Today is BUY NOTHING DAY - Is Owning More Plastic Crap the Path to Happiness? For Amazon Prime Day, QUESTION CONSUMPTION.

If you are Compelled to Shop,

Try your Local Thrift Store... 

I'm amazed that there is a Business Called 

1-800-Got-Junk? It's a Service for People That BOUGHT TOO MUCH PLASTIC CRAP

and Now Want to Get Rid of all the JUNK Cluttering Their Lives! 

SIMPLY REFUSE TO CONSUME AND YOU WON'T NEED THAT SERVICE!

https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2021/11/i-refuse-to-buy-chinese-junk-american.html

Shop at a Thrift Store. Here's a Guide to The Best Values in the USA. Remember: REFUSE TO BUY CHINESE JUNK.

The Profits are Donated to Charity... 

Fixing Broken American Lives!

Remember! Buying Used Merchandise Keeps Your 

Dollars IN AMERICA! When You Buy a New 

Product Made in China, Your Money is Sent to the 

Corporations in China... By Simply Buying Used, 

Your Money is Used to Finance the Local Homeless 

People Shelter or Animal Shelter! Or Pay for the 

Free Meal!

How to Cook: 

I like Brown Rice and a Can of Tuna... this is the 

Classic "POOR BOY" choice of Food... First take 

One Cup of Brown Rice, add THREE cups of water 

AND SALT & PEPPER... bring it to a full rolling 

boil... dump in the entire can of tuna... stir, cover 

and wait... maybe boil it again to absorb all the 

water...

 

BUY NO CHINESE JUNK for CHRISTMAS... Inflation Got You Down? Simply STOP Consuming... Buying Low Price Bad Quality Merchandise DOES NOT CAUSE HAPPINESS! Just Frustration When It Breaks Down...

Remember: Buying Used Stuff at a Thrift Store Does NOT Cause Ecological Damage Like Buying NEW Stuff Made In China... and It Finances the Local Rescue Mission... a Place for Homeless People... and It Employs Homeless People... That's a WIN-WIN Situation!

Remember: There are Two Ways to Get Everything You Want.
Get More or Want Less.

Headline: Cargo ships anchored near Los Angeles and New York ports face a 4-week delay to dock, raising further fears over the global supply chain... https://news.yahoo.com/cargo-ships-anchored-near-los-113422286.html

Dozens of cargo ships stuck waiting off New York's coast amid port staff shortages and surging demand for goods... and Oakland, Long Beach California...

https://www.businessinsider.com/cargo-ships-stuck-coast-new-york-shipping-delays-labor-shortage-2021-9

If You MUST CONSUME...

Here is a LINK to All My Artwork
Painted on Two Sided Ornaments:
https://www.zazzle.com/store/gregvan/products?qs=ornament&dp=252980704774124324

Actually Created in RENO, Nevada.

All my Royalties Donated to Charity.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/cxfg3f-1000

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On the Other Hand...

Buying Used Stuff at Thrift Stores DOES NOT CAUSE ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE Like Buying New Stuff Does. When You Buy a New Product, the Corporation Has to Replace It.

They Mine Raw Materials, grow plants (like cotton) using pesticides and herbicides, Log Forests, Employ Slave Laborers in the Orient, Burn Gasoline Shipping the Plastic Crap Here From China... and on and on and on... Used Products ALREADY EXIST and so Buying Stuff at The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop (my local store) does NOT Harm the Planet. Actually, They Hire Local People to Work as Clerks and Do Delivery. We Bought ALL our Living Room Furniture there. Three Chairs and a Sofa... and Men Delivered It Upstairs in Our Home. NO WAY could I Move those Heavy Objects Up That Staircase... I Tipped those Guys $10 Each... and they were really Thankful. Yes, I Could Have Spent a Fortune at Sears or KMART but... I Prefer to Keep The Money IN MY WALLET. I Like Employing Guys That Live At The Rescue Mission. The Mission Does Good Work Here in Eureka and I've Met a LOT of Real People That They Help. I did buy new Beds at Sears. Somehow, those were just too Personal to Buy Used... also, I Do Not Buy Used Underwear... BUT, Clothes? YES! It's actually fun to find thrift stores in Super Rich Neighborhoods and Live Like the TV Show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous..." A Great Place to Shop is North Shore Lake Tahoe... Snow Bunnies often Donate Extra Stuff When the Season is Over... and There is Also DUMPSTER DIVING in College Towns at the End of the School Year... FREE STUFF! 

Oddly, I Expressed These Opinions during a Group Discussion at an Ecology Class at Humboldt State University and ALL THE OTHER STUDENTS SAID I WAS WRONG... They said that Used Stuff Still Requires Ecological Damage to Exist at All... I tried to explain that the Manufacturing Damage Happened IN THE PAST and it is impossible to Change History but Buying New Stuff CAUSES Purchasing Agents at Corporations to Hire People to Create New Stuff IN THE FUTURE to Fill the Shelves At The Store. No One Grasped the Concept. But I Did Make The Other Students Think. and That's a Good Thing. It's a difficult concept... I Wish I Could Explain it in a Shorter Sentence... Maybe YOU can Re-Write the Concept Better and Post it in the Comments Section... Thanks!

