Comments on: Convenience Consumption http://thoughtbasket.com/2008/08/06/convenience-consumption/ A place to hold my thoughts on various topics Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:08:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ken http://thoughtbasket.com/2008/08/06/convenience-consumption/#comment-92 Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:26:38 +0000 http://thoughtbasket.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-92 I agree completely on your premise up until it became everyone all the time. I believe that at some point after the trend took hold people just became habitual and lazy as humans are wont to do. The bottled water industry took hold and now the green movement has got to undo what is an enormous ‘carbon foot print’ through, horrors, reeducation. Another issue is plastic bags and more on this later.

]]> By: thoughtbasket http://thoughtbasket.com/2008/08/06/convenience-consumption/#comment-83 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:05:44 +0000 http://thoughtbasket.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-83 C3: I like it!

]]> By: Meryn Stol http://thoughtbasket.com/2008/08/06/convenience-consumption/#comment-82 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:43:14 +0000 http://thoughtbasket.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-82 What you’re really talking about is not pure “convenience consumption” but rather “conspicuous convenience consumption”. Like you, I think that this could indeed be a factor influencing people’s behavior. It’s the first time I see someone explicitly talk about it!

Also, the three c’s give a certain air to the term. ;)

Yet, just like conspicuous material consumption does not explain all material consumption, I don’t think all convenience consumption is conspicuous. Humans are really creatures of comfort. Also, they may feel really good by pampering themselves. “Hey, I *deserved* this.” This feeling is reinforced by advertising.

]]> By: Americans’ Addiction to Convenience « La Marguerite http://thoughtbasket.com/2008/08/06/convenience-consumption/#comment-80 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:12:16 +0000 http://thoughtbasket.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-80 [...] may be working my way out of conspicuous consumption, but convenience consumption? not any time soon . . [...]

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