Today is Buy Nothing Day!

Good morning, all! It's that time of the year! Adbuster's annual Buy Nothing Day! Today I urge you to take a break from spending money on frapps and SubWay and stupid shizz and give your wallet a rest. I know I'm being preachy; you will get this once a year, so sit down, shut up, and tune me out if you really need to. Why Buy Nothing?

Driving hybrid cars and limiting industrial emissions is great‚ but they are band–aid solutions if we don’t address the core problem: we have to consume less. This is the message of Buy Nothing Day. Kalle Lasn

People, the long and short of it is that buying a lot of stupid shit you don't need is retarded. There are countries in the developing world where people exist on $2 a day. I think as a society we need to start thinking a little harder about how much we are taking from the earth. Seriously, do we need stores like Stitches and Campus Crew? No, we don't. Take a visit over to the AdBusters website for more information on how you can take baby steps to make a difference. While you are there, think about having a Buy Nothing Christmas. Now that doesn't mean show up to Christmas with a smug, shit-eating grin on your face and empty arms; it means take the time and money you would have spent in the mall and put it to better use.
- make presents for your friends, like cookies or scarves
- draw your Christmas cards
- donate money to a charity that would be important to the recipient
It's really not hard. I know I sound like a fucking tard right now, but it's the truth. We need to take a little bit of a good, hard look at how we are living our lives. Trust, we don't need another sweater from Hollister.