I am crying over humans carelessly spend money that leaves their wallet empty. I sob over this; humans constantly spend their money on unnecessary purchases. As my soul fills with sorrow from this predicament, tears streamed down upon my face. The dilemma that makes these incompetent humans spends their money on unnecessary things is obviously troublesome. However, no one has paid attention to this serious crisis at all. They moved on with their daily lives with no care on this dire situation. These humans end up pouring out their wallets when they decide to purchase with no intentions. Why can’t humanity realize that spending money on unnecessary purchases will lead to bankruptcy? Then again, can we help it but are fascinated by all the intriguing things that are displayed in the front windows of the shops? Humanity is an intriguing race indeed in the world. We can be careless when we purchase things. We tend to buy things with no awareness of the insane, expensive prices and end up purchasing things to fulfill our desires in fancy malls and stores. Anyways, there are many situations that of course happen within society today with unnecessary purchases. The sumptuous and resplendent attires that the cost is high like a skyscraper. Their ridicule prices leave the customers speechless when they glance at the paper material price tag. The gleaming cars that you can see your own reflection is use to brag to other humans of how beautiful it looks. Classic and sophisticated humans who has a straight posture brags about their new sparkling cars and makes the odorous unfortunate people be in awe of their extravagant car. The beauty tools that make a general woman look more majestic and glorious. Women spending their precious mone... ... middle of paper ... ...uits to actually nourish them from hunger, and a repulsive yet sufficient car that can drive, or a bike to travel without paying gas are more superior than you addictive humans. I fully understand we humans have the tendency to purchase on items that we are attracted to. However, that doesn’t mean we cannot overcome our persuasive urges to spend. Humans must think righteous and conserve. Humans are indeed intriguing creatures. We can show signs of intelligence or stupidity. The human mind is a fascinating and intriguing part of the human body. Are the humans, who spends a lot of money, incompetents because possibly their mind is defective? Or are the humans, who conserve their money and invest wisely, intelligent because possibly their mind is superior? The mystery of the human’s measure of intelligence or stupidity frustrates me. Now do you see why I am crying?
Have you ever thought about why you made a purchase? Or better yet, what decisions or attributes pointed you towards that specific purchase? It could have been because the product was cheap, aesthetically appealing, or simply something you have been motivated to buy for quite some time. Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational, explores how individuals behave in ways that are irrational, yet do consistently, and predictably, without even realizing it. Individual’s irrational behaviors are not random, and we repeat the same mistakes over and over again making them predictable. Nevertheless, by understanding that individuals are predictably irrational, it will later encourage them to do something differently when making other consumer behavior
Not everything that is expensive is better. Rich people can get everything they want, but middle class people need to think if they need it, or they can find the same thing cheaper. Most people try to find cheaper things, but some buy expensive things, because they think that it will help them to feel that they are rich. First, people buy those expensive things, and after that they are in debt. Expensive things need a lot of money, but people don’t have them, so they use credit cards to buy for that. According to the article “All That Glitters Is Not Gold” 32% of attendees who were at the auto exhibition bought a car and 56% of attendees reported they were going to buy a car in the near future. It shows that that people don’t have money, but they saw that other people bought the car, and they want it also. For example, my parents just last week bought a new car, because our old one broke. My dad said that everyone has big and new cars, so we need to buy a costly car like other people have. I thought that it was a stupid idea to look at expensive car, but anyway he found a good car, nor costly, nor a cheap car. The cost is in the middle, and it is a wonderful car. Indeed, running after expensive things people forget to look at prices. They forget that they will need to pay for that thing for many years after they buy
It can be the case that we as affluent individuals; consider an act such as donating money as supererogatory rather than of obligation. Singer holds the position that it is not an act of generosity nor beneficence, but of moral obligation. If we fail to do an obliged act, then we are morally wrong. He argues that when we are spending large sums of money on luxuries, we should think of those in impoverishment (Singer 1972, p239)
The outcome has been tended to above and it is just about purchasing items at the least expensive cost towards purchasing items in light of their moral contemplations. This is something which has proceeded through the late money related retreat. Maybe the most vital of these has been the effect of items on the earth. Then again, more imperative of all to the moral contemplations of the nearby individuals in which ASDA contemplations is the way to best lessen their carbon foot shaped impression and help with the decrease of nursery gas
Who doesn’t like shopping? I can’t name one person. Phyllis rose states many positive qualities in her essay “Shopping and Other Spiritual Adventures in America Today”. One of the positives qualities she mentions about shopping is that it’s a form of therapy. Being that I love to shop. Rather it’s online or going to the stores it’s something I also find very therapeutic. You don't really need, let's say, another sweater. You need the feeling of power that comes with buying or not buying it. You need the feeling that someone wants something you have--even if it's just your money. To get the benefit of shopping, you needn't actually purchase the sweater. After a long stressful work or school day there’s nothing more relaxing than walking around
In the article “The Conundrum of Consumption” Alan Durning address the issue of over consumption on a global scale and the effects it has on the environment. The author addresses the problem with consumption and how consumers find value in the things they consume. Durning tells his audience that consumers have a tendency to over consume and waste resources. Durning states that for our economy to flourish that we must have consumption but we need to be able to draw the line on where enough is enough. Durning expresses that for future generations to thrive, societies will have to change their values and dramatically cut down on resources.
