You need a pan for a dish you've never made before. It's $25 on Amazon, but you know that Amazon's business model relies on the exploitation of workers, small businesses, the environment, and, to an extent, you. It's $28 at Target, but Target has its own ethical issues even though its seen as the "good" alternative to Walmart.

You know there's no ethical consumption under capitalism, but you you need a pan. You're committed to making better, not perfect, choices because under capitalism there is no such thing as perfection.

You text two friends, one of them has the pan you need. You borrow the pan. You say thank you, you use the pan. Wash the pan, return the pan, include a doggie bag of the new recipe you made. Your friend doesn't have the reaction to the food you were hoping for, but its fine because they're a great friend, you loved the food you made, and this was overall a positive experience and your friend is just like that sometimes and its fine.

Are you going to need the pan again at a rate where you really need your own pan? Are you sure? You don't already own something that serves the same purpose?

Can you reliably borrow the pan from your friend or do you really need your own pan? Can you buy the pan from your friend? Can you trade one of your plants for the pan? What about the top you don't wear or the heater that's not compatible with your electric grid? What about a loaf of the rosemary sourdough you make really well? What about buying all of their drinks the next time you go out?

If you need to buy a new pan because your friend uses their pan a lot, that's fine. Can you get it from a thrift store? You've lived this long without that pan, think about if you need it right now or if you can spare some time to hunt for it. Can you get it from facebook marketplace? Oh god, can you get it from craigslist?

Ok you can't unburden your friend from the pan, and it's nowhere on facebook marketplace or craigslist. Can you find it at your local grocery store, the one that's employee owned? Can you, god forbid, buy it from the slightly fancy place where it costs $40 but you're like, 90% sure it wasn't made from slave labor? Can you buy it directly from the website of the maker?