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Once upon a time, we needed (or wanted) to buy something, maybe spoke to some friends, maybe browsed a catalogue; then we went to the shops, and usually before the morning or afternoon was out, we bought something.
Now we live in a consumer culture that's increasingly dominated by the internet, and people find themselves / choose to be in the position of having to speculate about goods and services based on web content, be it advertising or consumer feedback, or other people's public speculation.
LFGSS is rife with the latter two, as are most special interest online communities, but is it a good thing, whatever that means? By feeding the hunger for consumer advice, are we ultimately helping to create a society of people who no longer have the ability to make decisions for themselves, or take responsibility for the painfully and unnecessarily drawn out decisions they eventually make? What happens when this loss of faculty spills over into other aspects of people's lives? I think I might need to take a shit at some point soon - does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do? Go now? Wait a bit? Try and force it? Maybe do a wee first and see what happens?
FFS.