Boycott Walmart

[Xelebes]

One thing I did find - buying at WalMart is like buying at Zellers or other stores. I find it is not worth my investment to buy products from there. If shoes become unusable in six months, it is not worth my investment to purcase their shoes. I personally usually shop for my clothes ata a certain store - knowing that my jacket I bought there will last me 10-15 years as opposed to shopping at Walmart or Zellers will last me 2 or 3 years at most. I buy my shoes knowing they will last me 2-3 years instead of 6-12 months. They weill cost me twice as much but I save more money then I would at WalMart. And I work just 60 cents above minimum wage!

So, yeah. Already boycotting them for quite a while now.

 

[Guest]

A quibble...animals other than humans use tools. We pet owners know this.

True, our beagle just built a rather elaborate Cat-apult.

 

[gauchecritic]

I think the tools that were meant were insubstantial tools. Things like maths, physics, forecasting (as in prediction) and all the other mind tools that we humans use.

Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen use the term Pan Narrans. The story telling ape.

In this way a story is a tool that other animals don't use, only humans.

 

[rgraham666]

Thanks gauche.

But do those animals mentioned by others make tools to make tools? Do they have tools as complex as language? Is their very existence defined by their tool use?

No. But ours is.

Tools are such a complete piece of our existence that we aren't aware of them. And because of this lack of awareness, less than careful with their use.

Another problem with tool use is summed up in the aphorism "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Our tools shape our perceptions.

The worst offender for this is money. It is quite useful for commerce. It allows us to value and exchange goods and services quickly and efficiently.

Unfortunately, money started to value things that shouldn't be valued, like our worth as human beings. Now many of us believe that the money we have and our value as people are somehow interlinked.

And because some important things, such as empathy, wisdom and courage, cannot have a monetary value placed upon them, we have forgotten about them.

As a line I read many years ago stated, "If it can't be measured or marketed, it probably doesn't exist."

 

[BlackShanglan]

One thing I did find - buying at WalMart is like buying at Zellers or other stores. I find it is not worth my investment to buy products from there. If shoes become unusable in six months, it is not worth my investment to purcase their shoes. I personally usually shop for my clothes ata a certain store - knowing that my jacket I bought there will last me 10-15 years as opposed to shopping at Walmart or Zellers will last me 2 or 3 years at most. I buy my shoes knowing they will last me 2-3 years instead of 6-12 months. They weill cost me twice as much but I save more money then I would at WalMart. And I work just 60 cents above minimum wage!

So, yeah. Already boycotting them for quite a while now.

I agree. Not only do somewhat more expensive clothes made from actual "real" goods (wool and linen vs. polywhatever) end up cheaper, but they spare me the nuisance of shopping for new things constantly. When I buy clothing, I want it to stay bought.

Just noticed that with a pair of cheap jeans I got at the Great Evil Empire. They were uncomfortable and tore literally on the second wear. I learned from that and bought a good brand; they feel good and wear like kevlar.

Shanglan

 

[SeaCat]

I like that last solution.

Yes, the problem seems to be, as it so often is, "fucking humans."

(Threadjack)
And the problem with this is? I prefer fucking humans, to say fucking vegetables.
(Threadjack end)

Cat

 

[lewdandlicentious]

Somehow that giggle goes disturbingly well with your AV, but I can't decide why.

I can!!!!