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The Loveliest

The woman 
with a 
double chin 
and fat fingers
around plastic bags 
plops down 
in the seat
across the aisle 
and blocks 
my view of the
goddess 
whose magazine 
is filled with 
clothes
she'd fill out 
quite nicely.

The pretty 
and the ugly 
sit side by side
and I wonder 
who is 
the loveliest 
in God's eyes.

February 22, 2002

The Loveliest

The woman 
with a 
double chin 
and fat fingers
around plastic bags 
plops down 
in the seat
across the aisle 
and blocks 
my view of the
goddess 
whose magazine 
is filled with 
clothes
she'd fill out 
quite nicely.

The pretty 
and the ugly 
sit side by side
and I wonder 
who is 
the loveliest 
in God's eyes.

February 22, 2002

The Loveliest

The woman 
with a 
double chin 
and fat fingers
around plastic bags 
plops down 
in the seat
across the aisle 
and blocks 
my view of the
goddess 
whose magazine 
is filled with 
clothes
she'd fill out 
quite nicely.

The pretty 
and the ugly 
sit side by side
and I wonder 
who is 
the loveliest 
in God's eyes.

February 22, 2002

The Loveliest

The woman 
with a 
double chin 
and fat fingers
around plastic bags 
plops down 
in the seat
across the aisle 
and blocks 
my view of the
goddess 
whose magazine 
is filled with 
clothes
she'd fill out 
quite nicely.

The pretty 
and the ugly 
sit side by side
and I wonder 
who is 
the loveliest 
in God's eyes.

February 22, 2002

The Loveliest

The woman 
with a 
double chin 
and fat fingers
around plastic bags 
plops down 
in the seat
across the aisle 
and blocks 
my view of the
goddess 
whose magazine 
is filled with 
clothes
she'd fill out 
quite nicely.

The pretty 
and the ugly 
sit side by side
and I wonder 
who is 
the loveliest 
in God's eyes.

February 22, 2002

ICYMI: 56% of Latinas drop brands over stereotypes, LDC and Kantar find: 86% of Latinas already control household spending and 74% steer peer purchases, according to a June 30 study. Brands slow to adapt risk losing both groups. https://ppc.land/56-of-latinas-drop-brands-over-stereotypes-ldc-and-kantar-find/ #Latinas #BrandLoyalty #ConsumerCulture #DiversityInMarketing #WomenEmpowerment

ICYMI: 56% of Latinas drop brands over stereotypes, LDC and Kantar find: 86% of Latinas already control household spending and 74% steer peer purchases, according to a June 30 study. Brands slow to adapt risk losing both groups. https://ppc.land/56-of-latinas-drop-brands-over-stereotypes-ldc-and-kantar-find/ #Latinas #BrandLoyalty #ConsumerCulture #DiversityInMarketing #WomenEmpowerment

As some shops toy with removing changing rooms entirely what does it mean for the future of the high street. #retail #fashion #consumerculture

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jun/19/changing-rooms-high-street-shops?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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As some shops toy with removing changing rooms entirely what does it mean for the future of the high street. #retail #fashion #consumerculture

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jun/19/changing-rooms-high-street-shops?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass

As some shops toy with removing changing rooms entirely what does it mean for the future of the high street. #retail #fashion #consumerculture

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jun/19/changing-rooms-high-street-shops?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass

As some shops toy with removing changing rooms entirely what does it mean for the future of the high street. #retail #fashion #consumerculture

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jun/19/changing-rooms-high-street-shops?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into FLIPBOARD EXCHANGE FEED 🗞️ @flipboard-exchange-feed-Econopass

This is interesting - saw a post here on Mastodon on this topic a few days ago - couldn't find it again, so started searching the web and found this related article from Psychology Today ...

Hooked Young: How Consumer Culture Recruits Us Early in Life

This isn’t the life we came for. A small, silent voice within can guide us back.

Key points

- For 2 million years, we were raised in villages, wiring us for connection. Now we arrive in homes too quiet.

- Consumer culture arrives early in our youth and promises to deliver the connection we’re missing.

- We get hooked on this promise—that buying and achieving will bring us closeness—but it’s a false promise.

