Yoga, essential oils, astrology etc: Why have they become so popular?

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no different than high-waisted jeans coming back

mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Sunday, 25 July 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link

yoga is nice. essential oils smell good but probably aren't worth the investment. i have zero interest in astrology unless "float on" is involved

eisimpleir (crüt), Sunday, 25 July 2021 14:40 (two years ago) link

ever since i turned off personalized ads, i've been seeing a lot of ads on youtube that are a "marketing of masculinity" variant of this phenomenon

eisimpleir (crüt), Sunday, 25 July 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link

pendulums are freaky

brimstead, Sunday, 25 July 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link

Over the past 2-3 years or so, I‘ve noticed a lot of my friends getting into these things and it annoys me to no end. Is this a general phenomenon or only happening in hipster bubbles? The whole pseudo spirituality movement really does my head in.


How do you want people to live? Sounds like:

Plain unscented soap for hygienic quick showers only, utilitarian exercise carried out according to Army Combat Fitness Training, and all assessment of character and personality must not deviate from orthodox freudianism and APA DSM-5 manual.

Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link

correct

class project pat (m bison), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link

Mandatory Dr. Bronner's, citizen

Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 25 July 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link

I feel like there's probably a middle ground in personality assessment between diagnostic pathology and 'I'm an INFP because I was born under a full moon.'

Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 25 July 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link

wtf is wrong with nice soap?

Yerac, Sunday, 25 July 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link

probably quite alarming if you weren't aware of its existence or use until now

mark s, Sunday, 25 July 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link

alert ilx mods when they become aware of salad dressing not bought in a bottle.

Yerac, Sunday, 25 July 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link

I think the "essential oils" in the thread title doesn't mean "nice soap," it's shorthand for "essential oils, medicinal and/or psychoactive properties ascribed to"

Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 25 July 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link

my salad dressing usually comes in shampoo bottles that were previously filled with shampoo

making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Sunday, 25 July 2021 20:16 (two years ago) link

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Yes - but in the main post groovemaan says:

(This thread was triggered by a friend of mine starting her own artisanal soap brand)

Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 25 July 2021 20:17 (two years ago) link

yes ^^^
i did analyze that first post in-depth trying to figure out what year they were living in.

Yerac, Sunday, 25 July 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link

fucking righteous post by Luna there!!

brimstead, Sunday, 25 July 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link

I mean the “plain scented soap” one…. Kinda corresponds to how I feel about all the “I hate this phrase” threads on ile lol

brimstead, Sunday, 25 July 2021 21:23 (two years ago) link


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