I’m puzzled by the last paragraph. Is the author trying to lecture us?
What does the author consider “things we don’t need”?
Are we getting a moral lesson from an archeological artifact?
I think she’s British..................
“Is the author trying to lecture us?”
Yup—she is another disgusting Karen—the dungheap of humanity.
“I’m puzzled by the last paragraph. Is the author trying to lecture us?”
Most definitely:
“Just over a thousand years later, no one remembers the object or the person who owned it. And no one will remember the stuff you once owned during your time on Earth either, so stop buying things you don’t need.”
IOW: “Don’t be such a materialistic ingrate. Our Leader is doing the best he can. You don’t need all those material things you used to spend money on anyways. So what if all your disposable income now goes towards necessities?. So stop charging on your credit cards cuz it’ll make you upset by election time running out of credit and having to choose between eating or paying the electric bill. We can’t have that in an election year. Hush little children”
‘bout that.
I understand what she is saying.
It’s not an order, just a thought. My thoughts, at 62, run about the same. Mom and Dad getting old. What am I gonna do with all the stuff they have. Wife has tons of stuff from her mother, she can’t stand to part with. We have a houseful of stuff. Me personally I don’t have a lot of stuff. Never had the money for “stuff”.
But yeah, you die, nobody cares about your stuff!
But if material things are what make you happy then go ahead!
Nobody’s ordering you not to buy more things. But maybe just think about it?