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A vulgar derogatory slang word that people use against those under LGBTQIA+ members: specifically those who have sexual feelings for the same sex. It is used mostly by those who try their best at spreading their masculinity.
The word has had many definitions. In the 17th Century of English speaking: Faggot meant a bundle of sticks carried by laborers on their backs (though may say this is an urban myth). It's known by the British as a meatball. FaggoTING meant either lace knitting or forge wielding. There was even a cell called the word from a type of leukemia. However, the definition that comes to mind rose in the early 20th Century.
Faggot is known as an insult to gay men, queers, homos, and even lesbians. Those who are called the world are highly offended by it, claiming the user as "homophobic." However, there are some instances where those who get offended by it use the word toward/against other gays. It's quite a controversial word. Like other words, faggot is known to be a word that only those who it's toward can use without it's meaning being interpreted, causing hypocrisy amongst the community and the heterosexual one.
"Man, look at these faggots and their bar. We should burn that shit down."
Scalpers are illegal online individuals who can be the bane of your existence at a time of popularity surging items.
In an act of anti-consumerism, scalpers go through illegal and policy bending routes to buy products in insane amounts of bulk with digital softwares such as bots before the product is even months away from release. Then, in a fruitful attempt to gain money through unofficial means, they sell company items for twice the price and have their listings on seller-acceptable websites.
Those with a large amount of inventory through illegal measures have their items on online listing, and when consumers cannot turn to official methods of getting their product, they lie in wait, hoping that a desperate buyer would have no choice but to submit to their prices, which are normally about 2-3 times higher than company price.
While scalpers are mostly to blame for the shortage of products in the online era, retailers are also to blame. Some retail workers are scalpers or spies themselves for one. Two, online retailers do absolutely nothing in their power to defend against bots. Some, like Best Buy, have taken some security measures to allow 5 minute windows when something is in stock, as well as 1 per buyer, but it's still not enough to counter scalpers. Websites like the famous Amazon and eBay allow for scalpers to show off their ridiculous listings.
Man: "I tried getting the Playstation 5, but they were all out in seconds! How is it possible??"
Man 2: "Scalpers. Scalpers and their bots."
The action that businesses usually perform when greed takes over. Generally, they release products with the interest of themselves: the producers, rather than the interest of buyers: the consumers. This includes selling/reselling things at prices higher than their normal rates and previous rates, making items a limited quantity to increase the demand, and presenting, or adding unnecessary adjustments in order to boost advertisement.
"Nintendo's Loftwing Amiibo is one of the most Anti-Consumerism moves the company made. They proved that they only cared about puncturing a hole in your pocket."
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