What's on your Won't Do list?

[gloriann]

That's a tough question. I won't buy fur. I won't watch Cuba Gooding Jr. movies. I won't eat insects.

 

[graceanne]

Mine aren't quite as deep as those mentioned, but I'm not going to go into my political do's and don't, as they wouldn't be popular on this board.

So . . .

I won't eat pears or yams. Yuck.

I won't eat canned veggies. Double yuck.

I only eat fresh fruit. I'm an Oregonian, and I can be picky. Almost everything grows here.

I will not watch The Simpsons, Beavis and Butthead, or South Park. I won't even stay in a room that they're playing. For that matter I won't watch any form of slapstick. And I consider some things slapstick that other people don't. I'm very very picky.

I'm sure there's other things. I'll post 'em when I think of them.

 

[jockdom]

Reality TV.

Tripe, the smell of it makes me want to spew.

Any Rupert Murdoch product (Apart from the simpsons)

RomComs.

 

[Shankara20]

Veal - nope, won't eat it

Diamonds - will never purchase one ever again

Ivory - don't want it, no way, no how - not even old ivory

Gold - now I have a bit of a problem here - I don't want to own any more for decoration but have not settled on what to do should GF and I marry...

 

[ecstaticsub]

I won't lie to my husband.

I won't do anything unethical at work.

I won't forget to cast an informed vote in every election I am eligible to vote in.

 

[intothewoods]

Veal - nope, won't eat it

Diamonds - will never purchase one ever again

Ivory - don't want it, no way, no how - not even old ivory

Gold - now I have a bit of a problem here - I don't want to own any more for decoration but have not settled on what to do should GF and I marry...

There was a Fresh Air with these guys who did a big story on the gold business and the horror stories associated with it but they also argued that boycotting gold might not be the answer. In some towns, gold mining operations pay better than other jobs. Just some. Not arguing with you at all. I just thought it was interesting how complex the issue is.

I'm with you on the diamonds. Mine is vintage and not all that big either. I didn't want him a lot of money spent on that.

 

[intothewoods]

most of the time:

buy local, grass fed foods. eat less meat. support local businesses. do not buy new clothes, avoid sweatshop-made clothes. Recycle. Avoid unnecessary packaging. That drives me bonkers.

I also don't buy new diamonds. Not that I have so much disposable cash anyway!

 

[WriterDom]

Not go to Walmart? You'd suck as a redneck. So you'll pay 13 dollars for a bag of coffee that I can get at Walmart for under 10? Or 3.50 for the diet cranberry that I can get for 2.50? I go to the regular store for meats because they have a lot of sales. But everything else with a few exceptions is cheaper at Walmart. I think I'm too pragmatic to be an activist.

I won't give up my guns. Pry them from my cold dead hands.

 

[JMohegan]

I've never even seen a Walmart, much less shopped at one.

 

[JMohegan]

1. Will not eat commercially caught shrimp
2. Will not eat any billfish, (marlin, swordfish, etc), farmed salmon, or shark and will not patronize any restaurant that serves these species.

I've heard people mention those "don'ts," but am unfamiliar with the details. What are the issues here?


I've got sort of a long list of won't-dos. One is: I won't use pesticides or herbicides in my yard. I figure, if a plant needs pesticides to thrive, then it doesn't really belong here anyway. I control weeds by just yanking them out if they appear.

 

[rinka]

I'm not in a financial position to buy anything but the cheapest foods (ok, actually I don't really care where my food comes from, as long as it's cheap and tastes good enough for me).

Being environmentally aware when you buy your food doesn't necessarily mean that it get's a lot more expensive in the long run.

Beans and lentils are cheaper than meat and use a lot less resources to produce.

Less processed food is usually healthier, often cheaper and a lot better environmentally. Why buy frozen potatoe products instead of potatoes?

I don't do everything all the time, but I try to be conscious and make some good choices every time I go the grocery store.

 

[Homburg]

I've never even seen a Walmart, much less shopped at one.

You've never seen one? They're everywhere. Walmart is like a cancer metastasizing through the world.

Not even while traveling?

 

[JMohegan]

You've never seen one? They're everywhere. Walmart is like a cancer metastasizing through the world.

Not even while traveling?

I really don't think so. If I passed one, I didn't notice - but isn't the point that they're massive? I'm assuming they'd be hard to miss.


Here's another item on my won't do list: I won't cross picket lines.

 

[BiaTcHiNFiRe]

WON'T wear a skirt or a dress. Simply cuz I look like total idiot in it. The last time I had a dress on me was on my wedding and thats 16 years back.


The only way to keep easy acess to my ahem.... is to keep me naked. Like it that way better anyways. lol

Jeans and tshirt here I go.




ETA: But the bigest "WONT DO" on my list is my exhusband! I would NEVER EVER take the liar back again.

 

[Homburg]

I really don't think so. If I passed one, I didn't notice - but isn't the point that they're massive? I'm assuming they'd be hard to miss.

