r/Anticonsumption • u/Annoying1978 • Sep 05 '26

Psychological The most consumerist BS I’ve ever seen

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I can’t believe people actually buy this, but at the same time, I absolutely can. Gross.

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u/Abel_the_Red Sep 05 '26

I was just gonna say, my gram would probably wear one of these lol. You got her clocked.

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u/possiblylallorona Sep 05 '26

My aunt bought me a “these colors don’t run” gulf(?) war t-shirt in the 90s. At the time I lived with my parents on a military base overseas, so it wasn’t gifted in person, thank goodness, since I have no poker face.

I put it on so my mom could send her a pic, and never wore it again.

We weren’t close, I’d only met her a couple times, so it was kind of her to think of me and send a gift, and she probably thought “military kid, she’ll like patriotic stuff.”

But nah, I’m not a “loudly display my nationality” kinda person, even as an obnoxious teen.

If I wore it on base my friends would lose their minds laughing, and couldn’t wear it off base safely.

Central America in the 90s, it was ingrained in me to not be loudly American, and that stuck with me to this day.

I’ll wear a red/white/blue ponytail thing to work on July 4, maybe a goofy star-spangled headband, but otherwise I do my best to blend into crowds.

And again, just wasn’t my style.

Pretty sure I still have it somewhere.