You’re not supposed to hurt your friends.

A firehose in the sky that sucks the rain back in.

But it does describe the control of resources and to an extent force, which is “political” in addition to economic.

That’s a valid point, though I still wouldn’t call it a pyramid scheme.

You’re not forced to take on that debt though, nor is the debt unpayable unless you take on more debt. Some people put themselves into a ponzi-like situation either through poor financial decision making or circumstances so shit that they can’t do any better, but the average person doesn’t need to take out a loan on a freaking pair of nikes or even a car or house. It’s a cultural norm to get a mortgage, but if you do the math it often doesn’t make sense to and isn’t anywhere close to mandatory. At most you could argue that the US government debt works that way, but even that’s iffy and depends on your geopolitical outlook.

How so though? This sounds like a statement that’s meant to be flashy but doesn’t actually hold up. Pyramid schemes are characterized by a) an eventual lack of ability to recruit more people, b) recruitment rather than a product or a service being the driver, and c) a person at the bottom left with nothing, including recourse. Capitalism, even completely free capitalism, doesn’t work like that unless you specifically rig it to do so. That’s called “corruption”.

There’s probably also a difference in the variety within each dish and the effect it has. “Eating the same thing” is probably better if you eat granola with dark chocolate, cashews, blueberries, and spinach topped with almond milk and banana for breakfast versus a banana for breakfast. The nutrient profile is still always the same and that’s not great, but at least the former has different nutrient profiles within it.

Everything about Loblaws just screams “lol fuck you”, because they’re everywhere and there’s nothing you can do about it and they know it. They’re a bit like Putin - he knows he’s lying, and he knows you know, but he does it anyway with a huge grin on his face as if to mock you. They’re even worse than telecom.

I’ve actually gotten into niche stores like bakeries. I’m not the stop and smell the roses type, but there’s nothing like a good loaf of bread. I’m also streamlining my diet, so that helps a lot because you can get the same “whole foods” virtually anywhere and you don’t need a thousand fancy packaged branded foods.

K guys, I decided on a one week cycle with only a few perishables. Will update in a while on how it goes.

I’m not a dietitian either, but I am followed by one, and their recommendation for me specifically was to try it and report back with a list of what I ate and whether the Master Plan ™ stuck. The lack of variation isn’t ideal, but in my case, as per their rationale, the potential benefits outweigh the downsides because I tend to default to junk food when my culinary life gets too complicated (she isn’t wrong). Granted though, I don’t plan to eat the same thing daily, so for someone who’s literally on repeat every single day or who already has a very healthy diet, I imagine the recommendation would likely change.

You’re definitely right on the cyclic thing - you can get a lot of stuff for free or close to it. It always used to blow my mind that parents would pay actual money for baby clothes. Like… there are SO many second hand ones out there, and they’re going to grow out of it in a month.

Ouch, that sucks. I only had a handful of things from my dad when he died and that was already too much, especially the sentimental stuff. I allow myself a small box of trinkets, but if I’m honest I hate sentimentality and the fact that I would be upset if I lost those items even though it’s completely irrational. Having to deal with a whole lifetime’s worth of stuff would be overwhelming. I wouldn’t even know where to start. Every dress that hasn’t been worn in 20 years and box of random papers that are damn near impossible to trace. Luckily I have some packrat siblings who I’m sure will scoop up a lot, but I dread having to clean up shop when my mom dies.

Not judging or anything, but this is one of the many reasons why I’d never have kids. A lot of people just have kids because they’re on autopilot in their lives, and then all of a sudden they realize it’s completely incompatible with their lifestyle. I think that contributes to the popularity of being child free within minimalist circles. I grew up with younger siblings and can remember moving with them a few times, and the physical volume of stuff that such a tiny human needs is crazy, as is the immense marketing pressure on parents to buy stupid shit. It’s super predatory to see companies pressure parents into buying the most expensive car seat because otherwise their baby won’t be as safe. They can fuck off. Imagine gatekeeping safety, real or imagined, based so directly on money.

If that happens I’m going to see it as an opportunity to go no-social media for a year. I’ve done this with other things, for example not buying clothes for a year, and my habits have changed permanently with each exercise. I’m convinced that if you can do it for a year, it starts to become part of the fabric of who you are, and if that’s preferable you’re unlikely to backslide.

It depends on the growth curve. Right now it’s exponential, which means it will keep growing. When you see it stay linear for a while, it’ll probably start to flatten. At that point, it’s either big enough to stick or it’s not.

Unfortunately that’s on lemmy.ml, which as the mod has already acknowledged, really limits how far they can go. I agree that it kind of sucks, and a huge migration like this is never going to go perfectly, but I’d much rather get it right and have a viable community than not create one at all. I’m happy to make them a mod though so that they can administer both, I’m not trying to “compete” with them or anything like that, in fact I’d much rather not have to put the work in all by myself.

Yeah, that’s the point.

I highly doubt this is anything but a sad attempt at getting some good PR. We’ve seen other big mods suspended supposedly permanently who suddenly negotiated their way out of it. Reddit has no reason to lose such a great employee, if they did this person would have been banned years ago.