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princess-of-the-corner · 8 months ago

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Toontown: Corporate Clash Recap: Toontown Central Kudos Ranks 4-5

In order to get from Kudos Rank 4 to Kudos Rank 5, you need to get 12 Kudos Experience.

Doing so in Toontown Central unlocks the Kudos Rank-Up Task:

The Mysterious Duck

The HQ Officer you pick this up from sums the situation up as follows:

“Hey, [Toon Name]! It’s great to see you again.”

“I’ve got bad news, though. We have yet another food crisis happening.”

“There’s been a serious utensil shortage, and nobody in town has been able to properly enjoy their soup.”

“It seems as though the source of the shortage comes from a halt in local fork manufacturing.”

“Head on down to Soup Forks on Silly Street and see what the hold-up is.”

The shopkeeper of Soup Forks is a pink duck named Dan Dribbles. He wears the Fancy Hat (a bowl on his head), the Giving Thanks Plankpack (exclusive Thanksgiving item that was never rereleased after the year that featured its Event Task, consisting of a plate and some silverware worn like a backpack), Pink Sneakers, and the Trashcat Outfit (obtainable via Travis’ Toontask, which I went over so long ago…).

Anyways, here’s what he has to say:

“QUAAAAAACK!!!!”

“QUACK. QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK? QUACK QUACK QUAACK.”

“QUACK QUACK QUACK!!!”

Oh dear.

Checking the Toontask in your Shtickerbook reveals the next step is speaking to Dr. Pulyurleg (remember him?) in Dr. Pulyurleg, Chiropractor on Punchline Place, your Toon independently deciding he MUST know what to do.

“Hi there, [Toon name]! Come for an adjustment?”

“No? That’s alright, I can’t help you!”

“JUST KIDDING! Once a jokester, always a jokester.”

“What’s up? You have a medical evaluation?”

“…”

“Uh, is this a joke?”

“Alright, alright. I think I know what’s going on. Looks like Mr. Dribbles has a case of the Quackers.”

“It’s simple to cure, really. All you gotta do is teach him how to duck. That’ll get him AND his back!”

“If you give him a reference to base off of, I’m sure he’ll be cured in no time!”

“Good luck, [Toon Name]!”

With that guidance, your Toon remembers how, in an earlier Kudos Task, Short Changes like to steal Rubber Duckies, and thus sets out to go and recover a Rubber Ducky from the Short Changes.

Recovered Ducky in hand, you now must take it back to Dan Dribbles, and use it to teach him how to Duck.

“QUAAAAAACK!!!!”

“QUAAAaack… Quack…. quack…… quack……”

“Oh… who even AM I?”

“Who are you? What are you doing here?”

“Oh, you cured me?”

“DO I LOOK CURED TO YOU!?!?”

“Look, [Toon Name]. I uthed to be the KING of the Thoup.”

“Well, actually. not really. Jutht the king of the Thoup Forkth.”

“But ever thince that thuffling Duck-Cog thtarted waltthing around our thtreets, I lotht all of my confidenthe!”

“Earlier thith week, I dethided that I had enough.”

“I went out to battle them mythelf, and netht thing you know? I’M NO LONGER A BEAR!!!”

“I CAN’T MAKE THOUP FORKTH WITHOUT MY BEAR HANDTH!!!!!!”

“QUAAACK!!! QUACK QUACK QUAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!”

It’s worth noting that Dan Dribbles WAS actually a bear prior to the Duck Shuffler getting added to the game, so they ACTUALLY worked the update into the in-game plot, which I love.

Ahem, but back on topic, you now have an objective: defeat the Duck Shuffler.

The Duck Shuffler is what’s known as a Street Manager, meaning he can be found on any of Toontown Central’s Streets, just like any other Cogs.

Admittedly, I’ve already gone over the Duck Shuffler, but I figured I might as well go over him again, as he’s gotten some new drops since then.

Just make a group, find out which street he’s on, and…

Duck Shuffler

Honorifics: Mr.

Real Name: Buck Ruffler

Department: Cashbots

Level: 5

Position: Regional Manager

Likes: Jackpots, Raising the Stakes, Chips

Dislikes: Poor odds, Bank Statements, Trouble Hands

Battle Theme: Here

Max HP: 200

The Duck Shuffler is a red duck in a custom Cashbot suit. He has a few cards in his hat, and he has a slot machine (complete with lever) where his eyes should be. Anyways, as we’ve gone over before, his Content Sync is as follows:

20 Laff Soft Cap (28 max).

All Gags up to Level 2 permitted.