- A voice within still longs for real people, real presence, and a way back to each other. It’s time we listen.

...

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/born-for-a-better-world/202509/hooked-young-how-consumer-culture-recruits-us-early-in-life

#consumerculture

This is interesting - saw a post here on Mastodon on this topic a few days ago - couldn't find it again, so started searching the web and found this related article from Psychology Today ...

Hooked Young: How Consumer Culture Recruits Us Early in Life

This isn’t the life we came for. A small, silent voice within can guide us back.

Key points

- For 2 million years, we were raised in villages, wiring us for connection. Now we arrive in homes too quiet.

- Consumer culture arrives early in our youth and promises to deliver the connection we’re missing.

- We get hooked on this promise—that buying and achieving will bring us closeness—but it’s a false promise.

- A voice within still longs for real people, real presence, and a way back to each other. It’s time we listen.

...

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/born-for-a-better-world/202509/hooked-young-how-consumer-culture-recruits-us-early-in-life

#consumerculture

(5) now imagine a monochrome supermarket.
entire aisles of identical packages.
rows of grayscale promises.
all stripped of urgency.

#mastodon #art #soundart #visualculture #perception #mediaart #waysOfSeeing #johnberger #barthes #semiotics #visualstudies #design #packaging #consumerculture #aesthetics #contemporaryart #criticaltheory #mediaecology #visualtheory #sensoryexperience #fooddesign #graphicdesign #soundstudies #culturaltheory #everydayaesthetics

(5) now imagine a monochrome supermarket.
entire aisles of identical packages.
rows of grayscale promises.
all stripped of urgency.

#mastodon #art #soundart #visualculture #perception #mediaart #waysOfSeeing #johnberger #barthes #semiotics #visualstudies #design #packaging #consumerculture #aesthetics #contemporaryart #criticaltheory #mediaecology #visualtheory #sensoryexperience #fooddesign #graphicdesign #soundstudies #culturaltheory #everydayaesthetics

(5) now imagine a monochrome supermarket.
entire aisles of identical packages.
rows of grayscale promises.
all stripped of urgency.

#mastodon #art #soundart #visualculture #perception #mediaart #waysOfSeeing #johnberger #barthes #semiotics #visualstudies #design #packaging #consumerculture #aesthetics #contemporaryart #criticaltheory #mediaecology #visualtheory #sensoryexperience #fooddesign #graphicdesign #soundstudies #culturaltheory #everydayaesthetics

(5) now imagine a monochrome supermarket.
entire aisles of identical packages.
rows of grayscale promises.
all stripped of urgency.

#mastodon #art #soundart #visualculture #perception #mediaart #waysOfSeeing #johnberger #barthes #semiotics #visualstudies #design #packaging #consumerculture #aesthetics #contemporaryart #criticaltheory #mediaecology #visualtheory #sensoryexperience #fooddesign #graphicdesign #soundstudies #culturaltheory #everydayaesthetics

(5) now imagine a monochrome supermarket.
entire aisles of identical packages.
rows of grayscale promises.
all stripped of urgency.

#mastodon #art #soundart #visualculture #perception #mediaart #waysOfSeeing #johnberger #barthes #semiotics #visualstudies #design #packaging #consumerculture #aesthetics #contemporaryart #criticaltheory #mediaecology #visualtheory #sensoryexperience #fooddesign #graphicdesign #soundstudies #culturaltheory #everydayaesthetics

The Seven Deadly Sins Are Draining Your Bank Account
https://wp.me/p84YjG-aKH
#SevenDeadlySins #DebtAndSocialMedia #SocialMediaEnvy #OverspendingMen #FinancialStress #MentalHealthMen #GluttonyAndGreed #ExpatLife #ConsumerCulture #StopOverspending #MensWellness #PersonalGrowth #zsoltzsemba

https://zsoltzsemba.com/the-seven-sins-that-are-draining-your-bank-account/

Absurd Nr.09 - Slow Delivery Service
https://absurd.website/slow-delivery-service/
A delivery service that celebrates delay instead of speed and convenience.
It questions modern efficiency culture by making slowness the product itself.
#art #netart #conceptualart #slowliving #slowness #logistics #consumerculture #digitalart #absurdism #antioptimization #culturalcritique

