It would be nice if the "restockers" could do this stuff for churches or schools or shelters or foster parents or large families in their community. Those are the only places I can think of that would actually need such large quantities of food and drinks.
I would actually love this!! Could you imagine someone restocking a community centre or shelter with tons of snacks, drinks, and food. This would be amazing
like that extreme couponing show where the people used to donate whatever they got, yeah. (yes I know a lot of that was fake/scripted but the couponing thing was a thing that could be done)
I could have sworn I saw a RUclipsr or tik toker who did restock videos and she was a foster parent. It was very interesting. I remember she said she would restock a snack cart that was readily available to the kids so they would know and see that any food and snacks were always available to them.
This makes complete sense because the idea of restocking a guest bathroom that way makes it seem like it would be for something like a homeless shelter that’s regularly cycling people in and out. The only way it makes sense
my father had food insecurity due to lack of access as a child. when he made a more stable income after having me, he wasted hundreds of dollars worth of food each month on groceries that would go bad before we could eat them, for years. he also loved watching these videos before he passed. i think this content taps into a psychological need that many feel is not only comforting but rooted in trauma.
My boyfriend's mother stocks up on food because everyone in the family comes over to eat at her house. She is worried about not having something for them. But food still goes bad. She also cooks way too much food , not adjusting to a smaller nest
My mom has a tendency to overstock her fridge and freezers. My siblings and I have joked for years that any time our mom sees any free space in the meat freezer or her fridge, she instantly goes to the store to stuff her freezer/fridge full. My dad is a bit of a minimalist and he always gripes to my mom that she's overdoing it. They both grew up with food insecurity but handle their consumption so differently.
As somone who grew up with resource insecurity i can agree thats why i like them so much and have recently begun to cut back on my own food and non food purchases
My aunt was like that, always bought Way too much food no matter what any of us said. And, she was Still low income! But, she had a good job, and basically spent her little bit of extra money after bills on a World of Warcraft game and then excess food. So much ended up going bad. She also insisted that I, or her daughter, or Someone go grocery shopping with her. That was Her entertainment - grocery shopping. (I get it - I'm a shopper. It's what I do for fun, too😜.) Sadly, she passed away in 2012. She probably would have Loved watching these types of videos, God help me...😆😆 R.I.P. Aunt Marcella😇
The restock that I hate is “restock my guest bathroom”. All these minis of designer brands, like Drunk Elephant…and what guest would not bring their own stuff??
Agreed, the only thing I keep in my guest bathroom is extra paper products and towels. I'm sure when my great uncle comes to visit he really going to care about drunk elephant and heart shaped makeup remover sponges 😂
My mother has a basket out in her bathroom with individual things from past hotel trips in case someone forgets something. It's a nice gesture of hospitality without going overboard. Anything above that really seems excessive.
I can understand some necessities, I’ve had friends spontaneously come over or stay the night on a whim, so we have extra soaps and toothbrushes and feminine hygiene products in case anything happens that was unplanned I do not provide high end skin care though lmao, the best I can offer is sharing my small collection of face masks
the only thing that makes sense to "restock" in a guest bathroom is feminine hygiene products, some clean towels, soap, and toilet paper. i can understand extra toothpaste and toothbrushes, but everything else is just insane. like no girl your guests do NOT need individually packaged tiny hand sanitizers. i promise.
Also with certain items like skin care, they expire. So I always wonder, how many guests r they going to have over that will use those products before they expire???
This is what I was thinking too!!!! If you like watching restocking so much, sign up to work part time at a store! 😂 I'm sure they would LOVE to have a diligent worker!
There's an asmr youtuber that does that actually. She goes around organizing shelves at stores that are wrecked. It's really satisfying to watch. She's called southern asmr sounds.
omg PLEASE i love seeing things being properly sorted regardless of price. watched a video where they sorted a pile of tiny squares of fabric by color and i hnnnghhhh~
If i had to go to the store, shop, unload everything, put stuff away, THEN seperate it all into little containers I would get so overwhelmed. Grocery shopping is a lot already 😭
Seriously! The only reason I'd do this is if I was PAID A LOT, so I'm sure many of these TikTokers are only doing this for the money. I should say the majority are doing this for the money probably, hahah. I hate TikTok so much 😢
I live in an appartment conplex that for some reason always had a problem with meal moths. They seem to just move through the buildings every year. So the only way to avoid ending up with hundreds of little crawleys in my kitchen is to put everything they eat (flour, nuts, seeds, spices, tea etc.) into airtight plastic or glass containers as these stupid things will eat through most packaging. It is the most annoying thing ever. So I can tell you it is no fun at all.
"Who even needs 3 fridges and freezers?" People with Costco memberships lol. But in seriousness: families who live in more remote areas or may not be able to get into town that often. That said I doubt most of these restock creators fall into that.
You're right. If someone grocery shops infrequently, fills their freezer, and then goes back in a month or so this makes sense. But as you said, this isn't what is bein depicted.
I live without a car in a place where snow removal can be... approximative. I don't mind walking to the store more that once a week if there's a sale, but around Christmas time people are crazy in supermarkets and walking home with pounds of stuff on my shoulders in 10cm of snow is less appealing. I stock up in early December for the winter so I can enjoy the holidays cooking and doing stuff around the house instead of 'going on an expedition' because I'm running out of flour or whatnot.
@@hcf4kd1992The only issue i ever run into with a deep freezer is long power outages. Natural disasters are the only time that I loose money stocking up.
@@marielanomadehow are you getting stuff like milk, meats etc, that have expiration dates? Do you just not consume that stuff? Just curious. I know they make condensed milk and powdered milk but that stuff is gross in my opinion😂 (well ik you can freeze meats but what about the milk😂) Thanks guys for answering, l had no clue you could actually just freeze milk! Interesting!
I use some of these brands, and literally, I will go through a SINGLE TUBE in around 6 months, maybe a year, depending on how much cleanser/moisturizer, soaps, whatever I use at a time. This is entirely staged for the camera, and I'm pretty sure no-one ever imagines that their fridge/freezer/bathroom could look like this.
yes! at least the fridges kinda make sense because each package (like a bottle of soda or cup of pudding) is consumed in a single sitting sometimes once or twice a day so you could consume it all quite quickly, but the skin care????!!!! Like you said, even with the most excessive regimen, you will NEVER consume such quantities unless you are applying them to multiple people every day (like a salon or something)
I used to watch beauty guru Monthly Empties or whatever time interval empties, and it was ALWAYS SO much stuff!! I stopped watching most beauty guru content before 2020 but man, it's getting out of hand! These fridges om TikTok look like the Kardashian fridges when Khloe used to brag about her 'OCD' and how she HAD to organize like this. 🙄 So many things wrong with that I won't even go on lol. (I went off on a tangent but you get what I'm saying 😂)
That reminded me, I bought a 6 pack of my full-size shampoo because it was a good deal per ounce, and I literally haven't bought shampoo in 1.5 years 😅. And I love that frankly, but it's cheap shampoo and not aesthetic at all
"You are not a vending machine!" I couldn't have put it better myself, haha. It really is ridiculous and it concerns me that anyone might see this stuff and not realize how far removed it is from real life.
"...And as you can see in this dark drawer down here that nobody ever sees in this room that nobody ever uses is a carefully organized and curated selection of expensive bath soaps, bath bombs, bath pellets, bath salts, shaving razors, shaving creams, shaving foams, shaving lathers, safety razors, straight razors, lgbtq+ razors, 2 blade razors, 4 blade razors, 8 blade razors, 16 blade razors, hand lotion, face lotion, body lotion, genital lotion, sunscreen, sunblock, sunglasses, dental floss, dental picks, dental dams, mouthwash, facewash, bodywash, eye wash, car wash, Q-tips, J-tips, Z-tips, toothpaste, tooth whitening kits, tooth darkening kits, tooth extraction kits, wart removal kit, wart growing kit, nail files, mp3 files, and a few mints...in 7 different flavors" "Nah I'm good, I brought my own toothbrush and stuff"
I get having a backup in the closet, as we had a restock closet growing up. Out of shampoo? Check the closet before you add it to the Costco list, type thing. If something you regularly use is on sale, stock up, etc. This kind of thing can be important if you live out where it’s inconvenient to get to the shops, so you only go every few months. I even get having a second fridge for drinks, and a separate deep freezer. We’ve had one since part of ours broke and the part was no longer made so it can’t be fixed, but it can still cool drinks just fine, so now it’s the drink fridge. Keeps people out of the kitchen while I cook. Works great for us and it frees up room in the kitchen fridge for bulk cooking. If you’re buying half or a whole cow, you need somewhere to put it and keep it safe to eat as you chip away at it over the next two years. You’re not going to fit all that in a normal freezer. Not even if you get a running start. But that could be my Midwest showing. Bulk buying to save money and cooking from scratch or close to it is in my blood. That being said, what I said is a far cry from this excessive consumption bs. We don’t need to live in a Target.
I mean. I dont know why it works, but i started buying in bulk and I am spending so much less. By almost more than half. Especially when i stock up on meat that's on sale. I'm going to the store less so i don't do the, "oh, while I'm here."
Yeah no you save a shit ton of money buying in bulk. Obviously do it within reason, but it's good to have stock. I shop at discount grocery stores that are cheap, but their stock is constantly changing. If I find something I like I don't know how long they'll have it. So I get enough to last me a while knowing that it might not be there next time. Plus, grocery shopping is annoying. I don't want to run out of shit and have to go to the store just for one thing
I have a feeling these creators are reusing items for restocks. Or they could be using expired goods for filming too. Like a lot of these feel very sudio production vs real life.
That's how I feel about the bathroom restocks specifically. The fact that people will say "restock" and then have a fully empty drawer makes me think they are just refilling the drawer with the same stuff every time, but in a different location so we don't notice. I also think people are reposting the same video from weeks ago with a new title. Like "stock my fridge for a party" then "restock my fridge" then "--- is coming to visit. restock their favs" but its all the same video
I think I have heard this called out from other content creators. The restockers just empty out the fridge or whatever and film “restocking” it, aka putting the same stuff back in again
A mini fridge- usually not so mini- in a child's bedroom is one of the crazier ones I saw. The crazy amount of junk food and soda stocked for a kid definitely befuddles me. My granddaughter is very happy when I leave a small bag of Sour Patch Kids on her pillow when she is going to sleep over on the weekend. When your kid is used to a 💩 ton of candy, chips, cookies, maybe some applesauce and tons of drinks in their BEDROOM will they ever be happy with a dollar bag candy?
