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"Making Do" - Not Buying Anything New For A Year watch!

youtube.com — This is the first entry of a year long vlog produced by British TV presenter Robert Llewellyn where he buys nothing new (except for essential items such as bog roll etc) for the duration of 2007. To see the rest of the vlog entries check out his Youtube channel by clicking on the "bobbyllew" link located on the right hand side on the page.

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  • sakmode, on 07/03/2008, -1/+28Kryten has come a long way... xD
    • palehorse864, on 07/04/2008, -0/+7I think that new years resolution should last until he sees a brand new vacuum cleaner. :)
      • banmaster, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2I wonder how many people will get that.
      • dullnation, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6I got it. Though it doesn't make me feel any cooler :(
      • ModernGeek, on 07/04/2008, -1/+6I don't get it :(
    • FuckThaMeme, on 07/04/2008, -0/+6Tyler Durden - "Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy ***** we don't need"
      • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -2/+3Need is relative.
        If you break your cell phone, and want to be able to call people without a LAN line, a cell phone is something you need.
      • allenu, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1I also want to be able to hop in my flying car and fly to South America and return for dinner. That's a need too, ain't it?
      • Blandyman, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3No, but if that's what you want to do, you'll NEED a flying car fast enough and you'll NEED the proper passports to get in and out of South America.

        Do you get it now, Reading Comprehension Champion 2008?
    • pe5t1lence, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1He is looking pretty rough. Of course none of the Boys from the Dwarf have fared that well these past ten years.
      • bobbyllew52, on 07/08/2008, -0/+0What an extraordinary thing to say. Not one of us has stopped working for a day since we last did Red Dwarf. Really weird perceptions some people have. Not that it matters but I'm in a responsive mood.
    • LeeSoong, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Buying goats, cows, and chickens and shipping them to Africa destroys native wildlife and destroys the land too.


      White man's ''help'' for Africa would destroy the continent.
      That is just like forcing countries to buy only GMO rice and GMO soybeans,
      while attempting to destroy local crops that have been successful for thousands of years:
      http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va& ...


      Do Africa a favor - don't do Africa any favors.


      Reminds me of how Europeans came to the North American continent - covered in Buffalo - killed all the Buffalo and replaced them with diseased cows. Duh.
  • greenfyre, on 07/03/2008, -4/+8Here is the blog of a friend of mine who is doing the same thing http://unstuff.blogspot.com/

  • skealoha86, on 07/03/2008, -12/+3So this is just like an extension of Junkyard Wars.
    • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3haha come on, he was the host of the show, it was kinda witty.
  • kscitydude, on 07/03/2008, -10/+20America is a "throwaway society."
    • Depravo, on 07/04/2008, -3/+1I wish it was.
    • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -5/+3Is that bad? why?
      • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -2/+2digg this down, I asked a question. *amusement*
        seriously why is this bad?
        I'm skeptical, but I could be wrong, maybe I the reasoning is something I haven't thought of.
        but by all means don't answer the question or leave it be, just digg it down. *smirk & eye-roll*
      • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -3/+2Because we should be buying things we need and making them to last. Rather then buying tons of cheap ***** that breaks or wears out in a year, especially when we have no need for half of it.
        You're getting buried because your question was stupid.
      • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2@swicken
        "You're getting buried because your question was stupid."
        Well at least it wasn't rude.
      • YukosEyes, on 07/04/2008, -2/+0swicken did not call you stupid, s/he called your question stupid. That's not a rude comment; by your logic all comments and questions would be of equal value, and they are not. I think your question was stupid for many reasons, from the narcissism of it to the blatant disregard for sustainability.
      • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2@YukosEyes
        I don't consider questions asked out of curiosity/ignorance "stupid". I really don't get this, or I don't understand what what greater purpose such actions attempt to acheive.
        What does sustainability have to do with anything?
        ... but I suppose that's a "stupid" question too.
        Perhaps I can't grasp the most simple ideas, though I suspect the Emperor is naked, maybe neither.
      • swicken, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1@user, I was explaining why you were getting buried. Many people view your question as stupid.
        And yes, your second question is stupid too. Living in a throwaway society has everything to do with sustainability. How long can you sustain making new products on a yearly basis for every person in your society? Resources will run out.
    • Tyrghast, on 07/04/2008, -6/+6Cus it's chic to hate on the US. I'm not proud of our consumerist culture but I don't repeat ridiculous mantra on every digg thread.
      • stizz, on 07/04/2008, -1/+9Why could it possibly be chic to hate on the US? What could we have possibly done? The last 8 years we have spread our glorious brand of freedom across the globe. What is not to like?

