Water usage is probably my biggest. Living in a high desert, my wife and MIL see no problem with filling one side of the sink with hot soapy water to wash a few dishes because “that’s just how I’ve always done it”, to watering the grass and plants for hours. All of this makes me mental.

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    From Wallet Voting by Cory Doctrow:

    Wallet-votes always go to the people with the thickest wallets, and statistically, that is not you.

    It doesn’t mean to keep shopping at Amazon if you hate their business practices, it just means that you & your friends won’t have any impact on Amazon’s business policies.

    Granted, you’d be a hypocrite, so definitely don’t shop where you hate, but don’t expect a giant corp to change.

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      I read that link and I’m not sure I understand Doctorow’s reasoning on the subject. I typically find people that dismiss voting with their wallet fundamentally misunderstand microeconomics but either way, both points (yours and mine) are definitely not hills I’d die on.