"When I was a little girl, I knew there was a market price and a utility price, and the practical, brown stuff lasted a lifetime. But when I looked at the shop window, I saw another world - a world full of A dream world of perfect merchandise, a world where a grown woman can have everything. They are so beautiful, like fairies and princesses, they don’t even need money, they have magic cards.”
Hearing such a self-report, would you think that there really is such a magic card in the world? You can buy everything you want. It's something we all dream of, an all-purpose magic card that can buy back anything we want. In reality, there is such a thing that can realize the dream you want to have - a credit card. When you have a credit card, the convenience of spending first and then repaying. So, you go to swipe frantically, buy back a lot of things you like or want, just swipe and pay gently, and you buy everything.
It is a common phenomenon that young people now have several credit cards in their hands. Some people use them rationally, some people continue to swipe their cards for consumption, and some people use them for other purposes. In short, various usages, Weird. And the function of consumption bears the brunt. When you enter the store or online store, the credit card becomes your magic card, and you can get your favorite things with a single swipe. In "Confessions of a Shopaholic", the heroine Rebecca is in the same situation as us. Young people of the same age have 12 credit cards in hand in New York, the lavish metropolis. So, Rebecca turned into a shopaholic, buying and buying frantically.
She always thinks men don't love you as much as the store. She described the handsome guy's smile at you like warm cream on hot toast, and the store made her feel even better. Men don't keep loving you, entertaining you, and not returning them in seven days. And the store can keep igniting your desires, and all the new, limited editions, and the constant appeal of merchandise will always make you want to touch and own. But is this dreamy feeling real? never been true. Good feelings in the past, but more material is a burden.
Rebecca never knew what the consequences of her buying madness would be. The desire to consume brings a strong sense of fantasy, but behind it is a high debt. I saw that I bought so many clothes, bags and shoes that I will not be able to use them up for a long time in the future. Does she ever wake up? The answer should be not yet. Because even if a person realizes that he is doing the wrong thing, the addiction is stimulated and repeated deep. When Rebecca's friends helped her kick her shopping addiction, she still couldn't control her hands at any time, throwing them away to participate in sales and snapping up salt products. Even if you have participated in many abstinence meetings, even if you learn to "break away" from experts, you will not easily quit shopping addiction. The vicious cycle continues like this.
Rebecca never realised what was wrong with what she was doing and what her life was like now. Even if the debt is collected, he will use all kinds of lies to prevaricate the past, and even bring his friends to tell all kinds of lies. In this chaotic life full of lies and false dreams, no matter how happy and free, there will be a day when it will explode. It's always been like this, the movie uses comedy to cover up the outbursts of panic and fear, but the reality is a heavy muffled sound. Rebecca never foresaw that debt collectors would come straight to her door, even when she was already gaining fame, to break out all her scandals—to avoid all the lies the debt collectors told. And such a heavy blow will continue, destroying her work and love, and even her friendship. Just because of her endless shopping desire, the bridesmaid dress for her friend's wedding was also lost. That's how to be a real loner.
The most vivid memory is that Rebecca stood by the river in his hometown with his parents' traveling family car parked on the side of the road behind him. Later, her father came over to comfort her and said, "The US economy can survive the difficulties with billions in debt, and so can you." Even, her parents decided to sell the family station wagon they bought with their lifetime savings. This kind of thing is also the most regrettable. The debts I owe have to be paid by my parents. Also, only parents can selflessly take such risks, they only want their children to be safe and happy. Perhaps, Rebecca really realized his mistake and had to pay the debt for all of this. So, to stop the father's idea. possible. Really stop it.
In the film's final climactic phase, Rebecca proves that she will work hard to pay off all her debts. With the help of my gang members, I held a personal promotion, selling all the things I bought to satisfy my shopping craving, many of which were limited editions. It never occurred to me that this promotion will earn back the amount owed, repay the arrears, and be free from debt. I won my love, got my dream job, and started a better life.
Hollywood-style dramas always give the audience a happy ending. But this movie is a very down-to-earth, classic comedy. Following the lives of the protagonists in the movie, we can see that excessive consumption will indeed destroy the future of a young person, and the crazy shopping desire will gradually make people lose their bottom line, lose the principles of life, and bet on the future time. A credit card is just a card, but the consumerist values that people are rich in will make many people fall into it without knowing it. When I looked back, I had already fallen into the endless abyss, and I couldn't even climb out.
In this almost cruel real world, a person stumbles, smashes his head, and falls all over. He only knows how to look back when he knows it hurts. The magic card I once owned was not so beautiful, it turned out that everything was made up by people themselves. It can be summed up in this way that magic cards will allow people to have all the beautiful things, but there will be a demon behind them waiting for the opportunity to drag the people who use magic cards into the abyss. Things with a bright and beautiful surface are very eye-catching, but practical things will never deceive you and protect your life in a low-key way.
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