        /sarcasm
      • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2@stizz
        I haven't done anything to the rest of world for the past 8 years.
        I trade with people internationally (usually by proxy).
        I pay my taxes so people don't shoot me (as if that's a choice).
        I have voted, but most of those people lost (stopped doing too, as it's wrong to harm people even by proxy. so one thing).
        I don't think the world should be angry at me (or people like me).

        I think if people are angry that are either not angry at me, or not considering what the issues in an informed fashion.

        besides which, how is this relevant to the subject?
      • YukosEyes, on 07/04/2008, -2/+0userperson, it all comes down to arrogance, yours and the government's -- it's relevant because the culture of arrogance is shaped by and further shapes you and your country. It's hard to not be angry at arrogant, narcissistic people. That's not to say everyone in America is arrogant, but you have displayed it in your previous comments such as "Is that bad? why?".
      • userperson, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2@YukosEyes
        I am not George Bush. I never voted for him. I do not approve of all his actions, which does not matter since he doesn't consult me.

        Culture is *****. If you don't like how people act don't hang out with them, Don't like what's on T.V. turn it off.
        Indeed, questions are offensive, telepathy is preferable.

        arrogant - making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: http://is.gd/M8Q

        I've made no claim of superiority. You are critiquing me as I owe you something, and I cannot ask what or why? I believe that's called hypocrisy.
    • johnnyfistfight, on 07/04/2008, -8/+5Oh ***** let's beat up on America again. What bothers you America hating morons more. Is it the fact we're the greatest nation on Earth or the fact we don't give a ***** regarding your opinion of us.
      • chrillen, on 07/04/2008, -1/+31. That you think you are the greatest nation on Earth (which is a matter of opinion)
        2. That when you do think that it is that, you are up in everyone's face about it.
      • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3@chrillen: Don't bother, his name is 'johnnyfistfight', you won't get through to him.
      • YukosEyes, on 07/04/2008, -2/+0arrogant
      • YukosEyes, on 07/05/2008, -2/+0To be less ambiguous, what really bothers me about you is neither of the things you mentioned specifically -- I don't agree with the first and I don't really care that you don't care about my opinion of people like you. However, your comments reveal what I really hate about people like you and that is blind arrogance, or pride without reason, arrogance for the purpose of satisfying your own ego. There is no way you could ever claim that the US is the greatest country. Secondly, there are a lot of people in the US who do care about humans in general, which includes people from countries outside the US. There have always been US citizens, like me, who care a lot about humanity and work for related causes. It is ridiculous that you think you represent Americans. It is embarrassing to have you claiming to represent all Americans, to say that Americans don't care about people from other countries.

        In short, you are arrogant, voluntarily-ignorant, and narcissistic, and that's the reason I hate people
        like you! Thanks for asking.
    • themastersb, on 07/04/2008, -2/+3Does this mean he isn't going to buy new food?
  • kingjafee, on 07/03/2008, -8/+47WTF is a bog roll?
    • JATCA69, on 07/04/2008, -0/+22Toilet paper maybe?
    • btschul, on 07/04/2008, -0/+12TP
    • nycmac247, on 07/04/2008, -2/+22the solution to "mud butt"
    • hamberger, on 07/04/2008, -2/+7Usually I just read digg but I have to comment on this comment. Funniest thing I have read in a long time. I can almost see the face you made as you were writing that comment. I'm LOLing still !
  • akittenone, on 07/03/2008, -9/+4How many companies would reduce their prices or go out of business if we all did this ?
    • parallax7d, on 07/04/2008, -0/+7um, all of them
    • CarStan, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3That's the craziness of our society. If everyone suddenly started spending money only on the most rudimentary things like food, water, rent, even electricity, it would totally go down the drain.
      That's what separates us from wild animals: They won't die out if they stopped doing things they don't necessarily need to survive.
    • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2To his credit he's not suggesting everyone do it, or at least not in this video.
    • MaskedSlacker, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2How many people would lose their jobs because no one is buying the things they are making?

