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

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Her face is just covered in a layer of foundation so thick that you could paint a wall with it, kinda similar to the makeup they do on cadavers. So im not surprised, if she closed her eyes she would look dead.
 
Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
Do youse guys think consoomers might be more of a symptom of the culture than anything else, like people who give up retreat into it?
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"Keeping up with the joneses" has always been a thing.

Modern consoomerism though I think it comes down to two main problems;

For the vast majority of consoomers, the worthless plastic they collect is a stand in for a personality. They are desperately trying to socialize and fit in with other people but thanks to modern social media peoples ability to social and form social groups has been utterly destroyed. 30-40 years ago people formed social clubs or just went out and socialized directly(remember malls and how people went to them and hung out?). Modern people dont have those opportunities let alone know how to do any of that, so they fall back to the most basic of human activities, collecting things and associating themselves with what they collect.

Secondly, and this is a wider problem with society is that again thanks to social media it can be very lucrative for being known for *something*. Since communities form around everything in the 21st century, being in control of a community or being known to be an "expert" in a particular community/thing, thats instantly a way to make money. Think discord server mods, reddit mods, "reviewers" etc. All those people are bought and paid for shills by all the globohomo companies looking to push their products.
 
Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
Do youse guys think consoomers might be more of a symptom of the culture than anything else, like people who give up retreat into it?

Edit: I'm going to be honest I've kind of just gone full 100% vidya consoomer and I know it's because the world feels shitty and the game worlds feel much more varied and rewarding and welcoming than this piss.
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Its a combination of many factors. I am no psychologist, but this is a topic I enjoy alot so hopefully I can offer an opinion or explanation that is somewhat eye-opening.

1. Collecting in general is an oddity of the mind. I would not go so far as to call it a mental illness, but it many times piggybacks on other mental illnesses or issues. Collectors, before various collectables became main-stream as speculative assets, as were largely viewed money-wasters or very frivolous individuals, but it is not a new behaviour, with things like cigarette cards being some of the first notable items made to be a collectable. However, even in large cities at the time there would be little community for such.
2. Brand loyalty is as old as there has been brands, and has both been a natural happening (if you buy horseshoes from this company and 100 out of a 100 times those horseshoes are great- you're gonna keep using it, and evangelizing the quality of the brand), and intentionally cultivated.
3. Over the years, companies have gotten better and better cultivating brand loyalty, both through advertisement/propoganda, movie placements, celebrity endorsements, brand tie-ins and crosspromotions, and monopolizing as much as possible.
4. Despite the dire straights many people are in economically, various useless baubles and entertainment items are surprisingly cheap, allowing even the poorest person on government funding (and who has not-so-good-money management skills) to be able to afford a veritable sum of tat.
5. This is a bit more modern, through the internet, communities of various collectors, brand loyalists/evangelists, and fangroups have allowed there to be a consistent audience to share your collections or brand opinions with and have not just engagement, but praise and affirmation from. Even the most small and niche of hobbies and communities can suddenly have 100s, if not 1,000s of people all sharing opinions, and urging others to grow their collection/keep buying from brand.
6. As companies and brands have gotten bigger, there is more and more things these companies can sell. Referring to my previous example, its not just horseshoes, its the saddle, the provender, the bit, and in some instances- even the horse to you can get from the same company per-say.
7. Many brands have aligned themselves with political ideologies found favorable by many people, and thusly- manage to make support for the brand feel equivalent (though not in actuality) as if one is supporting said ideology directly. See our dear friends in the Rowling Derangement Syndrome thread for just how effective thats been.
8. Entertainment media is increasingly becoming a topical balm to deal with the woes of life and society. Though given there is only so many movies and tv-shows of one's favorite media one can watch (or games to play), inevitably having items in relation to these media helps extend or mimic the feelings given to one by these media franchises.
9. Acquisition of objects is commonly expressed as a form of therapy to distract one from one's woes. Combine this with a brand to make one already have a preference for objects, an excuse for perception as political virtue, a stream of 100s of evangelists, a community of fans who will affirm your purchase, an extreme ease of acquisition and many times affordability of a single sale, as well as the common inclination to collect the entirety of something-... And it would be almost more of a surprise if the consooming behaviour WASN'T a virulent plague.
 
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DegenerateINC said:
Its a combination of many factors. I am no psychologist, but this is a topic I enjoy alot so hopefully I can offer an opinion or explanation that is somewhat eye-opening.

