I’m getting so tired of the whole “we can’t do anything about it” excuse. It should instead be said “we won’t do anything about it”
Can you imagine the power the people actually have in themselves collectively? You underestimate that.
If people collectively got their shit in gear, this practice wouldn’t happen. Why? Because people decided NOT TO buy it. If they don’t buy it for weeks and months, it’ll tell the company that “hey we know what you’ve been up to, this shit isn’t working” which will leave the company to decide to pull it or revert back to what it was that made us buy it in the first place. Which is quality.
Don’t be coming to me with this defeatist talk of “uhhhh we can’t do anything about it” because we WON’T because we’re DUMB.
Its bloody annoying when you point how buying a luxury good is bad in so many ways and some idiot is like “but what am I gunna do? Not buy an xbox? Not pay $70 for a game? Not buy Nestle products?” And im like…yea thats exactly what you do. You should be more disappointed or angry that something you liked got ruined by a corporation. Saying you “need” those things does not absolve you of the damage you’re doing to society.
And then when they buy those things, they are directly telling the companies “yes, we accept this, please do it more”.
“But I’m just buying from the store and making uneducated guesstimates about how transactions and business works” What they don’t understand is that money moves very fast and around. Whatever you buy from the store, cuts are made and the cuts do reach the corresponding companies (aside from thrift stores, flea markets .etc).
Yeah I get the idea that not enjoying what you used to enjoy sucks and going without it sucks even more. But, it’s not you or me that ruined that enjoyment and it’s not even the store itself that ruins the enjoyment. It’s always the ones making it and it is always the marketing teams involved that push for these prices that ruin it.
So route your anger directly to all and any marketing teams and go through whoever many you have to, until you’re bitching directly at the top of the chain about it. Bitching at overworked-Joe working at X shitty store, is doing it wrong. Bitching at the people who obliviously continue buying the shit, is also a good idea, but after awhile, you’re wasting time and breath.
Nice point, but I cant get people to agree that maybe killing innocent people is bad. Getting them to boycott pringles? Laughable that youd even suggest people care enough. Its not that I wont do anything about it, its that I cant.
I’m getting so tired of the whole “we can’t do anything about it” excuse. It should instead be said “we won’t do anything about it”
Can you imagine the power the people actually have in themselves collectively? You underestimate that.
If people collectively got their shit in gear, this practice wouldn’t happen. Why? Because people decided NOT TO buy it. If they don’t buy it for weeks and months, it’ll tell the company that “hey we know what you’ve been up to, this shit isn’t working” which will leave the company to decide to pull it or revert back to what it was that made us buy it in the first place. Which is quality.
Don’t be coming to me with this defeatist talk of “uhhhh we can’t do anything about it” because we WON’T because we’re DUMB.
Its bloody annoying when you point how buying a luxury good is bad in so many ways and some idiot is like “but what am I gunna do? Not buy an xbox? Not pay $70 for a game? Not buy Nestle products?” And im like…yea thats exactly what you do. You should be more disappointed or angry that something you liked got ruined by a corporation. Saying you “need” those things does not absolve you of the damage you’re doing to society.
And then when they buy those things, they are directly telling the companies “yes, we accept this, please do it more”.
“But I’m just buying from the store and making uneducated guesstimates about how transactions and business works” What they don’t understand is that money moves very fast and around. Whatever you buy from the store, cuts are made and the cuts do reach the corresponding companies (aside from thrift stores, flea markets .etc).
Yeah I get the idea that not enjoying what you used to enjoy sucks and going without it sucks even more. But, it’s not you or me that ruined that enjoyment and it’s not even the store itself that ruins the enjoyment. It’s always the ones making it and it is always the marketing teams involved that push for these prices that ruin it.
So route your anger directly to all and any marketing teams and go through whoever many you have to, until you’re bitching directly at the top of the chain about it. Bitching at overworked-Joe working at X shitty store, is doing it wrong. Bitching at the people who obliviously continue buying the shit, is also a good idea, but after awhile, you’re wasting time and breath.
Nice point, but I cant get people to agree that maybe killing innocent people is bad. Getting them to boycott pringles? Laughable that youd even suggest people care enough. Its not that I wont do anything about it, its that I cant.
That’s not really the kind of point I was making. You’re just tossing word salad and twisting contexts.
Isn’t a market economy glorious that way? It’s better than petitioning the government to update their 5-year plan on crisp flavours.