Influencers Are Romanticizing Materialism and Encouraging Overconsumption Culture

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Many influencers promote a culture of instant gratification and impulse buying. This leads to overconsumption and a lack of consideration for the long-term consequences of the actions. Whenever influencers recommend a product, it often sells out immediately, which demonstrates that people make impulsive purchases of products that they don’t truly need.
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@kpinthebubble 7 месяцев назад

Lol. This was literally RU-vid beauty influencers back in the 2010s when I was a teen. It’s not going to end guys. It’s just gonna keep evolving with different items.

@sharriri3030 7 месяцев назад

This!!!! I literally just got rid of ALL the makeup I bought and don’t use and the majority was all new! I was so stupid buying all that crap smh

@Iquey 4 месяца назад

I will happily promote a VR accessory to gen Alpha when I get plugged into the matrix. At least it won't fill your house with extra junk.

@theeotakufam6825 7 месяцев назад

The one with the Stanley cup triggered me. You don't throw that away! You could have at least watched it thoroughly and give it away!

@franklytiktok 7 месяцев назад

I thought the same!

@jesmey4902 7 месяцев назад

This! We have charity shops in Germany like Godwill in the US and I'm moving in 9 weeks, so I sort through my stuff and there are things I sell, things I throw away cause they have holes/ are damaged and all the things that are still good/ whole but I don't want to take them with me are going to charity. I really don't understand this throw away cause I don't like it anymore mentality.

@Reckoning2943 7 месяцев назад

I don’t have TikTok so seeing what is going on there from afar is so bizarre. I, for the life of me, can’t understand how you need so much stuff, but I bet I wouldn’t question it so much if I consumed content like that every day.

@FransceneJK98 7 месяцев назад

Same. I feel so disconnected from the world with no social media. Love it though. If it wasn’t for RU-vid showing these clips, I’d never know 😂

@PeaceIrene254 7 месяцев назад

And also living spaces that look the same from home to home..... its annoying. Buildings have the same structural outline, and it's crazy. What are we doing as a society

@FransceneJK98 7 месяцев назад

All beige too

@PeaceIrene254 7 месяцев назад

@FransceneJK98 very boring and lacking authenticity

@valarmorghulis4801 6 месяцев назад

Creating comfortable prisons

@amandak.4246 Месяц назад

uh they've been doing that for decades. it's called builder grade houses

@TranceCore3 7 месяцев назад

I like how when I buy stuff I don't tell the world.

@faree8532 7 месяцев назад

Its so infuriating. And the average joe cannot afford to have all these things!!!!

@sunchild9455 7 месяцев назад

What's equally as annoying as having to watch someone put their makeup on to tell us a story about how they don't like something else that's absolutely irritating

@FransceneJK98 7 месяцев назад

Yea. Do your makeup before recording and choose a better topic lol

@AlexaGoldSoul 7 месяцев назад

THANK YOU!!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@adish1401 5 месяцев назад

Girl who wants a guy who would like her without make-up but her entire page is the "no make-up make-up" styles. Not saying it's that common or just a girl issue but genuinely saw that at least once or twice--

@Khyree_Holmes 4 месяца назад

Imagine all these influencers in 2 years..... reminds me of the show "Hoarders" - overwhelmed with "valuables"..... it's scary that people my age are over consuming.😢

@01379 5 месяцев назад

These companies could be giving stuff away to families in need as well👀

@nicolenotizieeamici 4 дня назад

Exactly

@haute03 7 месяцев назад

I follow an influencer who does these huge PR hauls and I usually skip over watching those videos. It's absolutely ridiculous the amount of crap these brands still send these people. It gives me anxiety, honestly.

@AmandaVieiraMamaesouCult 5 месяцев назад

And they look at the stuff for 5 seconds before moving on to the next product

@bidishah 7 месяцев назад

This trend is absolutely ridiculous and gives me the ick

@rinherdez 6 месяцев назад

This is why I thrift

@distinctlydri2831 6 месяцев назад

First off, it takes 60-90 days before you know if a product work for your skin. The influencers are lying.