      The reason people buy so much ***** they do not need is because they make so much ***** no one needs. Its not complicated.
  • Zymophideth, on 07/04/2008, -0/+22Dugg for Robert Llewellyn
  • AchaIemoipas, on 07/04/2008, -6/+62Lol, I guess I could make a video, I haven't bought anything new in 5 years.

    It's called poverty.
    • SomeImagination, on 07/04/2008, -8/+39Your sitting in a chair using a computer connected to the Internet, doesn't sound like poverty to me.
      • OffPiste, on 07/04/2008, -0/+38It is if he's in the public library.
      • forcedfx, on 07/04/2008, -0/+19or the homeless shelter
      • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -0/+18homeless shelters have internet access? wtf am I doing paying rent?!
    • NotOptium, on 07/04/2008, -0/+18Or if he stole a laptop and is using someone else's wifi.
      • Antialias, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1That wouldn't really be any different than if you bought the laptop. If you've got stuff, you're not in poverty as you could sell the laptop if you need food or another necessity.
    • lisaawesome, on 07/04/2008, -1/+8I haven't worked in 7 months and have learned to become incredibly frugal because honestly I'd rather not go back to work especially if the decision is between a 4 dollar latte and going back to some ***** job. Self inflicted poverty ftw.
      • davidlitts, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1woot same here, poor by choice, although i do wish i was dead, because i can't afford weed right now
      • ModernGeek, on 07/04/2008, -1/+10Your mom is going to eventually make you get a job though.
      • lisaawesome, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1@ModernGeek, Thankfully I do have very generous parents who will let me live with them rent free as long as I am in school. My mom really doesn't care if I don't work as long as I'm not asking her for money. But I do have to go back to the working world soon because I have finally depleted my funds. I hate having to work while in school so I just save up money while I work and then take extended vacations like this.
    • CaptainTater, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Library?
  • garreh, on 07/04/2008, -9/+32I want to talk to you about my penis.
    • arcooke, on 07/04/2008, -0/+9That's going to be a pretty short conversation, I guess I have time.
  • LeeSoong, on 07/04/2008, -2/+13Recycling the Toilet Paper is such a pain, using both sides and then rinsing them clean . . .
    • BradBrown, on 07/04/2008, -3/+6In my country, we just use our hand, and wash it clean with urine.
      • banshee9x, on 07/04/2008, -2/+3well your from Atlanta, GA when did that become a country or did you just declare to be part of your own micronation...?
      • swicken, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3actually Atlanta is part of the United States, in case you weren't aware that is a country.
  • rxanderq, on 07/04/2008, -6/+1what about food?
    • vibrokatana, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4Good god, you didn't even ***** read the summary at the top of this ***** page.

      From the ***** summary:
      "except for essential items such as bog roll etc"

      I am pretty damn sure food falls under "essential items".
    • CarStan, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2What about beer?
      • lisaawesome, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1That's my weakness. I can give up damn near everything else except for smoke, beer, and the internet.
  • vikblazin, on 07/04/2008, -6/+1its when a dookie falls out of you. and then you clean the dookie mess. dookie/ bog same thing.
  • largobargo, on 07/04/2008, -11/+1Stupid idea, this isn't going to become viral sorry chump.
  • PharmaPhool, on 07/04/2008, -11/+2This is how minor recessions turn into great depressions. Want to improve the economy? BUY STUFF. Want to stay employed? Get people to want to buy THE STUFF YOU MAKE.

    just sayin.
  • Paulish, on 07/04/2008, -0/+18I have a deep respect for people who live by their principle. People can complain and want to pass laws, but they just want to control others. When someone "practices what they preach" their actions send a stronger message to me than any law ever could.

    PS: See his other videos to see how he lives.
    • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1I agree there is integrity in practicing what you preach, and virtue in not resorting to force (directly or by proxy)m but ...
      What's the principal? What's the point? I don't understand.
      • dood, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2I believe the point is that many of us spend such a large portion of our time working in order to afford to buy things that we only enjoy for a brief period and throw out (recycle, donate, sell) when we could be spending that time on other pursuits, such as self improvement or just conversing with one another.