I've seen some of these mini fridges in the kids bedrooms that are filled with candy and pop. If I had that as a kid I'd eat it immediately 😅this isn't great
as a kid I'd have loved it for maybe a day and then beg them for fruit instead (I was the kid who's easter eggs could last me until at least a month or two and once I still had some in February of the next year) like "can I have a real banana/apple/strawberry in here instead please? I'm just sick of lollies" I wouldn't have been happy with just sugar if I had a mini fridge, it would be "I'll just drink my water and yes I want some lollies but mostly give me fruit please" (even my recent bag of raspberry lollies lasted me a couple of months and the strawberries and cream lollies lasted me 3-5 weeks iirc)
A mini fridge in a kids room is a good idea if they got out of a home with food insecurity but they arent typically filled with just junk food and besides that idk what other reason it would be a good idea to do so
I would've loved to have a mini fridge as a kid, as I got home 2 hours before my mom did (latchkey kid), and couldn't reach the counter for a snack. The workaround? The bottom shelf in the door of the big fridge was mine. Full sized water bottles were used, I was just told to put them back if I didn't finish all of it. If I did finish it, toss it up onto the counter and Mama will refill it when she gets home. Snack bags of trail mix, cups of yogurt, cheese sticks, apple juice boxes....not a damn one in another container. They were just put in the shelf wherever they fit. A mini fridge for the kid is lovely if they can't open that big fridge door, but ultimately, unnecessary. Teach the kid how to open the door at their height, they’ll be fine.
I think restocks in particular play off of the “oddly satisfying” thrill a lot of people get, particularly when the boxes/organizers/drinks fit in a shelf/drawer *just perfectly*, so there’s a Tetris-like satisfaction without the more tense anticipation because you can see it’s pretty much always going to fit perfectly. I think that’s where a lot of the popularity and the calming aspect come into it more than just cleaning videos. (I do wonder if we’re going to see 100s of clear acrylic organizing bins at the second hand stores that have turned yellow in 10 years… but maybe they won’t yellow if they’re hidden in cupboards and drawers?)
the tetris-like aspect of these videos is so well put!! I was wondering about the bins too. Will we see a wave of declutters in a few years OR rebuying bins because they've yellowed and potentially advocating to others to-rebuy bins every few years.
When I have guests over I take this one basket I have and put in a toothbrush, small toothpaste from the dentist, q-tips and cotton pads, some washcloths, and maybe a small moisturizer or something. I find it fun, but the only person who has ever used things from the basket is my very best friend. I threw a sheet mask in once and she “used” it as a BOOKMARK. No one needs a guest bathroom drawer full of minis! Are we trying to give our friends’ skin weird reactions to things they’ve never tried?
Yeah the guest bathroom stuff is unhinged. Like we have a bathrooms extras box for backups of toothbrushes and toothpaste and shampoo for us so for a spontaneous overnight stay we can provide toothbrushes and guests can use the bathroom stuff we have, but like if I’m staying with a friend I’m either bringing my own stuff or asking if i can use their shampoo to save on packing. I would find it weird if I showed up at a friends place and they had a full skincare routine bought just for me.
My friend wants to come to my house lol. Like I have two extra rooms one has a bed but I turn it into my game room / living room. The other room is my air dry clothes an deep freezer. An living room nothing but cat trees an cat couch lol . Like mmmmmmmm she can just sleep in my room lol
The laundry restocks just make me laugh. I had a relative who saw one tiktok about it and insisted that they “aestheticize” the laundry containers. The only thing that lasted was the glass jar for the scent beads. Everything else was deemed too impractical (at best) to continue refilling. Especially the liquid detergent in the drink dispenser-it took forever to pour, it left a significant amount at the bottom that was below the level of the spigot, and never fully fit a whole container of detergent at once. Restock videos are all for show!
I really think the fridge restocks started with the Kardashians. If you look back years ago at their videos, their clear fridge was always stocked with very organized snacks and drinks just like they do nowadays. She would always keep her candy stocked and her snacks stocked, and you know that they did not eat these foods because, they were very weight conscious. But I think that aesthetic started with them. Kris would go to Costco and restock her candy canisters all of the time.
Hannah Alonzo’s video on restock videos featured someone restocking their JUNK DRAWER. To me, that is peak overconsumption. Until someone restocks their garbage can….
i wasnt even aware of this genre but you arent kidding about it being aesthetically pleasing...when that lady started poppin out gem shaped ice cubes i locked in open-mouthed like an ipad baby
I’m going to start filming authentic restock videos where I just unload my groceries into the fridge and pickup my birth control prescription. Bedroom restock is me just putting away laundry.
I am a tax preparer. You cannot take hair nails, clothing, etc. As a tax, write off. They fall under the Appearance and Image rule as stated for the IRS auditors under the entertainment industry audit manual. This rule goes across-the-board to other industries as well.
Omg "a lot of people who aspire to overconsume" YES I think this is a great articulation of why social media makes me uncomfortable these days after taking some time away from the short forms (Tiktok, Insta) myself. I feel like they are designed to make people want to overconsume and it's become a constant onslaught of aspirational content, linked to ways to buy the aspiration. Thanks as always for your work Shawna ❤
I actually bought some containers for pasta and rice, because everything fell out of the pantry. and my fridge is actually a little organised so I don‘t waste as much food as before. now I see everything and nothing can hide in the back
One reason I really like videos like these restocks is that I have ADHD and simultaneously cannot stand clutter while constantly feeling overwhelmed as I try to start things. I never know where to start, but some of the asmr cleaning or restock videos give me a jumping off point to have someone kind of holding my hand. I have someone's nice fridge cleaning come up in my FYP and even on days where my to do list has seemed so daunting, I will be like "ooh you know, I could wipe down those shelves and put the nonperishables away!" and I'll just listen to them while I work. It's a nice feeling to know that my stuff can look nice too - it won't be as fancy, I know I'm in a different tax bracket than some of these influencers - but the introduction of cleaning that has no judgement attached makes it a lot easier for me. So many tools you find are still so negative surrounding cleaning as a difficult task. The lack of commentary about how "messy things were" and them just showing you how to clean is really good for my neurogivergent brain that thinks cleaning is a software update I've been desperately trying to find for nearly 30 years! There is definitely something to be said about the aestheticization of over consumption, though. For me, it just allows me to have a little more spacial awareness with the items I do buy for the family and be able to find better ways to sort them
Cupcakesoup, you might like extreme cleaning videos as well, like those by Aurikatariina and Midwest Magic Cleaning. I find them very soothing & inspiring though sometimes the pre-cleaning state of the homes /stories can be disturbing.
I also have ADHD, but want to offer the opposite perspective that these videos can be the opposite of helpful for me. For one, I can end up daydreaming about having a spacious, aesthetic, organised home instead of actually doing the cleaning. Or seeing a beautiful setup will send me on a side quest of devising the 'perfect' system (often involving buying new furniture or trays) instead of working with the constraints of what I already have. Seeing cool new gadgets, pretty products or tasty foods in the videos is also risky because of poor impulse control.
I work in kitchen design and the number of customers I have coming in wanting to replace beautiful solid wood cabinets purely because they don't like how they look.... Girl you're downgrading so hard do you know how shittily constructed these are nowadays 😭😭
It's because no want to put in work to upcycle them ... I don't understand why they don't get someone to upcycle them if they got the money for new one.
omg i knowww, i'm 31 and we just bought our first home with solid wood cabinets stained (what i think is) a beautiful cherry mahogany colour . the current style in my age is like painted cabinets or mdf but we're like noooo we got a good thing (also it love the warmth it brings to the room). i refuse to be trendy esp when i like what we have already
We just moved into a house from 1970. They covered solid wood cabinets with plastic that is peeling off and put those plastic doors on them. I plan on ripping that plastic off and sanding them and buying wood cabinet doors.
Restocks bring up many issues in my mind. 1 financial - I make six figures of and I can't justify the restock lifestyle. It's expensive unless you have crazy money or use it as a business to be an online salesperson. I don't think most can responsibly spend and have that lifestyle. 2 )as someone with OCD, it makes me desire this lifestyle. It tricks me into thinking that if you do this, you are in control and can be a better person, a better mom, and more. 3. all the downfalls of overconsumption
My family shopped at Costco and Walmart a lot because in many cases it is cheaper to buy things in bulk vs making multiple trips to a regular grocery store. Stuff like snacks that you put in your kids lunch every day, baking supplies, canned food etc. But those things last months. These restocks make it seem like these people never cook real food. Stocking up on fresh fruit and vegetables is silly because they spoil. They’re lacking in components to make actual meals. Who only buys mini versions of products? I feel like many of these influencers are taking out the same items and putting them back in.
I guess I misunderstood what those videos were about... I thought they were about having a more organized life.. which to me is relaxing seeing everything grouped together. I agree a lot of them are obnoxiously excessive in the quantities. I have bought some fridge, cabinet and makeup organizers. But it's just to help me feel calmer and more relaxed when I look at them. It's satisfying when everything is tucked away and grouped together.
So cute how you started smiling so hard at the memory of the extra goodies at holidays and birthdays. We do this EXACT thing with our boys, even as teens, and they LOVE it. They said they don't want it all the time (not that we'd buy it) because it makes the cereal, chips, extra meat, soda, sweets SO MUCH MORE FUN on those occasions.
the whole concept of "restock" for regular ass people is absolutely insane to me. you do not need to restock nothing, susan!! if you ain't an entrepreneur or a salesperson of any kind, you don't need to have a stock of ANYTHING 😭😭
You can restock your kitchen pantry at home with things that don't expire quickly. Once a month I buy a big bag of rice and pour rice in the rice bucket and put a cup measurement on top and close the bucket. What's not realistic is for the average household to stock everything like a tiny grocery store and do all the aesthetic stuff.
@@nuyynuyyI don't. In Europe most of us have grocery stores walking distance from home(especially if you live in a city/town). I just buy stuff when I actually need it.
