I am excited for this trend. I wish the movement wasn't backed with a -core where people are just joining in because its the new cool thing, but progress is progress. I am so tired of seeing those videos of girls with drawers filled with blushes where they just organize them. Like girlie you can't use all of those in your lifetime. I loved the video, keep up the amazing work!☀☀☀
I think using the language of trends* as a way to buck the status quo of overconsumption can mostly help. At least I hope it reminds people it's normal to NOT be buying all the things.
@peachcookie6624 I feel like that's a pretty negative take. It is true, some people will only echo it as long as it's a trend, but for some it has the potential to become a mindset. & to me those little wins are netter than no wins at all. In an ideal world, yeah, everyone would change their mindset & stop overconsumption on their own, but the fact is this is a less than ideal world in so many regards. But your perspective is up to you. Either take the small wins as they come, or focus on what we still lack and focus on the larger losses. Or a bit of both
It's the same push to be mindful of your consumption repackaged under a different name, and as long as it gets more people thinking about their spending habits and impact on the environment I'm all for it. I just want it to create lasting change, instead of being just another buzzword to be tossed out and forgotten.
Girl really said "office siren" like babe that's just called being dressed inappropriately for the workplace, you are not Julia Roberts and this is not a movie
As a fellow office woman, I HATE that trend like bbygirl ion know what corner of the internet lied to you saying a cropped blazer miniskirt set is standard, but you’re not the main character here, you’re breaking dress code and having grown ass married men break the code of ethics.
@@niasemii I think the implication of “office siren” is that this is how a woman should dress in order to be “the hot woman at the office” (think Julia Roberts in some of her movies or Joan from Mad Men), and it’s not, it is how you get sent home to change or fired, because, again, real life isn’t a movie. If it’s just a “look” intended to be worn on the street, then sure, but I don’t think that’s what is intended.
Canned or frozen fruit is just as healthy as fresh. That is a common misconception. People often look down on them but one can make many healthy varied meals with canned or frozen foods.
I did food science in college, and you are 100% right. Most of the time frozen vegetable are actually nutritionally better for you because the nutrients dont get the chance to degrade on the shelf in the shop!
I think there's good and bad sides to this trend. I like that it might combat the ridiculous culture of hauls, fast-fashion overconsumption, and constant buying into the evolving trends and "cores" of tiktok. I'd say it's a bit different than minimalism that millennials made popular in that it isn't always advocating for getting rid of things or being super bare and neutral. It's an extension of the deinfluencing trend that's been going around too. What you have is good and serves you well, you don't need to buy things you didn't need until you saw it on tiktok. However, I think that it is also at risk of being forgotten and moved-on from just like every other trend if people don't truly understand that over-consumption is bad for their wallets and the environment/society. Under-consumption is really just normal consumption but we've become so used to over-consumption that it seems like a big jump.
I think it’s nice to see regular people on social media again. I think most of us didn’t buy too much into the overconsumption to an extreme level and have regular homes and stuff. I’m not excited to see celebrities pretend to be poor to try and seem relatable, we know that’s coming lol.
Class is such a big factor in this in my opinion, because so much of overconsumption is people attempting to emulate what they see rich people online doing, and I think this movement is a positive sign amidst the overconsumption crisis. ☀☀
Honestly as long as people are consuming less I'm here for it. Watching people jump from trend to trend gets exhausting even if your not taking part in it, because companies are pushing the algorithm to advertise to you regardless. Social media is one big market place these days no matter what your interested in there's a company ready to pounce on and advertise you stuff. If this teaches a few people to jump off the trends cycle it's a win. Are planet cannot sustain fast capitalism.
I think part of “core”-ifying things on the internet allows target audiences to find content that they want, and if ur constantly searching a term on Pinterest/tiktok/Twitter it starts to shape your identity or at least where your want your identity to be
i think something that gets left out of this conversation very often is classism. aestheticizing normal consumption or sometimes just the poverty lifestyle should be criticized in my opinion, as someone who grew up poor and is now as an adult below the poverty line. the fact that people who partake in the "underconsumption-core" trend have the option to pick that "aesthetic" already tells me a lot about their privileged position in society. i feel like a lot of the youtube commentary community rn is praising "underconsumption" too much without taking into account the fact that it sometimes comes across as tone deaf to those who have never even had the chance to choose something else than frugal living.
I’m 28. Married. I don’t have social media and I enjoy living a simple life. I can’t tell you how many brunches I’ve been to where every woman is talking about _Chloe this_ and _Kyle that_ . Over the last year or so, I’ve noticed more and more women becoming disillusioned with the Kardashians and reality TV in general. This underconsumption trend gives me hope.
as a fellow gen-zer, i am tired of being in this box where i have to be an aesthetic to be cool. liking what i like isn’t a bad thing, but doing certain things and being a certain way for the aesthetic is unnecessary.
the hair is giving!!! also underconsumption core is such a mouthful. and heavily misunderstands what 'under-consumption' actually is. it doesn't mean you need to go back and live the way your grandparents did. it just means that you shouldn't buy the new iphone every year and engage in fast fashion and consumerist hauls and unboxing, you shouldn't buy the designer ugly crap handbag when the moderately priced one does the job. i saw someone making their own shampoo in the name of underconsumption, like... girl, you don't need to be doing all that. shampoo is a NECESSITY! underconsumption doesn't have to come at the cost of a boring beige white apartment or house. it's all about just buying what you need and some additional things to spruce up ur mental health. it literally just means buying what you need. like an average person does. tiktok does too much.