No boss rewards.

Also, he’ll say one of the following face-off taunts when you run into him on the street:

“Deal me IN!”

“Watch it, the cardth are THTACKED againtht ya!”

“Taking a chanthe are we??”

“All betth are OFF!”

As long as the Duck Shuffler is part of the battle, and there is an empty slot, any Cog that approaches the battle will queue up to join, regardless of how many Toons are in the fight.

This means that a lone Toon will be swiftly outnumbered.

Also, the Duck Shuffler has the following attacks:

Spin: The Duck Shuffler’s only attack, he wiggles his fingers at a single Toon sending red sparkles to circle and spin the Toon around, before dropping them on the ground. As the Duck Shuffler will always be the same level, this attack will always deal 6 damage.

The Duck Shuffler also has the following Cheats:

Lure Resistance

The Duck Shuffler has a lure resistance of 1 round. I think this means that he’ll always unlure himself to attack if he’s not attacked (which would knock him out of his lure).

Wager Management

The Duck Shuffler pulls the lever on the side of his head to spin the slot machine in his face. What the cheat does depends on the result he gets.

Bar: (30% chance) if he rolls all “Bars”, two gold bars will drop out of the sky to crush all the Toons and Cogs in the battle, dealing 3 damage to all participants. (Toons and Cogs who’re queued to join, but haven’t joined yet, will be unaffected.)

Ducks: (10% chance) if he rolls all “Ducks”, all Toons will take 4 damage and will be transformed into Duck Toons (just like Dan Dribbles) for the remainder of the battle. Fleeing, going sad, disconnecting, or defeating the Duck Shuffler will restore your Toon’s true form.

Sevens: (20% chance) if he rolls all 7s, all Toons will recover 7 Laff and all Cogs will recover 7 HP. The Cogs can be overhealed, similar to the Derrick Man fight, which will turn their health indicators light blue.

Jellybeans: (10% chance) if he rolls all cherries, all Toons will receive 20 Jellybeans. Active Jellybean boosters will increase the number of Jellybeans earned.

Bust: (30% chance) if the slots don’t match, he does nothing.

He also has the following friend request rejection messages:

The Duck Shuffler is too busy laughing to process your request.

“Thorry, Toon,” the Duck Shuffler laughs. “That'th a jackpot you’ll NEVER hit!”

The Duck Shuffler waves his hands: “You could never thweeten the pot ENOUGH! NO WAY!!”

The Duck Shuffler shakes his head frantically: “NOT in the cardth!”

When you defeat the Duck Shuffler, he deploys his propeller and flies away, making one of the following parting remarks on his way out:

“You win THITH time, but I’ll ALWAYTH be back to play again! HAHAHAHA!!”

“No no NO!!! My hot thtreak!! You’ll pay for thith!”

“Lookth like the oddth are outta my favor! Toodleth!!”

“That wath fun, but I gotta run! Better be back to thpin again thoon!!”

No more Cogs will join in the battle, defeat the remaining stragglers to wrap up the boss fight.

As mentioned before, just like the Derrick Man, he has a Sweetener for the first time you defeat him during a day:

10 Gumballs (Assuming you haven’t hit the weekly Sweetener Cap of 1000 Gumballs)

100 Jellybeans

150 Toon Experience

Loot

The Duck Shuffler has the chance to drop the following Loot:

Very Rare

Base 1.5% drop rate, but increases with every win. At 270 Duck Shufflers defeated, you will have a 100% chance of getting these drops:

Duck Shuffler Sticker

Money Bag Backpack

Guaranteed

To celebrate the Makeship Duck Shuffler Plush Fundraiser reaching its goals, the Corporate Clash crew added the following GUARANTEED drops to the game. Defeating the Duck Shuffler AT ALL is enough to get these items:

Green Duck Shuffler Nameplate

Red Duck Shuffler Nameplate

Duck Shuffler Profile Background

Excited Duck Shuffler Sticker (shows exclamation points in his face’s slots)

Superstar Duck Shuffler Sticker (shows stars in his slots and holds a blank card)

Gloomy Duck Shuffler Sticker (shows water drops in his half-lidded slots, also his mouth is closed, and he’s looking the other way)

Bored Duck Shuffler Sticker (I think those are x’s in his half-lidded slots)

Duck Shuffler Hat

Duck Shuffler Visor (now YOU can wear a slot machine on your face)

Duck Shuffler Shirt (think a green version of what Luigi wore in those casino minigames from Super Mario 64 DS)

Duck Shuffler Shorts

Duck Shuffler Skirt

Duck Shuffler Shoes

Duck Shuffler Backpack (in-game version of the real-life Makeship Duck Shuffler plush)

This makes the Duck Shuffler the Manager with the MOST drops in the entire game.

