Why Do We Buy Things We Never Use? (Rebroadcast From Ep.22)
No Stupid Questions
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🗓️ 22 August 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, NSC viewers. |
| 0:04.1 | Steve it is away this week, so we're replaying two of our favorite questions from the past. |
| 0:09.1 | We'll be back next week with a brand new episode for you. |
| 0:12.3 | In the meantime, enjoy these gems from the NSC archive. |
| 0:16.0 | What you're saying is chilling to me, but it's also deeply admirable. |
| 0:21.0 | Hi, I'm Angela Duckworth. |
| 0:23.1 | I'm Stephen Dovner, and you're listening to no stupid questions. |
| 0:27.5 | Today on the show, |
| 0:29.1 | why do we buy exercise equipment that will never use |
| 0:32.6 | and health food that will never eat? |
| 0:34.8 | Who am I? |
| 0:35.6 | I'm like Beyonce. |
| 0:36.5 | What would Beyonce do? |
| 0:37.5 | She would drink the sparkling water. |
| 0:39.3 | Also, is Stephen Dovner a hoarder? |
| 0:42.5 | Why can't you just call 1-800-GOT-Junk? |
| 0:45.0 | Even GOT-Junk doesn't want my junk. |
| 0:51.0 | So, Angela, I have a habit, and I suspect many other people do as well, |
| 0:56.0 | of acquiring, often by purchase, what I've come to think of as aspirational objects, |
| 1:03.6 | which is to say, I will buy stuff that I think I want, |
| 1:07.8 | or maybe more accurately that I would like to want, |
| 1:10.9 | but which, in fact, I'll never actually use. |
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