I don't really think it's annoying... In the era of showing really really sick consumption in media we should show the normal life even if we will call it minimalism, zero waste, under consumption and all of this. I mean.. Making the normality a trend will just show the reality for larger group of people in media. And I guess it's really necessary for kidds who are spending way too much in media... At least for them it will be somehow an interesting trend because most of older generation are more... Used to reality? I don't know, I hope I wrote it enough Understandably.
@@t3nshi40 My only problem is the trend part. “Oh look, being a minimalist is cool now, guess I’ll be a minimalist now!” It’s so weird, sheep like. People showing off their minimalist lifestyle is just another form of flexing. “Look, I have restraint, I don’t spend a lot, look how cool I am!” Just a personal thing, I find it annoying.
Exactly! I've been doing this shit for like 15 years now because spending a ton of money and dumb stuff I won't use is stupid. It's like people can't think for themselves.
I do not use my lotion to the end. I use it a few times then loose it and don't buy another because I already have one, then find it a year later when it's gone weirdly seperated. Then the cycle starts again. The way the universe intended when it gave me adhd
@@648ak Did you miss the part where I mentioned I have ADHD as well? I was mentioning a tip to avoid misplacing thing. I know how you have to learn ways to work with ADHD, not against it.
I feel like its not meant for normal people being ok with their life but for chronically online people that want to live like these influencers. Like its not about "look how I underconsume" but "look, underconsumption is a good way of living, if you want to follow a trend to live your life might as well follow this one" to encourage people to underconsume. At the end of the day as long as we stop overconsumption the way doesn't matter
I think when it comes to people labeling things like this as an aesthetic or core it’s because they’re trying to picture themselves from the outside in. to act the way they want to they must imagine the outside image of that. and outside image has always been considered aesthetic and such. i would say it’s like making a character of yourself and imagining how something like underconsumption looks in your life and assigning yourself to follow that rubric. people probably use social media to look into what underconsumption looks like- heavy emphasis on that last part.
I hope we can return to luxury being quality items. Bc we def became hoarders of these things. Gen z gotta also turn this mob mentality w their obsession of -cores into real social change lol
honestly do whatever but this is a way better mindset than those resulting in overconsumption, also seeing people aggressively overconsume has made me more aware of what i buy, I've started to use everything i have until its gone or expired and have started to repurpose or donate stuff I don't have use for anymore. its nice to know people are becoming aware, whether its because of a trend or not its a good thing for our current times
🌞🌞🌞 If it takes a trend to make it take off, so be it. I’m happy to see sustainability and mindfulness in terms of lifestyle picking up again. I hope it sticks!
This was a wonderful commentary. I disagree that flex culture started from Black culture. Keeping up with the Joneses has been a thing all the way since 1913, and flexing outrageous wealth has been a thing long before that.
Please normalise this and not label it as a “core”. Under consuming could mean fast fashion brands actually shifting to create great quality products again and less pollution!! Let’s all start doing this ❤❤
Yess, so many videos on this in the last few days and not enough are linking it to minimalism properly. I do wonder if people are put off 'minimalism' as a term because of the cold white wall decor style
I worry that because its a trend, people will get bored of it and move on, as they do with all trends. I hope this one sticks around (sun emoji) also, I'm obsessed with your hair! It's so cute!!
I'd never followed a lot of people on YT or social media until maybe a couple years ago. That is about the same time I stopped following some of the larger influencers. I found many of the smaller channels far more relatable. I love to see what people like me are using to clean their house and how they do it, or how people get the most out of their products and belongings.
☀️There's a thing I do with shampoo and conditioner bars that ended up incompatible to my hair, skin toners that end up too strong for my face, vitamin c serums oxidising too fast to possibly use it up in time on my face, or hand cream I didn't like the smell.. boom, legs shaving soap/foam, exfoliation that usually is less irritating on legs, hyperpigmentation fighting, and moisturised. Nothing goes to waste. It's genuinely such a winning strategy
I have done this as well. I've gotten stuff that was trash for my face, but worked for my leggies. And I've taken dried out face wipes and put alcohol in the package to use as hand wipes or to use for a surface when out and about town.
🌞🌞🌞I definitely went through my overconsumption period. Now that I’m retired and not buying clothes, makeup ect I feel so much better! I’m using what I have and actually decluttering.
sun emoji lol (I can't actually type a real one :P) I'm just glad this will get people thinking about reducing their consumption. I think it's normal for children and young people to want categories so they can feel like they belong and have acceptance. Nuance, self-assurance and integrity of your own beliefs come with age.
