I was scrolling through TikTok the other night, and almost automatically, I came across an advertisement for a random product. After seeing that ad, I decided to count the number of advertisements I encountered...
While I will always prefer in person thrifting to online, over the years, I have curated a reliable regimen for moments when personal time is a luxury.
The more I thought about my collection of water bottles, the more I realized the collection of each bottle had very little to do with an effort to combat single use plastic, and had more to do with the desire I have to keep up with current trends.
Boston University students can donate used clothing and other goods to Goodwill bins located in residence halls from April 27 until the end of May as part of an initiative called "Goodwill, Not Landfill.” Materials collected will be given to Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries to be sold at their stores.
“Influence” may be the defining word of this decade’s culture. From the act of influencing to the new profession itself, social media has made a theoretically intangible phenomenon inescapably tangible — that is, overwhelmingly materialistic.
“Eyes Wide Shut” and “Fight Club” show us that if we continue to consume material items in incredible quantities, sooner or later we will be the ones indefinitely consumed by them.
The nonstop stimuli of the internet tire us out, bombard us and even hijack our brains with advertising. By posting memes poking fun at our ability to recognize Among Us beans in everything, we finally make light of this phenomenon, finding a moment of joy from the conditions of our year-long cabin fever.
Our real world is too much to bear, so we escape into the fantasy worlds of gacha games — where the underlying pain comes from loss of money, not lives.
Whether the new hires will be sustainable for the economy and whether Amazon’s growth will have a negative impact on local businesses after the city opens back up has yet to be seen. But it is certain we must hold these giants to higher standards, or they will continue doing good with ulterior motives.
The threat of orangutan extinction is, for the most part, a result of palm oil production. It's more than just an orangutan nightmare — it’s a modern day reality we take advantage of every day. We’ve replaced ethics with convenience, and wildlife shouldn’t have to keep paying the price.
