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Neoma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-29-07 03:51 AM
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5. Materialistic values suck.
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  -On Target...or not. Mythsaje  Jun-29-07 01:46 AM   #0 
  - Great post.  Swamp Rat   Jun-29-07 01:51 AM   #1 
  - R  emilyg   Jun-29-07 01:59 AM   #2 
  - Well, I gotta tell Ya, there is a huge difference in products!  saracat   Jun-29-07 03:15 AM   #3 
  - Well, it may be argued  Mythsaje   Jun-29-07 03:44 AM   #4 
  - Well, I want to look better than just "clean" and people had yellow  saracat   Jun-29-07 04:30 AM   #6 
  - You don't need electricity, or lots of other things  NeedleCast   Jun-29-07 09:35 AM   #18 
  - There are so many shampoo choices at Ulta  RebelOne   Jun-29-07 06:13 AM   #13 
  - Materialistic values suck.  Neoma   Jun-29-07 03:51 AM   #5 
  - Need vs. Want  Nicole   Jun-29-07 04:49 AM   #7 
  - Without a computer, I would have never been published...  Mythsaje   Jun-29-07 05:06 AM   #8 
  - Why not?  Nicole   Jun-29-07 05:12 AM   #9 
     - Let's just say  Mythsaje   Jun-29-07 05:18 AM   #10 
        - That's still a want though.  Nicole   Jun-29-07 05:43 AM   #11 
  - No, they are persuaded that they want them,  tblue37   Jun-29-07 08:32 AM   #15 
  - Um, as a former Target employee...  David__77   Jun-29-07 05:46 AM   #12 
  - The myriad of "choices" in these products is even more  tblue37   Jun-29-07 08:29 AM   #14 
  - "There's no noticable difference between Colgate and Crest" - the illusion of choice  Mark Twain Girl   Jun-29-07 09:19 AM   #16 
  - commie  leftofthedial   Jun-29-07 09:25 AM   #17 
  - A Nation of Stuff  formercia   Jun-29-07 11:34 AM   #19 
  - "the illusion of choice"  ThomCat   Jun-29-07 11:45 AM   #20 
  - Happy to K&R.  Dora   Jun-29-07 11:52 AM   #21 
  - K&R. Excellent. n/t  Zookeeper   Jun-29-07 11:52 AM   #22 
  - I had a very similar thought a few months ago  never cry wolf   Jun-29-07 02:13 PM   #23 
  - and we all pay extra for marketing and packaging.  formercia   Jun-29-07 02:43 PM   #25 
  - But I HAVE to have System Biolage shampoo with xtra  zippy890   Jun-29-07 02:38 PM   #24 
  - I must be the epitome of the anti-consumer..  SoCalDem   Jun-29-07 03:09 PM   #28 
  - Sorry but I will NEVER "grow old gracefully"They will have to drag  saracat   Jun-29-07 07:35 PM   #30 
  - Household cleaning products = the dumbest aisle in any store...  K8-EEE   Jun-29-07 02:44 PM   #26 
  - Another fine example of rampant overkill...  Mythsaje   Jun-29-07 02:59 PM   #27 
     - Thanks for your post  K8-EEE   Jun-29-07 07:19 PM   #29 
  - Deodorant Stones  DemGa   Jun-29-07 07:41 PM   #31 
  - One more reason I hate shopping  blues90   Jun-29-07 08:06 PM   #32 
  - The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz  KingofNewOrleans   Jun-29-07 08:17 PM   #33 
 

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