Love it!! Although as a "gen z-er" I do disagree with the idea at 14:30ish that the younger generation needs something to be an aesthetic/-core to participate or follow it, I think it has wayyy more to do with what algorithms favor and how things can more easily gain traction online with searchable terms like "underconsumptioncore", regardless of the generation participating. It's mainly a symptom of the algorithm
You know I've been noticing this all over my YT feed. Click right away because it finally made sense. Now we have underconsumption influencers. I wonder who underconsumes the most. 😂
Ngl - I would probably murder for a small walk-in freezer. Spent the last four years in a rental with a freezer that gets filled with four bags of frozen veggies and I miss being able to meal prep in bulk. The amount time i need to spend on cooking and prep to avoid food waste while eating healthy is exhausting. I just want to spend a weekend cooking soups, stews, sauces, and other freezer meals, thaw one chunk of something a week and just relax for the month, adding in fresh produce and freshly cooked grains. 😅 Tl;dr TIME is the luxury I really miss
This I wouldn't consider excessive if one was able to get. I would adore this, too. I got used to having my own fridge and now I don't and am on the hunt for a chest freezer as it will help my family. Being able to meal prep more as I work a lot of hours (hospital NOCs) and this would keep the guess work out of what I will eat at work. Unfortunately, "some" in this movement would akin it to being an over consumer, when it's not. It's helping me stay healthy and I need that with my medical issues. Better than expensive grab and go because I am too exhausted to cook much. Thought have been bringinf my rice cooker to work with one pot meals in it. Game changer.
I’ll take aestheticizing being normal over making waste and overconsumption normalized! I’m ready for a shift, I’ve been on a super low buy and it’s so nice
New subscriber 🌞 happy to see some other commentary on this and you brought up some things others really haven't. I went to college and got licensed to be an RN (currently working in acute care inpatient psych). So i make decent money. I sont really worry about paying my bills or whatever. I dont really want for much. I still cut open toothpaste tubes and repurpose stuff. I spent a good amount of my 20s into early 30s couchsurfing, living in my car, or temp apartments. I had grandparents who were raised during the great depression and my parents (big ups to my pops who passed some years ago mow) who were raised in immediate during WW2 and Vietnam War eras. I geew up with hearty farming and "we made do with what we had" folks. I hold thoae values close to my heart as its all i know and lived more od my life not having much than how i am now. My dear Taller Half is the same. We have a comfortable life, but we still work hard and remembee where we came from. We try to excessiveness to a minimum; quality over quantity is the rule in our home.
Im excited for this, im 29 and for a couple years ive been disconected from beauty and other social media stuff cuz i didnt feel it aligned with my views, this is up my alley now and im so excited and happy for this. I had my makeup addiction for like a couple years and YEARs later still have the collection that i cant use all. :) so ive not bought any makeup besides the regular stuff u gotta replace after a certain amount of time ( mascara and stuff) but underconsumption is a breath of fresh air
I feel like while having something to incentivize consuming less is probably good it also feels like partly misery pr0wn (misspelled on purpose) and partly "slumming it" from the past. Like tourism? It'll probably continue for a while, but it's likely got a shelf life similar to the last minimalism fad. Soo... 3 years or so. For other similar trends compare "pre stressed jeans" I'm on a phone so... lets try :sun:
They must be buying those things like the shower full of body washes and Stanley cup collections in person bc target app shut my butt down about buying books lol they said I was a wholesaler when I asked customer service messaging why my app wasn’t working. This was a while ago. And I only bought like 40 books. So dumb lol if they don’t want people to use the promos why have them. It truly made me wonder how actually wealthy people shop. That’s the definition of shop til you drop, it’s what malls are about.
sun emoji! I liked this video a lot and I hope at least people approach luxury items in the under-consumption way... in general being more intentional with consumption
one trend i actually like (and can participate in!) i really like this shift towards underconsumption and i've been doing the #shopmystash where we rotate products from our own inventory each week so it feels like we're using new makeup to avoid the desire to buy new ones
hiii i just wanted to say that i haven't really been watching a lot of yt these days, but your channel is so wonderful!! it's been such a relief to sit down after work and watch your vids. Thank you for reminding me about lil tay omFGGGGG
Ngl I really don't like Zoe unlimited. I loved a couple vids like her Emma C one, but I thought u touched on exactly what she failed to grasp in her trad wife one. Her analysis of nara was basically "people are jealous of her and that's why they don't like her" but it's like, if I said that ab the Kardashians or even other influencers you'd see thru that argument right away and see why it's a cop out. I liked ur use of the word soft flex bc that'd exactly how her and Ballerina Farm feel
i agree that this becoming a trend is weird in some way but so is every trend ever if you rly think about it, and this movement feels like it has a really good intention behind it, trying to gather a community of people who want to reject overconsumption and in a small way maybe make a big difference in the world i’m all for it i also love the rise of creators who speak about recycling and reducing waste, shopping second hand/ethically, overall just trying to reduce their carbon footprint and making that one of the main things they center their content on is would love to see this become more and more popular
Part of me feels like the Stanley Cup craze is a big part of what started the 'new' trend. People realized it's wasteful and saw the heat people were taking for having so many cups they will never use.
just found your channel this morning and ive been binge watching as i get ready for my day!! i love that you dont add a bunch of random stuff! ❤❤ and i was so surprised to see how little of a following you have!! good luck on this youtube journey:)
Randomly had a video of yours suggested by RUclips! They struck gold again, loving your channel! I'll hit that "join" button as soon as it's an option!
