SFist: The Day Of Stop Shopping

mariconsoy

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:25:34 -0800

We have one of those aluminum christmas trees from the 1950s/60s.Eco friendly I guess. The only shopping we do, is to donate in the name of someone at places like seva.org or mercycorps.org or doctorswithoutbordors.org No fuss, no stress.

AGinSanFran

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:08:50 -0800

I'm a few days behind in reading SFist articles and missed the heads-up about the United Elves strike. But I will go see "What Would Jesus Buy?" again. It ran a few nights in September as part of the SF Documentary Film Fest -- thought provoking, entertaining, and disturbing ... all the right stuff in a great doc.

iris

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:01:03 -0800

It used to be a family tradition that we'd all go downtown to Union Square the day after Thanksgiving to look at the holiday windows and watch the tree lighting. Fun and festive displays have been replaced by haute couture, and festive crowds have turned ugly. And what with global warming, celebrating the death of a huge tree light by fossil fuels just seems kinda wrong. Time for some new holiday traditions, I guess.

manys

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:32:39 -0800

I was almost a commie but then I ran out of milk.

wsanders

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:20:25 -0800

Fight terrorism! Buy more stuff! Everybody needs more stuff! If we all didn't have all our stuff, we'd just walk around all the time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac

peej66

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:18:19 -0800

There is no reason to feel guilty. Millions of idiots voted for Bush and they would do it again. You are just a conformist. Common. Unthinking. Good for you!

Agent510

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:46:51 -0800

I'm heading out to Union Square today, and not feeling one damn bit guilty about it. You hear that, eternally-protesting radical-leftist SF establishment? Not. One. Bit. Guilty. Someone had to say it.

Leanne

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:01:30 -0800

I was thinking of doing some thrift-shopping today. That's kind of subversive, right? I also might get a flu shot. Fun, I know...