re: #47 Walter L. Newton

I agree. This little story may sound like it has nothing to do with cutting back on oil consumption, but bear with me, your comment above triggered something.

Last night I worked a overnight shift in general merchandise, to fill in for a vacationing full timer. One of the many aisle I stock was the aisle with deodorant products.

I never noticed before, but do you realize how many different “flavors” of deodorants there are? I counted at least 35 to 40 different versions… all basically the same shit in the bottle with a different smell.

It’s maybe a simple stupid observation, but really, the conspicuous consumption on display in that aisle was obscene. And on the flip side, we’ve let the marketing world actually convince us that we need all these brands.

“… convince a majority of the population that some sacrifice will be necessary…” I don’t think so.

My wife can’t seem to understand why I always buy the generic toothpaste, shampoo, razors, etc when we go to the store. “Look, its new and improved and it smells like lavender.”

“Its hair soap, how much new and improved can it be?”

She freaks when I use shampoo as soap too.