Comments on: consumerism https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=106 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 By: Liam https://rose.geog.mcgill.ca/wordpress/?p=106&cpage=1#comment-329 Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:05:47 +0000 /?p=106#comment-329 My house has a 1 glass policy, each roommate gets one glass to use. It works generally for less than a week… until we have people over, and obviously our guests don’t expect to have to wash the glasses (despite one of my roommates efforts), until gradually all of our glasses get used and are lying around while we argue about whose responsibility the glasses are and who will have to wash them. The hiding method however might work, of course, taking away technology from others may be pretty sticky. I’m guessing people in my house would not be happy if they were thirsty and unable to find a glass…

I certainly agree that consumer culture is pretty bizarre, it’s something deeply rooted in our society. Advertising is explicitly designed to create a desire for something which isn’t needed, do I need anti-bacterial soap? Probably not.

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