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luminarai · 1 year

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when I look for new clothes it’s 99% of the time because I have a very specific idea of an article of clothing that I’d like, but I find that most times my online searching inevitably lead me to shein or shein-like sites, which is so annoying. like, they’ve had to have stolen the design from *somewhere* you know? and I’d like to not contribute to absolutely horrendous worker conditions and consumption landfills etc etc, thanks.

#cecil blogs her life #currently I’m looking for a jacquard like sleeveless floral top in green/yellow/golden tones #ideally cropped + with thin straps. yes this is the level of detail I’m talking about #sometimes I do find something similar on high end fashion brands that have almost exactly the same shitty conditions for their workers #I can sew but only the basics and honestly I fibd sourcing fabrics to be a nightmare here #if I had a ton of money I’d love to have a tailor who could make custom pieces for me #honestly the dream #but I’d like to at least try not to actively make the world a worse place #no ethical consumption under capitalism etc etc #also I think this approach to shopping is why I almost never throw out/donate clothing #because I spend time carefully picking out pieces I like and wear them until they’re literally falling apart

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cadaverkeys · 3 months

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Idk why people think it's funny to buy shit from shien or temu or whatever slavery-corp is popular at the time just to video themselves laughing at the quality of the products. It's badly made because it's unrelentingly shoved through a production line for a few pennies each garment- this isn't fucking "content" and honestly these rich influencers should feel ashamed to openly admit that they're buying from companies that force their workers into slavery conditions.

#i understand some people dont know any better / some people feel that they have no other option for clothing themselves #and theres no ethical consumption under capitalism etc etc etc #but theres no point where you should think its cute or quirky to buy products from slavery production lines #and i dont think that should be controversial #i understand that most fast fashion brands use the same outsourcing of labor as shien #honestly theyre shit too #but theres hardly as many zara hauls as shien ones #rambles #i just saw this girl on tiktok laughing about these stupid novelty rings shes bought from shien #and it's like. why would you even admit to this. -_-#and the comments r just laughing along as if theyre not casually admitting to buying from slavery companies

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julesdap · 5 months

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thinking about how the rapture-and-bliss…… isn’t really hope. or maybe it is, but it’s hope corrupted, perverted. because it doesn’t give seb and dev hope, only fantasy. it’s escapism. that’s not what hope is, not the same hope that convinced hayward and paige to birth a god, not the same hope that makes carpenter work for a better world despite all her cynicism.

hope in its truest form is a driving, radicalizing force. what the man in the walls sells is the opposite. its victims literally live in a dream. it’s hope stripped of action. it’s forced optimism to the point of destructiveness. and it just drives home the point that no gods in this universe — the biggest metaphors for oppressive systems and capitalism and overconsumption — can take hold of anything good without corrupting it. because a god must feed.

#bitch. thats not a god of hope. thats the god of watching youtube videos all day because our realities are too big and scary and important #the silt verses #i think its interesting that some people took it at face value when the creature claimed to be a god of hope #and being upset that hope wasn’t enough to see seb & dev through it #but that’s the point!!!!! blind hope isn’t enough!!!! you have to put your feet on the ground!!! you have to Wake Up!!!!!!!#i think the cairn maiden along with the woundtree were also interesting examples of ‘neutral’ ‘harmless’ gods #but now we’re starting to see the maiden’s effect on carpenter (throwing herself into reckless situations etc)#and we already saw the woundtree’s effect on predator-prey systems & its weight on paige #literally no ethical consumption under capitalism and what a way to drive home that point……….#julestxt #tsv #tsv spoilers #okay. anyway

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cemeterything · 1 year

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In January 2021 there were less than 200 tumblr employees (source is the tumblr staff member on the guy fieri arg discord server who was confirmed to be tumblr staff. Also I think another staff member posted it on their blog around that time). Unless they’ve mass hired people (it sounded like the size of the team was getting smaller at the time so unlikely) the content moderation team is extremely small. It’s definitely a significant issue that there’s not enough people to run this website properly, but it’s a staffing issue, not a not caring about or agreeing with bigotry issue. That’s also why they rely on terrible ai software to review images and blanket bans of certain tags. There’s straight up not enough people to actually review reports, however if something high profile happens they can act quickly. (Sorry this is a long ask, I just feel this is important information in any discussion about how tumblr is run)

