Your rights as a consumer.
As a consumer you (should) have a right to products that:
a) will not explode and destroy your city block
b) will not burn an orifice in your intestine
c) do not contain heavy metals
d) et
unless explicitly stated that they do.
As Americans, we have seen a large reduction in consumer rights, largely being yielded to allow the expansion of coporate rights because of corporate lobbyists in Washington.
As a consumer you (should) have a right to products that:
a) will not explode and destroy your city block
b) will not burn an orifice in your intestine
c) do not contain heavy metals
d) et
unless explicitly stated that they do.
As Americans, we have seen a large reduction in consumer rights, largely being yielded to allow the expansion of coporate rights because of corporate lobbyists in Washington.
Politicians in Washington are funded by corporations. Corporations don't care about consumer rights, they care about making a profit. Making a profit usually means disregarding consumer rights.
Ralph Nader is a consumer rights advocate.
Great Britain banned Dasani water after finding that it was bottled tap water and contained carcinogens like barium, a poisonous heavy metal. This was a step foward in the consumer rights movement.
It's good to know that although consumer rights have been severely reduced, they're not completely gone yet. We've got a couple years left.
Ralph Nader is a consumer rights advocate.
Great Britain banned Dasani water after finding that it was bottled tap water and contained carcinogens like barium, a poisonous heavy metal. This was a step foward in the consumer rights movement.
It's good to know that although consumer rights have been severely reduced, they're not completely gone yet. We've got a couple years left.
by DrIdiot April 3, 2005
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1. One who purchases (or complains about lack of ability to purchase) popular clothes or music solely in an attempt to conform.
2. One who purchases unpopular clothes or music solely in an attempt to be nonconformist.
3. One who shops at Hot Topic.
2. One who purchases unpopular clothes or music solely in an attempt to be nonconformist.
3. One who shops at Hot Topic.
1. "Look at that consumer whore shopping at Fitch! I overheard him complain about their prices just the other day!"
2. "Why does she wear that AFI shirt? She hates the band, along with the rest of the school..."
3. "Fucking tight pants-wearing, name-dropping, commie-spouting dick. I heard him singing Sean Kingston the other day."
2. "Why does she wear that AFI shirt? She hates the band, along with the rest of the school..."
3. "Fucking tight pants-wearing, name-dropping, commie-spouting dick. I heard him singing Sean Kingston the other day."
by Galatas October 24, 2007
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Something exported in large quantity's and delivered from often
sweatshop labor. Consumer wear is produced purely to increase
profit regardless of uniqueness, fit and the environment.
Something exported in large quantity's and delivered from often
sweatshop labor. Consumer wear is produced purely to increase
profit regardless of uniqueness, fit and the environment.
by Slimming Jeans October 7, 2009
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via the media,
corporations make individuals feel
so superior to most people
they feel disgusted of others
and stop interacting with them.
via the media,
corporations make individuals feel
so superior to most people
they feel disgusted of others
and stop interacting with them.
The glorification of movie stars, and the innate—it seems—cognitive bias that makes everyone think they're better than almost everyone else, help induce "consumer self-isolation".
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Other friend: "Consumer Cellular."
Friend: "Oh, I should have guessed."
Other friend: "Consumer Cellular."
Friend: "Oh, I should have guessed."
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