how pumpkin spice became the epitome of consumerism

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@MMHay16 Год назад

We really gotta normalize the "having one forever sweater bought as an investment piece from a small business and/or thrifted"

@lithopheliax61x5 Год назад

I think that thing is a myth - the sweater will get holes in it and unravel - the more natural the material the quicker, in my experience... Also, where do you live that like one sweater will suffice?

@Ineverusemychannel Год назад

@@lithopheliax61x5I think that can come down to proper cleaning and maintenance. If you’re spot cleaning material and only fully cleaning when necessary it doesn’t wear out as quickly. Wearing layers (as is necessary in most places during the winter) can prevent the sweeter from getting dirty, too. As material gets thin or gets holes, you can patch sweaters or even knit over the area in a matching yarn so it’s seamlessly corrected. They should also be stored in containers that keep bugs out and if possible prevent significant moisture. Synthetic fibers in clothing is a new invention and past generations who relied on natural fibers maintained their clothes significantly longer than we do now. Capitalism and our societies modern values play a role in this but the quality of synthetic fibers most retailers are using don’t keep up appearances and have more seams that fall apart, even with equal maintenance to natural fibers. Aside from recycling pre-existing synthetic fibers, we’re not really in a place to say that these materials are better than natural.

@The1Dragonprincess 11 месяцев назад

Realistically not one but certainly enough to get by and not depend on laundry to always have a fresh clean one. And of course just keep reusing the sweater until it’s worn out and unfixable.

@stellar3746 11 месяцев назад

@@lithopheliax61x5 I think that one more of an exaggeration for the concept. But also I get what you mean - it can be hard to balance living life and taking excellent care of your clothes. I just aim to shittily sew my sweater holes before they get too big -- otherwise I'll have to learn how to patch lmao.

@sk8razer 11 месяцев назад

I understand that this message is not directed at my demographic. But I do want to mention how the conversation around sustainability can unintentionally come across as pretty classist. I'm 35 and I've never been able to afford any "investment" items of clothing. I've always relied on buying fast fashion, clearance items, and thrifted items that I repair and ultimately wear into the ground. Years of use out of items that were engineered to last one season. It's really really hard to save money when you don't have any. I know you're not speaking to me. But this type of wording can make it feel like you are. Also, when thrifting is trendy among higher income people, it really limits lower income people's ability to access high quality items. Thrifting tends to put people with expendable income into this mindset where it's okay to overconsume, because thrifting is better for the environment. Plus, we really do rely on your higher quality hand-me-downs. So the cycle thrifting becomes super trendy, higher income people start buying up everything which limits supply and increases prices, stores like Urban Outfitters start capitalizing on the trend thereby further limiting supplies and driving up prices, less newer high quality stuff gets donated, higher income people abandon the trend for a bit. Meanwhile, lower income people are trying to make it through the few years of the thrifting trend without an important resource.

@FateWorseThanDeath Год назад

When I think of Fall I think of leaves first. That's what makes me heart happy.

@tangledkelpp Год назад

Same here

@ardansh7745 Год назад

Me too!

@thatstreaminbdoee.7985 Год назад

Yes!!

@lauraann7816 Год назад

Ditto 🍁🍁🍁

@expensivepink7 Год назад

Same

@TheFlamingoHouse Год назад

Fun fact: pumpkins are a “winter squash” that actually grow throughout the summer. They are harvested at the end of summer (fall). They are called a “winter squash” because they store very well and will last/feed you throughout the winter. I am a new gardener that has yet to successfully grow a pumpkin! 😂 Going to try more local/heat tolerant varieties next year. Edit: I do believe the heat waves and lack of rain are why I don’t have pumpkins this fall. 😢

@matildalitsey143 10 месяцев назад

I Knew they were a squash! I didn't know they lasted very well though. Thanks!

@Scrugglebus Год назад

It’s absolutely exhausting how capitalism has ruined holidays. Fall season is my absolute favorite and fall has become so short in Montana. I remember how beautiful they were with the changing leaves. They still change but it’s just not the same…reminds you of the global warming problems that capitalism is trying to make you forget. Thank you so much for making this video! So many great points as usual!

@sierrarmcclain Год назад

Yes, Montana doesn’t even have a fall now. Or if they do it’s less than a week! So sad.

@TheKnallkorper Год назад

When I lived in NJ, I was beginning to notice the trees didn’t start to change until November, and I don’t remember it being that late as a child

@Yeyee23 Год назад

Yes, now before summer was over they started putting Christmas stuff in stores 😢

@snapdragon9386 Год назад

@@FloatingLeaf1111r u ok?

