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Do y’all REALLY REALLY boycott stuff you like?
- Thread starter Strangelove_77
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Not being snarky but I actually kinda lol at the incredulous tone of the op. Though that's probably because I've already 'refined' or smothered my taste in enough layers of preponderance and reflection that as it is I can barely even get myself to pay attention to the things I know I'd like lol...
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If you have to cut ties with a shitty or toxic friendship, do you really miss hanging out with that friend? Life moves on, you find other people to hang out with.
In practice boycotting things really isn't all that different.
Yes? I'm an optimist, so I would definitely miss the good times. Friendship implies that there was, at one time or another, good times.
Fuck yeah I do. I don't usually long for things I'm boycotting though. I just find something to replace it or forget about it until it's inevitably brought up.
There are very few things I REALLY, REALLY care about. Most things I can take or leave so if they do something egregious I have no problem boycotting them.
What's the deal with Brand New? I'm genuinely asking because i just recently got into their music and don't really know much about them.
Somewhere between No and kind of. I could probably count the number of brands I've boycotted on one hand, and they were stuff I could have gone without anyway.
I voted no though.
I voted no though.
Optimist or not, there's a point where if someone's negatively impacting my life and well-being, I'm not going to miss their presence. Yeah, if times used to be great, that kinda sucks, but again, life goes on.
I wouldn't consider myself any kind of die-hard activist, but I do generally avoid patronising certain companies because of this or that social/ethical reason. Considering just how much of an absolute saturation the modern consumer experiences in choice it's relatively easy, except of course in the case of monopolies.
I no longer give Amazon or Wal-Mart any of my money. It kind of sucks because they are the two easiest sources to get a lot of what I need at the cheapest price, but the upside is it has led to me truly re-evaluating whether or not I need something before I buy it.
They've undergone a lot of additional activision-ication since then. And while I like the game, was it honestly ever a worthy successor to D2?
I also avoided it until ROS and the removal of the RMAH.
I definitely do.
I haven't experienced a Dragon Quest game since 7 because of Sugiyama, I haven't seen a Polanksi film since The Ninth Gate even though I think he is a fantastic filmmaker, I've never eaten at a Chick-Fil-A.
Capitalism makes everything and everyone complicit in something terrible, and my 'boycotting' is all very, very minor in the grand scheme of things, but as far as I am concerned if you can't even do the barest of minimum like 'Don't watch the films of a rapist' or 'Don't eat at the restaurant that hates gay people' you are really showing yourself to have no moral standards at all.
I haven't experienced a Dragon Quest game since 7 because of Sugiyama, I haven't seen a Polanksi film since The Ninth Gate even though I think he is a fantastic filmmaker, I've never eaten at a Chick-Fil-A.
Capitalism makes everything and everyone complicit in something terrible, and my 'boycotting' is all very, very minor in the grand scheme of things, but as far as I am concerned if you can't even do the barest of minimum like 'Don't watch the films of a rapist' or 'Don't eat at the restaurant that hates gay people' you are really showing yourself to have no moral standards at all.
Its mostly unintentional for me. Lots of stuff I like either doesn't exist anymore or are particulary niche and there's really few big things I like or use that have that kind of sway, like McDonalds or Amazon. That's not to say that the industries I consume from daily don't do major economical, social, and/or ecological damage like consumer electronics, e-commerce, entertainment, and food production, but the more popular stuff like Chik-fil-a and, recently, Activision-Blizzard are "easy" to avoid because I only consumed from them once or twice and wasn't a fan to begin with.
Sometimes. I boycotted (though idk if you'd call it a boycott or just outright abandoned) Channel Awesome and Jontron when all that shit came out. I saw that thing on The Wall that everyone's talking about but I'm unsubbed and no longer go in every week for the videos like I used to I only consider things that I use regularly and stop using a boycott. I don't consider myself to be boycotting Apple right now because I don't use any Apple products so I don't credit myself with that, and if the boycott is easy for you then it's also probably worthless because you didn't interact with the company in the first place
The boycotts against the companies acquiescing to the CCP are interesting though because their actions are expected and I assumed everyone just looked down at their feet whenever something happened due to the insane logistics of attempting to boycott every company that would do that
The boycotts against the companies acquiescing to the CCP are interesting though because their actions are expected and I assumed everyone just looked down at their feet whenever something happened due to the insane logistics of attempting to boycott every company that would do that
I really don't want to support Apple and Google. I'm trying my hardest to avoid their stuff. I've switched to Bing as my default search but I'm not sure if MS is really the answer. I'm trying. Not sure if it's enough. I really wanted the new COD, but I won't support Activision with their no political BS.
