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Does everyone buy little things here and there so as to not go insane? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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you know -- this is always represented in the news/etc as 'a starbucks a day' but i mean moreso a gadget or a shirt. i'm splurging on deodorant right now. is that immoral? are you meant to have a mostly austere budget until you're a boomer with a house and a fence?

so uhh what's the last little thing you bought to not go insane?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Good little consumer, happyness comes from owning crap.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You're just suckered into the opposite trap, thinking you're noble and heroic because you deny yourself the pleasures everyone else enjoys

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Keep choking down that copium eventually u will buy that thing u need and finally be happy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Life isn't as black and white as you want it to be, sometimes having nice things does help you feel better about life. You can't buy your way to happiness but you won't find it in austerity either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Life is as black and white as u want it to be. Do u feel proud of the things u have because u have them or because of what they do?