yeah that's fair, it's good to have all the information available. it doesn't change the fact that tumblr has pretty much always had problems with moderation though, like it's never been good at handling harassment and hate speech as far as i remember (and i've used this site since 2011/2012), and that's why i can't in good conscience view tumblr as the like. friendly quirky little family community it markets itself as. i respect that it's not easy to run a website, but it has genuine problems with dealing with those issues (as most social media do) and there's not really anything that can excuse that, and i respect why people are upset about it. having been on the receiving end of both targeted mass harassment and hate speech myself, and having received absolutely no help or support from tumblr when i tried to report it, i can't help but feel pretty fed up with how they manage things in that department. i work in retail, so i get that some issues are due to staffing shortages and the limitations of the company and how it's run, so i don't blame individual tumblr staff members for that any more than i'd blame any individual employee of a company for that company's failures unless they were clearly personally responsible, but at the same time i strongly believe in doing the best you can by your fellow human beings and working to prevent harm wherever possible, and how tumblr handles harassment and hate speech falls way short of that.

#sorry im tired idk if this makes sense but like. i see your point and i realize that you acknowledged that its still an issue #but like. yeah i just cant pretend tumblr isnt a company that serves its own interests (making money) first and that was my point #we live in a society there is no ethical consumption under capitalism etc. etc.#anyway tl;dr no tumblr is not the root of all evil but it IS a company it is NOT your friend despite how it markets itself #and it has issues worth criticizing

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cipheramnesia · 1 year

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so glad to see the resurgence of food based class discourse, it's always something that everyone gets real normal and polite about right away

#let me save you some trouble #there are poor people and disenfranchised classes in every nationality ethnicity etc #if a food seems unpalatable pretty good chance it started as poverty food so lets all shake hands and move on #different tastes #no ethical consumption under authoritarian hierarchy or capitalism #etc etc society bad perhaps we should change it somewhat

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itshalstri · 1 month

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do you think they used real brazilians

#IM SO EXCITED. sorry. no ethical consumption under capitalism i hate corporations etc etc BUT a new monster flavor is my superbowl #and honestly i didn't know the new ones were out yet! so i was so excited to see this :D i also got the new peaches&creme but that ones not #as silly or exciting #monster energy #sorry for being a corporate shill. i know.

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tittyinfinity · 4 months

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damn I just realized that out of the 1600 people I follow not one of them is a swiftie. I've never unfollowed anyone for liking her either. but i assume any swiftie that followed me blocked me after i got 50k on a post calling her annoying

#.bdo #i'm not trying to act pretentious because i know there's no ethical consumption under capitalism etc #but i do think there's a difference here. she's a billionaire and you can't do that ethically.#& she has the most co2 emissions out of all celebrities #supporting her enables that unfortunately #and i just think people are getting a little too comfortable with not calling that kind of stuff out just because they enjoy music #i just feel like her fans could ban together and say something about her actions so that #1. she has no choice but to share her profits with her employees who are clearly underpaid if shes a billionaire #2. she admits that her co2 emissions aren't okay and swears off her private jet #and 3. so all celebrities know that they're not gonna have the support of the working class if they don't support us

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norrkatt · 9 months

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UNFRIENDLY REMINDER: HOTTOPIC ISN'T YOUR FRIEND, AND NEITHER IS ANY CORPORATION

#one of the few companies i want to push people to stop supporting because YOU CAN GET MERCH ELSEWHERE. FUCK MAN #BUY THEIR SHIT SCALPED ON EBAY. THEY TREAT THEIR EMPLOYEES LIKE GARBAGE AND THEIR ARTISTS AND ALSO YOU!!!!#DO NOT GIVE THEM MONEY BC AN EMPLOYEE WAS NICE!!!!!!!#no ethical consumption under capitalism etc etc but also FUCK THEM I HATE THEM SO MUCH THEYRE SO FUCKING SCUMMY lol #i ahd them as a uni sidejob recently and i fuckin hattttttteeeeeeeeee their training manual and i fucking haaaaaaaaate them as a company