@th3Autumnwind 4 месяца назад

at 4:36, my mom has 5, maybe 6 Christmas decorations, that she reuses and will continue to reuse until they break

@keciaaskew5166 3 месяца назад

I used to have an overconsumption buying iPhone cases every week and every two weeks. And it was effecting and draining my bank account.

@Iquey 4 месяца назад

Can we just admit it is not aspirational to have 1200 skincare and makeup products under your mattress??? This is the generation that would make fun of seniors putting cash under their mattress. Nah all those things under there is a nightmare!! I'd rather have the cash!!!!!

@Opioidmoon 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for this; I feel like such a loser for not being able to afford $1500 facials every 2 weeks and being able to own every skincare product…I had to stay off social media so I can be sane

@jxck_exorcist185 4 месяца назад

This vid needs way more views this overconsumption word needs to be spread

@marymay6387 6 месяцев назад

I get that it's kind of a fun escape to watch these influencers but also we're supporting their overconsumption. They make money from views. And us buying the junk they promote. I watch a few and it scares me how much stuff I bought because I was inspired or influenced from RU-vidrs. Kinda sad....I never would've known some of this stuff existed if I didn't watch.

@TheDailyRevelation 3 месяца назад

The girl with the cosmetics-filled bed. If I were her, I would donate them.

@hinatamercury 7 месяцев назад

The make-up collection of influencers looks amazing that's why a lot got into the trend but its honestly frustrating to not be able to maximize such products before they go off because its just too much

@lovelysunflower5782 2 месяца назад

It comes in all forms. I did this with planners and journaling items. I realized a year later it was all advertising plus I hate planning my whole life now. Most days I don’t have time. I wasted so much money and influencers got it all for free. 😂

@Oksurejan 6 месяцев назад

When one of the girls on the shein said no one was sweating in the factory🫢😂

@Maxed2 6 месяцев назад

People should avoild any and all toxic trends that either effects their life in bad ways or going to.lead them broke .

@sarahmcmanus6745 4 месяца назад

No we need to call out these influencers too you can refuse brand deals and promote ones you actually like. No one is forcing their hand. It's just greed and wasteful and also their careers would probably have more longevity if they did that which would mean a continued income instead of schilling out as much as they can for a quick buck.

@sfm5086 6 месяцев назад

If you change the word Influencer to SALES PERSON... now how does it all feel?

@FransceneJK98 7 месяцев назад

Well if y’all trust an influencer then y’all aren’t very bright to begin with. 😂 no influencer actually cares about us. It’s a game to make $$$. And they’ll say anything to make you believe and trust them

@haute03 7 месяцев назад

The first part of your comment is so unnecessarily rude and condescending.

@AlexaGoldSoul 7 месяцев назад

I definitely agree with this!! 🤣🤣🤣 why does their opinion matter so much more than your own?

@I_Am_NiiTA 6 месяцев назад

They get free stuff to convince us to spend money lol 🤣

@rosegold973 6 месяцев назад

@@haute03you’re basically telling us that you yourself have fallen for the influencer trap which is why u felt insulted by the first portion of their comment 🤣 let it fly if it don’t apply 🥲

@teoleno4019 6 месяцев назад

2:20 omg, that's real life Snow White. 🍎

@solace-bambi 7 месяцев назад

Post more!!!❤

@franklytiktok 7 месяцев назад

What other videos would you like to see? :)

@kvu236 6 месяцев назад

Like its their livelihood so im not surprised

@nightpotato8234 7 месяцев назад

Just watch better influencers like Hannah Louise Poston.

@NerakGreen 7 месяцев назад

4:10 I watch videos while doing other things and I swear I heard an MLM whistleblower on RU-vid say this exact line and she was not Asian. I don’t think that voice belongs to the girl saying it. It doesn’t matter that much to me cause I’m not the original girl who said it, but I’d bet money on it that she’s using a voiceover of someone else’s work. Maybe I’m absolutely wrong. Idk. If it was an image over my words, I’d look more into that.

