Posts Tagged ‘consumerism’

10 Reasons Gift Certificates Make Horrible Gifts

I don’t know who came up with gift certificates, but they should receive an award for one of the best marketing jobs ever pulled on the unsuspecting public. How else can you explain how people are willing to trade money, for a less useful and more restrictive form of money at a one-to-one ratio?

For those of you who can’t think of what to buy your miserly Aunt Josie… » Continue

December 25 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: , , , | 79 comments»

How to Avoid Being Enslaved by Consumerism

“It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly.” - Henry David Thoreau

“Much of our activity these days is nothing more than a cheap anesthetic to deaden the pain of an empty life.” - Unknown

“The things you own end up owning you.” - Tyler Durden in Fight Club

Beyond a minimum threshold of poverty, money doesn’t buy happiness. Wealth may… » Continue

September 20 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: , , , , , | 23 comments»

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