Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!

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Sleazy Car Salesman said:
For a bit of extra perspective he found out yesterday that the Army just changed it's policy on hand tattoos and now he's looking to spend more to get his hands totally done. They're well done tattoos, professional work and all, but the guy has tattoos on literally every part of his body that regs will allow. I don't care how well done and/or tasteful they are, that's just getting tattoos for the sake of getting tattoos.

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I have a hard time considering tattoos, even excessive amounts of them, consoomerism (unless it's corporate logos like someone mentioned earlier). Tattoos, even if they're flash off the wall, still involve an artist of some kind doing work specifically for you. It's not mass produced, disposable, or corporate branded - which are key things I associate with consoomerism. It might be foolish, tacky, or a waste of money, but it's still purchasing labor more than purchasing an object.
 
Just commenting about the rare games stuff. I follow a Twitch Streamer who plays a lot of really obscure DOS and PC games. I'm talking about stuff that doesn't even have an image to download on archive.org, things that nobody has ever heard about. Some of these games were released only in some countries in Asia and stuff, shit that was completely forgotten.

He always buys these things on eBay and he basically has to pay just for the shipping, because the games themselves are worth cents.

The retro gaming stuff is a scam. There's no old game in the world that should cost more than a few bucks.
 
Raging Capybara said:
Just commenting about the rare games stuff. I follow a Twitch Streamer who plays a lot of really obscure DOS and PC games. I'm talking about stuff that doesn't even have an image to download on archive.org, things that nobody has ever heard about. Some of these games were released only in some countries in Asia and stuff, shit that was completely forgotten.

He always buys these things on eBay and he basically has to pay just for the shipping, because the games themselves are worth cents.

The retro gaming stuff is a scam. There's no old game in the world that should cost more than a few bucks.
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I miss the good ol' days when people who outgrew video games sold them to younger kids for a fraction of the price originally sold. I'm talking no more than $5 dollars for most games. This was when I was kid in the 90's going to yard sales and flea markets.

Most people think that because something is popular makes a game worth more than it automatically is. Which is partly true. If someone is going to pay a lot of money for a collectible sale it while it's hot. But even when there's obscure or unpopular people still spend too much. I shouldn't have to spend more than a $1 just to learn Nintendogs is a bad games and not collectible.
 
Raging Capybara said:
The retro gaming stuff is a scam. There's no old game in the world that should cost more than a few bucks.
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An old game shouldn't even be worth the same as it did when it was released, thats how its always been and very few cases could justify a markup because most games were mass produced and not actually that rare. When people start playing stonks with retro games there's always jewry at play.
 
Myrtle the Turtle said:
I present to you Disney's latest consoomer trophy: a $5000 Star Wars branded cocktail
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kf-ZokAm4V0
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That container it's in costs 50 dollars

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Granted it doesn't light up but still
 
MadDisaster said:
I have a hard time considering tattoos, even excessive amounts of them, consoomerism (unless it's corporate logos like someone mentioned earlier). Tattoos, even if they're flash off the wall, still involve an artist of some kind doing work specifically for you. It's not mass produced, disposable, or corporate branded - which are key things I associate with consoomerism. It might be foolish, tacky, or a waste of money, but it's still purchasing labor more than purchasing an object.
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Would someone who blows all their money on prostitutes also not be a consoomer then? They are, after all, purchasing personalized labor from a professional specializing in that field and the experience is tailored specifically to them.
 
Sleazy Car Salesman said:
Would someone who blows all their money on prostitutes also not be a consoomer then? They are, after all, purchasing personalized labor from a professional specializing in that field and the experience is tailored specifically to them.
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Yeah but prostitution has no artistic value and is inherently exploitative in a way that tattooing isn’t. Like there can be lots of different art styles, ways to draw tattoos and things you can get tattoos of, but there’s only so many positions you can bone someone in.
 
Sleazy Car Salesman said:
Would someone who blows all their money on prostitutes also not be a consoomer then? They are, after all, purchasing personalized labor from a professional specializing in that field and the experience is tailored specifically to them.
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To me, no. They'd be a fucking idiot, but not a consoomer. Same as someone who blows all their money on drugs - they're an idiot, but not a consoomer. Even though both are spending excessively on something they don't need, there's a difference between someone with a hoard of worthless junk desperate to buy the next piece of shit from BRAND, and people who just spend money on things we might consider stupid.

It's certainly subjective, but to me it keeps a distinction between just buying goods/services and consooming. We're all consumers. We all buy things that we don't really need. We aren't all consoomers, though.
 
Myrtle the Turtle said:
I present to you Disney's latest consoomer trophy: a $5000 Star Wars branded cocktail
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kf-ZokAm4V0
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In a just world, the introduction of the $5,000 consoomer drink would be met with universal mockery, especially by the types of people who can actually afford to spend $5,000 on a single drink. Unfortunately, the amount of these they have to sell to justify the cost of implementation is likely miniscule.

P.S. I found an article about the "Kaiburr Crystal" that hits a consoomerist 2in1: apparently, Kaiburr could also be a reference to Aaron Burr, most famous for being a character in the 2015 musical Hamilton and absolutely nothing else.
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Fetish Roulette said:
In a just world, the introduction of the $5,000 consoomer drink would be met with universal mockery, especially by the types of people who can actually afford to spend $5,000 on a single drink. Unfortunately, the amount of these they have to sell to justify the cost of implementation is likely miniscule.

P.S. I found an article about the "Kaiburr Crystal" that hits a consoomerist 2in1: apparently, Kaiburr could also be a reference to Aaron Burr, most famous for being a character in the 2015 musical Hamilton and absolutely nothing else.
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These people are so retarded they've never heard of the fucking Khyber Pass?
 
Pee Wee Herman said:
This is some of the stupidest shit i've seen in a long time.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CsL_6fYnLrI
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sfatokz8OIg
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tmyYo9Ij_aY
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I'm pretty sure each "game stack" in the first video are litarally a shitload of copies of the game on top. The wii box below the top one is sticking out a bit and seems to be the same exact color as the top one.
This is what used video game scalpers ER I MEAN COLLECTORS/VALUE SPECULATORS do with their games now? fuck man.

Guy in the third video's just got a bunch of random ass games he just seems like a funny weirdo guy with how he's doing it.
 
Pee Wee Herman said:
This is some of the stupidest shit i've seen in a long time.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=CsL_6fYnLrI
https://youtube.com/watch?v=sfatokz8OIg
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tmyYo9Ij_aY
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Asmr with shit mics and awful sound maker. If I want to hear plastic clicking sounds I would just buckle and unbuckle the plastic lock on my backpack.

On a side note, I do miss console start up sounds. It's mainly nostalgia, but I also think it helps me relax because they became a pavlolvian signal that its time to play games and not worry.

Also best gaming ASMR sound:

 
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