This exact trend comes and goes, minimalism by any other name...it'll be gone in a week and we'll be back to restocking all of those shelves and drawers we just cleared out
I think things like this have to become a “trend” to be acceptable because of the lack of safety many of us feel for being human/ourselves. If I see someone living a life similar to me then I feel “safe” and accepted. As a generation, we’re always trying to find ways to fit in and unfortunately trends are ways for us to feel noticed when at the end of the day, we are all worthy of being seen just by being ourselves. It sucks because for as long social media exists, being “normal” won’t always feel comfortable and safe, and who knows what the next trend will be where being a simple human is looked down upon again. I will say, I feel like the “under-consumption core” stems from the “I’m just a girl” trend, where girls were able to share their truth/reality that felt comforting to other girls who are similar, which is great! BUT all of these trends are catered mostly to women and I think that’s where the problem lies because we’ll always be finding ways to feel safe/accepted in a society that feeds off of our consumption regardless of how big or small it is. At the end of the day, womanhood is constantly being juiced into different trends and used for companies to benefit off of which really makes me wonder when we’ll be able to truly just be our authentic selves because we feel safe to😅
☀️ Thanks for the video! I think flexing should go back to when rich people commissioned oil paintings of big cows they owned, much more interesting imho 🐄
Your hair looks very nice, and side note I think we the world could change for the better if there was a trend for it. Kinda of like those old head memes where it’s like #jumpoffabridgechallenge and then the kids do it, like a legit Mr beast recycling challenge would be crazy
celeb/people try to build a tank to cover their natural self by flex and possession, and when viewer fed up with the content, they sway into a quiet luxury, under-consumption core. overall, human are all human pleaser
The fact that it takes adding -core to the end of anything makes it trendy just sends me... Underconsumption is great, now how about volunteercore, votercore, pro-choicecore, goodparentingcore, and investing-in-educationcore?
Not every collection is over consumption it depends on the reason for buying it. I collect several things like MLP, meemeows, cans that i like, Taylor swift, dead things i find and turn into displays.
I appreciate what under-consumption core is trying to do, but it is still being MARKETED to us as a trend, which almost guarantees it will not be sustainable. It doesn't present itself as a movement to me. It's the re-marketing of being normal
I think some people may take it seriously but to me the name is ironic right? Like “underconsumption core” but the joke is it’s just a normal person living their normal life
its sad how materialistic american society is, and since the country is powerful, smaller countries "look up" to this type of lifestyles, which are unattainable for more than half of the population of the earth 😂
I think flexing is honestly a human thing Even eastern cultures also view flexing as paying the entire bill and other forms as well and I’m sure other things I can’t think of Houses for their entire families to live in and extended Saudi and others come to mind
I think underconsumption-core is supposed to be somewhat satirical of all the “core/aesthetic” things lol. But I’d rather people do this than buy things they don’t need simply because an influencer said so. I hope more people can start being smart about their choices lol.
Under consumption core is literally just being a normal person😂. But it being an aesthetic is just wilddd what a time we live in man
Right I'm so sick of these cores
Only in the US is this a trend. It's called living in means in the rest of the world it's common everyday sense
I am excited for this trend. I wish the movement wasn't backed with a -core where people are just joining in because its the new cool thing, but progress is progress. I am so tired of seeing those videos of girls with drawers filled with blushes where they just organize them. Like girlie you can't use all of those in your lifetime. I loved the video, keep up the amazing work!☀☀☀
Making under-comsumption cool is a huuuuuuge win✨️ even if its just a trend
If you follow trends, you have a low IQ. Grow up.
I think using the language of trends* as a way to buck the status quo of overconsumption can mostly help. At least I hope it reminds people it's normal to NOT be buying all the things.
I agree with this completely. I feel like the end justifies the means her. Basically what she was echoing around 14:00
@peachcookie6624 I feel like that's a pretty negative take. It is true, some people will only echo it as long as it's a trend, but for some it has the potential to become a mindset. & to me those little wins are netter than no wins at all. In an ideal world, yeah, everyone would change their mindset & stop overconsumption on their own, but the fact is this is a less than ideal world in so many regards.
But your perspective is up to you. Either take the small wins as they come, or focus on what we still lack and focus on the larger losses. Or a bit of both
It's the same push to be mindful of your consumption repackaged under a different name, and as long as it gets more people thinking about their spending habits and impact on the environment I'm all for it. I just want it to create lasting change, instead of being just another buzzword to be tossed out and forgotten.
Overconsumption is a fancy word for hoarding
Girl really said "office siren" like babe that's just called being dressed inappropriately for the workplace, you are not Julia Roberts and this is not a movie
As a fellow office woman, I HATE that trend like bbygirl ion know what corner of the internet lied to you saying a cropped blazer miniskirt set is standard, but you’re not the main character here, you’re breaking dress code and having grown ass married men break the code of ethics.
@@cheyennec5546 I mean, I wouldn’t blame a woman being dressed like that for a man breaking the code of ethics, that is still on him
That's the aesthetic though?
@@pb_and_nutellayeah that shouldn't be her fault
@@niasemii I think the implication of “office siren” is that this is how a woman should dress in order to be “the hot woman at the office” (think Julia Roberts in some of her movies or Joan from Mad Men), and it’s not, it is how you get sent home to change or fired, because, again, real life isn’t a movie. If it’s just a “look” intended to be worn on the street, then sure, but I don’t think that’s what is intended.
Canned or frozen fruit is just as healthy as fresh. That is a common misconception. People often look down on them but one can make many healthy varied meals with canned or frozen foods.