@justynawisniewska1213 no that's how we do it in canada, I don't remember how we did it in Guatemala but you definitely stock up here with certain things like food and toiletries, usually things will come in packs of 3 or 4 . drinks will come in packs of up to 24 and usually buying in bulk is technically cheaper if you're willing to pay upfront. The only things we buy more regularly is fruit and things that will generally go bad
I have to giggle at your childhood story. I just did a kitchen restock for the summer because I have the grandkids so much. It's soda, cereal, and chips. 🤦♀️🤦♀️ To be serious though, my restock was just adding a couple items and throwing them in the kitchen. I love saying restock now.
I wonder how much time they spend finding items that slot perfectly into each little drawer and container and like, planning and arranging all the layouts for every drawer. I bet it takes an absolutely huge amount of time.
I went through a few of the videos I had saved and there were a few sponsorships. The spring ice refill was sponsored by ollipop, another was sponsored by bodyarmor. Another of the bathroom restocks was a plug for their amazon storefront. The majority I gathered seemed to not be, but there were some.
I always wonder if this kind of behaviour goes even deeper into people's psychology. I'm thinking cavemen hoarding food supplies or shiny items to trade and a feeling of safety and survival. Our environment changed so much in a short time that we have to try harder to "unlearn" this kind of behaviour, because we are NOT cavemen and 5 fridges and one person hoarding supplies for 20 people is unnecessary 😐
Orphans still hoard food for a while after being adopted, and people who grew up in the 30’s just hoarded everything. Are these videos just the fancy version of a trauma response while also being rich? Or pretending to be rich for the camera?
Some of the bathroom and kitchen restocks could even be filmed in batches at a rental (like a VRBO or AirBNB) so that they have a bunch of content, but don't need to actually own a fancy home, or empty out their real lived-in spaces.
I love restock videos, like you mentioned, they are just soothing. I also like them because in my childhood I remember many times running very low on different items, we didn't have much, so basic grocery shopping was so exciting for me. I really appreciate the feeling of preparedness and having everything you need, however I definitely see how restock videos take it far beyond practical need, and I have to be mindful that they are not practical for me to recreate. That being said, I am always excited to buy and unpack necessities like floss, laundry detergent, etc.
I love this point. I grew up in and am still in a similar position. I work in education in California and we only get 11 paychecks a year. I do ‘restocks’ monthly when i get paid. My apartment is tiny and the fridge is half size and inly has the wire racks in it. No drawers, no door shelves. These videos were mildly helpful to give me ideas of how to organize a month’s worth of food in there. Due to the heat and humidity in my area I have things like a butter dish (gifted to me by my grandma). I have tupperware to put dry goods in (purchased new and also passed down from aunts, mom, and grandma) we can’t drink the tap water where I live unless we boil it first so we have about 4 35 packs on hand at a time. However it is the safeway brand water or aquafina if we bougie lol. We have a bullet ice machine from wal mart because we have no room in the freezer for trays. This is all born of necessity and preventing waste tho. Like if I use flour and then leave it in the bag, the bag may get damp from humidity and mold. A lot of my organizing stuff is from the dollar tree and the clearance section of overstock stores tho.
I have a shopping addiction but even I think these restock videos are beyond ridiculous. Also, I don't think a lot of these people are even wealthy. I think people are willing to fake everything and/or put themselves into debt for some views and likes. It's a disease of the mind.
I have a shopping addiction, too! But weirdly, it’s not geared toward kitchen, home decor, etc. We invested in high-quality furniture when we bought our house over seven years ago, and it’s largely remained the same. My decorating style leans minimal. My area of overconsumption is with clothes, shoes, bags, perfume, and makeup. I’m watching this channel to help me consume less.
The restock of La Roche Posay products was something… At first I thought I was in a skincare store! That’s really upsetting, because these products have an expiration date, and there’s no way she would used them all in time.
I stumbled across this video. I absolutely hate these videos. Their huge fake nails clicking on everything and all of the waste of packaging outing things into more plastic. Agh I hate it so much.
Restock videos just make me want to do a "realistic pantry restock" video where it's just 10 minutes of me decanting the big 10kg bags of rice, beans etc. into 1kg tubs that I can actually lift and instead of affiliate links it's just "buy less stuff" 🤣
Overconsumption is such an insidious practice because it can so easily and often does spiral out into other harmful practices/behaviours and other negative externalities that do real world environmental, physical, and psychological harm. Also appreciate you pointing out that this stuff pisses people off because its such a flagrant multifaceted display of the wealth of a small minority at a point in time when the majority are barely treading water at best or are actively drowning at worst.
What happens to the extras? For example, what if an item comes a pack of six but there's only room for five? Things don't just slot perfectly into place in the real world.
they may put the extras on top if there are a few once the video is filled OR they have to store them elsewhere. I was watching a video where someone had a walk in pantry and they had a shelf for this kind of stuff.
@@shawnaripari So it's actually creating a problem because you need to find somewhere else to store the excess? It's like buying containers for cereal then having to find storage for the half full box.....I'm from England, I don't have the space in my kitchen, let alone the money in my bank. No thanks. Lol.
It reminds me of the extreme couponers of the 2000s. While some restockers/extreme couponers donated to charity, we can never really be sure of what's going on or the motivation behind needing all of these supplies, of course other than just making the content to get paid.
I'm sure you've likely tried this but if not, opening a regular jar and using the lid to mostly cover up its opening while leaving a tiny gap, could help you remove most of the pickle juice :>
@@pumpkinhills7611i think the point is that you want to store pickles in the juice since thats what preserves them, but the juice makes it terribly difficult to grab any, since the water lets them move around instead of being grabbed with a fork. the gadget lets you separate the juice and the pickles for serving, but you keep the juice for storage. if it wasnt plastic id be tempted to grab one for myself too
I have organizational/ordering OCD, so in someways I enjoy these videos because they are settling. However, my rational/moral brain sees the overconsumption as gross.
"We get rid of clothes because they are out of date and not cute anymore." Not me with my wardrobe that has barely changed since highschool.(im almost 30) You will pry my nerdy goofy tshirts outa my cold dead hands. Or until they are so full of holes they are no longer wearable 😂
These videos are so excessive. That said someone might look at my pantry and think it’s excessive but in my defense we have six people in our household and I stock up on things when they are on sale.
I swear some of those restock creators must reuse the same items and just put them back. Like dump the bin out on the counter out of sight and just film putting them back into the bin. Like get fresh produce and some food as you normally would but anything they already had just put them back in the bin for the video. Especially pantry items, it's not like we would see the expiration date just buy once and constantly reuse the items.
Your videos have helped me realize why I have such an issue with my life - because the internet/social media has done a number on our need to keep up with the Joneses... I am not sure if you have any type of content that is related to the idea of... not fully going minimalistic, but the idea of minimizing the amount of clutter that you have... I have four kids and a household of six, so I can't reduce to any huge degree, but I would love to be able to scale things back for my own mental health. Overconsumption is responsible for heightened dissatisfaction with one's life, I wholly believe.
I have a love hate relationship with these. Because I really like the satisfaction of the "restored to order" aspect you mentioned but I hate the waste and over consumption parts.
I’m not a restock influencer but I have a drinks fridge. It’s a built in and then I have my regular fridge for groceries. I have people over all the time and I love having options for them and them being able to take what they like
The worst kinds of these videos are the ones that claim the restock/refills are better for the environnement than purchasing it brand new 💀It's all just overconsumption bs
I have to imagine this constant organing, reorganizing, restocking, making things "aesthetically pleasing" is got to be stressful as hell. Its like you must be camera ready at all times. Not the least is figuring how to pay for it all. Like you said its fiction, not reality.
The fridge restock with the drinks looks like shes restocking for a grocery store. Also those ice cubes restock I know for a fact that when the icemolds get out of style theyll be piles and piles of them in a good will.
I love restocking videos for the sound AND I think it's psychologically relaxing for me to see someone with a full fridge, pantry and other everyday necessities, because I had a phase last year where I wasn't even sure if I can afford food or toilet paper. And just the thought of others struggling like this as well hurts a lot. (But not a full fridge in a way that things most likely go bad. It has to make sense.) However I know that a lot of people are in debt, but I have to ignore that when watching those videos. I'm trying just to be happy about the fact that these people have everything they need.
I have spent a ton of time watching videos romanticizing ordinary parts of life. Brewing coffee, knitting, cleaning videos. I believe the appeal is envying the time people have for these things. I work and have a toddler and am not cooking meals from scratch, doing any kind of self care, can’t organize anything without a two year old “helping”. Your video gave me a lot to think about the consumer aspect.
Great video (I'm a new subscriber)! As I was watching these restocking videos, I wondered how much of the "wealth" on display comes courtesy of credit card debt, and how many of these influencers are struggling with it. It's difficult to live a wonderful, aspirational lifestyle if you're constantly worrying about unpaid bills.
debt is a possibility but I don't think we'll ever know for sure. It could be interesting to consider though, if we're seeing these videos and are feeling influenced
There are a few videos by creators that dive into this subject. Some influencers have even been filing for bankruptcy but still posting an out of touch lifestyle. It’s a vicious cycle for them to remain relevant and losing all the money they gain
The most bizarre thing for me is always the drink cans and the individually wrapped snacks. I wouldn't even know where to get these fun sized snacks other than around Halloween when they're all over stores as well, so maybe that's an American thing. 😂
The fun sized candy/snacks are year round, yes (at Walmart, to my knowledge). People who tend to lots of kids often get them to give out little treats or rewards sometimes (think daycare or young students in school) and families don't get them often. I doubt the people making these tiktoks are all teachers or run places prone to have many children.
i just bought a huge bag at the wholesale store for work lunchbag snacks to reduce the amount of sugar/candy im eating during the work day and also so im not spending a ton on the vending machine - it’s helping somewhat, but i had to sort them into separate cups (that i already had lol) for different pieces bc if you want for ex a hershey kiss and all you keep grabbing are reeses then youre gonna get annoyed really quickly
I drink water from a 32oz deli container. It's big enough that you can put a TON of ice in it. I stir the ice with my thick metal straw and it makes a very satisfying noise.
With regards to FTC disclosures for affiliate marketing, I deal with a lot of new RUclipsrs and many of them just don't know they need to make these disclosures. They are surprised at what is required and don't know the rules and guidelines of the affiliate programs they sign up for - especially Amazon.