@maize3239 Год назад

Ugh climate existential dread

@harryportfelikartakredytow8907 Год назад

That's why I love being obsessed with a season by focusing on what you can DO more than BUY. Focusing on the action instead of the product. Like changing your wardrobe (putting away summer stuff, like in the back of the closet, taking out scarves etc.), foraging mushrooms, harvesting autumn veggies/buying them in the market, sitting under a blanket (the same one you've had for the last decade) and drinking tea/hot chocolate, cleaning your space, watching your favourite movies, inviting friends to cook autumn food together, observing the world around you changing (you can take photos or draw what you see), DIYing something (crochet, knit, collages)... and switching decorations BUT! Make it really meaningful... like for me, i make leaf bouquets, collect chestnuts, and i have two porcelain mushrooms but only because my friend got them and they remind me of her. I only keep it for the given season and then put it away, so that as the year passes i miss it or even forget that i had it and i'm pleasantly surprised when i take it out again. You dont need another pumpkin. You need one meaningful thing that you take out every year and feel happy that you get to see it again. And that applies to every single decoration you have - buy it when you're on a trip, DIY something, print out photos, show off your book or music collection... it's what i do as a student with a small space for myself, anything can become an expression of your character or be a meaningful object that people will ask you about when they visit you and you can tell them a story about it. You cant do that with new plastic pumpkins you buy every year!!!

@girllittlemorbid Год назад

Yes! This is what I've started doing! I switch out my decorations with the seaons (not buying new, just rotating what I have) pull out my pressed fall leaves (so pretty), making pumpkin muffins, switch from lemonde to apple cider, switch to my Fall playlist, pull out my Fall movie list. I have a little terrarium that I switch out to match the season too. lol I really like it, it keeps the year from blurring together until you wake up & it's December... You know what I mean? I hated that "where did the year go?!" feeling.

@harryportfelikartakredytow8907 Год назад

@@girllittlemorbid exactly! Switching decorations and "moods" for different seasons really helps to get through these transitions during the year, appreciate the changes and stay in the moment for longer. Especially if late fall or winter are kinda ugly (gray, cold, windy, wet, dark...), all those little things help to look at the world optimistically and create a cozy, friendly reality. Thanks to these decorations and little traditions, you feel excited for every single season, and even when it's tough you're like "I've been there before, this and that helped me get through it, there are reasons to love the place and time I'm in now!" Btw thanks for your comment, it really made me smile :)

@Noinin92 Год назад

Totally agree with your comment! I also love celebrating each season to the max, but for me that's typically something that happens in the kitchen or it affects the hobbies I pursue.

@CLJlovesmal Год назад

Yes! I've mentioned picking up leaves and pressing them between sheets of wax paper with an iron for fun and not only did my nieces and nephews not know what I was talking about...neither did some adults. I used to love finding the best, most colourful leaves. I think it's better to do activities in nature during the fall season, so many harvest related things that can connect you.

@sustainfem Год назад

@@CLJlovesmal Great idea! I haven't done that for years but remember how fun it was.

@idonotlikefours Год назад

you mention 'ignoring' and being 'out of touch' with the seasons towards the end there but I think there could be something to be said around climate anxiety with this. Rather than ignoring atmospheric changes, perhaps we are noticing these different weather patterns but there's a sense of wanting to 'make the most' of our experiences of our favourite seasons out of concern that we won't experience them in the same way for much longer

@cristoaldantes3222 Год назад

It's really ironic. When there's more seasonal marketing, we become less connected with the seasons of nature.

@stephhernandez7772 Год назад

That's what I think of. In Illinois summers are harsh but shorter now feels like...... the winters are less snow now and more negative zero cold 🥶

@greengerms5847 Год назад

i think you are totally right! there is that breath out we take at the "end" of summer, where we are like... okay maybe the climate is okay, maybe everything will be fine... It's unprecedented for us to be worried about the climate. It's not normal behavior for humans to have so much anxiety about something that we cannot control (independently). Our parents certainly didn't have this in their emerging adulthood, and it really feels like young people are the ones who care. So, yes I think this obsession with autumn is indicative of just how much we are trying to cope.

@maize3239 Год назад

I definitely feel pessimistic about this. I don't think humans have the long-term planning ability to actually address climate change. If we haven't decreased global emissions yet, even though climate science is 50ish years old, wtf are we even doing. Maybe we will just have to pretend seasons in the future. =(

@AerynKDesigns Год назад

For me, I'm FULL ON into Halloween on September 1st, but that's because I despise summer, despite being born in it (late june, when it actually starts). But yes, as a sea level southern californian, we have no seasons where I am. It's summer, lighter summer, mild summer, darker summer, and the popup random "fire season" sprinkled in as well.

