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August 19, 2026 36:030 comments♥ 0
00:00 Let me tell you about the first time I was placed on suicide watch. I used to never throw anything away. I figured I could always sell a shirt or play with my Skylanders again someday. My closet became cluttered even though I only used like the same seven t-shirts and I'd have to pay for extra suitcases when I
00:19 flew to carry all my stuff. Then one day I sat alone in my room like Buddha under the Bodie tree and I realized that by the end of my life I'll have probably spent a whole year cleaning my stuff, going through my stuff, thinking about how I need to go through my stuff, packing all my extra stuff, taking extra
00:39 long to find something or go somewhere because I have to find some of my stuff. And so I decided on March 7th, 2023 that I was done. I had achieved enlightenment and I that day got rid of maybe 80% of the clothes I owned and I thought that was a good thing until I got a knock on my door. It was from my RA. She said,
01:01 "Casey, oh my god, I've been so worried about you." And I was like, "What? I'm fine." She said, "The girls across the hall saw how many clothes you were getting rid of and identified it as the first sign OF SUICIDE." WHAT? I GOT RID OF SO MANY THINGS they thought I was going to get rid of my life, too. So,
01:19 despite getting a warning from the Duke administration, my [laughter] life has never been easier since that day. I would literally fly to college with nothing but a backpack and a bag. Whenever I go to a new place, I don't have to pack anything. It saved me so much time, so much money, and I really
01:34 don't lose out on that much because studies demonstrate that 20% of your clothes are what you wear 80% of the time. So, if I just keep the 20%, I'm golden. I think a secret reason so many people hoard is because organizing or getting rid of 10% of your clothes every year is an easy way to feel productive.
01:53 It's an easy way to feel in control of your life when really [snorts] we usually organize our clothes avoiding the things that we really need to do like starting our business or switching jobs or changing majors. It's so much easier to procrastinate with things that are at least nominally productive
02:10 because then we can tell ourselves we're not procrastinating. And hyperconsumerism also gives you a sense of safety. Look at all the stuff that's fully yours that you can depend on. If you get rid of all your stuff and it's just you, suddenly there's no barrier between just you and the entire outside
02:24 world. You have to face it unprotected. But that's also what makes you free. As Tyler Deran said, the stuff you own ends up owning you. In one of my favorite songs, Amarillo by Morning, George Strait sings, I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. >> Lord, I'm [music] free.
02:41 >> A 1961 cartoon that illustrates that is called Gardening on Sunday. On the left, you can see one neighbor has a perfectly tended garden, but at the cost of his mental peace. He's stressed, fretting over every branch on his hedge. The neighbor on the right has a much more slvenly yard, but he's able to just fall
02:59 asleep in the middle of the day. Even his dog is resting. So, who's the guy on the left even tending his garden for? He's not doing it for his neighbor. His neighbor's asleep. And if he's doing it for himself, well, he's got a terrible ROI. It takes up hours of his day. He's agitated. The neighbor on the right is
03:13 really winning in life. And that's exactly what I think is going on in the Tik Tok overconumption epidemic. I have thought long and hard for any justifiable reason to overconume, and I've yet to find one. Obviously, buying a million shoes, doesn't make you happier, but like it doesn't do anything
03:30 good for you. It doesn't make you a more attractive girlfriend or a better friend. That's what's so confusing about it. It literally just makes you poorer and takes away your time from your job or your family. It's just such a bad idea on every single level. The only reason anyone does it is because when we
03:44 were young, we learned that spending a lot of money means you're a success. You're powerful and independent. My friend's mom is a Korean immigrant who grew up really poor. So today she spends so much of her money on the worst modern art paintings, the most bizarre technof future furniture. Not because she likes
04:04 any of it, because it's a status symbol. She wants to show that she's part of the 1%. Because that makes her feel important, because she didn't feel important as the only immigrant kid growing up in the South. And unfortunately, a lot of Tik Tockers are trying to fill the hole in their soul in
04:20 the same way. >> I want to buy everything. I don't think there's a piece of clothing in this world that I do not [music] want in my closet. I don't think I'm ever going to be satisfied. I don't think my closet's ever going to be [music] big enough. Every time I open my phone, I see
04:32 something new that I need. I want it. I need it. I just want all of it. >> Someone said, "My own greed astounds me. My hate for capitalism and yet need for buying needs to be studied." How's that for irony? When the first lady of the Philippines, Alda Marcos, bought 2,000 pairs of Gucci shoes while her entire
04:51 population starved to death. At least she identified as a capitalist. I mean, come on. The reason you're unhappy is you haven't found the right thing to buy yet. There is something out there that you can purchase that's going to make all your problems go away. You're so close to finding it. Just keep buying
05:07 stuff. I promise it'll work. Someone said, "I bought three packages today and the happiness wasn't in there, so I ordered five more." And people are spending so much without even realizing it. >> How much do you think you spend at Play-Doh's closet?