Ahem, with that out of the way, let’s report back to Dan Dribbles and see what he wants:

“There ith a thenthe of relief in the air.”

“Did you do it? Ith that duck monthter defeated?”

“I cannot thank you enough. I feel completely relieved.”

“Oh, thith whole duck thing? Doethn’t really bother me anymore.”

“I think it could be great for the fork induthtry actually.”

“Your rubber duck diagnothing maketh me believe that I could branch off onto thome brand new forkth!”

“Well, thuppothing I could find an open thourthe for one…”

“Anywayth, I hope you can remember thith moment fondly.”

“I don’t really have anything to give you in return, but maybe, jutht maybe, you can find a bit of empathy in my thtruggle.”

“With a little bit of make-believe, you too could be a duck.”

“Thorry, I’m getting a bit carried away. Thankth for the help.”

You have earned 432 experience and are now Kudos Rank 5 in Toontown Central.

Reaching Rank 5 in any neighborhood increases Playground healing by +6 Laff (Ice Cream and Knock-Knock Doors in the Playground and Streets respectively now restore 8 Laff, and every passive heal in the Playground restores 7 Laff per heal) and a profile pose.

The pose you get for this is the “Become Duck” pose.

If your Toon isn’t a duck, then they’ll render in the default pose, but as a duck.

If they were already a duck, then they’ll render in the default pose with an enlarged head that takes up over half the profile.

It is the only profile pose to change how it manifests based on Toon species.

Anyways, with that out of the way, it’s time to wrap up Barnacle Boatyard’s storyline!

See you then!

I know it’s Toon Town so ofc there’s gonna be cartoon logic but this was a lot of mother ducking toon logic.

#submission

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nickgerlich · 4 months ago

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Forks And Napkins And Burritos

Eleven of the twelve months have some notable day, either a federally observed holiday, or a socially recognized day worth noting, and as is often the case, celebrating. August is the only month with nothing; sometimes April joins August if Easter comes early, but it typically falls in that month.

Mothers Day and Fathers Day are in May and June, respectively. St. Patrick’s Day is a rite of Spring, even if we aren’t really all that Irish. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day fill the winter months, Valentine’s Day causes couples to get all amorous in February, then we honor our war dead in May, laborers in September, and independence in July.

That leaves October, and it can only mean one thing: Halloween. While the day is technically All Hallows’ Eve, and tied to the Christian observance of All Hallows’ Day on the 1st of November, somewhere along the line it was twisted into ghosts, goblins, tricking, treating, and silly costumes. And we love it, to the tune of $12.2 billion in Halloween-related sales last year. About 73% of Americans participate in the shenanigans, and I am betting few if any are concerned with the religious aspect once the calendar page is flipped.

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The academic in me wants to dive a little deeper, though, into the consumer psyche. What is it about Halloween that so captivates people to want to decorate, splurge on candy to give away, and dress up as someone they aren’t? If anything, it’s the intersection of creativity and fantasy. Maybe you manufacture your own costume, like those crazy head-turning ones that look like two persons but with only one person inside. Or perhaps you go as a celebrity, the opposite gender, a star athlete. The sky’s the limit.

And maybe that’s just it. You would never do that any other time of the year, but you can do—and be—whatever and whomever you want to be at Halloween. It’s ok. It’s socially acceptable. Forget about all those social norms you read about in text books that regulate what we can and can’t do, at least without raising the eyebrows of the general public. Furthermore, what many years ago was something primarily done by children, it now seems the adults have as much or more fun dressing up as their kids.

To be fair, we do that a little in March, wearing green and sporting shamrocks to honor a dead saint with a dubious story. But that’s about it when it comes to cosplay and all that, unless we are attending Comicon, a Civil War re-enactment, or a Ren Faire.