I did food science in college, and you are 100% right. Most of the time frozen vegetable are actually nutritionally better for you because the nutrients dont get the chance to degrade on the shelf in the shop!
Frozen yes, Canned no
Fruit tends to be canned in syrup, which adds more refined sugar. But frozen fruit is efficient!
I think there's good and bad sides to this trend. I like that it might combat the ridiculous culture of hauls, fast-fashion overconsumption, and constant buying into the evolving trends and "cores" of tiktok. I'd say it's a bit different than minimalism that millennials made popular in that it isn't always advocating for getting rid of things or being super bare and neutral. It's an extension of the deinfluencing trend that's been going around too. What you have is good and serves you well, you don't need to buy things you didn't need until you saw it on tiktok. However, I think that it is also at risk of being forgotten and moved-on from just like every other trend if people don't truly understand that over-consumption is bad for their wallets and the environment/society. Under-consumption is really just normal consumption but we've become so used to over-consumption that it seems like a big jump.
I think it’s nice to see regular people on social media again. I think most of us didn’t buy too much into the overconsumption to an extreme level and have regular homes and stuff.
I’m not excited to see celebrities pretend to be poor to try and seem relatable, we know that’s coming lol.
I hope not, they don’t have to pretend
Class is such a big factor in this in my opinion, because so much of overconsumption is people attempting to emulate what they see rich people online doing, and I think this movement is a positive sign amidst the overconsumption crisis. ☀☀
Honestly as long as people are consuming less I'm here for it. Watching people jump from trend to trend gets exhausting even if your not taking part in it, because companies are pushing the algorithm to advertise to you regardless.
Social media is one big market place these days no matter what your interested in there's a company ready to pounce on and advertise you stuff. If this teaches a few people to jump off the trends cycle it's a win. Are planet cannot sustain fast capitalism.
I think part of “core”-ifying things on the internet allows target audiences to find content that they want, and if ur constantly searching a term on Pinterest/tiktok/Twitter it starts to shape your identity or at least where your want your identity to be
That’s true, it definitely helps with search terms
i think something that gets left out of this conversation very often is classism. aestheticizing normal consumption or sometimes just the poverty lifestyle should be criticized in my opinion, as someone who grew up poor and is now as an adult below the poverty line. the fact that people who partake in the "underconsumption-core" trend have the option to pick that "aesthetic" already tells me a lot about their privileged position in society. i feel like a lot of the youtube commentary community rn is praising "underconsumption" too much without taking into account the fact that it sometimes comes across as tone deaf to those who have never even had the chance to choose something else than frugal living.
This! 100% Perfectly put.
Agree with all you said.
I’m 28. Married. I don’t have social media and I enjoy living a simple life. I can’t tell you how many brunches I’ve been to where every woman is talking about _Chloe this_ and _Kyle that_ . Over the last year or so, I’ve noticed more and more women becoming disillusioned with the Kardashians and reality TV in general. This underconsumption trend gives me hope.
Hopefully its a lifestyle and not a trend. We overconsume too much already
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The gen z obsession witb everything being aesthetic or 'core' baffles me. You can just exist, not everything has to be a trend.
as a fellow gen-zer, i am tired of being in this box where i have to be an aesthetic to be cool. liking what i like isn’t a bad thing, but doing certain things and being a certain way for the aesthetic is unnecessary.
the hair is giving!!! also underconsumption core is such a mouthful. and heavily misunderstands what 'under-consumption' actually is. it doesn't mean you need to go back and live the way your grandparents did. it just means that you shouldn't buy the new iphone every year and engage in fast fashion and consumerist hauls and unboxing, you shouldn't buy the designer ugly crap handbag when the moderately priced one does the job. i saw someone making their own shampoo in the name of underconsumption, like... girl, you don't need to be doing all that. shampoo is a NECESSITY!
underconsumption doesn't have to come at the cost of a boring beige white apartment or house. it's all about just buying what you need and some additional things to spruce up ur mental health.
it literally just means buying what you need. like an average person does. tiktok does too much.
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Trends are so fcking annoying bruh. I’ve been doing this shit before it was cool!
I don't really think it's annoying... In the era of showing really really sick consumption in media we should show the normal life even if we will call it minimalism, zero waste, under consumption and all of this. I mean.. Making the normality a trend will just show the reality for larger group of people in media. And I guess it's really necessary for kidds who are spending way too much in media... At least for them it will be somehow an interesting trend because most of older generation are more... Used to reality? I don't know, I hope I wrote it enough Understandably.
@@t3nshi40 My only problem is the trend part. “Oh look, being a minimalist is cool now, guess I’ll be a minimalist now!” It’s so weird, sheep like. People showing off their minimalist lifestyle is just another form of flexing. “Look, I have restraint, I don’t spend a lot, look how cool I am!” Just a personal thing, I find it annoying.
@@ogreface8 aaaah. I understand now, I'm sorry. I thought that you meant something different.
Exactly! I've been doing this shit for like 15 years now because spending a ton of money and dumb stuff I won't use is stupid. It's like people can't think for themselves.
@@ogreface8 exactly!
I do not use my lotion to the end. I use it a few times then loose it and don't buy another because I already have one, then find it a year later when it's gone weirdly seperated. Then the cycle starts again. The way the universe intended when it gave me adhd
As someone else with ADHD you don't need to live like this. Just keep it in your room or bathroom and don't move it from it's spot.