05:20 >> 1300. [laughter] >> Look. >> I'm going to say [music] 27. >> Holy cow. >> 30,000. >> Okay.
05:40 Oh my god. Okay. Oh my god. [laughter] That's not bad. >> $13,000. Girl, you probably have more SHOES THAN ALDA MARCOS AT THIS POINT. >> How much money do you spend per month on your lifestyle, including everything? >> 30 to 50K.
05:55 >> And how do you spend it? >> Shopping and rent and bills. >> What's your occupation? What do you do? >> Um, I am a princess. >> And what does that mean? >> That means I'm a princess. So, who pays your bills? >> My parents.
06:14 >> And what's your parents' occupation? >> My dad is a business owner and my mom is a dentist. >> And what do they think about your lifestyle? >> They love it. >> They love it. >> Yeah.
06:24 >> Really? >> Yes. Really? They love anything I do. >> Would you date a guy that earns 50,000 per year? >> Sorry. No. >> Okay. And why wouldn't you? >> Cuz he's depressed. >> How about if he earns 1 million per
06:38 year? Not enough for anything. >> How about 5 million? >> No. >> 10 million? >> No. >> Not comfortable. >> How many millions per year? >> 100 million.
06:50 >> $100 million a year minimum. Good luck living like that when your parents' bankroll finally dries up. This is how my 2-year-old niece talks. By the way, I'm a princess equals I'm unemployed. >> Do you think you can find that guy in life? >> Yes.
07:05 >> Available? >> Yes, very much. Yes. Believe in yourself no matter what. >> No, no, no. I think you believe in yourself a little too much. That's the problem. You believe in yourself the way Ted Bundy believed in himself. But this is the most telling comment. Everyone's
07:20 hating on her, but I wish I was her. Really? Being her would be my worst nightmare. Worse than like the actual nightmares I got from watching that spooky ass movie, Zora. Who saw that movie? That movie was scary as hell. feeling the need to spend $50,000 a month on new bags that adds no value to
07:38 your life. I would hate that. I don't know who I would be at that point. And I think her accusation of calling somebody who makes $50,000 a year depressed is a confession because it indicates she thinks the wealthier you are, the happier you are. If you make $50,000, you must be depressed. And by her own
07:55 admission, she's spending about a million a year. So if she needs a guy to be making $100 million a year, she's indicating she's not as happy as she wants to be. She wants to be a 100 times happier. This is what you'd look like if everyone could see your overconumption. [music]
08:15 [music] >> [music] [music] >> Someone said, "I went a full year without buying clothing, and it changed my life and taught me how to get creative using the clothes I do have." And I totally second that, except maybe
08:40 I go too far. I literally have one pair of shoes. A few days ago, I like couldn't find my left shoe and I had to eat. So, I left the house without shoes and when I tried to go into a restaurant, they declined me and I had to walk back to my apartment Joe Jackson style. Lesson of the day, it's not
08:56 overconumption to have two pairs of shoes. Okay, three pairs is pushing it, but two is okay. Let me illustrate further. Here's what's not overconumption. And of course, you had a comment that says, "Normal to whom?" And the creator responded, "Normal to many people who
09:16 can't afford groceries, babe." And maybe this is a controversial opinion. Not like I have many of those. But I think you can also overconume morning routines. Does that Does that make sense? >> Overconumption core. Get rid of me for another day in the life. Starting with
09:29 my morning shed. Step one. Remove my mouth tape. My silk eye mask. My clear wrapping mask to simulate collagen. My facelifting strap to reduce double chin. My silk hair bonnet to stop breakage of split ends. Get dressed with me. Starting with my perfectly matched PJs. Run to walk. They're available on Tik
09:41 Tok shop. tried on three different outfits and they're all linked to my Amazon storefront. I actually just redid my closet because I got my colors analy. >> Yeah, like that. Thankfully, I didn't use as many products, but I was once like this. I thought I had to wake up at 5:00 a.m. and do a cold shower and then