4 Old-School Money Habits That Quietly Make People Rich

With flying drones now a permanent fixture in the night sky, no one could blame people for pining…
#NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #consumerculture #Finance #frugallifestyle #Livingpaychecktopaycheck #moneyhabits #PersonalFinance #SamWalton #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/518707/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/876896/ 4 Old-School Money Habits That Quietly Make People Rich #Business #ConsumerCulture #Finance #FrugalLifestyle #LivingPaycheckToPaycheck #MoneyHabits #PersonalFinance #SamWalton #UK #UnitedKingdom

4 Old-School Money Habits That Quietly Make People Rich

With flying drones now a permanent fixture in the night sky, no one could blame people for pining…
#NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #Business #consumerculture #Finance #frugallifestyle #Livingpaychecktopaycheck #moneyhabits #PersonalFinance #SamWalton #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/516662/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/423366/ 4 Old-School Money Habits That Quietly Make People Rich #Business #ConsumerCulture #Éire #FrugalLifestyle #IE #Ireland #LivingPaycheckToPaycheck #MoneyHabits #PersonalFinance #PersonalFinance #SamWalton

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Dustbuster. Black & Decker, 1983
.
#VintageAdvertising #1980sDesign #BlackAndDecker #Dustbuster #Appliances #Advertisement #IndustrialDesign #HouseholdTechnology #ConsumerCulture #retro #Vintage

Dustbuster. Black & Decker, 1983
.
#VintageAdvertising #1980sDesign #BlackAndDecker #Dustbuster #Appliances #Advertisement #IndustrialDesign #HouseholdTechnology #ConsumerCulture #retro #Vintage

Dustbuster. Black & Decker, 1983
.
#VintageAdvertising #1980sDesign #BlackAndDecker #Dustbuster #Appliances #Advertisement #IndustrialDesign #HouseholdTechnology #ConsumerCulture #retro #Vintage

Dustbuster. Black & Decker, 1983
.
#VintageAdvertising #1980sDesign #BlackAndDecker #Dustbuster #Appliances #Advertisement #IndustrialDesign #HouseholdTechnology #ConsumerCulture #retro #Vintage

Dustbuster. Black & Decker, 1983
.
#VintageAdvertising #1980sDesign #BlackAndDecker #Dustbuster #Appliances #Advertisement #IndustrialDesign #HouseholdTechnology #ConsumerCulture #retro #Vintage

Reduce, #Recycle, Reuse! What do you have that could be sold, donated or fixed before you replace?

Clever high school student reveals lucrative side hustle: 'The government really does throw away gold' https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/clever-high-school-student-reveals-063000606.html

#waste #trash #consumerculture #upgrades #moneytips

Reduce, #Recycle, Reuse! What do you have that could be sold, donated or fixed before you replace?

Clever high school student reveals lucrative side hustle: 'The government really does throw away gold' https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/clever-high-school-student-reveals-063000606.html

#waste #trash #consumerculture #upgrades #moneytips

Reduce, #Recycle, Reuse! What do you have that could be sold, donated or fixed before you replace?

Clever high school student reveals lucrative side hustle: 'The government really does throw away gold' https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/clever-high-school-student-reveals-063000606.html

#waste #trash #consumerculture #upgrades #moneytips

Reduce, #Recycle, Reuse! What do you have that could be sold, donated or fixed before you replace?

Clever high school student reveals lucrative side hustle: 'The government really does throw away gold' https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/clever-high-school-student-reveals-063000606.html

#waste #trash #consumerculture #upgrades #moneytips

Reduce, #Recycle, Reuse! What do you have that could be sold, donated or fixed before you replace?

Clever high school student reveals lucrative side hustle: 'The government really does throw away gold' https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/clever-high-school-student-reveals-063000606.html

#waste #trash #consumerculture #upgrades #moneytips

Sale at Brown Thomas

The January sales in Brown Thomas attract many but the shop is a good place to meet someone as I presume this gentleman was, back in 2016.