@meep2253 Год назад

Don’t forget thick morning fog summer when the weather is cooler 😂

@BB-ny7sl Год назад

I have a base wardrobe, but also 4 different vacuum sealed bags that have "seasonal" clothes to spice up my wardrobe. I still get that exciting rush of getting to open up and refresh my go to outfits every season without buying new clothes constantly

@livingvicariously5108 Год назад

How did you build a base wardrobe? I’ve been trying but I’m a little lost.

@beautibrew Год назад

I actually recoiled when you brought up the pumpkin spice scented toilet paper 😱 that is a yeast infection waiting to happen, I'm disgusted. Great vid as always ❤

@CocoKitty19 Год назад

Maybe it's because I'm not from the US but autumn makes me think of leaves becoming red then falling, temperatures dropping, less and less sunlight, things like that.

@Gabby-kc2cm Год назад

I’m from the US and I also think of those things when I think of fall

@SusanChristmas Год назад

Love the short days

@paigeknickerbocker8335 Год назад

I like that you mention fomo marketing. I realized awhile back that I was no longer doing things for my own enjoyment, but to post on social media. I was so concerned with making my life look exciting and like I was doing all of the fun things you’re supposed to do. Taking pictures was no longer about capturing memories but bragging to other people. Now I try to just take photos to keep on my camera roll and things are just so much more enjoyable without the pressure!!

@Merrybethable Год назад

It's spring in Australia. A country that treats pumpkins as a savoury food exclusively. I could get a psl at Starbucks right now.

@samanthagwynne Год назад

Random side note about growing pumpkins, have you ever tried Seminole pumpkin? I'm in FL and it's the most heat hardy squash, you can even grow it over our crazy wet and hot summers. Personally I love the taste of pumpkin spice 😂 I don't decorate seasonally though and if I ever did, I would thrift items and store them for reuse every year.

@fiveplanetsaway Год назад

Its actually crazy you uploaded this video today!! I live in Athens / Greece currently 30 celsius / 86 f sunny no fall to be seen yet. and I went to Starbucks to get a coffee before work and yes pumpkin lattes and fall decoration in a city we still go to the sea and we as culture and tradition do not celebrate fall or Halloween or anything such!!! Its crazy!

@CrystleDragon Год назад

Living in New England, what makes me think of fall primarily is the changing of the leaves and the cool, crisp air. That's all I want in life. I look forward to it every year. Summer is too hot, winter is too icy, spring is good, but autumn is *chef's kiss*. And it really is getting shorter; everyone here seems to notice it whether they care about climate change or not. It'll be a tragedy if we lose it, and hopefully more and more people will do what they can to protect it. I know I need to take more steps to do so if I'm being honest.

@blackstarninja6785 Год назад

That little pumpkin place was very cute, I’ve never been to a pumpkin patch that wasn’t just a field of growing pumpkins, but maybe that’s because they grow well here? My name being Autumn meant that people used to occasionally buy me things with “my name” on them in the fall. Now I have to ask people not to because I end up with so much crap because it’s everywhere. It gets worse when the Christmas stuff comes out and the fall stuff goes on sale, even if I tell people not to, they cannot seem to help themselves.

@jordypordypuddinpie Год назад

Love your point on seasonal consumerism fostering more disconnection from actual environmental seasonal cycles. Seen so many vids of people making jokes about wearing their new knit sweaters in the summer heat because "it's fall." Which just shows that we can buy our way into cognitive dissonance. I wonder if people would start to naturally realize that the seasons aren't what they used to be if stores stopped carrying cinnamon pinecones every year. The concept of seasons become more nostalgic as they become less predictable and familiar. People can synthesize the season with products the less it actually feels like fall outside.

@thecolourfulway Год назад

Im thankful that im crafty and the thought that "hmm i can probably make that" stops me from purchasing seasnal decor. Not that craft supplies cant also be wasteful, but at least handmade items stick around for a lot longer

@sydneyjo1039 Год назад

amazing, informative video! i would love to learn more about how being community focused has changed your life. the section of the video where you pointed to individualism as the reason why people feel the need to engage in these trends to find a community was so interesting. it’s so fascinating (for lack of a better word. maybe also terrifying) that individualism is pushed, yet community is what’s hard-wired into our brain, so while attempting to be individuals we also seek out community. would love to see a video on this!!

@gailfoster8696 Год назад

Thank you for making me feel like I'm not the only one who was horrified to see Halloween decor in stores at the beginning of August 😱 My favorite things about fall are the natural changes: the fall color, pumpkins and apples from my local farm, etc. It's one of the many things that keeps me committed to sustainability--I don't want to see fall continue to heat up and be unpredictable

@TuesdaysArt Год назад

I'm more concerned about Christmas Creep. I should not be seeing Christmas trees in August or September. Goodness forbid they start playing Christmas music in October...

