Excessive Consumerism is Just Glorified Hoarding? | Toxic Influencer Overconsumption

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@steffymuze 9 ай бұрын

I think 3:15 has a really good point about not having offline hobbies anymore. FOMO keeps people online which just leads to more of the same; it's also about priorities and boundaries.

@margaretliston8950 7 ай бұрын

I was going to say the same thing! That is such a good point.

@ElizabethStewartSpeaks 6 ай бұрын

I agree! I had a shopping problem and have really dug in to deal with it and realized I didn't have hobbies. I read, crochet, play piano, go for walks, and cook now that I don't shop for fun 😮

@NeptunesHorses5909 10 ай бұрын

Part of the problem seems to be the pressure to post content.

@machi-full-of-coffee 8 ай бұрын

I noticed this when I was active on instagram. I constantly buy new clothes so I don't repeat an outfit. Luckily, I was able to quit, not just IG but other socmed too, where I felt pressured to post. It made me feel free and appreciate every moment more.

@mochipii 7 ай бұрын

But aren't continous content post is how they get their channel grow? And aren't we all now demande to have infinite growth? Like cancer, you know?

@mandy7674 3 ай бұрын

100%! Even if people aren't trying to be influencers....it's like the modern version of 'keeping up with the Jones's' Oh LOL I just posted this comment and then it was said ahah

@Haiokbai 2 ай бұрын

They’ve made it their job so their bills and livelihood now depend on it. Very sad.

@sfm5086 7 ай бұрын

Just change the word "Influencer" to "SALES person" and you'll know where you are. Simples.

@GlitterBunnyNL 5 ай бұрын

Out of the whole comment list, I nodded to this one 😂😂😂

@mmc4182 7 ай бұрын

I’m big into anti-consumerism TikTok and I wish they highlighted men every once in a while. I know so many guys who have to get the new pro-sports team merch line/ jersey every season even though they stay so similar. So many hobby graveyards with thousands of dollars of equipment they used once.

@maddie8415 7 ай бұрын

I fully agree with the woman suggesting that people are over-consuming on this level due to the lack of a hobby. That alone would give people a better topic to watch videos about, as opposed to the countless videos aimed at convincing people to mindlessly buy things. But I would caution people not to use a new hobby as an excuse to overbuy things related to it, because starting a new hobby can be a pitfall for pointless aspirational spending.

@zebracorne 11 ай бұрын

The question should always be: does it make me happy or am I doing it because I should / have to ? King Haggard from the Last Unicorn was the first minimalist and he's a mood.

@MoonPhantom 8 ай бұрын

I mean there's Ebenezer Scrooge too. That's a real minimalist right there. I think it's a question of balance my friend, you shouldn't deny yourself everything just in the name of saving money. But also don't buy stuff you don't actually need and you're going to be bored by in a month. There was a handmade dress I wanted, it was that one specific dress. Pretty expensive, but I never stopped thinking about it. So I saved up for it and got it, and then it's just that ONE gorgeous dress I truly love and not a THOUSAND cheaper dress's I would never really wear anyway. I feel like that is the key.

@zebracorne 8 ай бұрын

@@MoonPhantom Scrooge is not a minimalist IMO because he cares about his money and not happiness. He sees money as an end rather than a tool towards an end. While Haggard is like "I will keep nothing near me that does not make me happy". A bit like the KonMari "does it spark joy" way of thinking. Tho keeping all the unicorns for himself WAS kinda greedy on Haggard's part, I have to admit.

@Ronniezim 6 ай бұрын

Items cannot make you “happy”. In fact - chasing happiness generally is counterproductive. Contentment on the other hand comes from within and is what I at least have worked to obtain in my journey.

@auggiedoggiesmommy1734 6 ай бұрын

There’s no way ANYONE will ever use all of that skincare before it expires (same with the perfume). I don’t want you to hear a single person complain about “the economy.”

@reinegrea2293 10 ай бұрын

social media learned us, that hobby must bring money, otherwise you don't need a hobby. and if you don't have a hobby, go buy this or that shitty piece

@rachelrenee79 5 ай бұрын

I am over coming my shopping and hoarding addiction. I donated and sold a lot of things and I only plan to buy something if I need it. I get so upset when I think of all the money I wasted but it’s all a part of the healing process.

