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DO YOU ACTUALLY WANT IT? OR DO YOU JUST WANT OTHER PEOPLE TO SEE THAT YOU HAVE IT?

I ask myself this a lot and I think you should too.

@wakeuplmd

1d ago

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@knitzsche

Rene Girard would say that no one’s desires come from within, all desire is influenced by others, whether you want to inspire envy or you want what others have or what others want.

1d ago

@jacquesfrancois

I want it.

1d ago

@mariamaria

I feel like this was written for people with labubus

1d ago

@linfo

@MARIAMARIA 😂

1d ago

@sunugu

@MARIAMARIA definitely, its genuinely just a status symbol. i went to the mall yesterday and they were reselling them for $80... i WAS gonna get one for my sister but f that lol

1d ago

@saylor

@MARIAMARIA this was my first thought before I opened the comments!! I was like, actually I was right to not get a labubu after all😭

1d ago

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