@gailfoster8696 Год назад

@@TuesdaysArt that's definitely of concern too. I've seen a number of stores having overlap of Halloween and Christmas decor at the end of August (?!?!)

@Patchouliprince Год назад

I live in a rural town so when I think of fall the first thing that comes to mind is harvest season- But yeah that does indeed involve a lot of squash, so pumpkin included, there’s also apples, and corn. Oh and soup. I always spend all summer eagerly awaiting soup season I love soup. Pumpkin (and other squash) goes great in soup. And baked goods

@senflyer- Год назад

I find it interesting how there seems to be a trend of replacing reality with artificial in this video. A sense of detachment. Pumpkin spice is detached from the context of pumpkin pie and added to various things. Pumpkins are detached from being a food in favor of becoming a symbol that can be sold. My personal favorite example you gave that I didn't consider is the concept of nostalgic clothing. That the nostalgia of an old fall sweater replaced with the idea of buying a new sweater every year. And the largest one of the very concept of Fall itself being replaced with an artificial Fall that begins and ends as it pleases. I really miss having 4 seasons. I'm not even sure if we'll get Fall this year. Summer was the hottest yet and I find myself begging that we get some relief before it's back to the heat again.

@catherinelois8996 Год назад

Shelby! You're literally always speak exactly how I feel. Thank you for putting into words the reason why this is a problem! ❤ Great to know there are people like you!

@graedewey4864 Год назад

YES!!! Shelby killin the game | Tiffany Ferg killed the game *chef’s kiss*

@cookwithdrbrooke Год назад

I’m blessed that my uncle has a very productive pumpkin and squash patch. I see him in early October every year for a family get together, and he brings dozens of pumpkins and squash. I put them around the house as decoration but will cook and eat (or freeze) them so, eventually, our fall decor has been eaten-up and then I know it’s time to put up the Christmas tree :) gilt-free fall decor!

@danielagasparini6095 Год назад

I love the way you talk and how you connect topics. For me your videos are the perfect balance of both useful information and fun. Love your channel and the message you’re putting out🫶🏻

@lunarcollective4271 Год назад

Thanks again for such an interesting, educated, and inspiring video! I'm in Australia so Fall really isn't a thing here. We don't even call the season "Fall". And our "spooky season" is in our Spring so although the pumpkin spice analogy doesn't directly relate to me I totally get it and it can relate to any season with the nostalgic consumerism. I don't think I had ever thought of the fact that with all the hyper consumerism we are distracted from our natural environment and what the season truly is about! Mind blown! What a different way of seeing things and like you said absolutely the scariest part!

@marieosuna9281 Год назад

I planted carving pumpkins in my garden this year for Halloween and I have one pumpkin I knitted with thrifted yarn last year. That’s the extent of my fall decor.

@jq27272 Год назад

From the east coast - fall is the beginning of the school year and my favorite weather. I'm not a fall girly beyond all the larger scale friend & family activities that populate my calendar.

@harmonyln7 Год назад

I'm in Scotland and we've seen haloween and christmas stuff since August! I hear you about the climate and messing with the seasons too. September is the new school year, so we had to start wearing coats in early September. This year though everyone is wearing shorts and t-shirts except for the last couple of days. Last year I only bought a doormat with the words "merry christmas" because there no others available.

@elenad8712 Год назад

I was anticipating this video, so glad you're talking about it. The editing in these videos get better every week, I swear, and with the different sounds! Love it, thanks Shelby! My husband and I decorate every fall with decorations his mother saved, combined with things we bought when we first met. We tried shopping last year but the prices were to much and made us realize we have plenty to use.

@ILoveLamp_1995 Год назад

I started putting away my winter/fall clothes during the spring, and only taking them out when it gets cold, and you're 100% right! They feel like brand new outfits, and help fight the urge to buy a whole new wardrobe every season

@muddy_spaghetti Год назад

I love your rants.

@ellenmontague8425 Год назад

Fall has always been close to my heart, as I’ve always lived in upstate NY. Coming from a small farm/orchard town, it always baffled me that people bought apples in the grocery store instead of the farm stand because we had 5 orchards within 3 miles of my house growing up. Even now, I refuse to buy apples out of season! When the first apples come out I get excited that fall is coming, and I’m so grateful to to have grown up this way. Artificial “changing” of the seasons is horrible and I love how you phrased it, that it’s pulling us away from the reality of our natural world.

@perthfanny3017 Год назад

Artificial changing of the seasons: you couldn't have put it better. People are connected to what consumerism is telling them to buy and when instead of being aware of what is going on outside

@thegrimlooper Год назад

I do agree that some people just buy new things every single time, and that’s frustrating. Growin up with my grandma, we would make our decorations and then do crafts out of the leftover products. I wish i had her talent though, she has since passed away and I wish i had taken notes.