@DanielHughes-rf2yf 7 ай бұрын

From a guys perspective. I have 2 spray scents. One inexpensive for day to day. And one expensive scent for weddings, funerals ect. You don't even need 3 perfumes. Seriously you dont really even need one. You don't stink if u shower. If you use deodorant... that is needed due to sweat glands. We have been taught that clean has a scent. Clean is just clean. It doesn't have a scent.

@krystiesolfyre5340 6 ай бұрын

Also artificial fragrance in perfumes also has a lot of chemicals that cause sensitivities and can cause headaches for many people and hormonal issues. Look into it. It’s nuts. And women use a crazy amount.

@Egh0127 5 ай бұрын

@@krystiesolfyre5340every time I can't breathe in public from smells it's always men's cologne.

@fnma21 4 ай бұрын

@@krystiesolfyre5340 Some women, you mean. I use a small amount.

@ray-de-yolisten9934 6 ай бұрын

Wait, homegirl had a very valid question do the people that collected Stanley Cups have hobbies, not social media related? lol She's totally on to something

@EK-yd5eb 5 ай бұрын

Totally agree. What she said i something i never tought about it.

@rowdybliss 8 ай бұрын

This is the sanest thing I have seen online in a very long time!

@auggiedoggiesmommy1734 6 ай бұрын

We never had anymore choices of hobbies back in the day than we do now. People just substituted social media for a hobby and now they are being advertised to regularly.

@DisenchantedWithSociety 5 ай бұрын

That's the problem with a society where parasocial relationships are so dominant. The people we "know" are rich and beautiful while they people we meet everyday are barely surviving. This "American Dream" has become more like where we self-gaslight ourselves for why we are not happy like the people we admire and follow and so, we spend away into a doom spiral trying to fill this imaginary self-manufactured void.

@user-qb8qm4mp5n 10 ай бұрын

Hoarding comes from unresolved trauma.

@stacy-annmorgan6685 6 ай бұрын

Yes it does I over buy food 90% healthy and I know it stems from childhood. I working on it and it’s gotten better. It’s hard for me to see a sale on a food item and not buy 10 of it.

@daniellebrooks3670 5 ай бұрын

Agree wholeheartedly. One note, if what a person sees on tiktok is endless overconsumption, they are interacting with that content. If yous scroll past, you get other suggestions. So maybe they should stop engaging with it which only boosts that content's popularity overall and works against their goal.

@keciaaskew5166 7 ай бұрын

I used to have an overconsumption buying iPhone cases every week and every two weeks. And it was effecting my bank account.

@Oksurejan 9 ай бұрын

Most people are in crippling credit card debt😂

@steffymuze 9 ай бұрын

...because of this behavior

@RERTOxCRAFT 8 ай бұрын

As someone who works in a gaming shop I can confirm 96% of our customers have amazing quirky styles and look super cool there also sooooo interesting to talk to the only flex they have is there lounge fly backpacks or game library there so loving and down to earth! And as customers they never complain! The other side of the shop sells designer clothing and the customers all look the same and are so mean and angry 😠. The 30% of remaining customers are walkers and lovely people my guess is there hobbys away from social media are walks and cars lovely bunch!

@uui219 6 ай бұрын

Oh please. You sound sexist as hell. You're right, all people who like video games are nice and all people who like fashion are mean. LOLOL. What a joke.

@auggiedoggiesmommy1734 6 ай бұрын

Stop watching these people and they will stop TAKING YOUR money.

@EK-yd5eb 5 ай бұрын

I loved every one of those women talking cause that is how i feel everyday. There should be more videos like this online.

@sarawindsor8950 6 ай бұрын

I decided to go on TikTok for ideas on how to reorganize my closet and I found myself using the “before” set ups as my inspo😂

@rnguyen2516 4 ай бұрын

Those single-use organizers are so expensive!

