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Temu is just driving the social media impulse "buy buy buy you need it buy it now!!" Culture when in reality their stuff is crap, and even for the cheap prices... You probably weren't going to buy it anyway. They are really striving in being a shitty company that's bad for us and the planet.
Good video here that explains more of how they're just manipulating us to buy more: https://youtu.be/7hGD5Cz_now
Their tagline "Shop like a billionaire" makes me sick. Fast fashion and stuff like Temu have become so predatory lately. Fuck FOMO tactics.
TikTok and them just fuel each other to create fake fomo and it's so crappy. They target kids so hard and take advantage of them wanting to fit in, and get them to just spend money on crap they didn't need to buy anyway. Not to mention they've pushed fashion cycles to be faster to make people think that top they bought 2 months ago is useless and should be thrown out.
The top from 2 months ago frequently does need to be thrown out, because it's so poorly made it lasts only a couple of washes. Even the waste-pickers in the Ghana landfills don't want it.
ClimateTown really drove home how hilariously bad fashion is for basically everyone
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Some things on Temu are complete trash but some are really good for the cash. They have a HUGE range of pin badges for less than a dollar, I've seen some of the more expensive ones ($2) sold for $10+ on other marketplaces like Amazon.
Capitalism in a nutshell. "Yeah it kills the planet and harms others and there may be forced labor involved, but idc, that's other people's problems".
Not guilt tripping btw, just stating facts. I don't and won't buy for them.