Just watched your 'shower restock' video, it was great! I really like these kind of 'shedding light' videos on this type of content. It makes me feel less crazy for not having a million products for everything. Keep up the good work!!
With the ice tock stuff, I consider it a blessing to have a refrigerator that filters and dispenses cool water and has crushed and cubed ice options. Considering all the years of those ice cube mold thingys to make ice, having it come out of the refrigerator via the front of the refrigerator is beautiful ❤.
Sometimes I'm struck by how lonely and consuming this kind of consumption can be. How is a stupid freezer full of ice making me feel this way?? What a waste of power T_T
The three travel razors are wild to me. I bought one of these a couple of years ago b/c I have a medically complex son that has a lot of hospital stays, so I put together a toiletry bag that I could quickly throw into a suitcase, including that same razor. It's really nice, but I dont understand why her guests would need 3 unless they were staying for like 6 months.
I'm sorry: You look SO pretty in those glasses, they're like made for you! (The colour is like rhubarb juice- so colourful and stylish) Your makeup looks perfect with them.
The deep dives on content like this are so interesting to me. You covered a lot here! There is a creator here, Hannah Alonzo, who has a video about this as well where she found that many creators are recycling multiple videos with different text/colors/other things. So these people who make these restock videos are doing this week in and week our because even they cannot afford it.
peronsally i watch restock videos because usually their food is particularly healthy , there’s lots of vegetables, fruit, and meat, lemon water, other fruits in water… but as well as the sense of fulfillment i get from seeing a full clean fridge. it’s very unattainable for me because obviously you have to be so wealthy to have these things, i think that’s another factor. i like to live vicariously through these creators because i aspire to eat healthy, and have the wealth for a full fridge.
Yes ! This ! Having a fridge full of good and healthy food is a luxury a lot of us can’t afford right now. Fresh produce are becoming more and more expensive. I aspire to have the means to not worry about sells and not stress about food prices. I just want to eat good food and not fear I will run out of stuff. This content play into that
Wild that it drives such an expensive expectation for groceries for example, and then they also make money off of the content and it essentially could pay for itself making it even more unobtainable. Reminds me of when i had to buy some pants and saw a tag id never seen before, along the lines of „returns for reasons of change of mind will not be accepted without this tag attatched“, making me think thats how they were trying to crack down on OOTD content purchasing and returning clothes after photographing them.
If you arrive at an airport at 12, and don't have a toothbrush and there's nowhere to get one, your teeth won't rot away if you don't brush them that night. Your hair won't have to be cut off if you don't brush it before bed. Your body odor won't start smelling like a corpse if it waits a night. Or gods have mercy, use soaps that's already open.
I just unfollowed all the restock/clean/organize tiktok accounts. I watched for the ASMR vibe but the overconsumption (AND TAX WRITE OFF?!!) and ridiculousness was getting to me. This video has reassured me I made the right choice.
On the note of the clean or declutter with me videos, it actually helps me do just that, in the past year since starting that habit my house had been cleaner and more organized boosting my mental health.
54:37 I think that, in some cases (not the ice cube ones!) the fact that this can be written off on taxes is very overlooked. If someone can get $200-$300 of bathroom stuff (which they/their family of 2-??? will eventually use most of) basically for free just because they filmed it and put it on TikTok, that might be appealing for someone who otherwise can’t afford to do that, after all, this is their job.
I am watching this from the perspective of a Christian, and you hit the nail on the head perfectly with a covetous aspect of restock videos. I can't even begin to tell you how much of a cognitive dissonance I have when I observe any form of restock video whether it's crafting related, kitchen related, cleaning related, or anything else. The world tells me that I should desire what I am seeing with my eyes, yet the spirit within tells me that all of that is worthless and meaningless, that it will fade away or be destroyed. In the faith we are told to avoid the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. These restock and aesthetic videos 100% go against that. Thank you so much for being one of the many voices speaking out against this grotesque display of greed.
I AM SO GLAD TO SEE THIS DISCUSSED, I’ve searched for videos about it for years because I’m really into art & a bunch of little Knick Knacks, like blind boxes, back when they weren’t really a cash grab and it was just a cute commodity option vs. the regular product line, BUT now every company makes things a blind box. Like it’s insane. The quality of the items inside has also massively decreased, I’m assuming to compensate the overproduction of the products but it’s sad because now it just feels greedy and gross to support these companies when they’re doing it without giving any option to get the items elsewhere because they know people will spend more to complete sets, almost like legalized gambling on a consumer level on top of extreme mass production of things that didn’t need to be mass produced to that level or in that way
The restocks I watch is homestead/ homemakers. Making monthly canning batches, fresh bread, yogurts, freezer meals, freezer desserts, home canned pantry restocking. I use to love the viral restocks. But I started thinking all those packages add up. It feels wasteful over priced and unrealistic for average people. Or my home diet needs
Thank you for another thought provoking and relevant video, Shawna! I try to reject what I consider excess consumerism but definitely fall prey to the Diderot effect of continually upgrading & getting more aesthetically pleasing items when replacing possessions, though I usually try to wait until I "need" a new item (as in damaged beyond repair or lost) and look for used/pre-owned for most goods before buying new. I justify this practice by telling myself the things I am upgrading to are higher quality, will have increased longevity, and that I will take better care of them, but I haven't really analyzed this to know if it's true. I'm going to go back and rewatch your videos on the subject.
I just can't stand when people move one thing from it's already existing packaging (ie EGGS AND PICKLES) and moving it to another container just for it to look 'more aesthetic'. ITS ALREADY HELD IN ITS PACKAGING FINE!!! My adhd brain also COULD NEVER fathom doing that amount of work every time I go grocery shopping. It simply would not ever get done.
Most people bring their own products when they travel. When I spend the night at my mom's or best friend's house, they are gracious enough to let me use their products. When we visited family out of state, they had a guest bedroom and guest bathroom that had *basics* - one full-size shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. They had towels for us to use as well.
Kids will never know the joy of only going out to eat on special occasions (birthdays, etc.) Or getting a treat (like a candy bar) at the grocery store, which only happened a few times a month if you're lucky, if you were good...
I mean, the ones that dont have the extra storage devices, could just be "organizing" instead of restocking, maybe adding one or two new types of drinks. I mean, I had 3 different icecube trays in my college mini fridge, they took up most of the freezer space. I felt like that amount was good for one person, since i drink juice a lot, in my own reusable cups, I always have Ice in my drinks. And I had 3 water bottles one for my bedside (loft), and two to fill for both daily use and to fill ice trays, the tap water was bad, and I kept running out with one over the weekends.
I'm a fan of being stocked up and will typically purchase 2-3 bottles of my products. But I also use up my products. It only becomes an issue when I want to try new stuff so I have to be careful 😅❤ great video!
i got REALLY into these videos for a time -- i was at the very beginning of my anorexia recovery and still struggling with food hoarding, and i grew up food insecure. these videos were (and still sometimes are) totally aspirational as someone who grew up with a fridge full of mold and very little food, and then spent large portions of their adolesence very malnourished. my malnourished brain was OBSESSED with any food content (would spend hoursss reading/watching recipes) and fridge restocks were def a way that came out !!! as i've nutritionally rehabilitated i've enjoyed them way less, as my urge to food hoard has decreased since my body sees no need for it anymore. but it was wilddd for a bit
It would be nice if the "restockers" could do this stuff for churches or schools or shelters or foster parents or large families in their community. Those are the only places I can think of that would actually need such large quantities of food and drinks.
I would actually love this!! Could you imagine someone restocking a community centre or shelter with tons of snacks, drinks, and food. This would be amazing
like that extreme couponing show where the people used to donate whatever they got, yeah. (yes I know a lot of that was fake/scripted but the couponing thing was a thing that could be done)
I could have sworn I saw a RUclipsr or tik toker who did restock videos and she was a foster parent. It was very interesting. I remember she said she would restock a snack cart that was readily available to the kids so they would know and see that any food and snacks were always available to them.
This makes complete sense because the idea of restocking a guest bathroom that way makes it seem like it would be for something like a homeless shelter that’s regularly cycling people in and out. The only way it makes sense
I love this idea
my father had food insecurity due to lack of access as a child. when he made a more stable income after having me, he wasted hundreds of dollars worth of food each month on groceries that would go bad before we could eat them, for years. he also loved watching these videos before he passed. i think this content taps into a psychological need that many feel is not only comforting but rooted in trauma.
My boyfriend's mother stocks up on food because everyone in the family comes over to eat at her house. She is worried about not having something for them. But food still goes bad. She also cooks way too much food , not adjusting to a smaller nest
I think ur so right
My mom has a tendency to overstock her fridge and freezers. My siblings and I have joked for years that any time our mom sees any free space in the meat freezer or her fridge, she instantly goes to the store to stuff her freezer/fridge full.
My dad is a bit of a minimalist and he always gripes to my mom that she's overdoing it.
They both grew up with food insecurity but handle their consumption so differently.
As somone who grew up with resource insecurity i can agree thats why i like them so much and have recently begun to cut back on my own food and non food purchases
My aunt was like that, always bought Way too much food no matter what any of us said. And, she was Still low income! But, she had a good job, and basically spent her little bit of extra money after bills on a World of Warcraft game and then excess food. So much ended up going bad. She also insisted that I, or her daughter, or Someone go grocery shopping with her. That was Her entertainment - grocery shopping. (I get it - I'm a shopper. It's what I do for fun, too😜.) Sadly, she passed away in 2012. She probably would have Loved watching these types of videos, God help me...😆😆 R.I.P. Aunt Marcella😇
The restock that I hate is “restock my guest bathroom”. All these minis of designer brands, like Drunk Elephant…and what guest would not bring their own stuff??
Agreed, the only thing I keep in my guest bathroom is extra paper products and towels. I'm sure when my great uncle comes to visit he really going to care about drunk elephant and heart shaped makeup remover sponges 😂
My mother has a basket out in her bathroom with individual things from past hotel trips in case someone forgets something. It's a nice gesture of hospitality without going overboard. Anything above that really seems excessive.
