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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get that people don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but it is downright bleak to go to any big box store right now and see the Halloween stuff already marked down and Christmas in full swing. Pumpkin spice is but a distant memory. Thanksgiving doesn't even exist. Where does everything go? The mind reels.[/quote]
Yes, I find the stores, like CVS, more depressing than anyone's house. All that crap sitting there and stuff is ugly and cheap looking too. [/quote]

And a lot of it gets thrown away, too. Not even sold at a discount later, just straight to landfill. Follow the trashwalker on Instagram or TikTok, or watch that documentary on Amazon and consumption from a couple years ago.

It's so bleak. [/quote]

I really hate Trump but if his dumb tariffs can make this plastic crap unaffordable, that would be one good thing.  Stuff is just too cheap.  Our grandparents would buy a couple things and pack them up carefully and save them for decades and the. Maybe make other decorations from upcycled things (a scarecrow with old ripped clotthes, jack o lantern from the pumpkin used to make a pie, perforated tin can lights for the driveway).   We throw out so much stuff hecause stuff is so cheap, really too cheap because the real costs are all externalities.  [/quote]

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