#Anticonsumption

“In total, I’ve made $3 million on prediction markets, almost entirely in the past 2 years,” aenews, a prediction market trader in his late 20s who is ranked 47th all-time on Polymarket, told Playboy.…

Seriously why would anyone pay $100 for a Lowe’s advertisement? Some people are just slaves. submitted by /u/Likes_The_Scotch [link] [comments]

Went to get a cup of water at the gym and realised every single disposable cup is individually wrapped in plastic. Feels like we’ve somehow managed to make disposable cups even more wasteful. Hilton hotel, San Antonio, USA.…

My (17) mom loves shopping on temu i‘ve tried several times to tell her why it‘s bad. She knows i hate it but she still gets me stuff off of it and everytime i ask her if it‘s from temu she denies it for a few minutes until i ask her so often that she…

La pêche industrielle fonctionne selon une logique minière appliquée au vivant. submitted by /u/PerspectiveFriendly [link] [comments]

What is yours? What should be the wattage for a gaming desktop at idle? submitted by /u/DutyEuphoric967 [link] [comments]

AI Data centers have resorted to onsite power generators like natrual gas turbines to meet their energy demand. Remember they use a gigantic amount of power. I can only asume that these plants running 24/7 for the next several years.....…

We’re sold the lie that banks are intermediaries—taking deposits and lending them out. The reality is that when you sign for a loan, the bank creates that money at the exact microsecond you click 'enter'.…

Context: my family is middle class in a "cheaper" state. I am 25 years old and still living with them until I can save up enough to move out.…

"The entire U.S. food system is remarkably consolidated, exploitative and fragile. Two companies sold half of all fresh bread in 2020; two others controlled an estimated two-thirds of all baby formula in 2022; and two companies produced about 60 percent…

Heyho, we are using a cartrige dryer that blows all the Lint in a container. After using it, we usually drop the Lint into a container, which now after 2Y slowly is quite full. So now I am quite interested about what I could use this for.…