I can understand some necessities, I’ve had friends spontaneously come over or stay the night on a whim, so we have extra soaps and toothbrushes and feminine hygiene products in case anything happens that was unplanned
I do not provide high end skin care though lmao, the best I can offer is sharing my small collection of face masks
the only thing that makes sense to "restock" in a guest bathroom is feminine hygiene products, some clean towels, soap, and toilet paper. i can understand extra toothpaste and toothbrushes, but everything else is just insane. like no girl your guests do NOT need individually packaged tiny hand sanitizers. i promise.
Also with certain items like skin care, they expire. So I always wonder, how many guests r they going to have over that will use those products before they expire???
These people should just get a job at the grocery store or literally target and film themselves nightly restocking the shelves 💀
This is what I was thinking too!!!! If you like watching restocking so much, sign up to work part time at a store! 😂 I'm sure they would LOVE to have a diligent worker!
There's an asmr youtuber that does that actually. She goes around organizing shelves at stores that are wrecked. It's really satisfying to watch. She's called southern asmr sounds.
If money wasn't an issue, that would be my dream job, I love to organize things
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If i had to go to the store, shop, unload everything, put stuff away, THEN seperate it all into little containers I would get so overwhelmed. Grocery shopping is a lot already 😭
I feel you on this!
Seriously! The only reason I'd do this is if I was PAID A LOT, so I'm sure many of these TikTokers are only doing this for the money. I should say the majority are doing this for the money probably, hahah. I hate TikTok so much 😢
I live in an appartment conplex that for some reason always had a problem with meal moths. They seem to just move through the buildings every year. So the only way to avoid ending up with hundreds of little crawleys in my kitchen is to put everything they eat (flour, nuts, seeds, spices, tea etc.) into airtight plastic or glass containers as these stupid things will eat through most packaging. It is the most annoying thing ever. So I can tell you it is no fun at all.
The people that think they want this need to just get a job stocking. It'll lose its glamor so fast.
@@MatthewBaran yes! great point!
"Who even needs 3 fridges and freezers?" People with Costco memberships lol.
But in seriousness: families who live in more remote areas or may not be able to get into town that often. That said I doubt most of these restock creators fall into that.
You're right. If someone grocery shops infrequently, fills their freezer, and then goes back in a month or so this makes sense. But as you said, this isn't what is bein depicted.
We've been thinking about getting a deep freezer and getting meat from a butcher to save money over the long term on the cost of meat
I live without a car in a place where snow removal can be... approximative. I don't mind walking to the store more that once a week if there's a sale, but around Christmas time people are crazy in supermarkets and walking home with pounds of stuff on my shoulders in 10cm of snow is less appealing. I stock up in early December for the winter so I can enjoy the holidays cooking and doing stuff around the house instead of 'going on an expedition' because I'm running out of flour or whatnot.
@@hcf4kd1992The only issue i ever run into with a deep freezer is long power outages. Natural disasters are the only time that I loose money stocking up.
@@marielanomadehow are you getting stuff like milk, meats etc, that have expiration dates? Do you just not consume that stuff? Just curious. I know they make condensed milk and powdered milk but that stuff is gross in my opinion😂 (well ik you can freeze meats but what about the milk😂)
Thanks guys for answering, l had no clue you could actually just freeze milk! Interesting!
I use some of these brands, and literally, I will go through a SINGLE TUBE in around 6 months, maybe a year, depending on how much cleanser/moisturizer, soaps, whatever I use at a time. This is entirely staged for the camera, and I'm pretty sure no-one ever imagines that their fridge/freezer/bathroom could look like this.
yes! at least the fridges kinda make sense because each package (like a bottle of soda or cup of pudding) is consumed in a single sitting sometimes once or twice a day so you could consume it all quite quickly, but the skin care????!!!! Like you said, even with the most excessive regimen, you will NEVER consume such quantities unless you are applying them to multiple people every day (like a salon or something)
I used to watch beauty guru Monthly Empties or whatever time interval empties, and it was ALWAYS SO much stuff!! I stopped watching most beauty guru content before 2020 but man, it's getting out of hand! These fridges om TikTok look like the Kardashian fridges when Khloe used to brag about her 'OCD' and how she HAD to organize like this. 🙄 So many things wrong with that I won't even go on lol. (I went off on a tangent but you get what I'm saying 😂)
That reminded me, I bought a 6 pack of my full-size shampoo because it was a good deal per ounce, and I literally haven't bought shampoo in 1.5 years 😅. And I love that frankly, but it's cheap shampoo and not aesthetic at all
"You are not a vending machine!" I couldn't have put it better myself, haha. It really is ridiculous and it concerns me that anyone might see this stuff and not realize how far removed it is from real life.
Hahaha 😂😂😂 I choked on my coffee!! 👏 👏 👏 👏
I follow this amazingly sweet woman who goes around her city and does restocking videos for her community pantries and fridges
please share who this is!! I could absolutely get down with this content
Is it interruptingchicken on tiktok? I watch her and she does the same thing ❤
Drop the name :D
That's amazing! Love that.
@@iron-mage interrupting chicken on yt!
"...And as you can see in this dark drawer down here that nobody ever sees in this room that nobody ever uses is a carefully organized and curated selection of expensive bath soaps, bath bombs, bath pellets, bath salts, shaving razors, shaving creams, shaving foams, shaving lathers, safety razors, straight razors, lgbtq+ razors, 2 blade razors, 4 blade razors, 8 blade razors, 16 blade razors, hand lotion, face lotion, body lotion, genital lotion, sunscreen, sunblock, sunglasses, dental floss, dental picks, dental dams, mouthwash, facewash, bodywash, eye wash, car wash, Q-tips, J-tips, Z-tips, toothpaste, tooth whitening kits, tooth darkening kits, tooth extraction kits, wart removal kit, wart growing kit, nail files, mp3 files, and a few mints...in 7 different flavors"
"Nah I'm good, I brought my own toothbrush and stuff"
"Wart growing kit" 😂😂
Mp3 file omg
Mp3 files... 😂
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THIS
having 'stock' in itself is CRAZYYYY like girl just use ur shit upppp
backstock of snacks is a bit crazy
I get having a backup in the closet, as we had a restock closet growing up. Out of shampoo? Check the closet before you add it to the Costco list, type thing. If something you regularly use is on sale, stock up, etc. This kind of thing can be important if you live out where it’s inconvenient to get to the shops, so you only go every few months. I even get having a second fridge for drinks, and a separate deep freezer. We’ve had one since part of ours broke and the part was no longer made so it can’t be fixed, but it can still cool drinks just fine, so now it’s the drink fridge. Keeps people out of the kitchen while I cook. Works great for us and it frees up room in the kitchen fridge for bulk cooking. If you’re buying half or a whole cow, you need somewhere to put it and keep it safe to eat as you chip away at it over the next two years. You’re not going to fit all that in a normal freezer. Not even if you get a running start. But that could be my Midwest showing. Bulk buying to save money and cooking from scratch or close to it is in my blood.
That being said, what I said is a far cry from this excessive consumption bs. We don’t need to live in a Target.
I mean. I dont know why it works, but i started buying in bulk and I am spending so much less. By almost more than half. Especially when i stock up on meat that's on sale. I'm going to the store less so i don't do the, "oh, while I'm here."
@@shawnaripariwhy? How is that crazy?
Yeah no you save a shit ton of money buying in bulk. Obviously do it within reason, but it's good to have stock.
I shop at discount grocery stores that are cheap, but their stock is constantly changing. If I find something I like I don't know how long they'll have it. So I get enough to last me a while knowing that it might not be there next time.
Plus, grocery shopping is annoying. I don't want to run out of shit and have to go to the store just for one thing
I have a feeling these creators are reusing items for restocks. Or they could be using expired goods for filming too. Like a lot of these feel very sudio production vs real life.
exactly!
That's how I feel about the bathroom restocks specifically. The fact that people will say "restock" and then have a fully empty drawer makes me think they are just refilling the drawer with the same stuff every time, but in a different location so we don't notice. I also think people are reposting the same video from weeks ago with a new title. Like "stock my fridge for a party" then "restock my fridge" then "--- is coming to visit. restock their favs" but its all the same video
Also note, that at least the ones that i saw, they NEVER seem to have to clean, nothing seems like it has been lived in
I think I have heard this called out from other content creators. The restockers just empty out the fridge or whatever and film “restocking” it, aka putting the same stuff back in again
Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if they film the content and then return all the excess goods and get their money back.
A mini fridge- usually not so mini- in a child's bedroom is one of the crazier ones I saw. The crazy amount of junk food and soda stocked for a kid definitely befuddles me. My granddaughter is very happy when I leave a small bag of Sour Patch Kids on her pillow when she is going to sleep over on the weekend. When your kid is used to a 💩 ton of candy, chips, cookies, maybe some applesauce and tons of drinks in their BEDROOM will they ever be happy with a dollar bag candy?
I've seen some of these mini fridges in the kids bedrooms that are filled with candy and pop. If I had that as a kid I'd eat it immediately 😅this isn't great
as a kid I'd have loved it for maybe a day and then beg them for fruit instead (I was the kid who's easter eggs could last me until at least a month or two and once I still had some in February of the next year) like "can I have a real banana/apple/strawberry in here instead please? I'm just sick of lollies" I wouldn't have been happy with just sugar if I had a mini fridge, it would be "I'll just drink my water and yes I want some lollies but mostly give me fruit please" (even my recent bag of raspberry lollies lasted me a couple of months and the strawberries and cream lollies lasted me 3-5 weeks iirc)
A mini fridge in a kids room is a good idea if they got out of a home with food insecurity but they arent typically filled with just junk food and besides that idk what other reason it would be a good idea to do so
I would've loved to have a mini fridge as a kid, as I got home 2 hours before my mom did (latchkey kid), and couldn't reach the counter for a snack. The workaround? The bottom shelf in the door of the big fridge was mine. Full sized water bottles were used, I was just told to put them back if I didn't finish all of it. If I did finish it, toss it up onto the counter and Mama will refill it when she gets home. Snack bags of trail mix, cups of yogurt, cheese sticks, apple juice boxes....not a damn one in another container. They were just put in the shelf wherever they fit. A mini fridge for the kid is lovely if they can't open that big fridge door, but ultimately, unnecessary. Teach the kid how to open the door at their height, they’ll be fine.