Remember: There are Two Ways to Get Everything You Want. Get More or Want Less. and... You Can Get More Stuff Per Dollar At The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Shop... or Your Own Store... Did You Know that There is a Fashion "Thing" where Corporations PRE-RIP Clothes? Intentionally Making Them LOOK USED! Really! They Hire People to Rub Jeans over Rough Surfaces to SIMULATE Wear and Tear of Normal Use... I'm Not Making This UP! All the Pathetic Dupes are Wearing Clothes Like That! On My Own Webstore... I Offer Hats that have been "Distressed" to look like they are Old... It's an Option... I wish I could write a Mocking Slogan Poking Fun at this Fashion Trend... Then I Could Sell a Hat with That Saying... Sort of like the Question: "Can You Imagine a World Without Hypothetical Situations?" or The Page that says: "This Page Is Left Blank Intentionally." A Cosmic Haiku Slogan... I do sell a Hat that says "PRESS" so people can wear it at Protest Marches and Avoid Being Bashed on the Head By The Police... I Do Not Really Know if It REALLY Helps Avoid Police Violence... I Do Know That People Made T-Shirts Saying "Backstage Pass - Shoreline Ampetheater - Bill Graham Productions" and Used them to sneak past Security Guards... I admire the Guy that Made a Sign that Says "This is a Sign." Was That Absurdist Theater or End Times Warning?

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“I saw a post the other day by a lady who said she always grabs vintage casserole dishes when she sees them at thrift stores or yard sales and uses them when she brings a meal to someone! She said often they are cheaper than disposable ones and the family can either keep for themselves or pass on to someone else who needs a meal in the future! So in the spirit of reduce, reuse, renew & recycle... I thought this was a neat idea worth sharing!”

"Life is More Complex than a Slogan on a Hat." FOR SALE!

Slogan on a Hat
by gregvan

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STOP BUYING STUFF. With Trump Campaigning on his So Called "Booming" Economy, We Can Refuse to Participate... Why Not buy Food for Cash at your Local Farmers Market?

That Sale is Never Counted in Economic Statistics because the Local Farmers just put it Directly into their Pocket and Never Report It as Income on their Income Taxes... Buy your WEED from your friendly neighborhood dope dealer... They CERTAINLY don't report sales to the Government... as for other things... Do You Really Need to Buy Stuff at All? Don't you Already Have Everything? If you are reading this, You already Own a Computer or a Phone That Works... and There Is No Reason to Buy a New Computer or New Phone BECAUSE WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IS GREAT! They Say You need a Brand New Plastic Gizmo BUT THEY ARE LYING! 

Yes, It's True that Trump Will Continue To Lie About His Failed Economy BUT... ALL News Reports Have a Tendency to Reflect Reality... Even FOX News Reports when The Stock Market Goes Down... and The DJIA has been Going Down a LOT Recently... Trump Makes EXCUSES... He Blames The Media and Aliens but... More and More People are ACTUALLY LOOKING IN THEIR OWN WALLETS AND REALIZING that a Tax Cut for the RICH doesn't do them any GOOD at All! Currently, Farmers can't sell to China and they are Going Bankrupt in Record Numbers. Truckers are Being Laid Off - 2,500 this year alone... Prices are Higher, Wages are Lower, Layoffs and Bankruptcies Every Day... All Accurate News Reports Says We Are Experiencing a Trump-0-Nomics Disaster... DO YOUR PART! REFUSE TO CONSUME... DO NOT HELP HIM GET REELECTED... Need a new Chair? Buy one for Cash from a Neighbor... Need a Bullet Proof Backpack for Your Children For School? Well, Go Ahead and Buy One from Walmart or Amazon... SOME Purchases are Justified... Remember: It's Easy to Refuse To Consume Because MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO EXTRA MONEY ANYWAY... Buy a New Car? That's Absurd! Who can afford That on an UBER Driver's Earnings? Buy a Home? Not a Chance! BUY ANYTHING? Nope, Not with THIS Paycheck... Everyone I Know is REALLY HURTING... Is it any surprise that Fashion Style Features Jeans with Holes in them? Yep, Real People are wearing their Jeans for Decades and Wearing Holes in them! Did you notice that it's "Totally Groovy" to Shop at Thrift Stores? If you buy NEW STUFF you are propping up Trump's Economy... In my hometown we have a GREAT store Called The Eureka Rescue Mission Thrift Store and It's Wonderful... We also have the Saint Vincent DuPaul Thrift Store. It's FUN to shop there because it's always different surprises... Not the Plastic Crap You Find at Walmart. What About Dumpster Diving? Sometimes People Throw Away Stuff because It's Inconvenient to Transport. I remember that at the College Town of Chico, at the end of the School Year, students would just throw away stuff instead of taking it home for Summer Vacation... REALLY! Be Aware! There is a Famous Book written by Abbie Hoffman ( Leader of the YIPPIES! ) called "Steal This Book" that documents How to Get Everything for FREE! 

OK, You HAVE to buy Gas for your Car IF YOU DRIVE. You HAVE to enrich ExxonMobilBPShellHaliburtonDowDuPont... There is NO ALTERNATIVE... Those people are destroying the Earth with their Climate Change but... ONLY IF YOU BUY THEIR GAS... Only if you Buy their Plastic Crap made from OIL... Years ago people drove voluntarily just for fun... I Myself drove all over the USA to go hear the Grateful Dead Play Concerts. Well, those days are GONE... Maybe it wasn't a Brilliant Idea after all... Whatever... Too Late NOW! Today, it makes sense to drive to work... to drive your kids to school... and to drive to the farmers market once a week... However, all that other driving around is not really needed and ACTUALLY DOES EVIL... And... STOP FLYING IN JET AIRPLANES! It is possible to Use the Internet to DO PicturePhone Communication... All business deals can be done using PicturePhones... Why go all the way across the Country to make a sales call in person? It's Cheaper and More Ecological to use Technology to do the deal... LEARN from Greta Thunberg... She is Sailing from Sweden on a Solar Powered Sailboat so she can attend a Climate Change Conference in the USA... She could have Flown in a Jet Airplane but THAT WOULD BE INSANE! Get a Clue, Boeing Airplanes are Falling out of the sky and crashing... killing everyone on board... Well, COULD THAT BE A SIGN?