@@reporterin-ha942 it moves on it's own, I am entirely innocent
@@reporterin-ha942yes, out of sight out of mind is a real thing for Adhd😭
@@648ak Did you miss the part where I mentioned I have ADHD as well? I was mentioning a tip to avoid misplacing thing. I know how you have to learn ways to work with ADHD, not against it.
@@Moonpie90 We are not living with mindset! Go find your lotion 👏👏
I feel like its not meant for normal people being ok with their life but for chronically online people that want to live like these influencers. Like its not about "look how I underconsume" but "look, underconsumption is a good way of living, if you want to follow a trend to live your life might as well follow this one" to encourage people to underconsume. At the end of the day as long as we stop overconsumption the way doesn't matter
I think when it comes to people labeling things like this as an aesthetic or core it’s because they’re trying to picture themselves from the outside in. to act the way they want to they must imagine the outside image of that. and outside image has always been considered aesthetic and such. i would say it’s like making a character of yourself and imagining how something like underconsumption looks in your life and assigning yourself to follow that rubric. people probably use social media to look into what underconsumption looks like- heavy emphasis on that last part.
I hope we can return to luxury being quality items. Bc we def became hoarders of these things. Gen z gotta also turn this mob mentality w their obsession of -cores into real social change lol
Your hairstyle is so cute omg ❤❤😍😍
@@yuelina.x thank you🌸
honestly do whatever but this is a way better mindset than those resulting in overconsumption, also seeing people aggressively overconsume has made me more aware of what i buy, I've started to use everything i have until its gone or expired and have started to repurpose or donate stuff I don't have use for anymore. its nice to know people are becoming aware, whether its because of a trend or not its a good thing for our current times
Same here 😊
Out of all the stupid trends, this is one I'm actually looking forward to
🌞🌞🌞 If it takes a trend to make it take off, so be it. I’m happy to see sustainability and mindfulness in terms of lifestyle picking up again. I hope it sticks!
I had to get off tiktok i was toontowning myself into the internet fr! thank you for being such a breath of fresh air
Gen z is broke and are getting to the age where you get kicked off the family insurance. The esthetic here, is finally adulting
I'm an elder millennial 😂 So I remember the show "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" from the 80's 😬
This was a wonderful commentary. I disagree that flex culture started from Black culture. Keeping up with the Joneses has been a thing all the way since 1913, and flexing outrageous wealth has been a thing long before that.
Please normalise this and not label it as a “core”. Under consuming could mean fast fashion brands actually shifting to create great quality products again and less pollution!! Let’s all start doing this ❤❤
Yess, so many videos on this in the last few days and not enough are linking it to minimalism properly. I do wonder if people are put off 'minimalism' as a term because of the cold white wall decor style
I think that’s exactly it
I worry that because its a trend, people will get bored of it and move on, as they do with all trends. I hope this one sticks around (sun emoji)
also, I'm obsessed with your hair! It's so cute!!
🌞yeah I’m hoping this one sticks, but it is giving minimalism for gen z. Thanks for watching
I'd never followed a lot of people on YT or social media until maybe a couple years ago. That is about the same time I stopped following some of the larger influencers. I found many of the smaller channels far more relatable. I love to see what people like me are using to clean their house and how they do it, or how people get the most out of their products and belongings.
☀️There's a thing I do with shampoo and conditioner bars that ended up incompatible to my hair, skin toners that end up too strong for my face, vitamin c serums oxidising too fast to possibly use it up in time on my face, or hand cream I didn't like the smell.. boom, legs shaving soap/foam, exfoliation that usually is less irritating on legs, hyperpigmentation fighting, and moisturised. Nothing goes to waste. It's genuinely such a winning strategy
I have done this as well. I've gotten stuff that was trash for my face, but worked for my leggies. And I've taken dried out face wipes and put alcohol in the package to use as hand wipes or to use for a surface when out and about town.
🌞🌞🌞I definitely went through my overconsumption period. Now that I’m retired and not buying clothes, makeup ect I feel so much better! I’m using what I have and actually decluttering.
sun emoji lol (I can't actually type a real one :P) I'm just glad this will get people thinking about reducing their consumption. I think it's normal for children and young people to want categories so they can feel like they belong and have acceptance. Nuance, self-assurance and integrity of your own beliefs come with age.
Love it!! Although as a "gen z-er" I do disagree with the idea at 14:30ish that the younger generation needs something to be an aesthetic/-core to participate or follow it, I think it has wayyy more to do with what algorithms favor and how things can more easily gain traction online with searchable terms like "underconsumptioncore", regardless of the generation participating. It's mainly a symptom of the algorithm
People who hate on frozen food are idiots. Its the best way to prevent food waste and save money.
You know I've been noticing this all over my YT feed. Click right away because it finally made sense. Now we have underconsumption influencers. I wonder who underconsumes the most. 😂
Ngl - I would probably murder for a small walk-in freezer. Spent the last four years in a rental with a freezer that gets filled with four bags of frozen veggies and I miss being able to meal prep in bulk. The amount time i need to spend on cooking and prep to avoid food waste while eating healthy is exhausting. I just want to spend a weekend cooking soups, stews, sauces, and other freezer meals, thaw one chunk of something a week and just relax for the month, adding in fresh produce and freshly cooked grains. 😅
Tl;dr TIME is the luxury I really miss
This sounds like heaven 😩 freezers really do need to be bigger
This I wouldn't consider excessive if one was able to get. I would adore this, too. I got used to having my own fridge and now I don't and am on the hunt for a chest freezer as it will help my family. Being able to meal prep more as I work a lot of hours (hospital NOCs) and this would keep the guess work out of what I will eat at work.
