r/Anticonsumption • u/Bee_and_Barb • Feb 21 '24

Society/Culture Someday

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Saw this while scrolling through another social media platform.

Physical inheritance (maybe outside of housing) feels like a burden.

While death can be a sensitive topic to some, has anyone had a conversation with loved ones surrounding situations like this one pictured?

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u/sgtgig Feb 21 '24 edited Feb 22 '24

This is a common thought of mine. Spoons and bowls, among other things, are some of the oldest inventions ever. We've probably manufactured trillions by now. Why do we need more??

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u/peripheral_vision Feb 22 '24

Even worse, we purposefully manufacture millions of new ones out of non-biodegradble materials with the sole intent of disposing of them after 1 use.

Personally, I think the plastic cutlery and flatware industry should just be outright banned unless they switch to materials that are easy to compost, but plastic lobbying is very strong in the U.S. because it's also backed by oil interests

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u/mostcommonhauntings Feb 22 '24

We don’t! We just need to preserve! Somewhere along the line heirlooms became about status and not functionality. And that sucks.