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filmyfreia · 4 years ago

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The Boring Lives of Bollywood Wives

Before I ever heard of TechCrunch, The New York Times, The Atlantic or anything else that I read now, I read Bombay Times every day. Bombay Times is a tabloid that comes with The Times of India and covers Movies, Nightlife and Celebrities in Bombay. I started reading it far too young and continue to read it daily every time I’m home. Page 3 in particular is a recap of last night’s nightlife, parties and gossip. I grew up reading it, and found it inexplicably fascinating.

When the trailer for The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives came out - I knew instantly that 1) it would be terrible and 2) I would love it. As a Karan Johar/Dharma Productions show, it was sure to be everything I loved and despised. The signature — great outfits, the elitist perspective, the classist commentary, the star studded parties, KJo’s Koffee with Karan style appearance, everyones incredible accents and terrible Hindi.

I watched the show in basically one sitting, with my family who really didn’t enjoy it at all but I loved it. I love Bollywood and bad television, so this was my heaven. But the show is really much worse than I expected. There are a few incredible moments — Bhavana talking about her spiritual skincare treatment, Seema talking about her DMing the Kardashians, Maheep saying LE BALL and Neelam’s moments in Qatar with her old movies.

The Doha trip, which is definitely an ad by the Qatar tourism board, was so reminiscent of Sex and the City 2 (the movie) and their trip to Abu Dhabi, in that it was also terrible, wildly inappropriate and definitely sponsored content. Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching these women prance around Doha followed by their manufactured stalker storyline, as I had my post thanksgiving food hangover.

There’s something uniquely entertaining to me about watching these Bollywood parents in full swing, many of them current and former stars, themselves, all of them parents to budding actors. They show all of the aunty and uncle qualities we love to hate, but they’re also rich and have these confusing accents. Though the show is centered around the wives, I found the husbands far more entertaining. Chunky Pandey and Sanjay Kapoor are full of dad jokes, a good look for them imo.

My favorite moment of the show is the Gauri and Shah Rukh Party, not just because I’m a lifelong Shah Rukh fan. It’s funny to watch these somewhat famous people interact with people much more famous than them, even though they’ve all known each other forever. Gauri and SRK are Bollywood Royalty, though they didn’t come from it, and there’s something very amusing about watching the rest of these 2nd, 3rd, 4th generation Bollywood stars fawn over them.

As I expected, the reviews of the show are meh. All of the ingredients are there, but the show just doesn’t land. And yet — I enjoyed watching it so much that I put it on the background for a rewatch while I wrote this. There’s something about the Bombay accents, watching Bollywood families sit around and do nothing, that I find extremely enjoyable even if not over the top dramatic. Besides, I’m fortunate to be stuck at home all day. What else is there to do right now anyway?

The show is not good, by any definition of the word, and yet it’s perfect. Nothing really happens, it’s a bunch of almost famous people wearing expensive clothes, on holidays and at flashy parties. But I just love it anyway because it’s exactly like reading Bombay Times Page 3.

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prestoappliancehvle · 4 years ago

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Best Electric Ranges and Stoves 2020

Any stove will cook your food. But after talking to a bunch of experts and comparing more than 60 models, we think that these are the most important features in a freestanding electric range:

Cooktops

Any decent range will have, at a minimum, a 2,400-watt power burner, but you can expect up to 3,300 watts on nicer models. The stronger burners heat up your cookware faster, so you’ll save a couple of minutes waiting for water to boil or for a pan to get hot enough for a good sear. Some readers have told us that they prefer to have the strongest burners in the front row of the cooktop for easier access, and a few manufacturers have told us their own research shows that most stove-buyers have the same preference. But one advantage of having the strongest burners placed diagonally is that it’s easier to fit two large pots or pans on the range in that arrangement, and we’ve heard from a few people who would rather have one strong burner in the back row, so that they can boil water where kids can’t reach the pot.

Most ranges have a 1,200-watt simmer burner and a low-wattage “keep warm” zone where you can hold or melt without risk of scorching anything.

Flex-width elements are pretty common. They add some flexibility by allowing you to choose between two or three different element “sizes” to match the width of the pot or pan you’re using.

Any stove that costs more than $600 should have a smooth-top surface. These are much easier to clean than exposed-coil elements. They look sleeker and make it easier to work with large pots and pans. (However, this type of surface does scratch more easily.)

We strongly prefer cooktops that you can control with movable, physical dials rather than buttons, because they’re just easier and more responsive.

Ovens

Capacity matters, but almost every oven we found is larger than 5 cubic feet, which is big enough for a giant, 26-pound Thanksgiving turkey, a 16-inch pizza stone, or all but the very largest baking sheets or roasting pans.

