Affluenza
After considering the symptoms of affluenza, I can easily say that only one is true of me. The only one I agree with is that I am running out of room to store my stuff, so I do not have affluenza. Even though I am not infected with affluenza, there are a large number of people in developed countries who are. It can be a very bad thing to have, though there are some good aspects that should be considered.
Anyone with affluenza, obviously, would have an overabundance of stuff building up. To some that may be bad, an unuseful pile of junk. That is a bad way to look at it. On the occasion that an unimportant pair of clothes is needed for a dirty activity, who would be more likely to have one? The person with affluenza of course. As a result of all their impulsive buying, they would be sure to have clothes in excess, many of which they most likely don't like. Besides using their acquired mass to help themselves, they could also use it to help many others. To......
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