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[kimbutgar]

1. I had to go out shopping as I arrived visiting my mother in law in Arizona and had to shop to fill up

Her empty refrigerator. But the next one I won’t be spending a dime.

[Blue Owl]

2. Mainly just boycotting any large or small businesses that donate and support MAGA

[mwmisses4289]

3. I didn't find out about it until I was getting ready for work.

It seemed really last minute, hardly any posting about it, although the ones trying to organize it said they started hours after Pretti was murdered.

[Torchlight]

9. What would you then suggest as a viable alternative?

[llmart]

11. How do you know?

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Living on canned green beans until the snow melts

Could be April.

So all that beef ... keto?

Run the soda through an insulin filter.

[DET]

6. This Needed More Publicity

I didn’t realize this was going on until midday. And I try to stay well informed. That must have been one hell of a coupon, BTW.

[Ferryboat]

7. Advertise at least 2 weeks in advance

To be effective it a GS needs to be widely known.

[Xavier Breath]

14. Agreed, I learned about it when I opened this thread.

Bought groceries in the morning and then met a buddy for lunch.

[llmart]

10. I knew about it a week ago.

It was about not going to work, school or buying any thing. I did not shop at all today but because I'm retired and don't go to school that's about all I could contribute. Tomorrow is the 2nd No Kings protest across the country. I heard about both of these efforts well enough in advance.

[Ilsa]

13. Today was the only day I could get out to shop. nt

[Iggo]

15. I didn't hear about it until after lunch.

They need to get better at spreading the word.

[Jack Valentino]

16. I HAD to shop today--- I only have rare access to transportation, and today was the day---

but I actually bought very little--- and got three times back in cash for bottle returns,
compared to what I actually bought--- so seems my visit was a 'net loss' for the store.

[JI7]

17. I think it's ok to buy things that one needs

And especially people that are struggling to get what they need if that's what is most convenient .

We are a very consumerist society that even if we exclude the above examples and mostly focus on not. buying things we don't need it can be effective.

[raccoon]

18. Mother Nature helped some of us in the South stay home and not buy anything.

[tavernier]

19. I have a nasty bug, staying in bed,

don’t need anything from the online stores.

And the frig is full.

I’m compliant, if only by lack of need. Hopefully I won’t run into advertisements about that new skin cream that guarantees the removal of all my wrinkles. Must stay on my ad-free DU site.

[meow2u3]

20. I did not go out at all yesterday, nor did I buy anything

The reason was not just solidarity with the general strike. It was just too freaking cold to go out, with a high temperature of 16F with nasty winds. I bought a pizza the day before so it'll last me the entire weekend.

[Happy Hoosier]

21. I am on a business trip...

... hard to not buy anything.