Any stove you find will come with two oven racks, but with pricier models, we like to see three.

If you’re spending more than $600 on an electric range, you should expect it to have a convection cooking mode. This feature, if you choose to use it, turns on a fan at the back of the oven to spread heat evenly so that you can cook at lower temperatures for less time. When it works well, large batches of cookies will bake more evenly, pastry crusts will come out flakier, and roasted meats and veggies should be crispier on the outside and juicier on the inside. Many electric convection ovens have an extra heating element near the fan, which (allegedly) makes temperatures even more consistent throughout the oven. Depending on the brand, it’s usually called true convection or European convection.

You should also expect some type of self-cleaning if you’re spending more than $600. Most models use really high temperatures to burn off filth, but some use steam. We’ve read too many user reviews slamming steam-clean modes as virtually useless, so we favored high-heat methods. Having both options, though, is even better. For the same reason we like physical dials to control the cooktop, we like to see number pads for inputting temperatures and cook times in the oven.

Build quality and design

The more finish options there are, the more flexibility you have in outfitting your kitchen. We gave a slight preference to those with at least three options, one of which should be stainless steel.

For the models we were able to check out in a store, we looked for knobs that felt securely fastened to the range, without too large a gap between the dial and the body. We checked for oven doors that opened smoothly but not too lightly, racks and drawers that glided, and a tightly laminated control panel. (All of the units we saw were floor models, so they may have seen more wear and tear than a range in a typical house.)

Reliability and customer service

Reliability and customer service are difficult to pin down. But here’s the standard we’ve set for our picks: Owner reviews shouldn’t reveal any clear, consistent pattern of widespread defects, design problems, or egregiously bad product support. For this reason, we favored slightly older and more-popular models because they tend to have more user ratings, so we know more about them.

We also took into account reliability data from J.D. Power and Yale Appliance + Lighting. Neither source is comprehensive, though.

Over our years of reporting on appliances, we’ve also gathered feedback from repair technicians about the brands that they think are the most reliable. But it’s highly anecdotal and not very consistent, so we don’t weigh it too heavily in our decisions unless there seems to be a consensus about a brand or product.

Less-important features

A wok grate, temperature probe, or any other cooking accessory can be cool and useful, and many ranges come with one or more of these as a toss-in. But you can buy any of them separately, too.

Extra cooking modes like delayed starts, food-specific presets, or scan-to-cook modes are all fine, but we doubt that most people ever use them. We didn’t go out of our way to avoid models with these kinds of cooking modes, because they’re hard to avoid, but we didn’t favor them, either.

Wi-Fi connectivity won’t baste the turkey or turn the cookie sheet. It can make it easier to diagnose malfunctions in the range, which is moderately useful. Some models allow you to control the oven settings with voice commands, though we’re not convinced that’s useful enough to offset the potential security and privacy risks of having a connected appliance. Not too many freestanding ranges have Wi-Fi yet, anyway.

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How A Year of Shopping Abstinence Gave One Compulsive Consumer Clarity

Before online shopping, I never thought I had an addictive personality. I feel indifferent to recreational drugs, drink wine primarily to learn about grapes and am far too risk-averse to gamble. Yet show me a seasonal sale and I’ll show you a person who is in too deep to see it: a frenzy of tabs opened, eyes blurry from scrolling, a pallid face illuminated by a computer screen. Saying no to vices, all things considered, was easy. Saying no to a better dressed, more impressive, idealistic vision of myself? Impossible.

Five years ago, I went into debt because of this obsessive behaviour, having filled my life with raw-silk dresses from L.A. and architectural coats from Denmark in an effort to disguise a lukewarm self-image. I lied to those around me about it, concealing shopping bags from my partner and waiting until he was out of the house to remove the tags. I knew I had a problem, and over the years, I chipped away at it, denying myself a purse here, returning a necklace there. Slowly, my bank account recovered and my fixations subsided.

But the impulse stayed—simmering beneath the skin, always threatening to come to a full boil. I wanted to study it and get to know the anxieties that fuelled it, but to gain such a perspective required distance. So when I made the resolution to stop shopping for a year, it wasn’t as a monastic last resort but a deliberate decision to take a step back and condition myself into being a more mindful consumer. It wasn’t about taking away my choices but about making one.