Well, architecturally, they are ignorable. Big boxy buildings with bland adornments. The signage is likewise ignorable, with Walmart in large block letters. I can certainly see the idea of not noticing one. I guess I was just hard-pressed to imagine not having driven by one at some point or another. They really are everywhere. Ugh.

 

[graceanne]

I'd love to switch to hormone and pesticide free food, but it is more expensive, and quite often whoever's making the food doesn't accept food stamps. So . . . after K finishes his bachelors and gets a job so that we aren't on food stamps, we will be switching to hormone and pesticide free food.

For now, I'm forcefully (no one's happy with me for this decision) moving us to all whole grain foods. No processed sugar or flower.

 

[WriterDom]

I've never even seen a Walmart, much less shopped at one.

There are two in Richmond. I didn't go very often until we got a new supercenter with groceries. Now I'm there 3 or 4 times a week.

 

[Netzach]

Veal - nope, won't eat it

Diamonds - will never purchase one ever again

Ivory - don't want it, no way, no how - not even old ivory

Gold - now I have a bit of a problem here - I don't want to own any more for decoration but have not settled on what to do should GF and I marry...

Find someone who buys the gold they work with from Hoover and Strong. They have a gold reclamation project and sell reclaimed gold.

Generally avoid natural stones.

My wedding ring is stainless with a diamond chip in it. I mean the tiniest little thing, tension set with 12000 pounds of tension or something ridiculous like that.

I won't buy really commercial jewelry, I can tell everyone that much. There are so many independents charging less.

 

[Netzach]

Not go to Walmart? You'd suck as a redneck. So you'll pay 13 dollars for a bag of coffee that I can get at Walmart for under 10? Or 3.50 for the diet cranberry that I can get for 2.50? I go to the regular store for meats because they have a lot of sales. But everything else with a few exceptions is cheaper at Walmart. I think I'm too pragmatic to be an activist.

I won't give up my guns. Pry them from my cold dead hands.

I don't blame anyone who has one or no other option for Wally world. I don't have to do that though. I can get fair trade for 8 or 9 bucks a pound, not 13. My co-op accepts food stamps, not everyone on earth lives near that, I get it.

I guess my ethos is that I'm a good consumer. Faced with choices I try to make good ones. I can't blame anyone who really has one store in reasonable driving radius. If only those people used these places there wouldn't be 999000000 of them blanketing the country.

I have this dystopian nightmare in mind: eventually all branding goes away as everything merges into one huge company for everything due to complete eradication of antitrust. The distraction of consumer choice fazes out.

 

[Homburg]

There are two in Richmond. I didn't go very often until we got a new supercenter with groceries. Now I'm there 3 or 4 times a week.

I don't go in often at all. Eeeevery once in a while, I will just have a want for some random thing at 1am. Walmart is the only game in town.

viv has a boycott of Walmart going. I don't think she's set foot in one in 2-3 years.

 

[WriterDom]

I don't blame anyone who has one or no other option for Wally world. I don't have to do that though. I can get fair trade for 8 or 9 bucks a pound, not 13.

This is for over two pounds. Eight O'Clock. The cheapest I can get in bean form. It's not great but times are hard. They do have a reward program online though.

 

[Netzach]

This is for over two pounds. Eight O'Clock. The cheapest I can get in bean form. It's not great but times are hard. They do have a reward program online though.

OK, just rechecked and mine is 10.95 a pound online. If this difference begins to break my bank I have other issues.

If I need to trim the fat in my budget I eat more eggs and beans. Coffee is not up for compromise.

 

[00Syd]

I know there have to be some things that I absolutely won't do, but I honestly can't think of anything right now.

While I'm socially aware, my consumer ethics aren't as strong as some of you guys.

 

[JMohegan]

There are two in Richmond. I didn't go very often until we got a new supercenter with groceries. Now I'm there 3 or 4 times a week.

Not in the business district, not in the Fan district, not near Maymont Park and not near the Capitol or MoC. Richmond suburbs, perhaps?

It makes sense that Walmarts are built where land is plentiful, and therefore relatively less expensive, but not so far out in the boonies that shoppers are scarce.

I'm the kind of guy who's happiest in an urban, or close-in suburban, environment. On vacation, if I'm not in a city, I'm most likely headed for a national park, where, mercifully, I have yet to see a megastore of any kind.

The megastores with which I'm most familiar in urban environments are Borders and Barnes & Noble.

 

[Netzach]

Not in the business district, not in the Fan district, not near Maymont Park and not near the Capitol or MoC. Richmond suburbs, perhaps?

It makes sense that Walmarts are built where land is plentiful, and therefore relatively less expensive, but not so far out in the boonies that shoppers are scarce.

I'm the kind of guy who's happiest in an urban, or close-in suburban, environment. On vacation, if I'm not in a city, I'm most likely headed for a national park, where, mercifully, I have yet to see a megastore of any kind.

The megastores with which I'm most familiar in urban environments are Borders and Barnes & Noble.

Even I notice them and they are very very non-descript, it took me a while. Try the down in the heels inner tier burbs.