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Originally Posted By MyBaddBrah⏩

True that has always existed. My point was that there are people who were happy with what they had thousands of years ago. Read stories of the Bible and the Buddha. They basically preached minimalism. Its not a new concept by any means. Meanwhile OP thinks its a "trend"

Originally Posted By MyBaddBrah⏩

I'll take the definition that's been used for thousands of years over the one that was written 2 years ago by some hipster phucktard on Urban Dictionary, thank you very much.

You are defining modern minimalism as a form of simple living going back thousands of years, or something akin to asceticism/monasticism when the term minimalism itself was only birthed in the 1900's in reference to art style. You are associating something that has been around for thousands of years and calling it minimalism, when it is neither the traditional nor conventional definition of minimalism.

So yes, modern minimalism is a trend and actually it is a relatively new concept and should not be used interchangeably with asceticism as in your Buddhism example. Up until recent years minimalism generally referred to an avante garde art style.

Like I've said already, language is conventional. YOU can choose to define minimalism as a Biblical/Buddhist form of simple living, but that is not the conventional definition of the word. I can call a dog a cat but because the majority of people do not, it will never make it so. The term, in context of lifestyle, is conventionally used to describe the modern minimalism movement whether you like it or not.

If you won't accept some Urban Dictionary definition, how about you accept one from Merriam Webster?

: a style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity

First Known Use of minimalism
1927

It's funny because an Urban Dictionary definition would have better supported you.

You are probably asking now what is the modern minimalism movement? Well as discussed ITT it is a movement/trend that adopts from asceticism. It targets the modern man in an age of consumerism and mass advertising. It has good concepts but it has fallen into a hole the same way the fitness industry has where it has become a trendy cult and more for the ego than for the purpose. And ironically it has also become a subliminal product in itself.

I guess you could consider it a pop culture form of asceticism.

Like just look at this video "Travel vs Vacation"... They know just how to capitalize on the millennial generation.



Travelling is not directly linked to an ascetic lifestyle at all. Of course they take advantage of the vagabond culture and millennial desires to include it into their idea of minimalism.

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Originally Posted By faxanadu⏩

It's not about being a nomad. You see... that's the illusion society has programmed into so many people. That in order to have a family, income, security, etc ... that you need to enslave yourself to debt, things, and jobs.

Kids don't need every fricken toy, both parents don't need their own new car, your house doesn't have to be 3000 sq/ft, goodwill has brand new clothes for a few bucks, christmas doesn't have to be a blow out, a $60/mo cell plan isn't a necessity...

When you reduce the bullchit and break the societal programming you gain freedom and time.

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Today parents think their kids need everything​ under the sun to be happy...iPhones, uggs, ipads, but who was quality time?
This whole society has gone to **** with all this technology and social media. No one spends any time together anymore.

Everyone is so caught up in buying the latest crap and getting ahead. Quality Human interaction has gone down to 2%.

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Originally Posted By Bar182⏩

Why would you attack minimalists? why not attack people lining up outside the APple store at midnight to upgrade their expensive phone to a slightly better expensive phone?

I think I am a minimalist, Its not about getting down to owning less than 50 items, its just only owning things you need.

Because that is a lifestyle choice that is constantly under scrutiny to begin with. Not many people talk about the bullsh!t that "minimalism" has become. I can go on forever about consumerism but I choose not to because I and plenty others have already done so all the time.

People need to get it straight that I am not attacking the lifestyle choice of living a simple life. I am exposing/emphasizing the extent to which modern minimalism is just another pretentious, arbitrary and elitist trend.

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Originally Posted By BostonRockets⏩

Because that is a lifestyle choice that is constantly under scrutiny to begin with. Not many people talk about the bullsh!t that "minimalism" has become. I can go on forever about consumerism but I choose not to because I and plenty others have already done so all the time.

People need to get it straight that I am not attacking the lifestyle choice of living a simple life. I am exposing/emphasizing the extent to which modern minimalism is just another pretentious, arbitrary and elitist trend.

this picture just seems like the ultimate cope to me - people don't have enough money to buy what they desire, so they pretend they don't desire it

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Originally Posted By BlueSasquatch⏩

The minimalism idea is appealing, but not as appealing as being prepared for anything, so I'd prefer to have to much stuff. I try to reduce my carry when hiking or flying, but if I have a vehicle with me, it's gonna be stocked full of **** I may not need.

Clean simple homes are appealing as well, but my wife and I have a house full of antiques, she collects stoneware like bowls and crocks, has probably a hundred, I have 1-200 antique axes, so we are closer to hoarders than minimalists.

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Maybe a couple hundred is a bit excess, but I sell them as a side business, had a misc bro buy a nice jersey pattern a year back.


I find the EDC trend to be more lame than the minimalists, they seem to add clutter to their pockets for the sake of sharing a flatlay photo.

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Originally Posted By Girlgoneweird⏩

Repped you.

Today parents think their kids need everything​ under the sun to be happy...iPhones, uggs, ipads, but who was quality time?
This whole society has gone to **** with all this technology and social media. No one spends any time together anymore.

Everyone is so caught up in buying the latest crap and getting ahead. Quality Human interaction has gone down to 2%.

I wish we could go back to the 90's if not before
Told my husband today that when we are old we should go live in slab city and be off the grid

Agree, christmas was super lulzy, dad bought macaroni and cheese and bandaids and wrapped it, you should have seen how happy she was. When I asked her if she liked dads gift better or the princess bike I got her, she told me the bandaids were the best gift. for her birthday this year I got a tiny little cake to eat at home and brought her class a watermelon to eat with a candle in it. She and the whole class loved it. I was initially bummed I didn't plan a big extravaganza like I did last year but she was just as happy with a small thing.

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