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gardenstateofmind · 2 years

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i think the vast majority of people (in the culture i live in) are too removed from the origins of our food, i am very pro eating meat but i think we need to appreciate that it came from a living being and be thankful for what they have given us

#like this is separate from the conversation about the meat industry #bc there is no ethical consumption under capitalism #this is more like on an ideological level #like the relationship that modern u.s. americans have with life and death and our place within the ecosystem etc #personal

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morethanonepage · 2 years

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anyway the beauty of not being straight-sized is that literally nothing i could buy from shein or any other fast fashion sites would fit me, so i’m guilt free in that regard

#*flash back to me when i was in high school and i went shopping at forever 21 w my friends and could never get anything*#no ethical consumption under capitalism etc etc etc

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philsrosesweatshirt · 2 months

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starting to think some of y’all don’t know what capitalism means,,,,

#ik it’s jokes but ! no ethical consumption etc but tbh…. expensive things can be more ethically sound than inexpensive things. so long as #the expense is bc the company is paying laborers more (& obv under capitalism no company is really paying workers what they’re worth but.)#anyway yes jokes phil get that bread dan be a sugar baby it’s all good!

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homospockual · 8 months

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I’m about to become a pillow princess fr. this topping shit is such a scam

#hmmm #only problem is then I have to scam other women. no ethical consumption under capitalism etc

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jill-question-mark · 9 months

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I changed my Firefox default search engine to not-Google (I went with DuckDuckGo) since 1) they will no longer include Canadian news sources and 2) all you get are sponsored results and AI garbage anyway. It was very easy; go to Settings in Firefox for Android and Default Search is right at the top.

I realize that my Android phone is supporting Google as well, especially since it's a Pixel, but I still think the Apple ecosystem is even more oppressive...

#no ethical consumption under capitalism #etc etc #firefox #google

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fractallogic · 10 months

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Please don’t @ me next week when I get an updated kindle during prime day

It’s just been so gratifying to read again, even if it’s on a device, but I think I’m reading again BECAUSE it’s on a device and the friction for task-switching is very low

And sometimes the glare off my phone/iPad is too much for my poor eyes, and I’m looking forward to devouring a bunch of books on the beach in September and it will be so much easier to pack if I just bring a kindle instead of like six or eight books (plus my eyes are so delicate I can’t read a book outside and it gives me a headache to read with my (prescription for seeing blurry far away things) sunglasses, for obvious reasons, but if I can have a matte screen with the colors inverted…!)

I just hate Amazon so much and I am so mad to be supporting them but they also have really good e-reader technology and they will be dirt cheap soon AND they’ll give me an extra 20% off for sending my ancient fire tablet to them, so

UGH!!!!!

#there is no ethical consumption under capitalism etc etc etc #that scene in the good place about deciding to buy a tomato #and so on and so forth

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heavenknowsffs · 2 years

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Going to primark tomorrow to look for warmer blankets/pjs for winter. Lord save me from the horrors (spending money on things i do not need because they look cute)

#i know primark is not ethical etc etc #but what is?#there is no ethical consumption under capitalism

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what-shitfuckery-is-this-ew · 4 months

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BOYCOTTING FOR PALESTINE

The Official BDS Boycott Targets

The Updated List is Below:

EUROVISION. IT IS IN OUR TOP PRIORITY TO BOYCOTT EUROVISION

Consumer Boycotts - a complete boycott of these brands

Axa

Puma

Carrefour

HP

Cevron

Caltex

Israeli produce

Re/max

Ahava

Texaco

Siemens

Sodastream

Organic Boycott Targets - boycotts not initiated by BDS but still complete boycott of these brands

Macdonald's

Dominos

Papa Johns

Burger King

Pizza Hut

Wix

Divestments and exclusion - pressure governments, institutions, investment funds, city councils, etc. to exclude from procurement contracts and investments and to divest from these

Elbit Systems

CAF

Volvo

CAT

Barclays

JCB

intel

HD Hyundai

TKH Security

HikVision

Pressure - boycotts when reasonable alternatives exist, as well as lobbying, peaceful disruptions, and social media pressure.

