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

[I am Jack's dead arm]

Lego consooming alert!

An actual and functional Atari 2600 - 120 to 160 dollars
A new Lego set of Atari 2600 - 240 dollars


I know, I know. "Nostalgia", "piece of our childhood", I get it. I had Atari 2600 too. But why spending so much money on a non-functional piece of decoration, when with the same money you can buy the real thing, plus some games and whatever you need to make it work? Only a fool would not realize that Lego just milk their customers by releasing all these crap.

You could also get one of the Atari Flashback consoles for $50 or under which can be hooked up to HDTVs, come with 100 games, and SD card slots to add more, including homebrews, a lot of which are much better than the 2600 library, which has not aged well for the most part.

Sadly, I've seen plenty of consoomers already jizzing themselves to this overpriced paperweight.

 

[Bagger 293]

Wouldn't the comma before the and(&) be fine since we're connecting two independent clauses after all?

I think most of the sentences there are still valid constructions ("its" can refer to a group even though that's clearly not what the author meant, and you're not breaking grammar completely by treating "oppose" like it's intransitive even though I'm thick and wrote subject instead of object), but the meaning of the sentence as you're reading it is confused. The comma before the ampersand makes "or no one in particular" look like a parenthetical phrase at first, when it's just part of the list, and the pause it would introduce in speech is totally unnecessary.
It would be a perfectly legitimate sentence though, like I said it's just to poke at the pretentiousness of the image.

 

[Little Duck]

You could also get one of the Atari Flashback consoles for $50 or under which can be hooked up to HDTVs, come with 100 games, and SD card slots to add more, including homebrews, a lot of which are much better than the 2600 library, which has not aged well for the most part.

$50 or under? That's even more epic and hilarious
Why buying 5 of those consoles and give the 4 of them to your friends to play together, when with the same money you can build alone a dust collector to keep sucking Lego's yellow dick?

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Atari games are an absolute waste of time. You can play every good game on that system in like an afternoon.

Like Custer's revenge

Spoiler: NSFW even if it is 8-bit

 

[Gutpuke]

Atari games are an absolute waste of time. You can play every good game on that system in like an afternoon.

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Sweden's greatest export

 

[Phil The Thrill]

The value of the game would lessen if other people get it, and how would it benefit the collector to share it with others?

This raises an interesting point. Shouldn't the easy availability of ROMs from the 8 and 16-bit era nosedive the games' value on the second hand market? I don't need to buy your stupid, overpriced Legend of Zelda cartridge for $75, I can just buy an Everdrive (for $200, admittedly) and have access to every single game on the system for free from then on. The only thing that should still hold any value is the console and accessories and such, since some people want to play on actual hardware. Even then though, a lot of people don't mind emulators, and you can literally run an NES emulator in your browser.

These things have negligible value. Why are people still buying them?

 

[I am Jack's dead arm]

Atari games are an absolute waste of time. You can play every good game on that system in like an afternoon.

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Yeah, I'm in my mid 40s, so I played 2600 as a kid, but there are only a handful of games like Pitfall and Chopper Command that I can play now without getting bored in two minutes.

Even with the Flashback consoles, there's still consoomers. Since they've released 10+ different versions, of course there are speeds who gotta get em all.

 

[Shig O'nella]

I'm still looking for someone who will actually sit down and read this book properly so I can have a face to face discussion about it. Talking about it on forums is good but just doesn't have that extra 'thing' that talking about it face to face does.

Does this count as consumerism?

Nah. That counts as "I wish you lived nearby," you'd absolutely love the local library book club.

 

[Angelic 2 the Core]

This raises an interesting point. Shouldn't the easy availability of ROMs from the 8 and 16-bit era nosedive the games' value on the second hand market? I don't need to buy your stupid, overpriced Legend of Zelda cartridge for $75, I can just buy an Everdrive (for $200, admittedly) and have access to every single game on the system for free from then on. The only thing that should still hold any value is the console and accessories and such, since some people want to play on actual hardware. Even then though, a lot of people don't mind emulators, and you can literally run an NES emulator in your browser.

These things have negligible value. Why are people still buying them?

Us older fuckers remember when old game cartridges were found untouched for a few bucks a piece at most in Goodwill stores, used game store bargain bins, and occasionally even in garbage cans. Even Earthbound was clearanced out brand new for $5 at Best Buy so if you wanted a copy to play back then you could just buy it and enjoy it without some unwashed, greasy fucker buying up every single copy to hoard for profit. The good old days before Redditors, soyboys, and consoomers existed.

Yeah, I'm in my mid 40s, so I played 2600 as a kid, but there are only a handful of games like Pitfall and Chopper Command that I can play now without getting bored in two minutes.

Even with the Flashback consoles, there's still consoomers. Since they've released 10+ different versions, of course there are speeds who gotta get em all.

They don't understand that you can be nostalgic for something without fucking buying the actual product. There's some old games in the past I honestly shouldn't have gotten rid of but there's no way in hell I'm overpaying for some old used copy that is now a ridiculous price and that I honestly won't play again anyway. The memories and fun I had back then are good enough nostalgia for me. If I really want I can look up pictures of it on eBay or videos online or even discuss it with other assholes like myself online. I'm sick of this nostalgia bait as well where they just keep releasing and rehashing old shit to consoomers who probably buy it and use it once or twice at most and never touch it again (or worse yet, keep it sealed in the package because they think it's going to be worth a million bucks one day).

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

 

[Prosphora]

Atari games are an absolute waste of time. You can play every good game on that system in like an afternoon.