Unfortunately, "some" in this movement would akin it to being an over consumer, when it's not. It's helping me stay healthy and I need that with my medical issues. Better than expensive grab and go because I am too exhausted to cook much. Thought have been bringinf my rice cooker to work with one pot meals in it. Game changer.
I’ll take aestheticizing being normal over making waste and overconsumption normalized! I’m ready for a shift, I’ve been on a super low buy and it’s so nice
New subscriber 🌞 happy to see some other commentary on this and you brought up some things others really haven't.
I went to college and got licensed to be an RN (currently working in acute care inpatient psych). So i make decent money. I sont really worry about paying my bills or whatever. I dont really want for much. I still cut open toothpaste tubes and repurpose stuff. I spent a good amount of my 20s into early 30s couchsurfing, living in my car, or temp apartments. I had grandparents who were raised during the great depression and my parents (big ups to my pops who passed some years ago mow) who were raised in immediate during WW2 and Vietnam War eras. I geew up with hearty farming and "we made do with what we had" folks.
I hold thoae values close to my heart as its all i know and lived more od my life not having much than how i am now. My dear Taller Half is the same. We have a comfortable life, but we still work hard and remembee where we came from. We try to excessiveness to a minimum; quality over quantity is the rule in our home.
Im excited for this, im 29 and for a couple years ive been disconected from beauty and other social media stuff cuz i didnt feel it aligned with my views, this is up my alley now and im so excited and happy for this.
I had my makeup addiction for like a couple years and YEARs later still have the collection that i cant use all. :) so ive not bought any makeup besides the regular stuff u gotta replace after a certain amount of time ( mascara and stuff) but underconsumption is a breath of fresh air
We used to call it cheapskate instead of under-consumption core… 💰. 🌞
Building trees to grow vegetables. Interesting 😄
Sorry, had to comment, now ill finish the rest of the video 🤗
Love to see the plebeian lifestyle getting some recognition. ☀️
Definitely behind this tread 🌞
🌞i really hope it sticks around i love seeing ideas for stuff that you can find and use.
Enjoyed this. Great points and observations.
I feel like while having something to incentivize consuming less is probably good it also feels like partly misery pr0wn (misspelled on purpose) and partly "slumming it" from the past. Like tourism? It'll probably continue for a while, but it's likely got a shelf life similar to the last minimalism fad. Soo... 3 years or so.
For other similar trends compare "pre stressed jeans"
I'm on a phone so... lets try
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They must be buying those things like the shower full of body washes and Stanley cup collections in person bc target app shut my butt down about buying books lol they said I was a wholesaler when I asked customer service messaging why my app wasn’t working. This was a while ago. And I only bought like 40 books. So dumb lol if they don’t want people to use the promos why have them. It truly made me wonder how actually wealthy people shop. That’s the definition of shop til you drop, it’s what malls are about.
😂 at least it was books
@@tinyseyikr :) I was just so excited and got carried away, it was bogo or the gift cards thing, something like that I can’t remember.
I’m so glad you talking about this cause it made me cringe like why is everything a trend?
Your hair looks amazing 🤩🤩🤩
sun emoji! I liked this video a lot and I hope at least people approach luxury items in the under-consumption way... in general being more intentional with consumption
one trend i actually like (and can participate in!) i really like this shift towards underconsumption and i've been doing the #shopmystash where we rotate products from our own inventory each week so it feels like we're using new makeup to avoid the desire to buy new ones
hiii i just wanted to say that i haven't really been watching a lot of yt these days, but your channel is so wonderful!! it's been such a relief to sit down after work and watch your vids. Thank you for reminding me about lil tay omFGGGGG
Thank you so much!!
Ngl I really don't like Zoe unlimited. I loved a couple vids like her Emma C one, but I thought u touched on exactly what she failed to grasp in her trad wife one. Her analysis of nara was basically "people are jealous of her and that's why they don't like her" but it's like, if I said that ab the Kardashians or even other influencers you'd see thru that argument right away and see why it's a cop out. I liked ur use of the word soft flex bc that'd exactly how her and Ballerina Farm feel
In the US it's a revelation and trend. In rest of the world it's common sense.
i agree that this becoming a trend is weird in some way but so is every trend ever if you rly think about it, and this movement feels like it has a really good intention behind it, trying to gather a community of people who want to reject overconsumption and in a small way maybe make a big difference in the world i’m all for it i also love the rise of creators who speak about recycling and reducing waste, shopping second hand/ethically, overall just trying to reduce their carbon footprint and making that one of the main things they center their content on is would love to see this become more and more popular
Part of me feels like the Stanley Cup craze is a big part of what started the 'new' trend. People realized it's wasteful and saw the heat people were taking for having so many cups they will never use.
just found your channel this morning and ive been binge watching as i get ready for my day!! i love that you dont add a bunch of random stuff! ❤❤ and i was so surprised to see how little of a following you have!! good luck on this youtube journey:)
also your hair looks adorable in this video!!