@raining-tulips Год назад

I work in marketing and had an hour long meeting today to start planning holiday campaigns. We’re going to launch mid-October to meet “deliver for Christmas” demands. It feels wrong. I haven’t decorated for fall yet because the leaves have barely changed here in Maryland, and the mornings don’t have that crisp-ness. It usually doesn’t even feel like fall on the Autumn Equinox these days. It scares me because if we can become so easily disconnected from nature and from each other, and our reliance on artificial becomes to high…what’s the say they won’t take it further? What’s to say we won’t end up in our tiny, too expensive apartments without windows, being broadcasted virtual realities of fall? Maybe that’s extreme, but it feels too close to a possibility. Every morning I sit and eat breakfast on the balcony and the leaves are just barely turning orange. Every fall and holiday season I reconsider my career in marketing… I wanted to be creative and celebrate the seasons and nature and community. Instead I’m selling expensive gold-encrusted golf clubs. Love your videos, this one obviously conjured lots of thoughts 💗

@thesentientsword8480 Год назад

In Japan the seasons are felt deeply. We don’t do a lot of heating in the winter or cooling in the summer. So even inside you dress for the weather. But seasonal food is very important. The ingredients are best enjoyed in their season and a lot of packaged food is only available in its season

@marialuizacordova5834 11 месяцев назад

other good example of the capitalization of seasons, is that here in Brasil (we're in spring), supermarkets are selling pumpkins, because that is what we see online and that's what people "want"

@AyaaAcademia Год назад

sweaters are the stuff that I really just buy once tbh, unless I have a need to replace existing ones. I tend to gravitate towards warm autumn colours so my sweaters are versatile. Still have my sweaters from 5 years ago. Every time it gets colder, I whip em out and re-wear them. Really there is ZERO need to get new ones. Unless you live in a country where winter is most of the year and wore out your sweaters, your existing ones are just fine!

@kilendil Год назад

The first thing I think about when I think of fall is leaves. Vibrant orange, yellow, red. We used to go to the mountains every fall and collect leaves (and then realize when we got home that they were full of bugs). I’m not into pumpkin spice, but seeing the fake orange leaves do try to get me and fires those nostalgia neurons.

@anonymous-dirigible Год назад

Shelbi, I don’t know if you’ll find this at all comforting, but my husband and I have regularly discussed the concept of “calendar seasons” vs “solar seasons.” So, personally, my whole life I’ve counted the seasons by the months (i.e., Fall is Sept/Oct/Nov, Winter is Dec/Jan/Feb, etc) even though going by the solstices/equinoxes is technically more correct. And I know a lot of people who count by months the same way I do, even before the recent trendification of Fall! So yeah, at least for me it’s “appropriate” for people to start decorating come September 1 and not necessarily a sign of capitalism manufacturing Fall early to maximize profits (though people buying their sweaters in July is obviously a different problematic thing)

@amandaski Год назад

Fall is the sound of leaves and acorns crunching under your feet, the slight smell of plant decay all around, the crackling of the bonfire as you gather with friends before the weather turns biting. It's the sound of cans popping in the kitchen as my grandmother stores the last of our small harvest. And even though she's been dead for almost 10 years now, when I can my small garden's harvest, it's almost like I feel her. For a brief moment, I forget that she's gone. Fall IS magical for me, but not because of consumerism. It's sad to me that the season is shorter and shorter. That this is probably the longest autumn of the rest of my life. That you're constantly told to just consume, because the only way to find joy and happiness is to purchase it. That the void you feel from living in a hyper individualistic society can be filled by surrounding yourself with useless junk. It can't. Stuff is not a sufficient replacement for human connection.

@erikao3982 Год назад

I love your idea of putting the fall sweaters away so that you can pull them out when fall comes and get the same dopamine rush as buying a new sweater, but also getting more of the nostalgia feel we’re looking for. I really want to thank you for your videos. I am not perfect with my shopping habits; today I bought myself the pumpkin pillow from your thumbnail as a treat for going to the doctor and I’m a little ashamed. But I am getting so much better. I almost exclusively thrift my clothes now and my impulse shopping has gone down 95%. That used to be a huge problem for me. Every video of yours that I watch, I think I get a little bit better, and your voice is in my head more and more when I see ads or go out to a store, so thank you! I thought you should know that your audience has some people that are actively learning and growing from your help!

@ElnewGlass Год назад

I grow pumpkins. We plant them in the spring they produce all summer until late fall..