09:54 go on a run and then meditate and stretch and play Just Dance Dance Revolution before I even like did my first crime of the day, which would be jaywalking to THE STATE OF L. AND ANY kind of like self-indulgent morning routine like that that goes on for hours that actually isn't effective
10:11 is just masturbating at a certain point. And can we just say it? It's usually the influencers who are over consuming the most. Because who's an influencer? An influencer is like some kid who got a bunch of money when they were 20 for posting their lives. So they think, "Wow, I must be amazing. I must be so
10:28 amazing cuz everybody wants to give me money. So they're going to keep giving me money. So, I might as well spend LIKE I'M ALDA MARCOS. AND when someone actually says, "Hey, influencer, you might not be as amazing as you think you are." They get upset. >> We are not in LA anymore, people. I met
10:44 these guys at my hostel. They were like, "Oh, I've never met an influencer before." I mentioned that I wanted to stop by a store quickly to get a pack of Pokémon cards to hand out to kids. And they were like, "Oh, like, so you're going to exploit them, right? You're going to do it for views. Like, you
10:56 don't respect what I do." And they were like, "No, not at all." This really exposed the darker side of traveling [music] to new places. And >> oh my god, you guys, the people in a communist country didn't respect my latestage capitalistic job. And I'm literally shaking. Oh, but the icing on
11:17 the cake is that she doesn't buy the cards for the poor kids because these guys rightfully questioned her motivations. And [music] I internalized a piece of that stigma. Like I didn't get the Pokémon cards because I felt self-conscious, [music] honestly. >> But hey, apparently the mildest form of
11:35 criticism over consuming for a living is the dark side of solo travel. Someone said she's upset because they identified her true intentions with buying the Pokémon cards. [laughter] She really went, "We're not in LA anymore." If they made the Wizard of Oz in 2026, Dorothy would be like Toto. I don't
11:57 think we're in Arowan anymore. I know it's hard to believe, but there are real people out there who aren't influencers who struggle to buy food. [music] Really added a fun fun fact at the end there. >> I felt worthless. I felt ugly. I felt gay. I felt that no like that. And I
12:20 think when you make so much money so quickly when you're young, you don't appreciate it cuz it doesn't mean that much to you. That's why so many influencers spend like they're the prodigal son. Compare that to this girl. >> I missed two chicks. >> Oh gosh.
12:39 [screaming] Don't show it. Thank you. [laughter] THANK YOU. JEEZ. >> [laughter] >> WHERE YOU GOING? [screaming] Ain't got to go do it. Do it. Someone said, "I miss being 16 and
13:07 having that be life-changing money." $238 when you don't have any money is a lot of money. When I was a kid, I would save up all my money until I hit $100 and then I would buy as many like Wii U games as I could. Granted, this was in like 2011, so $100 in 2011 money is like, I don't know, 2 million today.
13:26 Unlike me, this kid is much more into saving his money. >> I asked mom how much money she spends on my presents for her birthday. She said $100. So, when I'm 19, I'll be moving out. So if I put all that money, $900. Then I ask the same thing about
13:49 Christmas. It's also 100. So $900. $900 plus $900 is $1,800. The price of Morris for 2 years is $24,000. Instead, I'm getting presents from you. I get if I just get the money for college, then I get 9% of the way. So, you would
14:21 like money for college instead of presents? >> Yes. [clears throat] >> I know a lot of influencers who could learn from this kid. But guys, modern Tik Tok influencers are not as bright as they seem. And I don't know how bright they seem. Like, a lot of them don't
14:33 even know how to spend money at Disneyland. How much are you going to spend at Disneyland today? >> $5. >> How much are you going to spend today? >> $0. >> How much are you going to spend today? >> $20.
