Alex Buscemi
Ever feel like big corporations are turning our planet into their personal dumpster? Well, they are.
Over on Reddit, people are sharing jaw-dropping examples of how big business is driving us straight into an environmental apocalypse. Think mountains of plastic packaging or fast fashion outfits that fall apart after one wash. It’s a nightmare, but also a bit of a comedy show when you see how ridiculous it gets.
So, dive into these posts from r/Anticonsumption that hilariously and horrifyingly showcase how late-stage capitalism is hell-bent on destroying the planet.
Get ready to laugh, cry, and maybe even rethink your shopping habits.
1. Better Packaging Options Do Exist
2. Absolutamente
3. Such Incredible Waste…
4. What’s Yours?
5. Over Production Of The Wrong Stuff?
6. Based
7. This Is Annoying
8.
9. Lawn Hating Post Beware
10. Simple Math
11. Do We The People See This For How Truly Messed Up It Is?
12. To Keep Prices High . .
13. I Am Not Sure If This Is A “Hot Take” But There Is Literally No Reason Why Anyone *needs* A Private Plane Or Yacht That Cause Literal Tons Of Environmental Damage Unless They Are An Important Essential Official, We Should Legally Ban Them All
14. True
15. Food Is Free
16. Profitable War Is One Thing
17. Good Point
18. My Vinyl Office Chair Has Been Peeling For Years. Decided To Get It Reupholstered Instead Of Replacing It
19. Couldn’t Have Said It Better Myself
20. On A Beach Vacation, I Walked Out On A Pier To Watch The Sunset When This Hideous Electronic Billboard Cruised By Scrolling Ads In The Middle Of The Ocean. It Felt So Dystopian. Nowhere Is Free From Advertising!
21. Without A Doubt
22. Just Discovered The Most Pointless Item I’ve Seen In Awhile
23. How Do People Not See Thr Addiction Aspect Of Shopping?
24. Ever Hopeful I Might Be Able To Change Some Minds
25. Save And Repair
26. Black Friday My Ass
27. Eat Shit, Advertising Drones
28. Most Items In This Store Will Be In A Landfill Within A Decade. In Two Decades, Effectively Everything In This Store Will Have Been Buried In The Earth, Burned, Washed Out To Sea, Or Shipped To And Dumped In An Impoverished Country
29. Happy People Don’t Buy Much
30. Amazing
31. When I Say My Jaw Dropped…
32. Rage
33. Consumer Kills
34. Went Hiking And Came Across The Aftermath Of A Gender Reveal
35. Be Honest
36. Some Of The Scenes After Creamfields North Festival This Year. All Tents And Camping Gear Were Abandoned + Left In The Fields, Alongside An Inconceivable Amount Of General Trash
37. Black Friday Idiocy
38. Seeing People Paying Hundreds For A Overpriced Clothing With A Giant Logo Triggers Me
39. My Friend Found This At The Airport. Makes Me So Mad
40. Analysis Paralysis
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