Not everything triggered my compulsive instinct for acquisition, so I kept the ban limited to the things that did: clothing, jewellery and shoes.

Not everything triggered my compulsive instinct for acquisition, so I kept the ban limited to the things that did: clothing, jewellery and shoes. The benefits, I reasoned with myself, were manifold. By not mindlessly browsing the internet for things to fill my closet, I would save a lot of time. By not purchasing them, I would save money. And by not creating more demand for the fashion industry, I would save the planet. (Admittedly a stretch. But I would be, at the very least, less complicit in the environmental impact of clothing production.) The most salient argument of them all: By learning to take the impulsive emotion out of shopping, I would eventually save my mental health.

I started the ban on a Thanksgiving weekend. “Brave,” said a friend with whom I’d shared the news so as to be held accountable. “You’re going to get so many emails.” She was right. They came like a deluge, each offering a sale more enticing than the last. Deleting them unread would have been easier, but I didn’t want to spend a year playing ostrich, so I decided to confront my inbox. Like a one-woman study on the efficacy of exposure therapy, I opened the emails one by one. To my surprise—and to my credit—the force of sheer willpower triumphed. I survived Black Friday. Then came Cyber Monday. Then Boxing Day. On my 30th birthday, I bought nothing to “treat myself”—a historical first.

On occasion, I would feel the familiar restlessness re-emerge, the squirrelly desire to get my hands on something new. It would be triggered by an Instagram photo, say, of a woman draped in luxurious fabrics captured as she walks past the camera. There would be movement in the photo and amazing light. Maybe she’s in Montmartre… or SoHo. Wherever she is, it’s the perfect portrait of elegance and grace, and if I were to acquire the cashmere sweater in the photo, I, too, could have it all. Or… I could keep scrolling.

What I really wanted was rarely the item itself but the acquisition of it: a shiny new object to fill a void.

Refraining from acting on these feelings, however challenging at the time, eventually gave me the mental clarity to observe them. What I really wanted was rarely the item itself but the acquisition of it: a shiny new object to fill a void. The void came in many forms: insecurity, anxiety, depression, impending burnout. Like an itchy throat heralds the arrival of a cold, my compulsion to shop always revealed itself to be symptomatic of a deeper discontent.

Thankfully, dopamine comes in other forms, too: taking a long, unhurried walk; learning to make a complicated dessert; calling someone just to hear their voice. It’s the joy of novelty without acquisition—therapy without the retail. When I’m reading books, I’m not buying books. By that, I mean the more I spend my time living deliberately, the less I get caught up in the need to embellish my life with stuff.

They say creativity thrives under constraints, which proved true throughout the ban. I was forced to confront the things I owned and find new contexts for them. I learned to create the spark of novelty by putting two old items together for the first time. I learned to see their usedness not as a strike against them but as a testament to their quality. Most importantly, I learned that the ability to abstain from shopping for a year isn’t a lesson in deprivation but one in abundance—the privilege of having what you need and wanting what you already have.

This is not to say that I will never shop again but that I now question my instincts when I do: Am I using this purchase to distract myself from something else happening in my life? Am I trying to signal value or success or dress myself up as someone I am not? Like the choice between different lenses at the optometrist’s, these questions help provide clarity as to what motivations are truly at work. And some questions are reserved for the item, too: Is it comfortable? Is it durable? Is it something I will honour by wearing it frequently and with enthusiasm?

A year later, I have emerged on the other side of the ban less impulsive and more informed.

A year later, I have emerged on the other side of the ban less impulsive and more informed. And the way I engage with fashion has also changed. The fast-fashion retailers that used to flood my algorithm have largely been replaced by local consignment shops, vintage stores and ethical fashion resale communities.

Having abstained for this long, I don’t feel right about reverting back to buying cheap, disposable clothes—or about simply replacing them with more ethical counterparts. After all, the most sustainable approach to the way we dress is not to shop sustainable brands but to refrain from supporting the resource-intensive world of textile manufacturing when we can. So, for now, I am prioritizing taking care of what has already been made: extending the longevity of the garments I own and giving other people’s clothes a second life. Maybe I’ll start another year-long ban. This time, no new clothes.

As Vivienne Westwood famously advised, “Buy less, choose well, make it last.” What doesn’t last is desire—the glimmer of getting what you want that dulls when the transaction is over. But knowing that you can live without something—a new outfit, a temporary boost of confidence, a more photogenic life—is what stays with you. That’s what sets you free.

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