        However, I think you can find a balance between the two extremes (that is, between buying nothing and buying lots of stuff) and it's up to each person to figure that out for themselves, if they so desire.
      • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2@dood
        like the username.
        Also like/agree with your idea of balance. I think people name these concepts "consumerism", "materialism", associate them with greed/gluttony, and forget why they're bad, or they take other peoples' lead and don't even question it to begin with. I find it amusing lots of the time as well as stupid in some instances.

        I question the virtue in depriving children of toys, and forsaking new free cell phones.

        As per your first idea, I believe time and money can be SAVED by buying things, as long as it's done thoughtfully. This is why there are no cell-phone repair shops. Some people get caught up in materialism for its own sake, but I think perhaps it's not that as much as it is practical in time and money to throw things away.

        This philosophy of "It is always better to fix things" neglects the value of your time. e.g. if you'd spend x many hours fixing your cell phone (assuming it can even be done) vs. getting a free one with a contract, is just ignorant or isn't concerned with time / value.

        I imagine you understand much of this, just stating for clarity sake/fun. Thanks for your reply
  • Depravo, on 07/04/2008, -3/+13I haven't bought anything new in the last year. I illegally downloaded it all.
  • PabloMac, on 07/04/2008, -7/+10Christmas isn't a "Christian Festival." It has no true tie-in to the Christian religion at all.
    Christmas is, however, a "Bubonic plague of consumerism."
    And I'm a devout Christian.
    • lisaawesome, on 07/04/2008, -2/+7I don't know why you're getting dugg down because you're quite right. Christianity decided to get in on the December celebrations so they took a little bit from other celebrations and made their own. Nothing wrong with that in my opinion as long as people are up front with it. Maybe we should rename Christmas to something more self explanatory. Something like Giftmas would be nice.
    • diggerphelps, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1'Christmas isn't a "Christian Festival." It has no true tie-in to the Christian religion at all.'

      That's not what O'Reilly said, and he's always right about everything.
      So who should I believe, you or Him?
    • sakmode, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1It's more accurate to say that Christmas WASN'T a Christian festival xD. Christianity has now adopted it and it is regarded as such in general. It has no ORIGINAL tie-in to Christianity but as everyone knows, it is now taken to represent the day of Jesus' birth (even though the actual day is not known).

      One could get all precious and complain about the 'pagan' rituals and gaudiness but christians, in general, take the season to celebrate something entirely their own and as long as they're not slaughtering virgins and leaving dismembered portions of their carcasses hanging in blood-soaked socks from the mantle I think it's quite okay for them to see Christmas as a christian festival xD.
    • frontporsche, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1In my life (for that that's worth), Christmas is a great, fun, end-of-year holiday. It's hardly a religious event, though.
  • antonio97b, on 07/04/2008, -2/+3What about condoms?
    • xutopia, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4Essential stuff is excluded.
      • userperson, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1Condoms aren't essential -- no sex for you.
        If you're really sticking to your principals... whatever those are???
    • kookbutt, on 07/04/2008, -4/+3They give out free ones at the health center. Also, I guess you can flip them inside out and reuse them.
      • Philbert, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3You just keep right on doing that, we'll see how long it lasts.
    • pooty2, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Bareback
    • kevyn, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1you can get them free at family planning clinics
  • tofus, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1gamestop
  • Masternajee, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5WE have to buy new stuff-the Chinese are depending on us.
  • jjb1983, on 07/04/2008, -0/+191 Year? Hell I did it for four years. It was called college.
    • Fozefy, on 07/04/2008, -2/+1Nah, you probably bought books...and pencils. Therefore you lose.
  • vtr1000f, on 07/04/2008, -3/+6OK. Right after I buy the new iPhone.
  • zelzin, on 07/04/2008, -6/+1Tiny eyebrow man is not entertaining.
  • dood, on 07/04/2008, -1/+4http://youtube.com/watch?v=A8do5IISUaA&feature=use ...