Google

Amazon

AirBnb

Booking.Com

Expedia

Disney

Teva

Here are some companies that strongly support Israel (but are not Boycott targets). There is no ethical consumption under capitalism and boycotting is a political strategy - not a moral one. If you did try to boycott every supporter of Israel you would struggle to survive because every major company supports Israel (as a result of attempting to keep the US economy afloat), that being said, the ones that are being boycotted by masses and not already on the organic boycott list are coloured red.

5 Star Chocolate

7Days

7Up

Apple

Arsenal FC

ALDO

Arket

Axe

Accenture

Ariel

Adidas

ActionIQ

Aquafina

Amika

AccuWeather

Activia

Adobe

Aesop

Azrieli Group

American Eagle

Amway Corp

Axel Springer

American Airlines

American Express

Atlassian

AdeS

Aquarius

Ayataka

Audi

Barqs

Bain & Company

Bayer

Bank Leumi

Bank Hapoalim

BCG (Boston Consulting Group)

Biotherm

Bershka

Bloomberg

BMW

Boeing

Booz Allen Hamilton

Burberry

Bath & Body Works

Bosch

Bristol Myers Squibb

Capri Holdings

Costa

Carita Paris

CareTrust REIT

Caterpillar

Coach

Cappy

Caudalie

CeraVe

Check Point Software Technologies

Cerelac

Chanel

Chapman and Cutler

Channel

Cheerios

Cheetos

Chevron

Chips Ahoy!

Christina Aguilera

Citi Bank

Carrefour

Codral

Cosco

Canada Dry

Citi

Clal Insurance Enterprises

Clean & Clear

Clearblue

Clinique

Champion

Club Social

Coca Cola

Coffee Mate

Colgate

Comcast

Compass

Caesars

Conde Nast

Cooley LLP

Costco

Côte d’Or

Crest

CV Starr

CyberArk Software

Cytokinetics

Crayola

Cra Z Art

Daimler

Dr Pepper

Del Valle

Daim

Doctor Pepper

Dasani

Doritos

Daz

Dior

Dell

Deloitte

Delta Air Lines

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Telekom

DHL Group

David Off

Disney

DLA Piper

Domestos

Domino’s

Douglas Elliman

Downy

Duane Morris LLP

Dreft Baby Detergent & Laundry Products

Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream

eBay

Edelman

Eli Lilly

Evian

Empyrean

Ericsson

Endeavor

EPAM Systems

Estee Lauder

Elbit Systems

Expedia

EY

Forbes

Facebook

Fairlife

Fanta

First International Bank of Israel

Fiverr

Funyuns

Fuze

Fox News

Fritos

Fox Corp

Gatorade

Gamida Cell

GE

Glamglow

General Catalyst

General Motors

Georgia

Gold Peak

Genesys

Goldman Sachs

Grandma’s Cookies

Google

Garnier

Guess

Greenberg Traurig

Guerlain

Givenchy

H&M

Hadiklaim

Huggies

Hanes

HSBC

Head & Shoulders

Hersheys

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hewlett Packard

Hasbro

Hyundai

Henkel

Harel Insurance Investment & Financial Services

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HubSpot

Huntsman Corp

IBM

Innocent

Insight Partners

Inditex Group

IT Cosmetics

Instacart

Intel

Intermedia

Interpublic Group

Instagram

ICL Group

Intuit

Jazwares

Jefferies

John Lewis

JP Morgan Chase

Jaguar

Johnson & Johnson

JPMorgan

Kenon Holdings

Kate Spade

Kirks’

Kinley Water

KKR

KFC

KKW Cosmetics

Kurkure

Keebler

Kolynos

Kaufland

Kevita

Knorr

KPMG

Lemonade

Lidl

Loblaws

Levi Strauss

Louis Vuitton

Life Water

Levi’s

Levi’s Strauss

Land Rover

L’Oréal

Lego

Levissima

Live Nation Entertainment

Lufthansa

La Roche-Posay

Lipton

Major League Baseball

Manpower Group

Marriott

Marsh McLennan

Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Mastercard

Mattel

Minute Maid

Monster

Monki

Mainz FC

Mellow Yellow

Mountain Dew

Migdal Insurance

Marks & Spencer

Mirinda

McDermott Will & Emery

Motorola

McKinsey

Merck

Michael Kors

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank

Merck KGaA

Micheal Kors

Milkybar

Maybelline

Mount Franklin