Thank you 🌸
Thank you for the video, really enjoyed listening to you 💌
Next thing you know rich people are going to cosplay as poor people like us.
That's been happening. But we'll see it more soon.
Randomly had a video of yours suggested by RUclips! They struck gold again, loving your channel! I'll hit that "join" button as soon as it's an option!
Aww thank you 🙏🏾
☀️ thank you for another wonderful video!
Loved this video & also that bob length looks amazing on you ☀️🌞⛅️
Excellent points. Also i loved the transitions lol ☀️
Thank you 🌞😆
A different take on “under consumption“ - its recession behavior lol ☀️
This exact trend comes and goes, minimalism by any other name...it'll be gone in a week and we'll be back to restocking all of those shelves and drawers we just cleared out
god gen z can't have shit. can we please have this at least damn especially because it's better for the environment 😭😆
I think things like this have to become a “trend” to be acceptable because of the lack of safety many of us feel for being human/ourselves. If I see someone living a life similar to me then I feel “safe” and accepted. As a generation, we’re always trying to find ways to fit in and unfortunately trends are ways for us to feel noticed when at the end of the day, we are all worthy of being seen just by being ourselves. It sucks because for as long social media exists, being “normal” won’t always feel comfortable and safe, and who knows what the next trend will be where being a simple human is looked down upon again. I will say, I feel like the “under-consumption core” stems from the “I’m just a girl” trend, where girls were able to share their truth/reality that felt comforting to other girls who are similar, which is great! BUT all of these trends are catered mostly to women and I think that’s where the problem lies because we’ll always be finding ways to feel safe/accepted in a society that feeds off of our consumption regardless of how big or small it is. At the end of the day, womanhood is constantly being juiced into different trends and used for companies to benefit off of which really makes me wonder when we’ll be able to truly just be our authentic selves because we feel safe to😅
Thats a really good analysis. Felling the safety to express yourself is probably a big factor in all of this.
☀️ Thanks for the video! I think flexing should go back to when rich people commissioned oil paintings of big cows they owned, much more interesting imho 🐄
😂that would be cool
To be so fair to me my makeup, soap, and lotion don’t expire until I do 😂😂
absolutely loved this video 👏🏻
Thank you 😆
Underconsumtion core seems to be an evolution of the beauty communities project pan movemnet but made to seem more cool for easier mass consumption
Did Kim just say organic... trees?!??!?!!
I like underconsumption, but not as a trend. I want it to last beyond a typical trend cycle. I want it to really catch on this time.
Your hair looks very nice, and side note I think we the world could change for the better if there was a trend for it. Kinda of like those old head memes where it’s like #jumpoffabridgechallenge and then the kids do it, like a legit Mr beast recycling challenge would be crazy
Thank you, and that’s so true
celeb/people try to build a tank to cover their natural self by flex and possession, and when viewer fed up with the content, they sway into a quiet luxury, under-consumption core. overall, human are all human pleaser
If it takes something to become a core in order to lower capitalism, i'm here for it. But I hope it stays.
The fact that it takes adding -core to the end of anything makes it trendy just sends me...
Underconsumption is great, now how about volunteercore, votercore, pro-choicecore, goodparentingcore, and investing-in-educationcore?
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Crazy that now that we have so much stuff like the rich they have now focused on having quality food and free time as their flex of wealth.
So it’s back to normality?😂 Oh reminds me of my 90s childhood 🥹
Not every collection is over consumption it depends on the reason for buying it. I collect several things like MLP, meemeows, cans that i like, Taylor swift, dead things i find and turn into displays.
Taylor Swift? Grow up.
Why is everything a core now? Haha. First time watching! 🌞
They walk around in Pajamas and slippers how much lower can they go ?
I appreciate what under-consumption core is trying to do, but it is still being MARKETED to us as a trend, which almost guarantees it will not be sustainable. It doesn't present itself as a movement to me. It's the re-marketing of being normal
I think some people may take it seriously but to me the name is ironic right? Like “underconsumption core” but the joke is it’s just a normal person living their normal life
☀️ thank you for the video ❤
Thank you for watching thru 🌞
🌞 really appreciate your take
Thank you 🌞🌞
Frugal living 👍🏾
Bring back minimalism
off topic but i love your hair :) ☀️
I think that frugal life is happend just in media class, and in cities. Poor people life frugal because there is not choice😅
its sad how materialistic american society is, and since the country is powerful, smaller countries "look up" to this type of lifestyles, which are unattainable for more than half of the population of the earth 😂
Wondeful video☀️
Flexing, funny enough has always been apart of most western cultures, I mean just think about lifestyles of the Rich and famous and cribs
I think flexing is honestly a human thing
Even eastern cultures also view flexing as paying the entire bill and other forms as well and I’m sure other things I can’t think of
Houses for their entire families to live in and extended
Saudi and others come to mind
@@joiedevivre894 definitely, just didn't want to speak for parts of the world I'm not familiar with, however you're incredibly correct.
@@MrLoudthought ah I see!
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I think underconsumption-core is supposed to be somewhat satirical of all the “core/aesthetic” things lol. But I’d rather people do this than buy things they don’t need simply because an influencer said so. I hope more people can start being smart about their choices lol.
I agree, I’ll take this trend over something wasteful
☀️ I loved this video
Thank you 🌞