What are you boycotting?

uneek1323 · May 2014

If you are boycotting something, what is it and why?

In general, I boycott any movie, book, or TV show that everyone is like "ZOMG THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER" because it usually isn't after all of that hype.

I boycott Chick-Fil-A because - well, love is love and I boycott Apple products because their updates always render the gadget useless. I have an ipod, and I'll use it occsionally, but I haven't used itunes in years.

LaRomana09 · May 2014

Alex & Ani bracelets because I am so sick of seeing them. I made the mistake of jumping on the Pandora train when it was first becoming popular, and now I'm sick of those, too.

Also, Candy Crush because it seems highly addictive based on how often my friends are playing on FB.

NoeliaV · May 2014

Wal-Mart (I cannot condone their business practices)

Food produced with standard antibiotic usage/hormones

Citgo (cannot support Venezuela's current government)

I reserve the right to boycott any company that does not support a woman's right to breastfeed in public (Delta's the latest one on that list)

BookishMomma · May 2014

Palm oil. That shit does not belong in peanut butter.

kbedfox · May 2014

Frozen. All I hear is how amazing it is, and if you have a sister you HAVE to see it, and you'll cry your eyes out and ohthefeels! DH and I both refuse to watch it.

LaRomana09 · May 2014

I am not trying to do this, but I guess I am kind of boycotting intros as well, in that I am tired and overwhelmed and just can't open them anymore, at least right now. (Sorry, newbies). I figure that if people get active on the board, I will get to know them outside of their intro. *shrugs*

megrae12 · May 2014

LaRomana09 said:

I am not trying to do this, but I guess I am kind of boycotting intros as well, in that I am tired and overwhelmed and just can't open them anymore, at least right now. (Sorry, newbies). I figure that if people get active on the board, I will get to know them outside of their intro. *shrugs*

This! I have avoided intros as well.

blackbird818 · May 2014

@LaRomana09 said:

I am not trying to do this, but I guess I am kind of boycotting intros as well, in that I am tired and overwhelmed and just can't open them anymore, at least right now. (Sorry, newbies). I figure that if people get active on the board, I will get to know them outside of their intro. *shrugs*

Guilty of this as well. So many just intro and never come back or contribute in anyway.

AggieBeth06 · May 2014

::::bumping from iphone while enjoying chick fil a::::

Facebook

uneek1323 · May 2014

AggieBeth06 said:

::::bumping from iphone while enjoying chick fil a:::: Facebook

Why do you hate me?

jlworden710 · May 2014

I am guilty of the intro thing as well... I feel bad, there are just so many... sorry guys, if I can help on other threads I will!

Lately I boycott the self checkouts... I am worried that if too many people use them there will be no more checker-outers... and I just cant have that, I get too overwhelmed too easy!...

and We dont use phones at dinner. If we go to dinner we leave our phones in the car, or if we are at home we take them upstairs... I refuse to be that couple that sits accross from each other staring down at their phones...

HeyMrsPotter · May 2014

blackbird818 said:

@LaRomana09 said:

I am not trying to do this, but I guess I am kind of boycotting intros as well, in that I am tired and overwhelmed and just can't open them anymore, at least right now. (Sorry, newbies). I figure that if people get active on the board, I will get to know them outside of their intro. *shrugs*

Guilty of this as well. So many just intro and never come back or contribute in anyway.

Piling on. I think this is just how things evolve. When I was new, I knew that I should provide support. I also knew that the ladies that had been here longer had the check-ins and more complicated questions covered. So I concentrated my efforts on just being welcoming and providing ((HUGS)) where I could. Intros were a great pace for me to make that contribution. I look to our current batch of newbies to cover this important function now.

Km380 · May 2014

jlworden710 said:

I am guilty of the intro thing as well... I feel bad, there are just so many... sorry guys, if I can help on other threads I will!

Lately I boycott the self checkouts... I am worried that if too many people use them there will be no more checker-outers... and I just cant have that, I get too overwhelmed too easy!...

and We dont use phones at dinner. If we go to dinner we leave our phones in the car, or if we are at home we take them upstairs... I refuse to be that couple that sits accross from each other staring down at their phones...

Same here! There is no technology at dinner!

I'm also boycotting Barilla because the CEO (I think) said they would never have an ad that features a family other than a traditional family.

damj1208 · May 2014

AggieBeth06 said:

::::bumping from iphone while enjoying chick fil a:::: Facebook

This. I love keeping in touch with long distance family and friends but I need time away after this week.

Poppy715 · May 2014

Wal Mart. I refuse. I sit in the car on Avk Frofsy wir my family shops there. I've tired to convert them but they don't get it. They just care about the deals. They don't seem to care that people are being screwed so they have get such a steal.