    Commentary on the crazies that post on forums and in comments on videos as though they were schizophrenic or whatever.
  • DrinkPaint, on 07/04/2008, -3/+4Why is he walking on a beach?
  • rdolishny, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2the url to follow up is broke. cool idea though.
  • MMaster23, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2http://youtube.com/watch?v=A8do5IISUaA&feature=use ... .. I'm waiting for someone to remix/make a YTMND of all the swearing haha.

    lol.. even mr. scrapheap wants an iPhone3G :p
  • kookbutt, on 07/04/2008, -5/+3I saw him in South Beach and he was a total arrogant posh ass. I saw him throw a glass of red wine on a waitress that was wearing white. If could have gotten by the huge security guards and bouncers at the that restaurant, I would have taken that wine glass and smashed it in his face.
    • sockdemon, on 07/04/2008, -2/+4I wonder which is more probable, that you actually saw Kryton in South Beach, or that someone managed to disguise their disgusting personality in hundreds of youtube videos and myriad TV appearances. I wonder.
      • kookbutt, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1I guess you are the type of person that believe everything they see on the internet just as long as it is in video form. You are so gullible.
      • sockdemon, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2I like the irony dodging caveat, but you're still a peon.
    • bobbyllew52, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2I wonder what all this is about. I don't know where South Beach is. I don't think I've ever been there and I have never thrown wine at a waitress. I am a lower middle class 52 year old englishman with impeccable manners who very occasionally swears like a ***** wanker, but throw wine. Never. However, my massive bodyguards are always by my side. Body-***** guards? WTF are you on?
  • Denneval, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2MAKINGDO.COM–for those times when getting by just isn't enough...

    Here's the deal - this is going to be a place where one can find more temporary and hackier fixes and repairs than those encountered on make.com and similar.
    • doublefelix, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2Yeah, I saw that too. I ran a whois search to see if I had the right site and got DinaTrix Happy Web Fun as the registrant. I googled DinaTrix Happy Web Fun and got 'Did you mean: Dominatrix Happy Web Fun'.

      Maybe one of the new things he has resolved not to buy is a web hosting service.
  • vwvan, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2i like this guy. i remember him from junkyard wars. making do has a place, especially with gas at $4 a gallon. i ride my bike everywhere. my clothes are in rags. i fix everything, the washer, the dryer, the furnace. hope the furnace doesn't blow me to kingdom come. i fixed a cellphone that got washed in the washer! i fix old radios. i like fixing stuff. its my way of making do. but the computer... state of the art. no fooling around there. but the video was 2007. i thought this was 2008. did i miss something?
  • CHANNELOCK, on 07/04/2008, -7/+5what a fake wannabe Hippie but really a Beach Condo loving Yuppie scum,why doesn't he go cold Turkey?Because the weak tech junkie cant.Preaching about buying Goats for poor Africa when he cant get the camera out of his hairy face for one ***** minute or log off his stupid blog for one day....now that's something I would respect.
    ***** him

    I buy all my ***** used

    because

    I'm poor
    • pinkcherry, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3I think you may have a point, even though it might come off as a tad bit audacious. Never the less, I found it a bit hypocritical that he talked about Christmas and children needing useless plastic junk. Yet he seems to be addicted to useless plastic junk as well. I haven't had a cell phone in a little over three years now, and I am doing just fine without one.
    • CHANNELOCK, on 07/04/2008, -0/+3No one wants to feel isolated, the guy is just mugging for the camera so he feels more self important.Take away what makes him feel whole.... like his phone,camera and Net and he would really be lost.
    • bobbyllew52, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1I'm the unshaven old hippie ***** in the video and I am amazed by these comments. I love them. I have to say I would never jump to such a strong conclusions about something I clearly know nothing about. I didn't buy a ***** iPhone 9 days after I did this because it's over a year old and they weren't out then. I still don't have a ***** iPhone and I probably won't ever get one. And the 'too much time on your hands' schtick is really dated guys. You all have time enough to wade through digg and comment, so go on, get a job, buy stuff, support the economy why don't you. Or is it possible some of you have missed the point.
  • doublefelix, on 07/04/2008, -1/+2I'm glad to see he made it a whole 9 days before buying a NEW 2-year wireless contract to get his NEW free cellphone.
  • mike17032, on 07/04/2008, -2/+4Some hippies have way to much time on their hands.

    If it makes sense to get something used, then do it. Otherwise get it new.

    Not that any diggers ever have sex, but if you did would you want a used rubber?
  • FuckThaMeme, on 07/04/2008, -0/+5I'd love to have a pint with Robert Llewellyn. Of course, I'd be buying the rounds...
  • FuckThaMeme, on 07/04/2008, -1/+3Tyler Durden - "Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy ***** we don't need"
  • naeim, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1lol did he just drop his new cell phone?
  • dfwlinuxguy, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1Interesting idea. Started clicking on other videos from him and...is it just me? This guy is a total tool. I can't stand hearing him babble on and on anymore. Buried, but only because I can't take anymore of him.
  • judicar, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1more for me.
  • OropheR, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1http://www.makingdo.com/

    That's what he said, but there is not much there...