14:44 >> How much money are you going to spend at Disney? >> I have kids. Only $50. [music] [music] This is not a Christmas. This is not [music] a Christmas song. This is not a Christmas
15:07 >> to the first lady who said $5. What can you buy at Disneyland for $5? Another $5. You just go up and say, "I'll take $5, please." Okay, that'll be $5. Okay, you spent your $5 for the day. [laughter] That's like the only thing I could think of. Maybe if you have a discount on like $6, you could buy that
15:25 for $5. [laughter] Like, what are you BUYING A DISC FOR $5? OKAY, I'M DONE. BECAUSE it's just it's so easy to spend money. Do not trust Tik Tockers who say they'll spend $0 on anything. >> Ma, how much money are you spending today?
15:42 >> Zero [music] on a budget. [music] Oh my goodness. Jozo, how much are you spending today? >> $50 only. [music] Gojo. How much money you spending at the dealers today? [music] >> And then we've got some girl math in the
16:10 comments saying, "Since $100 isn't that much money, you basically saved money." Oh, we're doomed. >> How much do you think you're going to spend today? >> 16. [music] >> How much did you end up spending? >> $1,700.
16:22 >> Wow. >> $1,700. I swear some of these Tik Tockers have gotten so far out of touch they're like no longer in where does this metaphor go? >> How much do you think you have to make a year to live comfortably in LA?
16:38 >> About 800k I [music] would say. >> What about you? >> I want to say like maybe LIKE A MILLION. >> I UNDERSTAND LA IS EXPENSIVE BUT A million a year to live comfortably. What is comfortably to you guys? a super car in a 10-bedroom house. A million dollars a year. The average
16:58 American makes $1.9 million in their entire lifetime. The household income in LA is 65K. Average income 30K. That's obviously not comfortable living, but like a million A YEAR. THEN THIS GUY SAID 2 mil. What the >> Thank you, Joe. That's right. And something I haven't even talked about is
17:20 a lot of the overconsumers who become hoarders at some level of their being think they're doing something good. They really think they're going to like pass on their collection of pet rocks or pillow pets to their kids. >> And here we go. I hope you're hungry for nothing.
17:37 >> Thank you, mom, for the Beanie Babies. That's generational wealth. Cuz for a lot of people, consumerism is their idea of fun. Does anyone else like lowkey stop themselves when their idea of fun gets like too consumerist? I literally got off work early and I was like, "Oh my god, like I'm going to put on a cute
17:55 little fit and like go to Starbucks and get like, you know, a pumpkin cold brew or whatever and then I'm going to go to Marshalls and look for like fall stuff." And I was like, "Let me like let me shut the up." Someone said, "For real, every time I have a day off, I just think to myself,
18:11 what can I buy today?" Someone else made the point I was making earlier that buying things feels productive. It's an easy way to feel productive instead of doing the hard things that actually are productive. And I swear some of these influencers are just beyond saving. >> So this is my body care closet. Rolly
18:27 cart that has a bunch of body washes. >> That thing can barely move. Oh my goodness. Are those all body sprays? >> Six body sprays right here. We got all the doves. We have [laughter] all of these natives. We have hand soaps in here, too. We got all of the Dove bar soaps. We have all of these perfumes
18:46 right here. These are kind of just randomized. I often talk about the differences between over consuming and collecting. I feel like this might be going even further into kind of like the hoarding territory. Whatever it is, it's not normal. >> Because the truth is everything you've
19:04 ever bought still exists somewhere on Earth. I love this girl. She said, "My co-workers laughed at me for using a jam jar as a water bottle. So, I sent this to prove overconumption has them in a chokeold." And she shows her jam jar perfectly keeping her water sealed. I
19:28 cannot relate to the mindset of someone who wants a water bottle for reasons other than a bottle for holding water. Like the jam jar clearly works, so her co-workers can only be making fun of her for not having like an onbrand water bottle. And if that's you, what is your life? The top comment said, "Oh god, the
19:45 moment you realize you can use objects for their intended use and not for marketing feels like exiting the matrix." Um, this should be common sense, I fear, but this Tik Tocker is on a mission to deinfluence her audience. >> You don't need to door dash. You don't need to go out and get your nails done
20:03 and your eyelashes done. That's not the way people started to live until like 10 years ago. You don't need that Tik Tok shop one charger with seven different charger cords to make your life more convenient. It's making your life less convenient when you just keep accumulating so much tech that you can't
