In what way consuming makes you happy?

Originally posted by Seitse
I really don't want to discuss anything. As I hinted, this
thread is more of a survey. My dots meant to be an
equivalent of the silence of a therapist when the patient
gasps for air after a long sentence, kind of inviting to
continue.

Please go on. I am interested. Honestly. As someone who
has never coveted things after discovering that they brought
me nothing, I am intrigued by the psychological mechanics
of consumption.

Originally posted by JS357
http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun04/discontents.aspx

Originally posted by Seitse
Gold! Thanks.

Is there a version behind a firewall so I can pay for it?

Somehow I feel the void creeping in if I get it for free.

Originally posted by Seitse
Please, explain.

Added bonus if you also comment on how does it feel
to live under eternal indebtedness and if such a reality
is palliated by being surrounded with tons of useless
objects.

Consuming pizza makes me happy. Consuming bus fumes makes me not happy.

For a serious discussion on consumerism, check out Tim Jackson's "Prosperity without Growth". (Earthscan, 2009)

For a simplifies version, it has been said that Consumerism is buying stuff we don't need, with money we don't have to impress people we don't care about.

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Originally posted by HandyAndy
Too much beer?

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
That's an oxymoron. 😠

Originally posted by HandyAndy
Don't trip over your pendulum. 😵

Originally posted by Seitse
I really don't want to discuss anything. As I hinted, this
thread is more of a survey.

I am intrigued by the psychological mechanics
of consumption.

Originally posted by Great Big Stees
Thanks for reminding me. It's static at the moment I better wind the clock up.😀