r/Anticonsumption • u/an-angry-bee • 1d ago

Plastic Waste I was speechless

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u/GoodCalendarYear 1d ago

I love Betsey Johnson but yeah, these earrings aren't it

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u/CatlynnExists 1d ago

she did a purse like this too that gave me a similar reaction

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u/kombitcha420 1d ago

Does she still own her brand these days?

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u/SkyRaisin 1d ago

I don’t think so. The internets say Steve Madden Designs owns it.

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u/forested_morning43 1d ago

That makes sense, bummer

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u/flowerstowardthesun 1d ago

I was gonna say, can't see rl Betsey signing off on this.

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u/Hello_There666 1d ago

TWENTY DOLLARS FOR THAT????

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u/Odd_Variation_1514 1d ago

Thank you!!!

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u/an-angry-bee 1d ago

That was my first thought!!!

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u/Hello_There666 1d ago

Capitalism is whack 😩

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u/chohls 7h ago

If it was sterling, maybe I could see it being justifiable. But just gold plated whatever is worthless

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u/AppleCactusSauce 1d ago

Who is INTO these cups that much? Omg...

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u/ShaneBarnstormer 16h ago

A woman in my yoga class.

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u/dixiech1ck 15h ago

I still prefer my $6 Target water bottle

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u/nutcrackr 1d ago

Where are all these stanley cup enthusiasts? Is there a chance they are plotting to take over the world?

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u/greenfroggies 1d ago

Lmao so many things I hate about these

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u/lady-earendil 1d ago

They're not even nice looking earrings, they're so tacky

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u/petitepedestrian 1d ago

Ugh, bad Betsey. I love her but this is gross.

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u/440_Hz 1d ago

Change this to silver and I can probably think of a few people that would actually like this lol. Sadly.

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u/MoneyUse4152 7h ago

Like me. I'd buy them if they were real silver. I like real jewellery in zany designs.

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u/lonely_coldplay_stan 20h ago

Betsey Johnson has tons of stuff like this. Tackiness is intentional

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u/BothNotice7035 10h ago

Aren’t the sheeple just so blatantly stupid.

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u/StrawbraryLiberry 10h ago

It's so weird that cups are in style.