1. Collecting in general is an oddity of the mind. I would not go so far as to call it a mental illness, but it many times piggybacks on other mental illnesses or issues. Collectors, before various collectables became main-stream as speculative assets, as were largely viewed money-wasters or very frivolous individuals, but it is not a new behaviour, with things like cigarette cards being some of the first notable items made to be a collectable. However, even in large cities at the time there would be little community for such.
2. Brand loyalty is as old as there has been brands, and has both been a natural happening (if you buy horseshoes from this company and 100 out of a 100 times those horseshoes are great- you're gonna keep using it, and evangelizing the quality of the brand), and intentionally cultivated.
3. Over the years, companies have gotten better and better cultivating brand loyalty, both through advertisement/propoganda, movie placements, celebrity endorsements, brand tie-ins and crosspromotions, and monopolizing as much as possible.
4. Despite the dire straights many people are in economically, various useless baubles and entertainment items are surprisingly cheap, allowing even the poorest person on government funding (and who has not-so-good-money management skills) to be able to afford a veritable sum of tat.
5. This is a bit more modern, through the internet, communities of various collectors, brand loyalists/evangelists, and fangroups have allowed there to be a consistent audience to share your collections or brand opinions with and have not just engagement, but praise and affirmation from. Even the most small and niche of hobbies and communities can suddenly have 100s, if not 1,000s of people all sharing opinions, and urging others to grow their collection/keep buying from brand.
6. As companies and brands have gotten bigger, there is more and more things these companies can sell. Referring to my previous example, its not just horseshoes, its the saddle, the provender, the bit, and in some instances- even the horse to you can get from the same company per-say.
7. Many brands have aligned themselves with political ideologies found favorable by many people, and thusly- manage to make support for the brand feel equivalent (though not in actuality) as if one is supporting said ideology directly. See our dear friends in the Rowling Derangement Syndrome thread for just how effective thats been.
8. Entertainment media is increasingly becoming a topical balm to deal with the woes of life and society. Though given there is only so many movies and tv-shows of one's favorite media one can watch (or games to play), inevitably having items in relation to these media helps extend or mimic the feelings given to one by these media franchises.
9. Acquisition of objects is commonly expressed as a form of therapy to distract one from one's woes. Combine this with a brand to make one already have a preference for objects, an excuse for perception as political virtue, a stream of 100s of evangelists, a community of fans who will affirm your purchase, an extreme ease of acquisition and many times affordability of a single sale, as well as the common inclination to collect the entirety of something-... And it would be almost more of a surprise if the consooming behaviour WASN'T a virulent plague.
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I think it's simpler than that.

Even the most basic creature likes shiny things. The difference between us and them is we have the time and resources to collect shiny things because we are no longer in a constant state of survival. This is why throughout history, collections were suitable for the wealthy and powerful. Now however in most parts of the world, we are all at or above the level of comfort that was historically only afforded to the ultra wealthy. You don't see aboriginals with massive rock collections for example, but you will see art, jewelry, and community shrines of shinies.

In modern society most of us aren't fending for our lives. We're bored. We aren't really challenged. We aren't growing crops, we aren't creating necessities. After our 9-5 is over, we have a significant amount of free time in a world created to make us comfortable and due to the technology we created to make us that way, we also have the ability to create things that mentally stimulate us. We can now hyper focus on the shiny.
 
74164978231 said:
Most modern appliances last 10 years tops by design. Best thing to do is buy stuff with as little bells and whistles as possible;

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Modern fridges are only designed to last slightly longer than the warranty. I've replaced 3 water heaters now that had '7 year warranties'. Coincindentally, they've all failed at 8 years. Conversly, check out German luxury cars. Those puppies leak oil after 100k miles, right about the same time that a lease would expire on a vehicle.
 
NoReturn said:
I'm not sure if I'd classify the video itself as consoom, but holy shit Vegas is horrifying.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=0e8woEkKmG8
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Safiya Nigger is queen of the consoomers but i admire her hustle, she left Buzzfeed when she realized her click numbers weren't tied to the platform, branched out off her make-up content and got to be one of the first (if i'm not mistaken) girls to produce that consoomer content while making millions off of it. Bitch has very high business acumen. My girlfriend was watching her shit years ago and i reckognized right away what a natural hustler Safiya is and even if i don't watch her shit i vastly prefer her over her thousands of consoomer copies, who spend more money on producing their contant than taking it in.
 
The Feline Solution said:
Safiya Nigger is queen of the consoomers but i admire her hustle, she left Buzzfeed when she realized her click numbers weren't tied to the platform, branched out off her make-up content and got to be one of the first (if i'm not mistaken) girls to produce that consoomer content while making millions off of it. Bitch has very high business acumen. My girlfriend was watching her shit years ago and i reckognized right away what a natural hustler Safiya is and even if i don't watch her shit i vastly prefer her over her thousands of consoomer copies, who spend more money on producing their contant than taking it in.
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Contrast her with fellow Buzzfeed alumn and Deathfats darling Kristin Cirico:
 
Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
Do youse guys think consoomers might be more of a symptom of the culture than anything else, like people who give up retreat into it?

Edit: I'm going to be honest I've kind of just gone full 100% vidya consoomer and I know it's because the world feels shitty and the game worlds feel much more varied and rewarding and welcoming than this piss.
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I actually thought about this when I was thinking about the anime Paranoia Agent. I don't want to write a huge essay on it but the premise of the show is "escapism gone wrong". Satoshi Kon has been critical about kawaiisa (the out of place cute shit you see on Japanese streets) because he saw it as the infantilization of Japan trying to avoid reality; some say this phenomenon came about as a collective reaction to Japan's brutal defeat in World War II and the collapse of their bubble economy in the 90s. This sounds disturbingly familiar.
 
Lensherr said:
This is some Q-Anon “Trust The Plan” tier bullshit:

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I can smell the PVC of the Funko Pops. Phase 4 has been what the end of the westerns were, a decline. People are getting bored. Sure my 6 yo nephew likes Iron Man, but in 10 years? I don't know if he's going to much, especially the way the movies are going.
 
NoReturn said:
I was actually surprised how cheap it was. I had been under the impression that rooms in Vegas were all $500/night minimum, but only the Four Seasons was the price I expected it to be at.
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Rooms have always been the cheap part of Vegas (unless you're talking about high end suites) it's the $20 well drinks and $40 table minimums that rape your wallet
 
WelperHelper99 said:
It's so sad. Sometimes I just want to play on my old black Xbox these old games, but you got some in the 30's and 60s, and those are just from local stores! There's enough games out there for everyone, lord knows they sold shit tons of copies of super Mario Sunshine (I remember playing that as a kid) but people have horded those games AND speculated the prices of them, driving a once common game through the roof.
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Makes me glad I never sold or lost my original games for the N64 and GameCube, did not have to buy anything at bullshit prices.
 
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