Quote Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust View Post
Yes I am a big enemy of rampant, gobbling consumerism and the superficiality of it all.

I have not owned a TV since the mid-1990s and cannot bear to listen to advertisements on the TV or the radio. It is the most revolting stuff imaginable all been done getting people to gobble gobble gobble up all of the trash starting with hula hoops and then going to pet rocks and then going to Magic 8 Balls, all the way to things like iPhones at Smartphones at all sorts of sneakers Penn tennis shoes and nonsense Galore
I am quite the same. I won't watch TV or listen to the radio. I have my curiosities and I will research them and give them time, but I will never spend my days being told what to buy. The trouble with the radio is it is just so laborious. For every good song you have hours of bad songs and meaningless chatter. It's better to just listen to a good podcast or something.

I look at 'special' days like Christmas and things like this and it has become a real perversion in the West. Families get into debt buying things that they cannot afford when a) There is no evidence to suggest that Jesus was born on that day and b) Jesus would no doubt have been against mass consumerism and sheer greed that only benefits the money lenders. Surely Christmas is about families having a meal together and maybe a few gifts here and there. Why all the song and dance? Out here Christmas is basically a day off to take your girlfriend to a coffee shop. I like that simplicity.

Halloween is something I have never really understood. I find it a bit creepy and in this day and age you don't want your kids knocking on the doors of strangers begging for sweets. Just give them some sweets yourself or even better a multi vitamin drink and tell them that it is better than getting cancer. Halloween is not good nutrition. A kid should be grateful for a handful of walnuts, but they would probably throw them at you saying 'Oi Mister, what's this shit?' 'It is called a walnut, it is full of healthy fats and is better for your teeth'. 'You are a weirdo'. 'You will learn in time, you little shit'. Door closed.

No, I don't really do Halloween.