I buy what I want and most people do too.
I think the only thing I'm actually actively boycotting is Wayfair for supplying furniture for the child detention camps.
I think the only thing I'm actually actively boycotting is Wayfair for supplying furniture for the child detention camps.
Sure I do. Games, Epic, Chik-fil-a, Nestle whereever possible, more and more fast fashion stuff, etc. Some are things I'd really like, some are just things I make an effort to ever try. Some are backed by heinous people, some just by people/practices that I don't like. Not everyone who does this have the time to broadcast it.
There's plenty of things I'd like to avoid buying, but it isn't always possible. It's an ongoing effort, not a box to check off.
Also, while it's true that there are lots of hypocrites out there, we all are in some ways and calling them out doesn't add to your personality. Food for thought.
There's plenty of things I'd like to avoid buying, but it isn't always possible. It's an ongoing effort, not a box to check off.
Also, while it's true that there are lots of hypocrites out there, we all are in some ways and calling them out doesn't add to your personality. Food for thought.
I just don't buy many things in the first place. I live a pretty minimalist, low expense life. The only thing I really feel like I can't forego is owning a smartphone. And I do buy Nike shoes sometimes, but usually used lol.
Regardless, you don't have to be a boycott purist. Giving shitty companies less money is still helpful towards making them change or bringing them down.
Regardless, you don't have to be a boycott purist. Giving shitty companies less money is still helpful towards making them change or bringing them down.
I don't have a lot of stuff I like when it comes to brands, but I wouldn't consider them boycott, I don't have a laundry list of companies either for ones I should avoid.
Nah, I have every intention to usually but I have a relatively weak ability to follow through, especially if it's something I've been waiting for. Working on getting better at it.
The thing is anyone can say anything on here.
"I'm so angry at XYZ I'm boycotting Call of Duty!"
Maybe you've never played Call of Duty before and you never were going to buy it in the first place. Or maybe you pre-ordered the game 5 minutes after writing that post. I can't know.
It's just not worth anything when it's an anonymous internet post.
"I'm so angry at XYZ I'm boycotting Call of Duty!"
Maybe you've never played Call of Duty before and you never were going to buy it in the first place. Or maybe you pre-ordered the game 5 minutes after writing that post. I can't know.
It's just not worth anything when it's an anonymous internet post.
I boycott tons of stuff and stick to it. There's so much stuff out there that there's always a replacement. Chicken sandwiches, pasta, home repair tools, etc. Shopping and eating local really makes things easier.
Not in any real sense. I haven't been to Chick-Fil-A since the anti-LGBT stuff came out. But it's not because I have any delusions of fighting the good fight or whatever. It's just momentum at this point and it's not like their food is going to pull me back in. If I want 3rd rate fast food, I can go elsewhere.
Outright boycott? No. There are enough assholes and bigots out there that just about every product is probably tied to something bad, we just don't know it yet.
That said, if it hits close to people I care about, I'll consider it. For example, for many generations, my family lived in Essex county (ontario, Canada). So much of the community was tied to the tomato farmers that supplied the Heinz plant in Leamington. Lots of people worked at the plant, or the farms, or something that supported the farms and the plant. One day the plant closed shop and moved south of the boarder, which put an awful lot of people out of work.
Another company took over the Heinz plant and French's started buying their output to make ketchup. While I've never outright boycotted Heinz, if I'm given the choice, I take French's every time to support the community
That said, if it hits close to people I care about, I'll consider it. For example, for many generations, my family lived in Essex county (ontario, Canada). So much of the community was tied to the tomato farmers that supplied the Heinz plant in Leamington. Lots of people worked at the plant, or the farms, or something that supported the farms and the plant. One day the plant closed shop and moved south of the boarder, which put an awful lot of people out of work.
Another company took over the Heinz plant and French's started buying their output to make ketchup. While I've never outright boycotted Heinz, if I'm given the choice, I take French's every time to support the community
That option can't exist because that would require OP to admit there are people out there who have no problem following through on boycotts.