The other day I mentioned that I was considering a meal subscription service. I mentioned specifically Hello Fresh, cause it was the one I had on the top of my head. Someone on my Mastodon feed came up and mentioned they were seemingly anti-union and created a lot of waste.
That's good information, for sure, and I plan to consider it. But something I'm noticing online where every choice comes with it's share of shaming. While the post I got on Hello Fresh wasn't really shaming, many of the others are, ranging from being a terrible person for making choice A or how choice B is destroying the planet.
Here's the thing: Everything is terrible. Everything is bad. Everything has secrets. Everything has issues. It's how we navigate that terribleness that matters.
I want to buy a pickup as my next vehicle. There's a lot of anger towards that depending on who you talk to. But the navigation is that I genuinely use it, not just as a daily driver, but a truck.
It's not a status symbol, it's not a gas guzzler (in fact, I'm planning the next pickup to be an EV), it's genuinely going to be my daily driver, and it's going to be put to work whenever there's work to be done. Just like when I had Cheyenne.
There will never be a perfect corporation or service. It's the navigation of the choices that you have in front of you that matter.
@dolari
I get that, and the shaming we can do without. However, I do appreciate when people point out the bad practices of corporations because I do avoid them. I used to buy a lot of Amy's Kitchen products but stopped due to their anti-union practices. I wouldn't say "Everything is bad." I think there are some genuinely good actors. As consumers I think we should take the time to understand who we suppirt with out business. Sometimes picking the least worst when necessary.
@geos - That's very true, and one reason I mentioned the Hello Fresh post which told me of their practices. They did so not in a shaming way, but definitely in a "here's some info you should know" way, and that's TOTALLY appreciated. It's when it's delivered in a "I'm a bad person for even considering it" way, which is pretty common these days.
@dolari
I know what you mean. Inform me don't scold me.
I think some people mean well but they are so enthusiastic about a subject that they come on too strong. I try to parce the message from the flawed messenger.
And finally, some people are jerks,... but they might not be wrong, so I try to see if there is anything useful in what they say and let the jerkiness go.