You take a shower every time you take a dump? Do you take a dump at work?
I guess I’m a sheep. I’ve bought into the lie that I need just about every crazy thing in this thread, like health insurance, credit cards and yes, even toothpaste. Here I am, folks- your typical consumer.
Although I don’t use twitter or instagram.
Oh yeah, a few more:
Any hair product other than shampoo,
Any hair appliances at all (except a brush),
Hairdressers, or haircuts. It’s been about 14 years now since I had a trim.
Don’t have a credit card either.
I don’t use deodorant much either- it’s not a hot climate, and I’ve been assured I don’t smell bad.
Nail polish. Jewelry. Perfume. I’m girly in other ways, but these things just seem like wasted time and money to me.
Makeup, I understand. That’s …different!
Facebook.
When it was a nice way to casually keep up with what old friends were up to it was nice. Now that there is advertising; and people have forgotten the rule about discussing politics and religion I decided to give it up. I haven’t regretted it one bit.
I’ve never used Pinterest or a bunch of other online communities; although I occasionally use twitter professionally. I’m in IT so it’s practically a requirement; especially at conferences.
Jack Reacher? Is it really you?
I don’t own a cellphone, car, or bike.
For many years I lived without any pain medication (Aspirin, Tylenol, etc) anywhere in the apartment.
I don’t own any pots or pans.
Condiments.
Access to the internet. I post here via a direct terminal in the Chicago Sun Times’ offices.
Smart phone, cable TV (we have cable TV because TV + internet is, for some strange reason, cheaper than just internet, but we don’t watch it), microwave, video games, portable music players, tablet computer, anything made by Apple.
Did you never take any? How? :eek:
Clothes dryer: I just hang my clothes on racks until they’re dry.
Movie subscription or rental services (including Netflix, HBO, Showtime, and Redbox kiosks): I just don’t care about movies that much.
Duh, with a bottle of Jack.
Cruise control in my car. Radio in my car. Self propelled front wheels on my lawn mower.
Since you mentioned this, I have never liked ketchup. I can taste it in (it seems) microscopic amounts.
I’d like my mind back when you’re done with it.
Long list – children, tech stuff, dishwasher, hair dryer, loans. More interesting to me is stuff I have and don’t use like the microwave that’s mostly a breadbox and the clothes dryer that I assumne works.
A credit card. I do have a debit card… does that count? Never in my life have I ever bought anything where I didn’t already have the money in the bank. It’s served me pretty well so far.
Automatic transmission. Haven’t driven an automatic since high school in the 90’s (cue sudden realization of just how old I am :eek:). And I’ll let go of manual when they pry the shift knob from my cold, dead hand.
A Pinterest/Instagram/Tumblr/SnapFish account. I never understood the need for these services.
I don’t have a couch. Or sofa or loveseat or anything couchlike. I don’t have an armchair either. Or a kitchen/dining room table. Or a bed, for that matter - I sleep on a futon. And the futon doesn’t count as being couchlike because a)it’s in the bedroom and b)the frame is broke so it only lays flat. The window sill is my nightstand. Furnishings are sparse in my house.
As you can imagine, I don’t get a lot of company . No place to sit! (well, I do have a papasan and a rocking chair in the living room and barstools in the kitchen for pulling up to the counter, so there’s that…)
I’m another non-toothpaste user - water works just fine for brushing.
I have not one, but two! dishwashers - one came with the house, the other I won in a sweepstakes. I hate washing dishes, so its always good to have a spare!
I have a PC, but I wish I had a laptop or a tablet. I have a car that works most of the time - but I wish I had a bike. I have a lawn mower and a hedge trimmer, but I wish I had a chainsaw - I’d take the whole yard down to the dirt! I have a cell phone but I wish…no, its fine, I’m not smart enough for a smartphone.
and…I’m digressing, aren’t I? :o
Deodorant. And my kids cannot believe it. My wife has never suggested I should. I have never used it, ever.
I-anything nor any kind of smartphone. I have a cell phone with no camera and it doesn’t do text messages. We still have one dial phone (and the phone company still supports it).
Ah yes, don’t have and have never used MS-Word (although I do use Windows).
Twitter, Instagram and the like
Anything baby or child related
A land line
Margarine (yuck!)
Network, cable or satellite TV
XBox or Wii
A mortgage
Sodas or energy drinks