this reminds me of the Savage Chickens cartoon called Commercial Break. [www.savagechickens.com]

The caption under the cartoon reads: All TV commercials, paraphrased. The cartoon shows a chicken watching a commercial and the tv says 'Your not good enough'

@Moosehawk:

Actually, you save even more since you won't need to visit a whore to fulfill your skinny bang-buddy fetish!

/sarcasm

Haha, me too, except instead of just 'NO!' I have a a post-it that has a giant circle with a cross out through it. It doesn't cross out anything, but it still reminds me that whatever I'm wanting at that time is probably a NO!

Since they're promoting vandalism, I'm sure they won't mind when people head over to 540 W 21st street and have a little fun with their office.

Oh.

I just need a little one that I can stick on the inside of my wife's glasses, oriented in such a way that it points directly at whatever she's looking at.

Only in America can you actually start a successful business enterprise that does nothing but defame other people's products.

See how one of those stickers is pointing to another one of those stickers on the bottom? I think that sums it up nicely.

So you're supporting Chinese economy (and ''communism''), too.

Don't stop shopping.

The post it note wasn't free, was it? Someone (you?) bought it. Then you used it. That still cost you time and money, no matter how infinitesimal it may have been. Glad it is just as effective as this effort.

And nothing is ever truly "free" anyway. Anyone following through on this would spend time (and materials and postage) sending the request to get the stickers. And then they would spend additional time putting them up on posters of useless (to them) consumer goods. And then they might even spend some time in jail for defacing private property, if caught.

This is starting to look to me like it could carry a pretty hefty cost...

For me, I just inconvenienced a few electrons completing this post.

I think people buy way too much junk.

Also, these stickers are retarded.

One post that shines the teeniest little bit of light on the minimalist view doesn't at all indicate some sort of major paradigm shift at the site.

Relax.

@iMe2: You don't consider a multinational corporation making up its own rules as co-opting our society? Large corporations are trying to change the government in favor of less consumer -and eventually- less citizen rights.
In most ways, these large corporations are much, much worse than a singular tyrant.

@yetiwisdom: it's anti-materialism and not necessarily anti-consumerist. Usually it's in the interest of the consumer to only buy what's necessary at the lowest price possible in relation to the quality of the product. A sticker that said something like "Raise prices independent of cost!" would be anti-consumerist.

When I first stumbled across this site, it was refreshing to find a website that was for the most part even-handed towards corporations and pro-consumer.

To use a really crappy analogy, it used to do for consumers what a decent gaming site does for gamers: Provide tips, tricks, and sometimes outright cheats to make buying things or dealing with companies a lot easier.

It did it all without that ridiculous "I don't care if I need it, I can get it at a discount" crap that you have on sites like Fatwallet.

Now it just seems to be nothing but sensationalism, misleading headlines, and anti-corporation rhetoric.

Plus, are you meaning to tell me you do not participate in ANY form of global capitalism? I certainly buy shoes...

@Moosehawk: do i even need to ask if you slept on the couch last night?

The reality is that their intentions (as flawed as their creation was in achieving that goal in the long term) was to create a society in which culture was localized and regionalized, at the most. Small businesses and tradespeople provided the needs of local society.

So, yes, bring on the "You Don't Need It" stickers, please!

I must have overlooked that part in my high school civics class...

@unklegwar: I believe that's on an ad, since one that big on a shirt would be a foot long.

I have a post-it note on my computer that just says "NO!"

It applies to all sorts of things - no, I don't need a new [insert item], no, I don't need a chocolate, no, I don't want to know about your [insert medical condition].

BTW, it was FREE to make too! Perhaps I should sell them with my logo?

@unklegwar: The photo depicts the sticker placed on a shoe advertisement, with the arrow pointing to the shoe.

Or will we start seeing them stuck all over everything like so much graffiti. Wonderful. There's not enough useless crap and garbage out there.

I agree with burgundyyears, we don't need it. This isn't going to convince someone to be more thoughtful about their spending.

@Rectilinear Propagation: LOL - gotta love it. Anti-consumerism has a logo!

Vandalism. Very classy.

You want to put up a sign telling people they don't want to buy stuff? Pay for it.

@Moosehawk: I will say that if my bf told me "woman, you don't need that" when I wanted dessert, I'd slap him silly, $4 or not.

But yeah, we have too much STUFF. People, you don't need it!

Just last night my girlfriend wanted dessert. I was like, "woman, you don't need that."

We saved $4.

@burgundyyears: Yes you do, it's being advertised to you.