Comments on: Virtual Gifting http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/12/27/virtual-gifting/ spirituality in the workplace Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:15:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: h sofia http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/12/27/virtual-gifting/#comment-1102 h sofia Fri, 28 Dec 2007 03:32:27 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/12/27/virtual-gifting/#comment-1102 I purchased $10 worth of Facebook gifts (it was 15 'gifts') and give them out once in a while. Usually in lieu of a birthday card for a person whose mailing address is always changing. I don't see any difference between spending $1 for an online teddy bear and spending $3.50 (plus postage) on a Hallmark card - except the price. I purchased $10 worth of Facebook gifts (it was 15 ‘gifts’) and give them out once in a while. Usually in lieu of a birthday card for a person whose mailing address is always changing. I don’t see any difference between spending $1 for an online teddy bear and spending $3.50 (plus postage) on a Hallmark card - except the price.

]]> By: Comrade Kevin http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/12/27/virtual-gifting/#comment-1099 Comrade Kevin Fri, 28 Dec 2007 01:23:40 +0000 http://survivingtheworkday.com/2007/12/27/virtual-gifting/#comment-1099 Consumerism becoming a parody of itself. File under: irony. Yet, bandwidth and time is consumed, though certainly it doesn't fit the classic definition of consumption. Consumerism becoming a parody of itself. File under: irony.

Yet, bandwidth and time is consumed, though certainly it doesn’t fit the classic definition of consumption.

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