@@rhardee16 my brother and I were Latchkey kids as were a lot of kids in our neighborhood. I can't imagine that being a thing today.
I think restocks in particular play off of the “oddly satisfying” thrill a lot of people get, particularly when the boxes/organizers/drinks fit in a shelf/drawer *just perfectly*, so there’s a Tetris-like satisfaction without the more tense anticipation because you can see it’s pretty much always going to fit perfectly. I think that’s where a lot of the popularity and the calming aspect come into it more than just cleaning videos.
(I do wonder if we’re going to see 100s of clear acrylic organizing bins at the second hand stores that have turned yellow in 10 years… but maybe they won’t yellow if they’re hidden in cupboards and drawers?)
the tetris-like aspect of these videos is so well put!! I was wondering about the bins too. Will we see a wave of declutters in a few years OR rebuying bins because they've yellowed and potentially advocating to others to-rebuy bins every few years.
@@shawnaripari All those flimsy plastic bins will probably be long broken by then!
Good question at the end of your comment.
When I have guests over I take this one basket I have and put in a toothbrush, small toothpaste from the dentist, q-tips and cotton pads, some washcloths, and maybe a small moisturizer or something. I find it fun, but the only person who has ever used things from the basket is my very best friend. I threw a sheet mask in once and she “used” it as a BOOKMARK. No one needs a guest bathroom drawer full of minis! Are we trying to give our friends’ skin weird reactions to things they’ve never tried?
Yeah the guest bathroom stuff is unhinged. Like we have a bathrooms extras box for backups of toothbrushes and toothpaste and shampoo for us so for a spontaneous overnight stay we can provide toothbrushes and guests can use the bathroom stuff we have, but like if I’m staying with a friend I’m either bringing my own stuff or asking if i can use their shampoo to save on packing. I would find it weird if I showed up at a friends place and they had a full skincare routine bought just for me.
My friend wants to come to my house lol. Like I have two extra rooms one has a bed but I turn it into my game room / living room. The other room is my air dry clothes an deep freezer. An living room nothing but cat trees an cat couch lol . Like mmmmmmmm she can just sleep in my room lol
This is advertising pure and simple. If we are getting it for free - we are the product not the consumer.
The laundry restocks just make me laugh. I had a relative who saw one tiktok about it and insisted that they “aestheticize” the laundry containers. The only thing that lasted was the glass jar for the scent beads. Everything else was deemed too impractical (at best) to continue refilling. Especially the liquid detergent in the drink dispenser-it took forever to pour, it left a significant amount at the bottom that was below the level of the spigot, and never fully fit a whole container of detergent at once. Restock videos are all for show!
That makes sense. I have an aesthetic glass detergent dispenser, but that's cause I make my own laundry detergent so it's never in another container
I really think the fridge restocks started with the Kardashians. If you look back years ago at their videos, their clear fridge was always stocked with very organized snacks and drinks just like they do nowadays. She would always keep her candy stocked and her snacks stocked, and you know that they did not eat these foods because, they were very weight conscious. But I think that aesthetic started with them. Kris would go to Costco and restock her candy canisters all of the time.
Hannah Alonzo’s video on restock videos featured someone restocking their JUNK DRAWER. To me, that is peak overconsumption. Until someone restocks their garbage can….
lol 😂 wait, what would that look like 🤔 buying stuff just throw them away? 😵💫
i wasnt even aware of this genre but you arent kidding about it being aesthetically pleasing...when that lady started poppin out gem shaped ice cubes i locked in open-mouthed like an ipad baby
I’m going to start filming authentic restock videos where I just unload my groceries into the fridge and pickup my birth control prescription.
Bedroom restock is me just putting away laundry.
These exist and are epically entering
“We could have a 72 hour series” Is that a promise?
😂😂 if y'all want it I can certainly deliver
Don't threaten us with a good time!
@@shawnaripariplease deliver :)
Don't make promises that you can't keep!
@shawnaripari what do you think of "the deal guy" on RUclips. If I
purchased even a fraction of the items I'd have no room to move around the house.
I am a tax preparer. You cannot take hair nails, clothing, etc. As a tax, write off. They fall under the Appearance and Image rule as stated for the IRS auditors under the entertainment industry audit manual. This rule goes across-the-board to other industries as well.
Omg "a lot of people who aspire to overconsume" YES I think this is a great articulation of why social media makes me uncomfortable these days after taking some time away from the short forms (Tiktok, Insta) myself. I feel like they are designed to make people want to overconsume and it's become a constant onslaught of aspirational content, linked to ways to buy the aspiration. Thanks as always for your work Shawna ❤
thank you for the lovely comment 💕 You're so right that much of this content is aspirational
I actually bought some containers for pasta and rice, because everything fell out of the pantry. and my fridge is actually a little organised so I don‘t waste as much food as before. now I see everything and nothing can hide in the back
It's also a great preventative against indianmeal moths! Awful creatures, once they're in they're almost impossible to get out.
One reason I really like videos like these restocks is that I have ADHD and simultaneously cannot stand clutter while constantly feeling overwhelmed as I try to start things. I never know where to start, but some of the asmr cleaning or restock videos give me a jumping off point to have someone kind of holding my hand. I have someone's nice fridge cleaning come up in my FYP and even on days where my to do list has seemed so daunting, I will be like "ooh you know, I could wipe down those shelves and put the nonperishables away!" and I'll just listen to them while I work. It's a nice feeling to know that my stuff can look nice too - it won't be as fancy, I know I'm in a different tax bracket than some of these influencers - but the introduction of cleaning that has no judgement attached makes it a lot easier for me. So many tools you find are still so negative surrounding cleaning as a difficult task. The lack of commentary about how "messy things were" and them just showing you how to clean is really good for my neurogivergent brain that thinks cleaning is a software update I've been desperately trying to find for nearly 30 years! There is definitely something to be said about the aestheticization of over consumption, though. For me, it just allows me to have a little more spacial awareness with the items I do buy for the family and be able to find better ways to sort them
I'm really glad to hear that you find inspiration from these videos and thank you for sharing your perspective here 💕
Cupcakesoup, you might like extreme cleaning videos as well, like those by Aurikatariina and Midwest Magic Cleaning. I find them very soothing & inspiring though sometimes the pre-cleaning state of the homes /stories can be disturbing.
@@pixiethistle Oh thanks! I'll have to look into them! That does sound like something I'd enjoy
@@pixiethistleI have adhd and the restock videos help me like the OP stated and I love those 2 channels you suggested❤
I also have ADHD, but want to offer the opposite perspective that these videos can be the opposite of helpful for me.
For one, I can end up daydreaming about having a spacious, aesthetic, organised home instead of actually doing the cleaning.
Or seeing a beautiful setup will send me on a side quest of devising the 'perfect' system (often involving buying new furniture or trays) instead of working with the constraints of what I already have.
Seeing cool new gadgets, pretty products or tasty foods in the videos is also risky because of poor impulse control.
I work in kitchen design and the number of customers I have coming in wanting to replace beautiful solid wood cabinets purely because they don't like how they look.... Girl you're downgrading so hard do you know how shittily constructed these are nowadays 😭😭
It's because no want to put in work to upcycle them ... I don't understand why they don't get someone to upcycle them if they got the money for new one.
omg i knowww, i'm 31 and we just bought our first home with solid wood cabinets stained (what i think is) a beautiful cherry mahogany colour . the current style in my age is like painted cabinets or mdf but we're like noooo we got a good thing (also it love the warmth it brings to the room). i refuse to be trendy esp when i like what we have already
@@abigaelrarts2257 i love that sooo much i think its insane that people just seem to completely hate dark cabinets now. Your kitchen sounds gorgeous
We just moved into a house from 1970. They covered solid wood cabinets with plastic that is peeling off and put those plastic doors on them. I plan on ripping that plastic off and sanding them and buying wood cabinet doors.
@@abigaelrarts2257 Smart and good for you!🙂
Restocks bring up many issues in my mind.
1 financial - I make six figures of and I can't justify the restock lifestyle. It's expensive unless you have crazy money or use it as a business to be an online salesperson. I don't think most can responsibly spend and have that lifestyle.
2 )as someone with OCD, it makes me desire this lifestyle. It tricks me into thinking that if you do this, you are in control and can be a better person, a better mom, and more.
3. all the downfalls of overconsumption
My family shopped at Costco and Walmart a lot because in many cases it is cheaper to buy things in bulk vs making multiple trips to a regular grocery store. Stuff like snacks that you put in your kids lunch every day, baking supplies, canned food etc. But those things last months.
These restocks make it seem like these people never cook real food. Stocking up on fresh fruit and vegetables is silly because they spoil. They’re lacking in components to make actual meals. Who only buys mini versions of products? I feel like many of these influencers are taking out the same items and putting them back in.
I guess I misunderstood what those videos were about... I thought they were about having a more organized life.. which to me is relaxing seeing everything grouped together. I agree a lot of them are obnoxiously excessive in the quantities. I have bought some fridge, cabinet and makeup organizers. But it's just to help me feel calmer and more relaxed when I look at them. It's satisfying when everything is tucked away and grouped together.
So cute how you started smiling so hard at the memory of the extra goodies at holidays and birthdays. We do this EXACT thing with our boys, even as teens, and they LOVE it. They said they don't want it all the time (not that we'd buy it) because it makes the cereal, chips, extra meat, soda, sweets SO MUCH MORE FUN on those occasions.
the whole concept of "restock" for regular ass people is absolutely insane to me. you do not need to restock nothing, susan!! if you ain't an entrepreneur or a salesperson of any kind, you don't need to have a stock of ANYTHING 😭😭
Huh? You don't stock up on canned goods? Sodas or juice? Stocking up is not the problem here lmao
People do stock up. I like to keep my cleaning products stocked up so I can buy them twice a year and then forget about it. That's not a problem here.
You can restock your kitchen pantry at home with things that don't expire quickly. Once a month I buy a big bag of rice and pour rice in the rice bucket and put a cup measurement on top and close the bucket.
What's not realistic is for the average household to stock everything like a tiny grocery store and do all the aesthetic stuff.
@@nuyynuyyI don't. In Europe most of us have grocery stores walking distance from home(especially if you live in a city/town). I just buy stuff when I actually need it.