@Elvenpath 25 күн бұрын

I can confirm the girl at around 3 minutes: I knit, paint with oil paints and play Nintendo switch and I own 0 Stanley cups. She literally listed my favourite hobbies 😂

@theboujieproletariat 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting video, should have more views :)

@RERTOxCRAFT 8 ай бұрын

My beauty products..... Toothpaste Toothbrush Shampoo (conditioner 😂Erm NO!) Tampons Hairbrush. Water 💧 🚿 Occasionally a bottle of perfume

@sweetbunnybun 7 ай бұрын

No skincare? Ew

@farahng2867 15 күн бұрын

I don’t live anywhere near an Erewhon but somehow I know everything they sell and how much it costs 😂 I didn’t realize I was supposed to aspire to buy $50 smoothies.

@Kelbel5995 4 ай бұрын

The woman who runs overcoming_overconsumption ate and left no crumbs.

@HolicChan 11 ай бұрын

I don’t think it’s as much as capitalisms fault as it is tiktoks fault. I’ve never even heard of this crisis before nor have I ever had this issue personally. I’m only 28, and have 40k in the bank, I make 70 grand a year, and this problem is beyond foreign to me. And I live in a capitalist county, it’s never done anything but benefit me and my wallet solely by making like, not even good decisions, but not like insane decisions? Lmao I buy nothing but food (300 a month) rent and bills (700 a month) and leisure and fun (100-400 a month). After all that I have 2 grand of savings every month.

@kathleenking47 11 ай бұрын

Capitalism isn't bad IT CAUSES MEN TO WORK Ban TIK TOK

@amandak.4246 5 ай бұрын

where the hell do you live that your rent AND bills are only $700 a month...

@HolicChan 5 ай бұрын

@@amandak.4246 North Carolina, in my 2 bedroom apartment where rent is 600, electric varies between 25-100 depending on the season, 45 for internet and water is included in my rent 👍

@joiedevivre894 5 ай бұрын

@@amandak.4246if one has roommates then you spend less in rent

@DebDebbiesWorld 6 ай бұрын

I'm not emptying my cart because its filled with things for my... ACTUAL hobby (quilting lol)

@auxiliasequeira8648 6 ай бұрын

We all like to think money is plenty n splurge on ourselves 😂 can't call urself victim of u choose ur own choices

@Khyree_Holmes 7 ай бұрын

(Screaming) (Laughing) why? Well, I do have 6 Bluetooth Speakers, including my main Audio System!

@EK-yd5eb 5 ай бұрын

Do You use You six Bluetooth speakers? Do You have one that You use the most?

@jackznn 6 ай бұрын

who be needing that much weed at once and fancy restock it

@auggiedoggiesmommy1734 6 ай бұрын

This was ALWAYS TikTok’s goal.

@JessaLehman 5 ай бұрын

Depressiondotgov is a hilarious handle😂😂😂

@JadeWestTristan 6 ай бұрын

To me hoarding is the problem you can have expensive makeup and beauty products but a room full of makeup no

@redshed2020 9 күн бұрын

Just get off social media. They cannot influence you if you aren't there. It's not good for your mental health or your wallet.

@micklucas1451 11 ай бұрын

can you explain why it is kapitalism's fault for this?

@micklucas1451 11 ай бұрын

not in the video@@dummybelles9651

@sampaiosamps9930 11 ай бұрын

Capitalism has the necessity for maintaining the perpetual growth of profit. Promoting consumerism, in wich you make people spend more on things they don't need, won't use or already have is a way of maintaining th ever growing profit. Let me give you an example; If you buy a ladder that is of great quality and durability what is your incentive to buy another? It is in the interest of the ladder manufacturer to make a less durable ladder so you can buy more ladders. That is what Apple does when they remove support for old smartphones. But corporations can do this also by making the new more of a fad than the old. Beeing it seen as a show of status or something else. It's like seeing someone in a shirt of an expensive brand and wanting to buy (remember the Supreme branded bricks? It's that). This consumerism is caracteristic of a capitalist society precisely because of the relation that capitalism has with profit.

@aminatadiallo8197 11 ай бұрын

People under capitalism are so busy working and living in survival mode that oftentimes the only way they can satiate that lack of fulfillment and emptiness jn our lives is through consumerism. Our society doesn't encourage people to connect, go out and look for internal validation or self fulfillment. Outside of a romantic relationship, the only way to fill that hole is to consumerist consumption.

@harveyspecter111 11 ай бұрын

this is post capitlism shit

@kathleenking47 11 ай бұрын

It's not Do these silly people want Communism