#BrownThomas #BrownThomasCork #BrownThomasSale #candidPhotography #ChristmasShopping #consumerCulture #contemporaryIreland #CorkCity #CorkCityCentre #CorkStreetScene #fashionAdvertising #IrishShopping #retailPhotography #socialCommentary #StreetPhotography #urbanPhotography

Sale at Brown Thomas

The January sales in Brown Thomas attract many but the shop is a good place to meet someone as I presume this gentleman was, back in 2016.

#BrownThomas #BrownThomasCork #BrownThomasSale #candidPhotography #ChristmasShopping #consumerCulture #contemporaryIreland #CorkCity #CorkCityCentre #CorkStreetScene #fashionAdvertising #IrishShopping #retailPhotography #socialCommentary #StreetPhotography #urbanPhotography

Sale at Brown Thomas

The January sales in Brown Thomas attract many but the shop is a good place to meet someone as I presume this gentleman was, back in 2016.

#BrownThomas #BrownThomasCork #BrownThomasSale #candidPhotography #ChristmasShopping #consumerCulture #contemporaryIreland #CorkCity #CorkCityCentre #CorkStreetScene #fashionAdvertising #IrishShopping #retailPhotography #socialCommentary #StreetPhotography #urbanPhotography

Sale at Brown Thomas

The January sales in Brown Thomas attract many but the shop is a good place to meet someone as I presume this gentleman was, back in 2016.

#BrownThomas #BrownThomasCork #BrownThomasSale #candidPhotography #ChristmasShopping #consumerCulture #contemporaryIreland #CorkCity #CorkCityCentre #CorkStreetScene #fashionAdvertising #IrishShopping #retailPhotography #socialCommentary #StreetPhotography #urbanPhotography

Reality Meets Advertisement

People walking along a corridor in a shopping mall in Birmingham, England. 2022.

#Advertising #Birmingham #BirminghamCityCentre #BlackAndWhite #blackAndWhitePhotography #candidPhotography #consumerCulture #contemporaryLife #England #mallPhotography #modernRetail #Photo #retailSpace #shoppingCentre #shoppingCulture #StreetPhotography #UnitedKingdom #urbanPhotography

Reality Meets Advertisement

People walking along a corridor in a shopping mall in Birmingham, England. 2022.

#Advertising #Birmingham #BirminghamCityCentre #BlackAndWhite #blackAndWhitePhotography #candidPhotography #consumerCulture #contemporaryLife #England #mallPhotography #modernRetail #Photo #retailSpace #shoppingCentre #shoppingCulture #StreetPhotography #UnitedKingdom #urbanPhotography

Reality Meets Advertisement

People walking along a corridor in a shopping mall in Birmingham, England. 2022.

#Advertising #Birmingham #BirminghamCityCentre #BlackAndWhite #blackAndWhitePhotography #candidPhotography #consumerCulture #contemporaryLife #England #mallPhotography #modernRetail #Photo #retailSpace #shoppingCentre #shoppingCulture #StreetPhotography #UnitedKingdom #urbanPhotography

Reality Meets Advertisement

People walking along a corridor in a shopping mall in Birmingham, England. 2022.

#Advertising #Birmingham #BirminghamCityCentre #BlackAndWhite #blackAndWhitePhotography #candidPhotography #consumerCulture #contemporaryLife #England #mallPhotography #modernRetail #Photo #retailSpace #shoppingCentre #shoppingCulture #StreetPhotography #UnitedKingdom #urbanPhotography

*@flipboard.com = advertising

#Fediverse #Capitalism #CapitalismKills #ConsumerCulture

*@flipboard.com = advertising

#Fediverse #Capitalism #CapitalismKills #ConsumerCulture

*@flipboard.com = advertising

#Fediverse #Capitalism #CapitalismKills #ConsumerCulture

https://www.europesays.com/uk/372000/ Exploring 600 years of branding in Richard Shear’s book #AHistoryOfBrands #BookReview #Books #BrandDevelopment #BrandStorytelling #Branding #ConsumerCulture #Entertainment #MarketingEvolution #ModernBranding #RetailHistory #UK #UnitedKingdom

😱 Shocking revelation: #Apple hasn't incinerated the Holy Gospel according to Jobs! Relax, fanboys! 🍏 The #iPad is still an oversized iPhone that no one can figure out why they bought. 🤷‍♂️ Keep dreaming of a "computer-like" future while Apple collects your $$$ for fancy window dressing. 🤑
https://victorwynne.com/vision-for-ipad/ #Revelation #Fanboys #TechCritique #ConsumerCulture #HackerNews #ngated

