Retrograde Waters

mamabirdmargaritas:

itscandidlycara:

fishingboatproceeds:

lexcanroar:

I am a fan of this

Worth remembering every single time you make a purchase.

I say this all the time. Every time you buy something, you are saying “I support this product and the companies who made and distributed it.”

(bold mine)

Unless you are poor, in which case you are saying, “This is all I can afford.”

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THIS. THIS QUOTE APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD TO ‘VOTE’ THAT WAY.

When I couldn’t afford jack shit, I got real tired real fast of hearing about how I should only be spending responsibly on ethical products. FUCK YOU. When you’re poor, you buy what you can with what little you have. When you’re poor, being responsible is doing what you can to stay alive. You think I wanted to buy fucking big brands, processed crap, mass produced shit? NO, but it’s all I could afford if I wanted to survive.

It’s bad enough having to balance everything you spend, down to the last fucking penny, because even a couple bucks can mean the difference between eating and starving, or getting to work on the bus vs walking for an hour and a half. Having guilt about the decisions you make to survive is just too fucking much on top of that.

Thank you. I was thinking the same thing when I saw this, but I couldn’t figure out how to put it into words. (Without ranting for a page and a half.)