HeyMrsPotter · May 2014

I agree with PP's on Chick-Fil-A, Wal-mart, Citgo. And Hobby Lobby would be on my list but I am the opposite of crafty and Michael's is closer so I never have reason to go there. Also, most pop music.

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peggels24 · May 2014

HeyMrsPotter said:

blackbird818 said:

@LaRomana09 said:

I am not trying to do this, but I guess I am kind of boycotting intros as well, in that I am tired and overwhelmed and just can't open them anymore, at least right now. (Sorry, newbies). I figure that if people get active on the board, I will get to know them outside of their intro. *shrugs*

Guilty of this as well. So many just intro and never come back or contribute in anyway.

Piling on. I think this is just how things evolve. When I was new, I knew that I should provide support. I also knew that the ladies that had been here longer had the check-ins and more complicated questions covered. So I concentrated my efforts on just being welcoming and providing ((HUGS)) where I could. Intros were a great pace for me to make that contribution. I look to our current batch of newbies to cover this important function now.

@heymrspotter Great way to put it! I definitely have slowed down on my intro reading - still do it once in a while but did it a ton more when I was a newbie as a way to support.

alm288 · May 2014

I refuse to eat a Chik-Fil-A and don't go to Walmart. As of last week, Burger King in Germany made the list too (although I don't go very often anyways). Facebook - never joined and have no intention. I don't shop at the cheap grocery stores in Germany because of how they treat their employees. People need to think about why the prices are so low!!

buggirl72 · May 2014

I boycott Chick-Fil-A, Wal-Mart on general principal, and will choose any other craft store over Hobby Lobby.

H and I also "boycot" any bread that has l-cysteine in it (look it up and be grossed out).

HeyMrsPotter · May 2014

buggirl72 said:

I boycott Chick-Fil-A, Wal-Mart on general principal, and will choose any other craft store over Hobby Lobby.

H and I also "boycot" any bread that has l-cysteine in it (look it up and be grossed out).

Oh my. I just did, and I really was.

O2girl · May 2014

I have boycotted sobriety this week. I didn't drink for so long to make my body healthy.... It didn't change anything. girls get preggers all the time in the back seat of a car while drunk.... So that is where my RE is doing my next transfer.... In the backseat of my car while I'm drunk.

uneek1323 · May 2014

buggirl72 said:

I boycott Chick-Fil-A, Wal-Mart on general principal, and will choose any other craft store over Hobby Lobby.

H and I also "boycot" any bread that has l-cysteine in it (look it up and be grossed out).

gross gross gross

MrsKush1014 · May 2014

buggirl72 said:

I boycott Chick-Fil-A, Wal-Mart on general principal, and will choose any other craft store over Hobby Lobby.

H and I also "boycot" any bread that has l-cysteine in it (look it up and be grossed out).

X_X In the words of Jimmy Fallon "Ewwww". I also googled all breads that I eat on a regular basis and thankfully none of them have it!

Currently boycotting Facebook and my MIL (she makes insensitive comments and is very self absorbed). Won't be able to keep that up for long though.

LaRomana09 · May 2014

buggirl72 said:

I boycott Chick-Fil-A, Wal-Mart on general principal, and will choose any other craft store over Hobby Lobby.

H and I also "boycot" any bread that has l-cysteine in it (look it up and be grossed out).

Ewwww. I just checked my bread online and I am safe.

jlworden710 · May 2014

buggirl72 said:

I boycott Chick-Fil-A, Wal-Mart on general principal, and will choose any other craft store over Hobby Lobby.

H and I also "boycot" any bread that has l-cysteine in it (look it up and be grossed out).

I keep bread in the fridge to make pb&j at work... I just slowly walked downstairs doing this to check my bread....

jbasore1123 · May 2014

Ewww. I feel the need to go home and check my bread. And I now want to boycott vanilla icecream. I stumbled across the "Forbes 6 Disgusting Things You're Eating (and Don't Even Know It)" article while googling l-cysteine and it's ruined icecream for me.
I also want to know who the hell gives the FDA their jobs? They suck. I boycott the hiring manager.

NoeliaV · May 2014

Ah, I boycott fast food in general, but I didn't think of it like that. It's just a "well, I don't go there" sort of deal. Except Starbucks. However my wallet would really enjoy that boycott and I should do so because of where they get their milk. (but it's right next to my office!)

I'm attempting to boycott Monsanto, but that's really really hard. Basically, I need to relocate to a yurt and move off the grid entirely.

TVLily · May 2014

jbasore1123 said:
Ewww. I feel the need to go home and check my bread. And I now want to boycott vanilla icecream. I stumbled across the "Forbes 6 Disgusting Things You're Eating (and Don't Even Know It)" article while googling l-cysteine and it's ruined icecream for me.
I also want to know who the hell gives the FDA their jobs? They suck. I boycott the hiring manager.