😱 Shocking revelation: #Apple hasn't incinerated the Holy Gospel according to Jobs! Relax, fanboys! 🍏 The #iPad is still an oversized iPhone that no one can figure out why they bought. 🤷‍♂️ Keep dreaming of a "computer-like" future while Apple collects your $$$ for fancy window dressing. 🤑
https://victorwynne.com/vision-for-ipad/ #Revelation #Fanboys #TechCritique #ConsumerCulture #HackerNews #ngated

😱 Shocking revelation: #Apple hasn't incinerated the Holy Gospel according to Jobs! Relax, fanboys! 🍏 The #iPad is still an oversized iPhone that no one can figure out why they bought. 🤷‍♂️ Keep dreaming of a "computer-like" future while Apple collects your $$$ for fancy window dressing. 🤑
https://victorwynne.com/vision-for-ipad/ #Revelation #Fanboys #TechCritique #ConsumerCulture #HackerNews #ngated

😱 Shocking revelation: #Apple hasn't incinerated the Holy Gospel according to Jobs! Relax, fanboys! 🍏 The #iPad is still an oversized iPhone that no one can figure out why they bought. 🤷‍♂️ Keep dreaming of a "computer-like" future while Apple collects your $$$ for fancy window dressing. 🤑
https://victorwynne.com/vision-for-ipad/ #Revelation #Fanboys #TechCritique #ConsumerCulture #HackerNews #ngated

The #Genocide in #Gaza may be a problem for the news and entertainment industries, even #ConsumerCulture.

To the extent that the slaughter becomes something that #Consumers recognise their own complicity in via their governments, the glamour and success of #Consumption is lessened, tarnished by the knowledge of children being killed when consumption is happening.

#ProSportAndGenocide?

The #Genocide in #Gaza may be a problem for the news and entertainment industries, even #ConsumerCulture.

To the extent that the slaughter becomes something that #Consumers recognise their own complicity in via their governments, the glamour and success of #Consumption is lessened, tarnished by the knowledge of children being killed when consumption is happening.

#ProSportAndGenocide?

The #Genocide in #Gaza may be a problem for the news and entertainment industries, even #ConsumerCulture.

To the extent that the slaughter becomes something that #Consumers recognise their own complicity in via their governments, the glamour and success of #Consumption is lessened, tarnished by the knowledge of children being killed when consumption is happening.

#ProSportAndGenocide?

The #Genocide in #Gaza may be a problem for the news and entertainment industries, even #ConsumerCulture.

To the extent that the slaughter becomes something that #Consumers recognise their own complicity in via their governments, the glamour and success of #Consumption is lessened, tarnished by the knowledge of children being killed when consumption is happening.

#ProSportAndGenocide?

The #Genocide in #Gaza may be a problem for the news and entertainment industries, even #ConsumerCulture.

To the extent that the slaughter becomes something that #Consumers recognise their own complicity in via their governments, the glamour and success of #Consumption is lessened, tarnished by the knowledge of children being killed when consumption is happening.

#ProSportAndGenocide?

And today western civilzation and the cultures within it look to be #Betrayal.

From #Gaza to #DomesticViolence, from #FreeSpeechAbsolutists & #BodilyAutonomyAbsolutists through to #ConsumerCulture and the #MajorReligions, #Capitalism and #Poverty it's betrayal and more betrayal.

And not surprisingly betrayal is today brutally obvious in interpersonal relationships as well.

Options: Harden up, soften, go it alone, seek out more honesty and responsibility, give up, ... ?

How do you do it?

And today western civilzation and the cultures within it look to be #Betrayal.

From #Gaza to #DomesticViolence, from #FreeSpeechAbsolutists & #BodilyAutonomyAbsolutists through to #ConsumerCulture and the #MajorReligions, #Capitalism and #Poverty it's betrayal and more betrayal.

And not surprisingly betrayal is today brutally obvious in interpersonal relationships as well.

Options: Harden up, soften, go it alone, seek out more honesty and responsibility, give up, ... ?

How do you do it?