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Spoiler: NSFW even if it is 8-bit

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Nah retard real connoisseurs of the Atari era play "General Retreat"

Spoiler: Atari NSFW

 

[Torque Wheeler]

Nah retard real connoisseurs of the Atari era play "General Retreat"

Spoiler: Atari NSFW

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A new twist on an old classic.where is my indian with enormous milkers to tie me to a cactus?
Can't forget about "Beat em' & Eat em'"

Spoiler: Nsfw Atari?

 

[Pee Cola]

Lego consooming alert!

An actual and functional Atari 2600 - 120 to 160 dollars
A new Lego set of Atari 2600 - 240 dollars


I know, I know. "Nostalgia", "piece of our childhood", I get it. I had Atari 2600 too. But why spending so much money on a non-functional piece of decoration, when with the same money you can buy the real thing, plus some games and whatever you need to make it work? Only a fool would not realize that Lego just milk their customers by releasing all these crap.

Yeah, I'm struggling to see the point of the Lego Atari 2600 as well. This is coming from someone who enjoys both Lego and old-timey vidya.

If I really had to scratch a Lego itch in an expensive way, I'd go with something from the Mindstorms or Technic lines. Way more interesting and educational (especially if working on one of these with your kids or something).

A new twist on an old classic.where is my indian with enormous milkers to tie me to a cactus?
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Spoiler: Nsfw Atari?

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Seems like everybody had a copy of this classic for the C64 back in the day.

Spoiler: NSFW

 

[独人13]

I just spent off 40 dollars on a decent looking iPhone 4s.

Am I nerdy or retarded for buying this totally obsolete piece of technology?

 

[glass_houses]

I just spent off 40 dollars on a decent looking iPhone 4s.

Am I nerdy or retarded for buying this totally obsolete piece of technology?

If it works and does what you want it to do, then you can join every other techie in this thread who gets the tingles over vintage tech. If it doesn't work, then you are retarded for buying an ugly, trashy paperweight.

I bought more books again. Last month I donated a shitload to a library a few hours drive south that got flooded out (twice) but already the remaining volumes have started multiplying back to their previous numbers. Is it a losing battle?

 

[Shig O'nella]

Funny though that physical books continue to vastly outsell e-books, with the margins not really changing over the years. I remember when everyone predicted they would replace real books. Part of it is just some people prefer real pages (as we can see in this very thread), but also there are certain kinds of books that don't work in the e-format. I have alot of photography driven books, ie big full page photos of landscapes, buildings, etc - these are completely worthless in the e-format.

But I do prefer them in the e-format if its something I intend to read once and probably never again; I don't need my library filling up with paperbacks I couldn't sell for a penny on Amazon less a year after their release.

Read a survey years ago where something like 40% of all reading for pleasure was done either in the bath, on the toilet, or at the beach/pool. None of those are kind to dropped electronics.

Edit to add: @glass_houses : Yes. It is a losing battle.

 

[Fapcop]

Nah retard real connoisseurs of the Atari era play "General Retreat"

Spoiler: Atari NSFW

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Ah, the 80ies! A simpler and more innocent time!

You could make a video game about raping big, blocky boobied native chicks, or a timetravel movie featuring a teenager who’s closest relationship was with a disturbed older man, and nobody REEEED at you or thought it was weird.

If it works and does what you want it to do, then you can join every other techie in this thread who gets the tingles over vintage tech. If it doesn't work, then you are retarded for buying an ugly, trashy paperweight.

I bought more books again. Last month I donated a shitload to a library a few hours drive south that got flooded out (twice) but already the remaining volumes have started multiplying back to their previous numbers. Is it a losing battle?

I just found my old iPod Nano and have started using it. Not sure if it’s consooooming or anti consumption.

But those classic early 2000 Apple products really have a special thoughtfulness in both the design and function.

Plus, they didn’t nickel and dime you and threw a boatload of accessories at you.

If it works and does what you want it to do, then you can join every other techie in this thread who gets the tingles over vintage tech. If it doesn't work, then you are retarded for buying an ugly, trashy paperweight.

I bought more books again. Last month I donated a shitload to a library a few hours drive south that got flooded out (twice) but already the remaining volumes have started multiplying back to their previous numbers. Is it a losing battle?

I just found my old iPod Nano and have started using it. Not sure if it’s consooooming or anti consumption.

But those classic early 2000 Apple products really have a special thoughtfulness in both the design and function.

Plus, they didn’t nickel and dime you and threw a boatload of accessories at you.

I just spent off 40 dollars on a decent looking iPhone 4s.

Am I nerdy or retarded for buying this totally obsolete piece of technology?

Nerdy. The design on those is *chef’s kiss*.

It was also a much more interesting time in tech.

Fitting all that shit in there was an actual challenge, you had numerous SOC makers and competing technologies.

Today’s tech is fucking boring in comparison. Everyone uses the same processors, all the 99$ tablets come out of the same Chink firms that use the cheapest possible crap.
You don’t own anything and everything is in the cloud.

 

[独人13]

Today’s tech is fucking boring in comparison.

Yea, 4s is way more capable than I thought and can even do things today's phone can't.

One quick example: Gameloft's Modern Combat 4, one of the best FPS games ever came to mobile devices. Unlike any of today's online bullshit, it has a decent single player story and doesn't have a disgusting micro-transaction system built in. It's the type of B2P no one making anymore, and due to some 64-bit compatibility bullshit it is unavailable on any other modern platform.

 

[独人13]

really have a special thoughtfulness in both the design and function.

Even a mystical boomer hippie like Steve Jobs would find today's Apple a disgrace.

 

[Vingle]

Only reason as for why I changed out my iPhone 4S, was that the screen was way too damn small and all the colours on the screen turned weird after several years of losing it on the floor.
Build like a damn brick.