Prior to studying modern American culture I was aware of my desires to buy things. Growing up as a kid you are influenced strongly by advertisements on television, as well as by your peers. You start to believe that in order to be well-liked in our society you must own expensive things. Our economy is dependent on commercial advertising. Some people in our society believe that the methods that some companies use to sell more of their product are immoral, however most people in our culture are willing to let absurd or ambiguous statements pass. The Federal Trade Commission is required to order business organizations to stop using deceptive advertising, yet I still see commercials on television that tell me if I buy their body spray women will attempt to rip off all my clothing to sleep with me. As Americans we are so use to the idea that every business will exploit the truth to sell more products. We become numb to the eff...
“Proper society did not think about making money, only about spending it.”, said Barbara W. Tuchman. This quote shows our real world, and the people that spend money, but they forget about the value of money. Nowadays people want more that they have. They forget how many things they have, and how much money they spend. Most people when they see other people having something better, and in that moment they want to have it also. Also, people forget how hard they got that money, but how easily and quickly they spend it. In the article “The treadmill of consumption” by Roberts, he says that people are willing to go into debt to buy certain products and brands. That is right that people can do crazy things to buy certain goods.
Featherstone(1991) states: “Consumption cannot be regarded as merely hedonistic, expressive and impulsive, however much this features in the advertising and lifestyle imagery”. “It clearly involves consumers in calculation, comparisons and research: in short, consumer culture involves knowledge” (Featherstone, 1991). People tend to pay attention to the ethical background of the production of goods they purchase, such as low payments, poor work conditions or exploiting underdeveloped countries. Featherstone(1991) also underlines that “consumption can no longer be seen as an innocent act, but as part of the chains of interdependencies and networks which bind ...
Human intelligence is an enigma that continues to intrigue scientists around the world after its inception with the creation of humanity. Human intelligence is defined by the Encyclopedia Britannica as the “mental quality that consists of the abilities to learn from experience, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract concepts, and use knowledge to manipulate ones environment”. (“Human intelligence”) In order to evaluate human intelligence, we must quantify human intelligence. The intelligence quotient, also known as IQ, is a measure of cognitive ability. The general factor, which is abbreviated as the g factor, is also a measure of cognitive ability. The g factor may be obtained by isolating elements of an IQ test through a sequence of tests to provide a more specific measure of intelligence. Human intelligence is influenced by two factors, nature and nurture. Nature and nurture are both important factors that shape human intelligence. However, one has a more significant effect than the other. It is imperative to recognize the more important factor of the two in order to better understand intelligence and its development. By evaluating the factors in depth, we become closer to identifying what causes individuals to succeed and what causes individuals to fail. We become a step closer to identifying and preventing stimuli causing failure and we become a step closer in identifying and promoting stimuli causing success, whether it be inherited or learned.
First, women spend huge amounts of money to improve their looks. So here we are unable to escape the reality that we can never be flawless or blemish free; moreover, as long as women have the belief that all greatness de...
Everyone likes shopping, but everyone has their own way of spending when they go shopping. I love shopping, but I hate being at the mall, if I don’t need to be there then I won’t be there. I’ve noticed that when I have money, I do not buy anything, and when I do not have money I want everything I see. From my experience I’ve observed that there are people who shop smart, people who are just plain addicted to shopping, people who join another person while shopping, basically called window watchers.
One of the main causes of consumerism is directly related to one’s social status and the portrayal of one’s self image. Today’s society has defined what one must have in order to keep up with a particular trend or to represent a higher class. In a New York Times article, Juliet Schor wrote, “Driving a certain type of car, wearing particular designer labels, living in a certain kind of home, and ordering the right bottle of wine all create and support a particular image” for those heavily concerned about social status. Now, it no longer becomes a matter of “making ends meet” but instead a competition to see who has the newest “this” or the biggest “that”. As a result, consumers are facing issues with extreme materialism, leading to overspending.
The single most important environmental issue today is over-consumerism, which leads to excess waste. We buy too much. We think we always need new and better stuff. Will we ever be satisfied? There will always be something better or cooler on the market. Because we live in a capitalistic consumer culture, we have absorbed things like: “Get it while the getting’s good,” “Offer ends soon, buy while it lasts,” “For great deals, come on down…Sunday Sunday Sunday!” We, kids from 1 to 92, have become saturated with commercials like: Obey your thirst. How much of our consumption is compulsive buying, merely obeying our momentary thirst? Do we actually need all that we buy? Could we survive efficiently, even happily, without making so many shopping center runs? Once after I made a Target run with mom, I noticed that most of the bulkiness within my plastic bags with red targets symbols on them was made up of the products’ packaging. I then thought about all the bags that were piled on the floor near us…all of the bags piled on the floors of many homes throughout America daily.
Reasons for excessive shopping vary from wanting to keep up with friends or fashion to simply cheering oneself up. But dysfunctional shopping behavior can easily get out of control. Like alcoholism, notes Chicago psychoanalyst Robert Galatzer-Levy, compulsive shopping represents a case of "the ordinary pleasures of living getting out of hand." Just as nearly every alcoholic starts out as a social drinker, a shopping addict starts out as a recreational shopper -- bringing a little color into a gray day by picking up a pair (or three) of shoes. About 90 years ago, German psychologist, Emil Kraepelin defined excessive shopping as an illness, calling it "oniomania" after the Latin onos, or price, but only recently has this disorder begun to be understood.