    Actually this video was posted on the 09 January 2007
  • arcooke, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1Ok, so he made this New Year's resolution at the start of 2007.. and gave one update 15 days later.. why is this being posted more than halfway though 2008? His year is up.. let's have the results already.
    • bobbyllew52, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1I didn't give up 15 days later. Who said that? It's bull. I didn't buy one consumer item, newspaper, book, item of clothing, anything, for one claender year. 365 days. Last year, 2007. Okay.
  • OropheR, on 07/04/2008, -0/+2I looked deeper and here is what I found. Added in June 2008

    http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=A8do5IISUaA

    He apparently did it for a year, and after that, the only thing that he wanted to buy for himself as a present was a bloody iPhone.

    No lesson learned apparently.
    • userperson, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1What lesson was he supposed to learn?
      Materialism is bad? 'cause not all of it is.
      Glutton is bad, well sure.
      It's better to refrain from buying new things, well sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't.
    • OropheR, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1I would say" Buy myself new pants and shirts, and a new toothbrush! Buy my wife something new " No, he is choosing a iPhone for himself. He appears friendly at the beginning, but he reveals himself disappointing and lame eventually.
    • bobbyllew52, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1The lessons I learned were complex and profound. The fact that I may or may not buy an iPhone this year is an irrelevance, anyway, in the UK you don't have to buy one, I'll just change my already existing contract and get one for free.
  • rkiga, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1all the possessions i've bought in the last 18 months:
    1 jacket from aero $25
    1 pair of pants from jcrew $25
    1 lenovo laptop $200 (:x)

    so, what's the big deal with that guy?
  • MUX667, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1this is that guy from scrapheap challenge..
    great science tv show from the uk..
  • zero, on 07/05/2008, -0/+2I've been doing this all my life, its called being poor.
  • schrutefan, on 07/05/2008, -1/+1That's awesome, but if too many people followed his example, the economy would be in rough shape.
  • johnnyfistfight, on 07/05/2008, -0/+1So it's fine for you to to think any nation in Europe is more culturally enlighten than the Untied States?
    Being a pacifist proves you're intellectually superior the the war mongering Americans?
    Whatever. So don't watch our movies or TV programs, don't listen to your music, don't surf our websites, don't use our technology and next time one of your leaders goes ape ship crazy don't ask our sons and daughters to die on your soil to protect your culturally enlightened pacifist ass.
  • Sophielc, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1I guess he still buys food, electricity, gas, etc...so it's not strictly not buying anything; I don't buy anything either, by his standards, but I think this should teach people not to buy all the stuff they don't really need.
  • bobbyllew52, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2It;s good to read through all this and have the chance to reply. This is the first time anyone has commented on what I did last year outside of You Tube. I'm not defending myself in any way, I am an old hippy who needs a shave, but I also know that the way we live in the developed world is pretty ***** up, and it's a very hard thing to go against. I'm not proposing that anyone stops consuming, all our livelihoods are dependent on a thriving economy, but why my meagre response to our universal over consumption should threaten people so much is a surprise to me.
  • bobbyllew52, on 07/08/2008, -0/+2It's good to read through all this and have the chance to reply. This is the first time anyone has commented on what I did last year outside of You Tube. I'm not defending myself in any way, I am an old hippy who needs a shave, but I also know that the way we live in the developed world is pretty ***** up, and it's a very hard thing to go against. I'm not proposing that anyone stops consuming, all our livelihoods are dependent on a thriving economy, but why my meagre response to our universal over consumption should threaten people so much is a surprise to me.
    • meez, on 07/09/2008, -0/+2This is digg, now full of trolls and stubborn teenagers unwilling to argue against something without resorting to ad hominem. I like how the the people flaming watched the video out of their own free will on a free video streaming website and can still get defensive over it.

      And uhh.. oh what the hell, guess I should just get my flamboyant fanboyism out of the way and say; Thank you for your work in Red Dwarf, and good luck in future endeavors. :)
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