Which lead me to the huffington posts 9 disgusting things you didn't know you've been eating your whole life.

MSU_Girl1202 · May 2014

Boycotting facebook...too sick of the baby / pregnancy announcements

Also boycotting pineapple and gummy bears...just because I ate WAY too much of them in the brief time I was pregnant

blackbird818 · May 2014

Grass-fed/organic/hormone free beef. NEVER ever gonna happen. Kiss my cattlewoman ass! The only hormone free meat I eat is the venison I shot myself.

TVLily · May 2014

blackbird818 said:
Grass-fed/organic/hormone free beef. NEVER ever gonna happen. Kiss my cattlewoman ass! The only hormone free meat I eat is the venison I shot myself.

Intriguing.
Why my dear cattle woman friend?
(Hmm now I'd also like venison).

NoeliaV · May 2014

TVLily said:

Grass-fed/organic/hormone free beef. NEVER ever gonna happen. Kiss my cattlewoman ass! The only hormone free meat I eat is the venison I shot myself.
Intriguing. Why my dear cattle woman friend? (Hmm now I'd also like venison).

My first guess is that it's not as profitable, due to economies of scale. But, I'm curious to hear from an actual cattlewoman, myself

tlc35 · May 2014

LaRomana09 said:

I am not trying to do this, but I guess I am kind of boycotting intros as well, in that I am tired and overwhelmed and just can't open them anymore, at least right now. (Sorry, newbies). I figure that if people get active on the board, I will get to know them outside of their intro. *shrugs*

As a newb I actually hated making an intro because they tend to be repetitive by nature. I only did so because it is recommended on the top of the board.

I also am boycotting candy crush and Frozen. I try to avoid hobby lobby and phones at dinner as well.

LaRomana09 · May 2014

tlc35 said:

LaRomana09 said:

I am not trying to do this, but I guess I am kind of boycotting intros as well, in that I am tired and overwhelmed and just can't open them anymore, at least right now. (Sorry, newbies). I figure that if people get active on the board, I will get to know them outside of their intro. *shrugs*

As a newb I actually hated making an intro because they tend to be repetitive by nature. I only did so because it is recommended on the top of the board.

I also am boycotting candy crush and Frozen. I try to avoid hobby lobby and phones at dinner as well.

They are important, because once you start posting, people (myself included) will look back at them for info, they just become a lot to handle after a while. I think the best thing is to make an intro and then jump right in and become active. The intro is more of a formality, and the being active is where you actually get to know people.

blackbird818 · May 2014

@TVLily
Well mostly bc I like my meat to taste good. And no grass-fed beef is going to be finished or have proper marbling to be graded high. And the hormone free is such a crock. Guess what? It's called a withdrawal period. Any animals that have been implanted/backgrounded with a hormone are not processed til past the withdraw period of said drug. Same goes for antibiotics.

NoeliaV · May 2014

blackbird818 said:

@TVLily
Well mostly bc I like my meat to taste good. And no grass-fed beef is going to be finished or have proper marbling to be graded high. And the hormone free is such a crock. Guess what? It's called a withdrawal period. Any animals that have been implanted/backgrounded with a hormone are not processed til past the withdraw period of said drug. Same goes for antibiotics.

So, I'll give you that grass-fed beef is leaner (less marbling) than corn-fed, but what about the research that says that grass-fed beef is healthier for people? Mainly, that there are different levels of fat, cholesterol and omegas found in each type?

And, can you tell me more about the withdrawal period? Are you saying that there's not any trace of hormone or antibiotic in the product from the animal after that time?

Rocks526 · May 2014

I am boycotting Facebook. Seeing the pregnancy announcements and pictures of family events you were not invited to because you don't have kids are hurtful.

blackbird818 · May 2014

@NoeliaV well yes there is research that shows that the fat in grass fed beef is higher in CLA and Omegas. BUT there is less fat there to contain such levels.

Also there are leaner cuts available in grain fed beef if your primary concern is fat.

This article has a good brief summary about animal drug withdrawals.

uneek1323 · May 2014

snegde said:

The Titanic Movie. Blah blah blah everyone's going to see the Titanic and I'm like whatevs. Oh wait it's not 1999. But seriously I'm cool with companies having their own values and I'm cool with individuals supporting or not supporting them cause this is America. That said my boycotting list is pretty long.

Oh, most definitely, but I don't have to support it either.

AggieBeth06 · May 2014

uneek1323 said:

AggieBeth06 said:

::::bumping from iphone while enjoying chick fil a::::

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