@starryblush@witches.town @typhlosion Yeah, this is the "positive" side of "no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism" I suppose; we all do what we need to to keep on keeping on, just try to do your best with it.

@indi @starryblush@witches.town ehh i guess i'm just worried about being like. part of the problem and/or not principled enough to hang out with the cool kids just because i often just... buy things because i want them rather than explicitly for the sake of self-care

i mean i could chalk arbitrary desired purchases up to self-care but then where's the line

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@typhlosion @starryblush@witches.town I think a good part of "the line" is that you just keep thinking about that :)

@starryblush@witches.town @typhlosion (But as someone who is very good at spinning into self-referential anxiety, I know that can be tricky too. c.c)

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