked that well no one would have to replace old equipment and the industry would have died except for new construction.

DelxF , Mark Florence Report

Final score:

26points

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M O'Connell 3 years ago

Maintenance is key. Often repair technicians will try and talk you into replacing equipment rather than repairing it just because a tear-out and replace is much easier for them. In my experience components rarely all fail at once, and total replacement has significant dollar and environmental costs. I am a patient man and a competent technician. I replace nothing!

11points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#40

30 Items We All Should Quit Buying, As Pointed Out By People In This Online Group People need to stop scalping gpus

LyingLion11 , Bryan Alexander Report

Final score:

5points

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John Baker 3 years ago

14points

Konstancija is a Content Creator at Bored Panda. She has a bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting and a master’s degree in Future Media and Journalism. She is very interested in sustainable fashion and is a perfect companion to go to second-hand shops and antiques for nearly anything: clothes, books or furniture. Her interests also include photography, literature and hiking.

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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.

18points

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!

3points

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.

15points

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.

12points

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

5points

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.

3points

Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

Use glass Pyrex storage system.

0points

Natalie Oleander 3 years ago

Nothing wrong with Tupperware. Better than plastic bags you toss.

-2points

Solidhog 3 years ago

All reality TV! Let's stop the brain rot by nobodies.

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

And take all the fantasy fiction along with it too right? It’s fake and not everyone likes it. Same idea yeah?

0points

Solidhog 3 years ago

All social media. Except Bored Panda! Everybody should read Bored Panda to put a smile on their faces daily.

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

BP isn’t social media.

-1point

ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

For me it is hollywood,the more i looked into some people there the more i hate it.I have come to the point where i don't even illegally watch their movies.They are the most hypocritical bunch of people i have ever seen.

2points

Kevin J. Henning 3 years ago

Good point!

1point

Yara Balabanova 3 years ago

So many points in this post about animals and animal cruelty, yet not one word about farm animals, meat, dairy or eggs... As if those animals aren't bred to live a horrible painful life. And people care about a parrot not being able to live its entire life with their owner because they get so old, what about animals that are slaughtered for meat when they are still practically babies?

1point

Anita Pickle 3 years ago

Sadly people care more if it is cute. They cuter the animal the more they care. (Although personally I find cows, sheep, etc adorable) And people are so detached from where their comes from, they do not get it. They have no clue at all.

1point

Fuxxy89 1 year ago

When textbooks are free quality drops drastically. If you want a well written textbooks filled with accurate, up to date, fact checked information, then you need a team of writers and editors, at least some of whom need to be college professors. And you have to pay those people for their work. I'm not saying the student should take hit, but somebody has to pay the people who write text books.

0points

Pearl 3 years ago

Mica! You need to stop buying mica! Which means you would virtually need to stop buying all the shiny makeup you own. Do you even KNOW what makes that lip gloss, eye shadow, lip stick or blusher so shiny? Mica. As soon as they are able to walk, children in Jharkhand, India, are often forced to work in mica mines just to supply the world with sparkling makeup products. Many children have also met their deaths beings smoldered by big rocks in those mines. Vegans, what does it matter if your make up products are "animal cruelty free", but not child labor free? The good thing is there are makeup lines with use ethically sourced mica or synthetic mica. Some examples are: Pure Anada · LUSH · Clove + Hallow · (also confirmed vegan) Au Naturale · Aether Beauty · (vegan) Red Apple Lipstick. {A gluten free, vegan, natural beauty brand (not just lipstick).}

0points

Kitti B. 3 years ago

Force the rich not to use private jets.

0points

Iʕ •ᴥ•ʔ 3 years ago

This is so sad . Or maybe this is why I’m not allowed to shop . Still , the one that said pangolins , is it as a pet or is it being used in some fraud medicine ?

0points

kim morris 3 years ago

"traditional medicine", but their scales are made of the same material your hair and fingernails are. So, it's all bs. Animals are being pushed towards extinction because of 'tradition'.

0points

Thomas E S Thomas 3 years ago

There's nothing wrong with certified k9 farming. The unlicensed ones need to go though.

0points

leah 2 years ago

The hoops we had to jump through to get our dog was ridiculous. It wasn't just the money, but a home visit, notarized statement saying that we'll have our puppy spayed/neutered by the age of six months (we got 2 weeks) and send them the proof or they'll take it back. That's the reason we could afford our dachshund because the people who originally had it wanted it to be a mommy and they took it back.

0points

Iapetos 3 years ago

MEAT and DAIRY and EGGS.

-1point

Nevits Yibble 3 years ago

Sort of a weird, mixed bag of posts. Some make serious points (environmental waste, mistreatment of animals) while others are just opinionated meddling by nosy people about how others choose to spend their time or money. If I want to buy a new phone or a new ornament or new sh*t each year - it’s nobody’s business but mine. Complaining about it from the sidelines always seems to come from the ones who can’t.

-3points

Marcellus the Third 3 years ago

YOu're complaining a topic is a mixed bag? You're new here I guess.

3points

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Kevin J. Henning 3 years ago

18points

Veronica Mars 3 years ago

3points

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.

15points

Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago

12points

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

5points

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.

3points

Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

Use glass Pyrex storage system.

0points

Natalie Oleander 3 years ago

Nothing wrong with Tupperware. Better than plastic bags you toss.

-2points

Solidhog 3 years ago

All reality TV! Let's stop the brain rot by nobodies.

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

And take all the fantasy fiction along with it too right? It’s fake and not everyone likes it. Same idea yeah?

0points

Solidhog 3 years ago

All social media. Except Bored Panda! Everybody should read Bored Panda to put a smile on their faces daily.

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

BP isn’t social media.

-1point

ivan bolitekurac 3 years ago

2points

Kevin J. Henning 3 years ago

Good point!

1point

Yara Balabanova 3 years ago

1point

Anita Pickle 3 years ago

1point

Fuxxy89 1 year ago

0points

Pearl 3 years ago

0points

Kitti B. 3 years ago

Force the rich not to use private jets.

0points

Iʕ •ᴥ•ʔ 3 years ago

This is so sad . Or maybe this is why I’m not allowed to shop . Still , the one that said pangolins , is it as a pet or is it being used in some fraud medicine ?

0points

kim morris 3 years ago

"traditional medicine", but their scales are made of the same material your hair and fingernails are. So, it's all bs. Animals are being pushed towards extinction because of 'tradition'.

0points