20:20 even throw away. Your kids don't need more junk every time you go to the store with them and they just pick one under $5 item. You need to read them a book and have quality time with them. Oh, but people saw me wear this before. Who cares? Who cares? >> Someone said, "My bank account has
20:35 already deinfluenced me enough. Thanks." But it's not just Tik Tockers. It's a lot of boomers, too. [music] Someone said, "Your mom is not going to be happy because are things far too expensive now?" Yes. However, I will acknowledge that my generation also
21:01 overestimates the material things we sometimes need. [music] [music] [music] >> Like four different Stanley Cups. >> What's going on here? I know this couple who retired early at 45 and they spend $80,000 a year. And I
21:30 know a family member who said, "Wow, how can they live like that? I spend 100k a year and I don't even have kids." Okay. Well, then that's on you. >> What are the cool girls wearing this fall? What are the hot girls wearing this fall? What are the it girls wearing this fall? What are we wearing this
21:45 fall? What color is in this fall? Is pop Theory still in this fall? Are ballet flats still in this fall? Are samba still in this fall? Someone commented, "The whole idea of asking what are we wearing?" Like, "Oh, are we doing hot girl summer? Are we doing fat girl summer?" I don't know. SHOWS YOU HAVE NO
22:02 IDENTITY. NONE. >> T the season for overconumption core. If you've been doing beige Christmas or silver Christmas or gray Christmas or gold Christmas or pink Christmas, now it's time to throw all of those decorations away and replace them with all new decorations from Amazon in the
22:15 new trending aesthetic of the year. Ralph Lauren Christmas. Ralph Lauren Christmas. Red and green traditional everything. Yep, that's right. And it's basically just traditional Christmas repackaged with a new aesthetic label that will keep you spending, spending, spending.
22:28 >> This is not even satire at this point because like the truth is that all the products you accumulate were once money and they could still be money if you didn't buy them. [music] And of course, none of this means you should live like this guy. These are some ways I avoid overconumption. As
22:50 someone who loves the environment and thinks wasting your money is stupid. The first one might be controversial, but I just don't like to throw out things. Even if things are imperfect or not in the best condition, they still serve their purpose, and that's what matters most to me. One of the easiest ways to
23:03 save money is to not constantly be replacing things. I've had this backpack since high school, and even though it's in bad condition, it still is very helpful when I travel. Instead of buying things, I try to use things I already have. So, my curtains are actually bed sheets that I tied together. One time
23:16 when I cracked my phone screen, instead of replacing the phone screen, I just used tape and it actually held together very well. Don't buy trash bags. I use paper bags that friends and family hold on for me because why throw them out when you have them and you could find use for them. I've never had to buy a
23:29 notebook because I use the envelopes from junk mail. Another way I underconume is I don't use the full product. Like sponges I'll cut in half so you get more life out of them. Paper towels I'll just use a small bit when I'm cleaning. Even tissues, I feel like tissues are too big so I just use a
23:42 small portion. Was able to furnish most of my apartment for free. I was able to get this college dorm mattress and the bed frame for free. Someone I dog sit for was going to throw out this beautiful old KitchenAid and I said, "No, no, no. Don't worry. I will take that off your hands." And it's been very
23:55 helpful. Didn't have a chair until my workplace was giving these away. Instead of them throwing it away, I gladly took it. I also only like to have one of most things. One spatula, one cutting board, one cup. I only have one water bottle. I don't understand how people have like 20. I've had this one plate since I was
24:10 in college because it's still in good condition. It gets the job done. Someone said, "My grandparents lived like this in the Great Depression." Yeah, this guy's too much. Even even for me, the one pair of shoe guy. Because, you know, Americans didn't always over consume. >> Did you know that the average woman in
24:25 the 1950s only bought 10 new pieces of clothes per year, and each piece she kept for over 10 years? Did you know that today the average woman buys 68 new pieces of clothing per year? and on average only keeps each piece for two years, wearing each piece only an average [music] of seven times before
