People have been sharing stuff we have been brainwashed into believing we need – 21 things we can easily live without

12.

‘Religion. One of my favourite sayings is from a meme: ‘If you need the threat of hell to be a good person, then you’re just a bad person on a leash’.’
–screwedupinaz

13.

‘A relationship. Learn to be happy on your own and things will fall into place.’
–WolfGrouchy1953

14.

‘A need to sympathise with billionaires and celebrities who don’t give two shits about us.’
–OverallAd9706

15.

‘Fabric softener. Just more perfumes and probably micro plastics.’
–sparkyvt

16.

‘Perpetual economic growth.’
–ungovernable1984

17.

‘Diamond jewellery. It can be made in labs. Chemically and atomically the exact same stuff that gets pulled out of the earth with child and slave labour. Then hoarded to artificially inflate the price. All that blood and misery just for something shiny to look at. ‘A wedding ring should be 3 month’s pay’. Screw that nonsense the entire and whole way! It’s just cut and polished carbon: whoopty-fucking-do.’
–The_Mr_Wilson

18.

‘Validation from any source other than yourself.’
–ResponsibleYellow210

19.

‘An opinion. It’s ok to not have an opinion on something. It’s ok to just not care about something. It doesn’t make you the anti christ to the person asking for it if you don’t have one. It doesn’t mean you don’t support their cause or that you are vehemently against it. It just means you’ve decided to put your energies into something else.’
–minisrugbycoach

20.

‘To fully associate with the left or right politically.’
–Silver_Effective_988

21.

‘Non-stick pans. I’ll die on this hill.’
–oswaldcopperpot

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