@auggie9438 Год назад

We didn't plant pumpkins this year, but our Red Kurri Squash is just getting ready now. I made Thai curry with it but we had a bit of squash left over so I made it into puree and used it in a pumpkin spice syrup for lattes. Celebrating fall and fall flavors is great, but it's so much more fun when you're celebrating with clothes and decor you already have, and food that you make yourself

@paula5540 Год назад

I'm so jealous of all the plants in the background 😢

@pasitheathanatosasmr488 Месяц назад

I do that with my sweaters!!!! I have 2 vintage homemade Halloween “ugly” sweaters and it’s sooooo good to pull them out *cough* in mid-September *cough*

@kalliemj Год назад

I've never really been into fall or pumpkin spice. I like a good pumpkin pie on thanksgiving but that's about the only time of the year I have anything pumpkin. I do, however, agree with how making something a "limited time" item does contribute to increased consumerism and impulse shopping. I have purchased a few food items in my time that were limited time and I always regretted not getting more because the next time I looked for it it was gone. I've learned my lesson not to even try them because I'll be too upset if I like it and cant find it.

@johannemontvgue702 11 месяцев назад

I would LOVE about being more community focused! It’s what I try to do in my small town right now

@supriyapokhrel2548 Год назад

okay ur fall sweater thing was genius i'll do that

@supriyapokhrel2548 Год назад

not that i am a heavy consumer but i want to appreciate my clothes and things more

@georgiajburton Год назад

Would love a video where you talk about sustainable brands but in the UK as I’m from England and want to do better with my consumerism and sustainability but I don’t want to order things all the way from the US as I’d prefer to shop somewhere local! It’s just figuring out which brands are ACTUALLY doing the right thing!!

@sophieyodels Год назад

I also love the tiktok of the bunny eating the long dandelion

@Jon-pr3ki 11 месяцев назад

as someone that loves autumn, and honestly LOVES the autumn aesthetic, I'm so tired of how seasons change so quickly in the eyes of corporations. I'm so tired of consumerism making everything feel exclusive and short. I literally just want a pumpkin chai latte and I can't get one now because it's November 2 and corporations are telling us it's Christmas now. some people don't LIKE christmas and don't really want it shoved down their throat as soon as November 1 hits.

@nataliesimone5450 Год назад

wow what an amazing video. i really appreciate the quality of your videos and all of the research that goes into it! such a unique channel & perspective that i am grateful to have come across. just subscribed keep up the great work !!

@Cartoonandanimelove1 11 месяцев назад

I just discovered this channel and wow, this girl spit FACTS. She didn’t slip once. We need people like her to run the US. Don’t even get me started on how Halloween decorations were on sale at Michael’s and home goods in JULY. It drove me insane. I was looking for some summer items and the entire store smelled like cinnamon and pumpkin candles. We all know by mid-October, Christmas items will already be on sales. I also don’t get how people can buy NEW decorations every year. Hellooooo, Reuse your old ones??? Buy quality items and keep them for years? I haven’t even gotten a costume this year and Halloween is in 2 weeks. Great video.

@Klp0414 Год назад

I made my own pumpkin latte with real pumpkin and spices. I dont let retail ruin my fall season. I dont do decor anymore, at all. Having pumpkins in my kitchen of pies I'm going to make is enough.

@schreibemadchen Год назад

For me fall is all about colours and light. Not about some stupid drink or sweater. I want to go out, see red and yellow trees and smell the nature. I'm from berlin, you can feel the change even in the city. It is magical

@latristessdurera8763 Год назад

Due to global warming I’ve bumped off September and the 1st of October to 31st December (Q4) is autumn for me (Nick named the “silly season” due to 10 birthdays, Wedding Anniversary, holidays such as All Hallows’ Eve, day of the dead, Bonfire night, Christmas and New Year)

@lavenderchai4612 Год назад

I resonated so much with this video!! Thank you for this informational video

@Avellania Год назад

For me chestnuts are the epitome of autumn. Mainly because there are two giant trees opposite my grandparents' house and we used them for crafts. I live in Germany and pumpkin spice isn't a thing here, but it sounds similar to the spices we use for gingerbread. The part of Germany I live in had some celtic influences in the past. We use a kind of beet that is used as food for cows as halloween decorations, instead of pumpkins.

@SusanChristmas Год назад

In PA we called them horse chestnuts and as children we collected them. The best ones were the ones still in their cracked shells. They were shiny and smooth and we used those to make necklaces.

@emilykaneshiro2894 Год назад

i think this is such an american thing. It is most definitely autumn here now but its not capitalized on quite so much. local cafes may make more gingerbread, pumpkin spice and cinnamon themed items but its not so early. Shops also dont go over board with decor, its more just Halloween things here (even though people in my town don't really celebrate it :( ) i do love autumn, i find it so peaceful

@aurorapapillon4883 9 месяцев назад

I follow seasons by the pagan Sabbat method. Longest day is summer solstice, longest night is winter solstice. When the day is equal to night, that's the equinoxes. Solstice and Equinox is the peak of each season so I find the half way point between the scientifically predicted dates for the Solstice and Equinox. I find this far more accurate for predicting the the seasons, the weather makes so much more sense than calendar or commercial seasons.