24:48 getting rid of it. This is [music] your friendly reminder that having more clothes, more shoes, more makeup, more trendy [music] products will never make you more attractive or more happy. It just [music] makes you easy to sell to. Overconumption is extremely normalized
25:06 today, especially on social media. were told by influencers and celebrities [music] that it's normal to want and have hundreds of clothes in your closet. [music] Anything I've ever gotten or achieved, I've still always felt the same. There is no bag, shoes, shirt in
25:25 the world that would make me happier than I am today. Becoming a minimalist was one of the best things that I ever did. If you can embrace and be grateful for everything that you have, you are winning at life. Someone said, "I buy less than 10 pieces of clothing every year." And we should all be more like
25:42 you, Kira. I take it too far. I acknowledge that. I didn't even buy this shirt. I I won it at my local Jeopardy night. What is reusable? Look how much stuff this girl still has left over after she packed up everything to go to college. [music]
26:05 >> [music] >> Someone said that's got to be at least $20,000. $20,000 could feed like a family of hippos for like a year, I think. I don't know. [snorts] I totally made that up. But here's all that visual. [music]
26:25 [music] Those stupid Instagram graphics that that girl you went to high school with always reposts are part of the problem. Like this is the worst thing I've ever seen. And I've seen someone use AI to make me black and Asian and a son. Apparently I someone keeps claiming
26:42 they're my son. I'm about to lose my mind. Who is replacing throw pillows every 5 to 10 years? What's wrong with them? I can use my sponge till it's stinky, but I have to buy pans every 5 years. I don't know that my microwave has a filter. Does it? Maybe. I'm supposed to get a new couch every 7 to
27:04 15 years. I'm going to get a new couch when it disintegrates into ash. Mattress every 6 to 8 years. How about bury me with it? Bath mat every like year and a halfish, 2 years. I like my bath mat. Thank you. Also, like some of this stuff, I don't know. Clean it, wash it. I've had the same bed pillow for a
27:27 certain amount of time that I won't tell Tik Tok. Small kitchen appliances 10 to 12 years, unless they're broken, they be getting used. >> Someone said, "I've had a microwave for 10 years and had no idea it has a filter." You know what? I'm calling it right now. Microwave filters is a
27:44 conspiracy. I don't believe in it. The deep state wants you to think they're real. But maybe the wildest latestage capitalism video of all is this mom who uh made her son bathe in milk. Oh, delicious. There's magically delicious. >> [music]
28:18 [music] >> Someone said, "When you grow up with nothing, you'll overconume because you grew up in a childhood of fear." >> 15 men on the cap town track. Doo dah [music] dah trying to hold that bay horse back. Oh, dah. Someone asked, "Can companies just stop making new things
28:39 besides like food for a couple decades?" But hey, I haven't seen anybody over consume like this family. >> Bound to run all night. Bound to run all day. I bet my money on a bump tail. [music] Somebody bet on the >> Imagine being late to work and you have to move seven cars.
28:58 >> This is a rubber band for my asparagus. It is so crazy to me just how many people really do not understand the concept of resisting overconumption. In this video, she basically shows that she put a rubber band from her asparagus around her yoga mat to keep it closed. There are a number of people suggesting
29:14 things for her to buy to use instead of this rubber band. And literally in the first 3 seconds of the video, she says, "This is your sign that you don't need to buy everything just because it's cute." Someone said, "People never learn to reduce, reuse, and recycle because overconumption is everywhere.
29:32 >> [music] >> Being broke for the first time made me realize how much of my money I threw away. And what's really important, you'll save a lot of money if you don't run to buy the next, you know, trendy fork. Instead of buying this to-go utensil kit, just wrap up the ones you
29:52 already have. Before you go out running to buy a Stanley cup, be so sure you don't have a water bottle already at home that can serve [music] the same purpose. Instead of investing in these cheaplymade plastic plates, thrift ones that will last longer and cost the same. Before buying one of these gimmicky
30:05 products with one to two uses, ask yourself if this standard version of the product was really that inconvenient before seeing it. >> Yeah. And the environment is important, but it's not the immediate concern your soul. Like, what drives a person to do this?
