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[quote=Anonymous]I generally agree with your point about over consumption but I think you’re focusing on the wrong things.  We have some Halloween decorations but we bought them 15 years ago and use them every year so the additional pressure on the landfill is minimal. 
I’m more concerned by the notion that unless you are completely redecorating your house every 10 years, it looks “dated.”  And that “oh that cut of pants you just bought 2 years ago is now dated and out of style so you must go buy totally different pants.”  Or the fsct that every single season my kids sport teams makes me buy a New Jersey shirt for them so we have about 60 nylon soccer shirts that cannot be handed down or recycled (plus dozens of crappy trophies that no one wanted).  Or the fact that people say basically “oh you might as well trash that furniture of your grandmothers because it’s dated and no one will buy it, the vintage stores are overflowing with that crap” so that everyone can buy something new looking off wayfair or west elm.  How many people even bother to use cobblers to fix the heels on their shoes rather than just tossing the shoes when the soles are worn?

It’s just so much waste.  Buying a cotton T shirt to go to disney — which you will probably wear lots again a lot as a nice memory of a family trip — is not the issue.  Or putting candy in a bag to share with a neighbor—again, totally NOT the issue.  [/quote]

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