Maybe it’s counting each individual sock as a clothing item? Like so a 6 pack counts as 12 items? Even then though it breaks my brain to read.

That’s OPs summary, but thumbing through the speakers it looks like it has more of an ethical AI angle if anything

I assume that’s counted under usage?

I’m doing vegetarian week (and could definitely use recipes if anyone can help!)

I guess my distaste comes from the fact that this is a “top down” approach when a “bottom up” approach feels both more effective and attainable. The rejection of consumerism should come from people, not from a government, and the idea that the government should work to influence attitudes and not the reverse is worrying to me.

I definitely don’t endorse Black Friday, but I think this mindset uses the wrong sorts of tools to answer what might not even be the right question.

You can’t fix the “we should go shopping on Friday after Thanksgiving” mindset with a law, or at least not with a law that’s even vaugly in line with laws existing where I live. Even if you banned sales the day after Thanksgiving, that’s not the issue, the bugger problem is the relationship between people, community, goods and brands.