@justynawisniewska1213 no that's how we do it in canada, I don't remember how we did it in Guatemala but you definitely stock up here with certain things like food and toiletries, usually things will come in packs of 3 or 4
. drinks will come in packs of up to 24 and usually buying in bulk is technically cheaper if you're willing to pay upfront. The only things we buy more regularly is fruit and things that will generally go bad
I have to giggle at your childhood story. I just did a kitchen restock for the summer because I have the grandkids so much. It's soda, cereal, and chips. 🤦♀️🤦♀️ To be serious though, my restock was just adding a couple items and throwing them in the kitchen. I love saying restock now.
I went wild for the coke as a kid 😂 buying some extra special items for guests is a nice gesture
I wonder how much time they spend finding items that slot perfectly into each little drawer and container and like, planning and arranging all the layouts for every drawer. I bet it takes an absolutely huge amount of time.
Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if they aren’t sponsored by some of the brands whose labels they show in their videos.
I went through a few of the videos I had saved and there were a few sponsorships. The spring ice refill was sponsored by ollipop, another was sponsored by bodyarmor. Another of the bathroom restocks was a plug for their amazon storefront. The majority I gathered seemed to not be, but there were some.
I always wonder if this kind of behaviour goes even deeper into people's psychology. I'm thinking cavemen hoarding food supplies or shiny items to trade and a feeling of safety and survival.
Our environment changed so much in a short time that we have to try harder to "unlearn" this kind of behaviour, because we are NOT cavemen and 5 fridges and one person hoarding supplies for 20 people is unnecessary 😐
Orphans still hoard food for a while after being adopted, and people who grew up in the 30’s just hoarded everything. Are these videos just the fancy version of a trauma response while also being rich? Or pretending to be rich for the camera?
Ok that bathroom restock where they have a billion of every product but like 5 cotton pads?? GIRL UR PRIORITIES
HAAHAHAH
Some of the bathroom and kitchen restocks could even be filmed in batches at a rental (like a VRBO or AirBNB) so that they have a bunch of content, but don't need to actually own a fancy home, or empty out their real lived-in spaces.
absolutely possible
No, you don't leave that stuff in an Air Bnb because people will take it all.
Ohhhh, I thought you meant an air bnb they own!!!! That makes sense.
@@toomanymarys7355 they could just take it all back out before they leave the air bnb
I love restock videos, like you mentioned, they are just soothing. I also like them because in my childhood I remember many times running very low on different items, we didn't have much, so basic grocery shopping was so exciting for me. I really appreciate the feeling of preparedness and having everything you need, however I definitely see how restock videos take it far beyond practical need, and I have to be mindful that they are not practical for me to recreate. That being said, I am always excited to buy and unpack necessities like floss, laundry detergent, etc.
I don't think this is a bad thing! thank you for sharing your perspective
I love this point. I grew up in and am still in a similar position. I work in education in California and we only get 11 paychecks a year. I do ‘restocks’ monthly when i get paid. My apartment is tiny and the fridge is half size and inly has the wire racks in it. No drawers, no door shelves. These videos were mildly helpful to give me ideas of how to organize a month’s worth of food in there. Due to the heat and humidity in my area I have things like a butter dish (gifted to me by my grandma). I have tupperware to put dry goods in (purchased new and also passed down from aunts, mom, and grandma) we can’t drink the tap water where I live unless we boil it first so we have about 4 35 packs on hand at a time. However it is the safeway brand water or aquafina if we bougie lol. We have a bullet ice machine from wal mart because we have no room in the freezer for trays. This is all born of necessity and preventing waste tho. Like if I use flour and then leave it in the bag, the bag may get damp from humidity and mold. A lot of my organizing stuff is from the dollar tree and the clearance section of overstock stores tho.
I have a shopping addiction but even I think these restock videos are beyond ridiculous. Also, I don't think a lot of these people are even wealthy. I think people are willing to fake everything and/or put themselves into debt for some views and likes. It's a disease of the mind.
I have a shopping addiction, too! But weirdly, it’s not geared toward kitchen, home decor, etc. We invested in high-quality furniture when we bought our house over seven years ago, and it’s largely remained the same. My decorating style leans minimal. My area of overconsumption is with clothes, shoes, bags, perfume, and makeup. I’m watching this channel to help me consume less.
I appreciate the cost break downs. making me feel the urge to break down my own items to self reflect
The restock of La Roche Posay products was something… At first I thought I was in a skincare store! That’s really upsetting, because these products have an expiration date, and there’s no way she would used them all in time.
“You are not a vending machine” so real. Made me laugh yet it’s so sad what the reality is with these restocks. Love u girl
I stumbled across this video. I absolutely hate these videos. Their huge fake nails clicking on everything and all of the waste of packaging outing things into more plastic. Agh I hate it so much.
Bro, yes!!! the CLICKING of the nails!!!! It pisses me off😂😂
Ice is ice baby…if you’re worried about how others are evaluating your ice, you need new friends 😂😂😂
Restock videos just make me want to do a "realistic pantry restock" video where it's just 10 minutes of me decanting the big 10kg bags of rice, beans etc. into 1kg tubs that I can actually lift and instead of affiliate links it's just "buy less stuff" 🤣
I struggle with object permanence and these videos have given me useful ideas about how to keep my food sorted and fresh so it's not wasted
Overconsumption is such an insidious practice because it can so easily and often does spiral out into other harmful practices/behaviours and other negative externalities that do real world environmental, physical, and psychological harm. Also appreciate you pointing out that this stuff pisses people off because its such a flagrant multifaceted display of the wealth of a small minority at a point in time when the majority are barely treading water at best or are actively drowning at worst.
The spiral spending is very real I'm glad you mentioned it
I would get tired thinking of more unnecessary things to purchase
What happens to the extras? For example, what if an item comes a pack of six but there's only room for five? Things don't just slot perfectly into place in the real world.
they may put the extras on top if there are a few once the video is filled OR they have to store them elsewhere. I was watching a video where someone had a walk in pantry and they had a shelf for this kind of stuff.
@@shawnaripari So it's actually creating a problem because you need to find somewhere else to store the excess? It's like buying containers for cereal then having to find storage for the half full box.....I'm from England, I don't have the space in my kitchen, let alone the money in my bank. No thanks. Lol.
It reminds me of the extreme couponers of the 2000s. While some restockers/extreme couponers donated to charity, we can never really be sure of what's going on or the motivation behind needing all of these supplies, of course other than just making the content to get paid.
Things are so bad in America now that having fruit and vegtables is a privilege? Thats just sad.
ya 😕😕
As someone who works in a supermarket we often will just pull stock to the front of the shelves to give the illusion of them being full
ok the pickle jar that gets rid of the juice is the only thing i would buy...that thing is pretty cool.
I'm sure you've likely tried this but if not, opening a regular jar and using the lid to mostly cover up its opening while leaving a tiny gap, could help you remove most of the pickle juice :>
As you'd only need to tip it over a sink, though that method may not be accessible for some people
@@pumpkinhills7611i think the point is that you want to store pickles in the juice since thats what preserves them, but the juice makes it terribly difficult to grab any, since the water lets them move around instead of being grabbed with a fork. the gadget lets you separate the juice and the pickles for serving, but you keep the juice for storage. if it wasnt plastic id be tempted to grab one for myself too
I have organizational/ordering OCD, so in someways I enjoy these videos because they are settling. However, my rational/moral brain sees the overconsumption as gross.
"We get rid of clothes because they are out of date and not cute anymore." Not me with my wardrobe that has barely changed since highschool.(im almost 30) You will pry my nerdy goofy tshirts outa my cold dead hands. Or until they are so full of holes they are no longer wearable 😂
I don't watch restock videos, but I really enjoyed your commentary on the subject.
These videos are so excessive. That said someone might look at my pantry and think it’s excessive but in my defense we have six people in our household and I stock up on things when they are on sale.
I swear some of those restock creators must reuse the same items and just put them back. Like dump the bin out on the counter out of sight and just film putting them back into the bin. Like get fresh produce and some food as you normally would but anything they already had just put them back in the bin for the video. Especially pantry items, it's not like we would see the expiration date just buy once and constantly reuse the items.
Your videos have helped me realize why I have such an issue with my life - because the internet/social media has done a number on our need to keep up with the Joneses... I am not sure if you have any type of content that is related to the idea of... not fully going minimalistic, but the idea of minimizing the amount of clutter that you have... I have four kids and a household of six, so I can't reduce to any huge degree, but I would love to be able to scale things back for my own mental health. Overconsumption is responsible for heightened dissatisfaction with one's life, I wholly believe.
I have a love hate relationship with these. Because I really like the satisfaction of the "restored to order" aspect you mentioned but I hate the waste and over consumption parts.
I’m not a restock influencer but I have a drinks fridge. It’s a built in and then I have my regular fridge for groceries. I have people over all the time and I love having options for them and them being able to take what they like
The worst kinds of these videos are the ones that claim the restock/refills are better for the environnement than purchasing it brand new 💀It's all just overconsumption bs
I have to imagine this constant organing, reorganizing, restocking, making things "aesthetically pleasing" is got to be stressful as hell. Its like you must be camera ready at all times. Not the least is figuring how to pay for it all. Like you said its fiction, not reality.
I think they batch film them. It's not real life. So, no, it's not stressful. Especially compared to a retail job.
The fridge restock with the drinks looks like shes restocking for a grocery store. Also those ice cubes restock I know for a fact that when the icemolds get out of style theyll be piles and piles of them in a good will.
I bet they just keep reusing the same unopened skin care in different videos. Or the same beverages and things.
Heck, they could just go to ultra and ask for the boxes they were going to throw out from testers and use those
I love restocking videos for the sound AND I think it's psychologically relaxing for me to see someone with a full fridge, pantry and other everyday necessities, because I had a phase last year where I wasn't even sure if I can afford food or toilet paper. And just the thought of others struggling like this as well hurts a lot.
(But not a full fridge in a way that things most likely go bad. It has to make sense.)
However I know that a lot of people are in debt, but I have to ignore that when watching those videos. I'm trying just to be happy about the fact that these people have everything they need.
I have spent a ton of time watching videos romanticizing ordinary parts of life. Brewing coffee, knitting, cleaning videos. I believe the appeal is envying the time people have for these things. I work and have a toddler and am not cooking meals from scratch, doing any kind of self care, can’t organize anything without a two year old “helping”. Your video gave me a lot to think about the consumer aspect.
