35 Photos That Show Just How Absurd Consumerism Has Gotten
In the rush of daily life, the absurdity of the world we live in often goes unnoticed. Yet when we pause to look at the facts, it becomes clear that humanity’s obsession with consumerism is harming us in the long run.
The warning signs are everywhere, and members of the online “Anticonsumption” Reddit community have been documenting the evidence. In the gallery below, we’ve gathered a series of photos calling out the corrupt nature of hyper-consumerism and exposing just how shameless it has become.
#1 Each Cherry Individually Packaged. No Words, Sprouts
Image source: 1L0veTurtles
#2 Rent A “Tablet Strollers” So You Can Let Your iPad Kid Watch Even More While You Shop!
Image source: Best_Gynecologist
#3 What’s Yours?
Image source: 5hundred2
#4 This Is The Tweet From A Guy Back In 2022. 3 Years Later, There Is Still Greed
Image source: [deleted]
#5 “I’m So Exhausted With Wanting Things”
Image source: MoonmoonMamman
#6 And Here, We Are Buying Stuff We Don’t Need Thanks To Big Corp
Image source: [deleted]
#7 Corporations Have No Business Buying Residential Property
Image source: Responsible_Year_934
#8 Fame Funded By The Public
Image source: @jzux, @MorePerfectUS
#9 Keep The Peasant Class Distracted And Fighting Amongst Themselves So They Will Never Revolt Against Their True Enemy
Image source: [deleted]
#10 Single Use Hell
Image source: tieplomet
I like to reuse travel sized bottles and am usually careful not to dispose of them. I lost/threw away my makeup remover travel sized bottle on accident so had to buy another because I travel a lot for work.
Color me surprised when I went to refill it and this new bottle you can’t!! Garnier designed the cap to be broken if opened. My old bottle was also from Garnier , same exact bottle and I could take the cap off, had it for years.
Y’all I’m tired. I’m tired of every company being evil and greedy. I get the last laugh though because I have syringes to refill ink pens so I’m going to use a clean one to refill this bottle.
#11 Human Greed, Apathy Need To Be Addressed To Deal With Climate Change, Says Gus Speth. Agree?
Image source: thirty-something-456
#12 I Thought You All Might Like This Tweet
Image source: Interaction-Main
#13 Just Some Motivation I Saw On Instagram
Image source: AutomaticMistake8229
#14 We Aren’t Asking For Anything Difficult 😞
Image source: Upstairs-War4144
#15 Fashion Becomes Waste, Overconsumption Left Ghana Drowning In Secondhand Clothes
Image source: luvlanguage
#16 Your Intent Is Worth $120 – And Bigtech Sells It Instantly
Image source: kaushal96
#17 Anyone Else Love Jomoing?
Image source: Chris-the-Big-Bug
#18 Price Inflation Is A Tax On The 99%
Image source: Burlingtonfilms
#19 Oh Boy…at Least We Have Plastic Eating Fungi Now?
Image source: @LightningSlim1, @mykola
#20 I Think About This Comic A Lot
Image source: One_Association7588
#21 That Time Of Year Again
Image source: deffonotmypassword
#22 Unchecked Capitalism And Consumption Leads To Whatever This Is
Image source: oceanmor
#23 Let’s Start Calling Ecological Disasters This Way
Image source: BaseballSeveral1107
#24 I Taught Myself To Sew With A Handcrank Machine To Make This Quilt. 90% Thrifted Fabric
Image source: whatisthisohno111
#25 Monopoly
Image source: Practical_Chef_7897
#26 Student Move In
Image source: croissantcat79
Outside just a single dorm, and this is just the first day of a multiple day move in.
#27 An Extra $20 To Remove Ads From A Kindle You’d Own To Read Books You Pay For
Image source: MrPointy1630
#28 Labubu Consumption Leads Us To Ask Question Of Human Fulfillment
Image source: HunchoToes
#29 Chin Up
Image source: Infinite-Storage-638
#30 The Onion, Spot On As Always
Image source: Awesomeautism
#31 Cnbc Wants You To Think Keeping Your Smartphone Longer Than A 2-Year Contract Is “Device Hoarding”
Image source: pat_laFleur
#32 Billionaires Pay So High To Make You Buy Stuff You Don’t Need, Like X Blue Tick
Image source: [deleted]
#33 Offended Gymbros Around?
Image source: ALQU1MISTA
#34 Some Drugstores In The Czech Republic Introduced Shampoo And Shower Gel Filling Machines
Image source: suitonaman
#35 5,000 Sq Ft Mansion Versus A 50,000 Sq Ft Mansion
Image source: TheCABK
I’d personally be ashamed of living something like that, knowing others are unhoused.
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