Absolutely. And especially these days where everyone is expectant of everything right here right now. We've become so used to having things quite literally at a whim.

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By (user no longer on site) 30 weeks ago

"I always go large

Where do you stand on BOGOFs?"

3 for 2s, 2 for £6 (espresso martini cans), BoGOFs, I am a marketers dream.

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By *r Black 85Man 30 weeks ago

nottingham

"I always go large

Where do you stand on BOGOFs?"

They are only good if the price is right.

I have a friend who has a takeaway that do online orders/deliveries. There would regularly be BOGOF deals but what people weren't cottoning on to was the fact that the price of the burger had doubled so in actual fact, you weren't getting anything free.

Price of chicken burger ordinarily - £6

BOGOF price online £12

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By *naswingdressWoman 30 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

Yes.

I do wonder whether it's because we're disconnected from the costs of greed, and/ or we lack fundamentally security which leads to hoarding.

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By *ansoffateMan 30 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

Greed is a human trait that is a exacerbated, even revered, in a capitalist freemarket society.

I would say we are more decadent at this point, remaining resistant to change, within a decaying neoliberal culture.

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By (user no longer on site) 30 weeks ago

I feel like there's been a "got mine, fuck you" attitude that's become a bit more prevalent and which to an extent, I can be guilty of as well.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man 30 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

I think generally as a society we are yes, I think it ties in with the increase in entitlement that seems to be happening, or maybe I’m just seeing that.

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By *lowupdollTV/TS 30 weeks ago

Herts/Beds/Lomdon

As a society? No. As a species? Yes.

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By *ansoffateMan 30 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

"Yes.

I do wonder whether it's because we're disconnected from the costs of greed, and/ or we lack fundamentally security which leads to hoarding."

Indeed expanding the precariat section of society via scarcity encourages a hoarding mentality.

I think the two are related, when we lack essential resources, humans become more self-interested in their outlook. Hence more disposed to support ideologies that are fundamentally built upon those assumptions.

The means become the ends we hope to achieve. You live and breathe it, you believe it, accept it as 'just the way it is.'

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By *inky_couple2020Couple 30 weeks ago

North West

"I feel like there's been a "got mine, fuck you" attitude that's become a bit more prevalent and which to an extent, I can be guilty of as well."

Yes. I feel this attitude from the people who take up certain resources when they could either wait or do without them. For example, people who occupy the lift for that one floor, even though they could physically manage to walk, and leave a wheelchair user to wait for it to come around again. Except the next time, it's full again and no-one is willing to move. Etc. Stuff like that.

I'm not suggesting this particular example applies to you, JB.

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