@jen_chaos Год назад

I’ve been following you for a while- love your channel! Can you do an analysis/reaction to the horrible Temu and Shein ads and their guaranteed use of sweatshop labor? I’m so frustrated with my loved ones who support them.😒

@karine9770 Год назад

Two of the more recent videos cover Shein and Temu :)

@LilArrowInkorperated Год назад

The leaves changing color and that crisp wind! The spooky season and the harvest! I love me some real pumpkins but no pumpkin spice. I prefer just cinnamon or apple pie spice. There's a difference to sho! I may get some cheap Halloween decorations but I totally don't fall for their autumn core traps. Good video girl! P.s. I ordered once on Temu and everything smelled SO TOXIC.

@erinberglund4099 Год назад

your videos are always so well thought out🧡i love hearing what you have to say

@cashjones6997 Год назад

I really enjoyed this deep dive!

@Scampwick69 Год назад

I'm so ready for autumn because I'm ready for it to not be 100 god damn degrees outside

@anthropomorphicpeanut6160 Год назад

When I think about fall I think about orangey leaves and rain, but I'm not from the USA. In my country we are not that much into Halloween

@alexmcginness8859 Год назад

Yes please do a video about living in a more community minded way!

@aleksandran3978 7 месяцев назад

Also: product packaging. It need to be shipped, printed, therfore a lot of chemicals are used, either to print or to put a tint of plastic on top of the package, if it's in cardbox. If it's just in plastic: at least here it's less wasteful to produce plastic package than anything else.

@LeBasfondMusic Год назад

This video essay nails it.

@rebeccaly Год назад

So good when you said capitalism + the artificial engineering is ruining our connection with the actual seasons and nature overall.. I get so shocked every year when the fall decorations are on the shelves and it’s still hot as heck outside (it’s still summer… but every summer it gets hotter and hotter! This is so alarming!!) I live in the PNW and we have very beautiful distinct 4 seasons, and fall is definitely one of the most beautiful but there’s such a disconnect between the actual season the consumerism that is based on the season.. you said a lot of things I felt but didn’t know how to put into words!

@ambds1975 11 месяцев назад

Re; retro branding to the 70s... it grabs a double audience. Gen X remembers it from when we were kids and thought everything was permanent, and Millennials see it as a return to a kind of retro simplicity that they missed living through. The corporations have moved away from milking the Boomers' 1950s and Postwar nostalgia, and are hitting the next two gens hard.

@thegrimlooper Год назад

My birthday is September 1st, so it’s immediately spooky season for me. however, its not Halloween yet. It’s Spooky September. October is Halloween month (lol) and then November is Autumn/Thanksgiving and then December is Christmas/winter season. As much as i am a Spooky girl, I enjoy the FAMILY time that comes with Holidays. My grandma tried to keep our spirits up since we grew up poor. She tried to teach us lessons with every fun thing we did. I wish i paid more attention. I only hope to help my family be so happy and want to spend time together. Making cookies, decorating them and the house. Going out and getting hot cocoa and seeing other peoples decorations.

@beatapivarcihajdu2221 Год назад

Yesterday I was eating salted pumpkin seeds from my brother in law and was not able to stop until my whole mouth was hurting and now this video popped out :D haha (he grows his own pumpkin, then cooks the seeds and sells them in the village). Homemade seeds are the best

@le4905 Год назад

Last night my kids and I put up our "Halloween tree" and orange candy corn lights 😂 ONLY because we have a cold front in this part of Texas and dang it, I'm doing it this year according to the weather. Must also note we reuse the same decor every single year! It does feel early but honestly... I need the uplifting orange glow in my living room 😅 life has been tough as of late. But no FALL HAULS here 🚫

@perthfanny3017 Год назад

It's so important to buy things you truly love as it enables you to keep them for many years

@MarlopolyGaming Год назад

In England there really isn't THAT much difference between our seasons. It either rains and it's dank outside, or it rains and it's muggy outside. With one week of heatwave and one week of frost in the year. England doesn't go orange it goes brown and wet. I moved to montreal 2 years ago for a while and was like a child in a candy store looking at the leaves in autumn. Walking on the crispy leaves was so much fun, and I didn't even need a big coat?? I get the appeal now ahha

@jubingkem Год назад

I don't live in the US and I remember my friend who lives there told me that one day after thanksgiving is black friday, which is ironic because thanksgiving is suppose to be the day where you give thanks after one year of blessing, and the next day is literally the "consumerism" day like wtf lol

@isabellaross1472 Год назад

We grow pumpkins in our area in Minnesota and they do truly grow like weeds 😂

@isabellaross1472 Год назад

We then have plenty to feed our chickens and pigs🎉

@jennysomething3666 Год назад

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of fall is the colour Orange

@hannahelisa232 Год назад

So interesting how different North America and Europe are. We do not really care about pumpkins and halloween. Its all about the trees (colors and leaves that fall) and lanterns (in german speaking countries). Every year as a kid we went out on a lanterns stroll cuz of Sankt Martin. We call that day Sankt Martin and every kid loves that day.

