{"id":224,"date":"2017-01-21T22:07:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T22:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/amylee\/?p=224"},"modified":"2017-01-22T18:30:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T18:30:08","slug":"thoughts-on-oniomania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/amylee\/2017\/01\/21\/thoughts-on-oniomania\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Oniomania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This blog is going to be a little different. It is my first ever podcast with the help of my\u00a0friends, Shemonti and Clara.<\/p>\n<p>To start off, I\u00a0made them take a test to see where they stand on the scale of compulsive buying disorder and discussed a bit about their results. We then shared stories about our individual shopping experience and\u00a0I questioned them on\u00a0how online shopping and social media changed their habits\u00a0towards shopping.<\/p>\n<p>It may be a bit rough at the beginning, as it&#8217;s my first podcast but I hope you like it \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F303852255&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;maxheight=750\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to my friends I for joining me in this discussion.\u00a0I\u00a0highly recommend taking a look at their blogs:<\/p>\n<p>Clara&#8217;s blog on Colourimetry &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/clarachen\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/clarachen\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shemonti&#8217;s blog on Cyber Racism &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/shemontishams\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/shemontishams\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>This is the test that I made them take:<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-233 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/amylee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/Oniomania-Test-e1485106248637-791x1024.png\" alt=\"A test to see whether one has oniomania.\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/amylee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/Oniomania-Test-e1485106248637-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/amylee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/Oniomania-Test-e1485106248637-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/amylee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/Oniomania-Test-e1485106248637-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/amylee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2017\/01\/Oniomania-Test-e1485106248637.png 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope you all scored under 36 \ud83d\ude00 \u00a0Even if you didn&#8217;t, this test is based on a study from 1998 and does not really fit our shopping habits of today. Other tests are available online as well. I welcome you all to read my first blog to understand more about Oniomania. Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This blog is going to be a little different. It is my first ever podcast with the help of my\u00a0friends, Shemonti and Clara. To start off, I\u00a0made them take a test to see where they stand on the scale of compulsive buying disorder and discussed a bit about their results. 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