@SofiaVIBritania 7 месяцев назад

It's really common for "asian" influencers to do that so they can reach English audience faster and better, there is also a thing there that if you don't speak a perfect English without accent you will be really shamed for that ( like " you don't go to school /you are from the countryside or you are poor blabla ) so maybe you're right idk ...

@thunderwolf4237 3 месяца назад

"influencers" get sent these products for free, most of which they never use or open, so that everyone else will go spend money at that company! Don't fall for it.

@jesslvrde6027 7 месяцев назад

And I am sooooo gratefull

@nicolenotizieeamici 4 дня назад

STOP OVER CONSUMING - Trashing the earth 🫤🫤🫤🫤🫤

@АннаИншакова-н8э 3 месяца назад

A mi parecer esto es el problema que ocurre específicamente entre los americanos 😂😂😂 pq me cuesta creer que entre mis conocidos hay personas que pueden permitirse este tipo del consumo

@lowkeyproductions6681 3 месяца назад

It’s kinda surprising how many of these people seem to want to give influencers the benefit of the doubt. I have to assume they must be influencers themselves.

@amandak.4246 Месяц назад

8:06 okay but what about an actual useful job that contributes to society? you know, like the rest of us do. i hate this libertarian justification of "well the influencer needs to make money"...yeah but they don't have to do immoral shit to do so. you could justify almost anything with that logic

@PileofAshes53 7 месяцев назад

Shein is not good but you can not insist you know how things are over at that factory without actually being there yourself. At least that woman made an effort to go and see for yourself. You just choose to sit here and bash based on the propaganda/brainwashing of other mindless zombies. Should you buy a whole new wardrobe worth of clothes every single week REGARDLESS how the factory conditions are and how their staff is treated? No. You should not. I don’t see how good or bad conditions for workers in China have anything to do with your consumption. Are you saying that if each employee in Chinese factory made $500 per hour, it would be alright by you to buy 300 new pieces of clothes every week? You don’t need to dunk on how Shein is being run. You don’t know what you don’t know. But you can still try to deinfluence people away from shopping as much.

@nataliaperez9954 7 месяцев назад

Yeah ok. I am brainwashed and will not purchase anything from temu or shein for the literal fact that I don't need to buy trash like a millionare...😂

@gibbygibbygibby7237 7 месяцев назад

concerning shein, an actual reporter covered a story on the shein factory worker abuse. so, that exists to counter your point. “Channel4’s documentary, Inside The Shein Machine, sent undercover cameras to film factory workers who were forced to pull 17-hour shifts to make hundreds of garments a day. In one factory, they made a daily base salary of $20, which would then be docked by $14 if any garments had mistakes.” A quote from the Time Magazine article (Shein Is the World’s Most Popular Fashion Brand-at a Huge Cost to Us All, 2023). Edit: And, additionally, some people want to be conscious consumers and buy ethically. They don’t want to support terrible work conditions to get them their $5 t-shirt. If the worker exploitation wasn’t so far removed, for example you can actively see the kitchen staff in a restaurant being abused and then you get your meal, it would affect you differently. Not caring about workers creating for your consumption is giving NIMBY.

@gingermcmahon3479 7 месяцев назад

dude..

@dalpaengi 7 месяцев назад

Sometimes it’s better to log out and take a step away from the internet when you feel the need to share an emotionally charged argument that you know good and well won’t even lead to a productive debate. I recommend writing fruitless rants like this on a scrap of paper, setting it aside for a day then reading it out loud to yourself or to a close friend that can be honest with you. Cause tbh…this is not…normal. And If you need attention there are healthy ways to attain it. Try slam poetry. Busking is fun. Volunteer at the animal shelter - you won’t be ignored there and the animals are longing for attention too. I used to pick fights online or post contrary incoherent arguments/borderline troll bait when I was lonely. Or angry about something in my life I couldn’t control. I just don’t want to see anyone else go down that destructive path ❤ 🌷

@bidishah 7 месяцев назад

L take. Shein and Temu are shady and unethical as fuck