Great video (I'm a new subscriber)! As I was watching these restocking videos, I wondered how much of the "wealth" on display comes courtesy of credit card debt, and how many of these influencers are struggling with it. It's difficult to live a wonderful, aspirational lifestyle if you're constantly worrying about unpaid bills.
debt is a possibility but I don't think we'll ever know for sure. It could be interesting to consider though, if we're seeing these videos and are feeling influenced
There are a few videos by creators that dive into this subject. Some influencers have even been filing for bankruptcy but still posting an out of touch lifestyle. It’s a vicious cycle for them to remain relevant and losing all the money they gain
The most bizarre thing for me is always the drink cans and the individually wrapped snacks.
I wouldn't even know where to get these fun sized snacks other than around Halloween when they're all over stores as well, so maybe that's an American thing. 😂
The fun sized candy/snacks are year round, yes (at Walmart, to my knowledge). People who tend to lots of kids often get them to give out little treats or rewards sometimes (think daycare or young students in school) and families don't get them often.
I doubt the people making these tiktoks are all teachers or run places prone to have many children.
i just bought a huge bag at the wholesale store for work lunchbag snacks to reduce the amount of sugar/candy im eating during the work day and also so im not spending a ton on the vending machine - it’s helping somewhat, but i had to sort them into separate cups (that i already had lol) for different pieces bc if you want for ex a hershey kiss and all you keep grabbing are reeses then youre gonna get annoyed really quickly
Your content keeps me grounded thank you
I just saw a girls “car essentials restock” and apparently her essentials are 12 bottles of REFILLABLE hand sanitizer 🙄
You don’t need 12 bottles of hand sanitizer. Just wash your damn hands!
@@AlisonLeMay that part!
I drink water from a 32oz deli container. It's big enough that you can put a TON of ice in it. I stir the ice with my thick metal straw and it makes a very satisfying noise.
With regards to FTC disclosures for affiliate marketing, I deal with a lot of new RUclipsrs and many of them just don't know they need to make these disclosures. They are surprised at what is required and don't know the rules and guidelines of the affiliate programs they sign up for - especially Amazon.
i've found that smaller IG accounts also don't know. but the brand working with them also has a duty to inform these new people
@@amandak.4246 Yes, I see what you're saying. I always thought the burden was on the creator to know and follow FTC regulations.
Just watched your 'shower restock' video, it was great! I really like these kind of 'shedding light' videos on this type of content. It makes me feel less crazy for not having a million products for everything. Keep up the good work!!
Lol it is crazy people wanna make water 'pretty' or 'aesthetic'. Like since when did having a life need become an 'aesthetic'.
With the ice tock stuff, I consider it a blessing to have a refrigerator that filters and dispenses cool water and has crushed and cubed ice options. Considering all the years of those ice cube mold thingys to make ice, having it come out of the refrigerator via the front of the refrigerator is beautiful ❤.
Sometimes I'm struck by how lonely and consuming this kind of consumption can be. How is a stupid freezer full of ice making me feel this way?? What a waste of power T_T
The three travel razors are wild to me. I bought one of these a couple of years ago b/c I have a medically complex son that has a lot of hospital stays, so I put together a toiletry bag that I could quickly throw into a suitcase, including that same razor. It's really nice, but I dont understand why her guests would need 3 unless they were staying for like 6 months.
I'm sorry: You look SO pretty in those glasses, they're like made for you! (The colour is like rhubarb juice- so colourful and stylish) Your makeup looks perfect with them.
The deep dives on content like this are so interesting to me. You covered a lot here! There is a creator here, Hannah Alonzo, who has a video about this as well where she found that many creators are recycling multiple videos with different text/colors/other things. So these people who make these restock videos are doing this week in and week our because even they cannot afford it.
peronsally i watch restock videos because usually their food is particularly healthy , there’s lots of vegetables, fruit, and meat, lemon water, other fruits in water… but as well as the sense of fulfillment i get from seeing a full clean fridge. it’s very unattainable for me because obviously you have to be so wealthy to have these things, i think that’s another factor. i like to live vicariously through these creators because i aspire to eat healthy, and have the wealth for a full fridge.
Yes ! This !
Having a fridge full of good and healthy food is a luxury a lot of us can’t afford right now. Fresh produce are becoming more and more expensive.
I aspire to have the means to not worry about sells and not stress about food prices. I just want to eat good food and not fear I will run out of stuff. This content play into that
Wild that it drives such an expensive expectation for groceries for example, and then they also make money off of the content and it essentially could pay for itself making it even more unobtainable. Reminds me of when i had to buy some pants and saw a tag id never seen before, along the lines of „returns for reasons of change of mind will not be accepted without this tag attatched“, making me think thats how they were trying to crack down on OOTD content purchasing and returning clothes after photographing them.
If you arrive at an airport at 12, and don't have a toothbrush and there's nowhere to get one, your teeth won't rot away if you don't brush them that night. Your hair won't have to be cut off if you don't brush it before bed. Your body odor won't start smelling like a corpse if it waits a night. Or gods have mercy, use soaps that's already open.
I just unfollowed all the restock/clean/organize tiktok accounts. I watched for the ASMR vibe but the overconsumption (AND TAX WRITE OFF?!!) and ridiculousness was getting to me. This video has reassured me I made the right choice.
On the note of the clean or declutter with me videos, it actually helps me do just that, in the past year since starting that habit my house had been cleaner and more organized boosting my mental health.
54:37 I think that, in some cases (not the ice cube ones!) the fact that this can be written off on taxes is very overlooked. If someone can get $200-$300 of bathroom stuff (which they/their family of 2-??? will eventually use most of) basically for free just because they filmed it and put it on TikTok, that might be appealing for someone who otherwise can’t afford to do that, after all, this is their job.
My big family easily goes through this much. My fridge and pantry is way less attractive, but it's not inconceivable to think this stuff can be used.
yeah but you're a big family, not a single influencer
@@trustedroota lot of these ladies are moms though?
I am watching this from the perspective of a Christian, and you hit the nail on the head perfectly with a covetous aspect of restock videos. I can't even begin to tell you how much of a cognitive dissonance I have when I observe any form of restock video whether it's crafting related, kitchen related, cleaning related, or anything else. The world tells me that I should desire what I am seeing with my eyes, yet the spirit within tells me that all of that is worthless and meaningless, that it will fade away or be destroyed. In the faith we are told to avoid the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh, and the pride of life. These restock and aesthetic videos 100% go against that.
Thank you so much for being one of the many voices speaking out against this grotesque display of greed.
I AM SO GLAD TO SEE THIS DISCUSSED, I’ve searched for videos about it for years because I’m really into art & a bunch of little Knick Knacks, like blind boxes, back when they weren’t really a cash grab and it was just a cute commodity option vs. the regular product line, BUT now every company makes things a blind box. Like it’s insane. The quality of the items inside has also massively decreased, I’m assuming to compensate the overproduction of the products but it’s sad because now it just feels greedy and gross to support these companies when they’re doing it without giving any option to get the items elsewhere because they know people will spend more to complete sets, almost like legalized gambling on a consumer level on top of extreme mass production of things that didn’t need to be mass produced to that level or in that way
23:00 Notice how the only questions we see the creator reply to are the ones asking where to buy the items.
The restocks I watch is homestead/ homemakers. Making monthly canning batches, fresh bread, yogurts, freezer meals, freezer desserts, home canned pantry restocking. I use to love the viral restocks. But I started thinking all those packages add up. It feels wasteful over priced and unrealistic for average people. Or my home diet needs
Thank you for another thought provoking and relevant video, Shawna! I try to reject what I consider excess consumerism but definitely fall prey to the Diderot effect of continually upgrading & getting more aesthetically pleasing items when replacing possessions, though I usually try to wait until I "need" a new item (as in damaged beyond repair or lost) and look for used/pre-owned for most goods before buying new. I justify this practice by telling myself the things I am upgrading to are higher quality, will have increased longevity, and that I will take better care of them, but I haven't really analyzed this to know if it's true. I'm going to go back and rewatch your videos on the subject.
thank you so much and for sharing your experience
I just can't stand when people move one thing from it's already existing packaging (ie EGGS AND PICKLES) and moving it to another container just for it to look 'more aesthetic'. ITS ALREADY HELD IN ITS PACKAGING FINE!!! My adhd brain also COULD NEVER fathom doing that amount of work every time I go grocery shopping. It simply would not ever get done.
I was a house cleaner, rich people have retail-quality mini fridges in their garages and stuff like that
Most people bring their own products when they travel.
When I spend the night at my mom's or best friend's house, they are gracious enough to let me use their products. When we visited family out of state, they had a guest bedroom and guest bathroom that had *basics* - one full-size shampoo, conditioner, and body wash. They had towels for us to use as well.
Kids will never know the joy of only going out to eat on special occasions (birthdays, etc.) Or getting a treat (like a candy bar) at the grocery store, which only happened a few times a month if you're lucky, if you were good...
I mean, the ones that dont have the extra storage devices, could just be "organizing" instead of restocking, maybe adding one or two new types of drinks. I mean, I had 3 different icecube trays in my college mini fridge, they took up most of the freezer space. I felt like that amount was good for one person, since i drink juice a lot, in my own reusable cups, I always have Ice in my drinks. And I had 3 water bottles one for my bedside (loft), and two to fill for both daily use and to fill ice trays, the tap water was bad, and I kept running out with one over the weekends.
I'm a fan of being stocked up and will typically purchase 2-3 bottles of my products. But I also use up my products. It only becomes an issue when I want to try new stuff so I have to be careful 😅❤ great video!
i got REALLY into these videos for a time -- i was at the very beginning of my anorexia recovery and still struggling with food hoarding, and i grew up food insecure. these videos were (and still sometimes are) totally aspirational as someone who grew up with a fridge full of mold and very little food, and then spent large portions of their adolesence very malnourished. my malnourished brain was OBSESSED with any food content (would spend hoursss reading/watching recipes) and fridge restocks were def a way that came out !!!
as i've nutritionally rehabilitated i've enjoyed them way less, as my urge to food hoard has decreased since my body sees no need for it anymore. but it was wilddd for a bit