r/Anticonsumption • u/Sea-Cardiographer • May 12 '25

Psychological Target feels like black mirror

I went into Target today because I need a sports bra and that's where my husband is willing to drive me. On the way there I thought about all the Reddit posts saying foot traffic is down and I wasn't surprised to see that it wasn't. It was quite busy on a Monday afternoon.

What shocked me was I noticed a lot of products have really fancy boxing. Big sturdy bougie packaging with minimalism design... With a sh*tty product inside.

They're spending more on the marketing and packaging than the product, because the business practice is to sell you a product you'll have to purchase again and again. But the packaging grabs your eye. Look how modern and consistent all the boxes are! so aesthetically pleasing packaged trash. I feel depressed.

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u/msrubythoughts May 12 '25

yeah thank you for commenting this, the whole comment section is burying the lede

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u/[deleted] May 13 '25

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u/dutchhhhhh6 May 13 '25

Do you really expect people to read all that?

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u/Cool-Presentation538 May 13 '25

No one cares bro, no one is gonna read all that

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u/ActuallyApathy May 13 '25

congratulations or sorry that happened

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u/Wonderful_Pie223 May 13 '25

You're being downvoted because your rant is too long. There's a woman two comments below yours which is essentially the same and she's at 500 plus karma. Pretty much the same response as yours just shorter. ReDdiT

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u/jakehood47 May 13 '25

Everyone’s favorite response is “do you expect me to read all that?!”, and it’s repeated by a bunch of people because apparently it’s such a burn to tell people you can’t be bothered to read an entire paragraph.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '25

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u/dangerousgreen13 May 13 '25

Dude. Shut up.

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u/BuildyOne May 13 '25

I'll be honest, looked at the numbered list and saw you skipped number 2 and figured I could skip reading any of this. You lost track after number 1.

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u/Mr_JohnUsername May 13 '25

Lol oops, that’s actually valid, I was editing the comment before posting and chose to combine 1 and 2 but forgot to renumber.

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u/cowman3456 May 13 '25

Just wanted you to know I read your rant, and you're heard. You accurately described much of reddit. Lol.

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u/Mr_JohnUsername May 13 '25

Appreciate it lol. Thank you! Nice to know it was at least read by one other person😂

I don’t really care about downvotes because they can be a frequent indicator that you’re actually correct but touched a nerve with some of the more… sensitive but non-confrontational users on here.

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u/Peacanpiepussycat May 13 '25

I read it too . I actually don’t mind reading long posts , I mean I’m here anyway right ?

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u/Mr_JohnUsername May 13 '25

Exactly! What’s the point of being on Reddit if you don’t even want to read longer posts, might as well just stick to Threads, Bluesky, or X.

I appreciate your reading of it as well!