30:16 >> If you click on this sound, it's literally just [singing and music] I'm an overconsumer. Isn't it cute how much I've consumed of the same item? Yep, you've certainly got all the colors. Okay, back at it again, but this time with swimsuits. >> Uh, yeah. Why do we need this many
30:38 colors of swimsuits? Even if I lived in like Hawaii. All right. Over consumption of garbage for making a candles. >> I don't think you could even use all of those in a lifetime. Yeah, it's super cute. Love it. Great. >> And someone said buying a dozen of the
30:54 same cup is such a boring way to spend any money. Whoever used fake rose petals in this gorgeous spot for an engagement, you're horrible. There's like hundreds of these all over this place and you could have just used real flowers, but instead you're just littering all over the ground and leaving it there like
31:18 like I have handfuls of them. Me and my sister are picking them up. My whole pocket is full. Like at least like 500. We're still picking them up. bag. >> Look at my sister's bag. Look at this. >> It's full. >> And then we wonder why there's plastic everywhere. It's cuz people are just
31:34 sprinkling plastic on the earth just for fun. >> Someone asked, "Why didn't they just buy real rose petals?" Because they're influencers. Okay, how dare you insult them by thinking they should touch roses that grew from the ground? That's gross. But hey, those rose petlers are far from
31:50 the worst over consumers at the beach. At this point, it's like, why are you even going to the beach? Like, I could maybe understand a wagon if you got little kids. Sure. But all that too. Okay. What's this? Oh gosh. I'm in the way. Oh no.
32:13 Um, yeah, you don't need this. Just put your put your snacks in your mouth. Okay, this is going so fast. At least that's small. Collapsible. You're at the beach. Sand is inevitable. Come on. You're just going to walk back to your car and get sandy again. Collapsible fan
32:33 for the beach. It's usually pretty breezy. Silicon caddy. Nano speaker. Speaker. Sure. Summer mom era. Does the baby go in the basket? Where does the baby go? Baby doesn't go in the basket. Oh, the
32:54 baby is a Stanley cup with Bloom. >> That does not look relaxing. I agree. And now that back to school is starting, overconumption is getting a whole new lease on Tik Tok. >> This might be controversial, but I think we need to talk about the overconumption happening in back to school content.
33:11 This is a perfect example of how aesthetic organization can be disguised as overconumption. And I get why this video went viral. It scratches a part of my brain, too. It's very satisfying to watch. The colors are cute. Everything has a place. That's satisfying. I get it. I wanted to know what we were
33:31 looking at dollar-wise. So, let's go through this. Those Beno boxes are about $30 a piece, and she has six of them. So, that's about $174 of the same lunchbox, just different colors. And then these mini stainless steel ones are even more expensive. Maybe because they're stainless steel, I
33:52 don't know. But they are $35 a piece. That comes to about $140. The two stainless steel food jars are about $46 for a pack of two. the water bottles, which I am shocked and proud of her for not having more, but they come in a pack of two for $27. And then these little picss are $6, which brings our
34:15 grand total to $523 for this lunchbox organization drawer. When I was in school, you got one lunchbox a year, and I even reused lunch boxes for several years if I didn't lose it or ruin it. Now, we're kind of treating them like Stanley cups, decorating them, accessorizing them.
34:36 Obviously, spend your money however you want. But I'm curious, at what point does having options turn into collecting things that we just don't need? >> This comment nailed it when they said back to school over consumption is being disguised as organization. Even donated clothes will end up like this.
34:55 [music] So, we all have a bunch of vices and things we do wrong. Me absolutely all the time. So, if you feel like I'm like calling you out in this video, I just all I want is maybe for you to ask why you feel the need to spend money on 20 different water bottles. That's all. I
35:16 do stupid things all the time. But when I finally stopped over consuming, my life has become so much better and so much easier. Even if my school thought it meant I was going to kill myself. So, please let me know if you think influencers have become overconumptive and I'll respond to as many comments as
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