@RubyLetsPlays Год назад

fall - crunchy leaves

@jennabrooks1690 Год назад

I think of leaves changing when I think of fall.

@250Rem Год назад

I don’t know it worse how I’m coming early or Christmas come in early and Christmas is on for me. I don’t see that until I get to November and I have a nightmare for me.

@demisemedia Год назад

We had a beautiful early Autumn day here in Nor Cal. It was a nice 67 degrees Fahrenheit with off and on sprinkles 🌧 It was beautiful!! Welp, this upcoming Saturday October 7th it’s supposed to reach 96 degrees.. What the hell! Not looking forward to it at all. In summer, 96 - 106 degrees is totally fine! But in October here in the Northern Hemisphere.. not happy! 🎃

@ayanaasuna Год назад

The fact that companies cant decide between halloween and christmas decor at beginning of september is quite funny ngl

@maryblairpultz5988 Год назад

Please make a video on how to be better in your community. I need more ideas because I am in my field/grounds committee for my neighborhood and we all need to do better.

@AnythingBtOrdinary91 11 месяцев назад

Could you do a video on sustainable luggage in regards to traveling?

@ashleystephens610 Год назад

My thing for fall is apples lol. I enjoy anything scented apple but I am a minimalist so I buy a candle for fall then move on

@faithcrisis2138 Год назад

I have a well worn cashmere sweater that I've had for years and I will love that thing until the wheels fall off

@SH-gg3up Год назад

🍎🍂Apple picking season is delayed in CA because this summer has been unusually cool 😔

@charlottebooth7614 10 месяцев назад

What's fascinating is this nostalgia marketing for pumpkins is now in the UK as an American import with pop up pumpkin patches etc which to a cynical Brit is a farmer dumping a load of pumpkins from his farm into an empty field then charge people loads to go around and pick them up off the floor. It's trying to connect to the Pick Your Own tradition where you pick fruit/veg off the stalk to literally simply an outdoor display. It's weird.

@nativeplantenthusiast5697 Год назад

Thank you for the idea for this video, and making this video with this message!

@purplestarkatz Год назад

I see fall decorations in July and my first thought is "Oh thank god its only fall and not Christmas!!" so that's where I'm at. I have pictures from *MAY* in other years of christmas decor in stores. IN MAY!! It's gotten so absurd.

@TheCaroline0991 Год назад

I saw fall decor on one shelf and Christmas decor on another in the same store. That was 2-3 weeks ago...

@bravobby8773 8 месяцев назад

Bailey Sarian did a really good video on Starbucks pumpkin spice. It’s called “pumpkin spiced lies?” And I highly recommend it and her channel! She also does episodes on other companies I literally can’t recommend her channel enough. Even if you don’t like make up tutorials she also does it as a podcast

@crystallewis5902 Год назад

I've noticed that people go crazy with fall decor more than any other season in particular (excluding the holidays, but holidays are celebrating an occasion and are different from an entire season). Like, when summer begins I don't see RU-vidrs and influencers on IG rushing to buy summer decor and revamp their living rooms with sunflowers, seashells, nautical knick-knacks or other items associated with the summer. I wonder why fall in particular is the season that has become such a huge marketing success: was it intentional to kick-off a buying frenzy among consumers before the start of the holidays? Because it's common for people to keep spending money simply because they've already spent money that day/week, etc.

@lauraann7816 Год назад

Halloween- nevermind Fall- Halloween items were out in force in July. Now it's mid September, my granddaughter just went back to school last week, and Christmas is everywhere. Full lines of Christmas stuff. Ships are stuck in the Panama Canal due to drought and not enough water to pass. That's scary enough- I heard some of the stuff on these ships is even more Christmas stuff on it's way here from China. What else could there possibly be? The stores currently have everything you can imagine and then some out now. I hate the smell and taste of pumpkin spice anything- food or candles. Fall to me is my birthday (October) and awesome colors in nature. I had FOMO here and there, but I lived just fine without whatever it was that I "missed out on" so no more FOMO for me. PS: Madison is playing soccer in 108° weather? 🥵 You go girl 👏

@saraguillherme Год назад

it's spring in brazil and one thing that doesn't make sense at all to me is starbucks selling pumpkin spice in this time of the year. Like?? it's not autumn!!