I’ve tried that a few times, most of the time they don’t have their own store or charge significantly more or have significantly reduced choices on their own site.

Yeah, I don’t think it was the being able to afford it that was the troubling bit, it was the having to arrange it at the very last minute that was the struggle.

You could, and most populist politicians do, but that doesn’t make it true.

Oliphaunts Mr Frodo!

In the year 252525…

Yes, we can not buy entertainment and simply buy essentials. We can only go to work, come home, eat, and sleep.

But thats a very boring existence, and offering that as an alternative instead of demanding change actively speaks very poorly of your opinion of people.

The world is increasingly monetized, and simply refusing to participate will not change that. It will just cut you off more and more from the world. Which is worse for everyone.

They keep getting higher because the people selling them keep raising the prices. Do not discount their contribution by solely attributing blame to the consumer.

They have remarkably little control over markets, despite what your microeconomics 101 class might tell you.

Its definitely easier when you only ever agree with people.

“Just don’t buy it” works great in a world where you dont have to pay for every meager comfort you can find.

Not for another two amd a half years, at least.

They were probably more uncomfortable for her stepsisters.

Does that scare you?

Accept your dorkness or the world will eat you alive.

No, but sport can be a form of exercise.

As though they’re not sliding right into the same things…

You definitely don’t want to be trans over there right now.

But ultimately it is still run by humans who make a choice about what they’re deciding to do. They are not faceless, mindless automatons roaming the countryside gobbling up capital and turning out enshittification. There are people specifically making these decisions. Why argue as though it is immutable fact? The world can always be changed. As you say elsewhere in the thread people can choose to be different. There just doesn’t exist better motivation and opportunity to do so. Perhaps spreading awareness with discussion and memes helps create that. Would you argue that discussion would be fruitless because people can come to that conclusion without discussion, even though discussion makes it easier?

Wouldn’t that have required that you provide any actual evidence for me to sidestep? You’ve made nothing but accusations so far, perhaps you should actually care about what bandwagons you’re jumping on instead of throwing around accusations you don’t actually understand, not unlike fascist social media owners.

They probably had enough time after shift to attend some events.

To be clear, I was asking about what he was doing, and you specifically were accusing him of within this chain.

Maybe try not to jump into a hunt if you don’t even know what you’re hunting.