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

[BrainSand63]

I bought a Stanley bottle on sale at Walmart years ago because I needed something for hiking and it looked pretty sturdy (the one I have is made for camping, doesn’t have a handle or a straw). This was way, way before this whole trend around them. Few years later in 2022, I have some girl I know ask where I got it and if I knew about the TikTok trend. I think she was confused when I told her I bought it off the discount camping rack at Walmart, don’t use TikTok, and frequently use it for water for my dog on hiking trips as opposed to holding coffee or those weird waters that bug people are obsessed with.

 

[Yaks]

When I visited my ten year old niece for her birthday she proudly showed me a water bottle her parents had got her. It didn't look all that interesting, just a dull green water bottle. I couldn't quite see why she was so excited, it wasn't a pretty colour and didn't have cute designs. She then proceeded to tell me how this bottle was all over TikTok and that her friends were going to be so jealous that she had one. I mentioned that she was ten, right?

At least be excited it has cool unicorns or something on it.

I mean the positives are hopefully kids are drinking more water instead of sodas, but also man has the kids 'cool gotta have' stuff really dropped in imagination or excitement over the years.

but i'd argue consuming that much aspartame isn't much better, if not worse...

Aspartame is going to end up being one of those things we discover is actually horrific for you but the food companies (as is tradition) did a good job hiding the fact for decades.

I'm curious where this artificial sweetener syrup trend actually began on tiktok. Who is patient zero and how much were they being paid to shill it?

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

Aspartame is going to end up being one of those things we discover is actually horrific for you but the food companies (as is tradition) did a good job hiding the fact for decades.

end up? we already know this, but it's cheaper to produce en masse than sugar so now suddenly it's everywhere

you used to have the option not to consume it if you still wanted the occasional sodie pop, just say 'i won't be having a diet', now even drinks that didn't used to use it are shoving it in everything

I'm curious where this artificial sweetener syrup trend actually began on tiktok. Who is patient zero and how much were they being paid to shill it?

normally i'd argue there's no 'patient zero' for trends, it's just a buncha people already doing something before it's cool, it collects momentum and suddenly before you know it it's huge

but this is tiktok we're talking about, i'm pretty sure there were trends that actually started with one randy or big influencer going "hey guys let's start doing this from now on!" and people did

one common thing these people claim is that if you had certain kinds stomach surgeries, particularly "weight loss" surgery (which i still think is the dumbest name imaginable, that's like if we started advertising lobotomies as antidepression sur- oh wait...) are incapable of drinking plain water
i don't know why and i'm genuinely curious to know, maybe it's a lack of certain chemicals that makes you unable to keep it down, which these syrups supplement?
either way, it hardly matters, because most of the people in this community didn't have these surgeries and aren't documenting their healing process, they just do it cause it's *~*aesthetique*~*
but call em cringe and they'll always use the sick to vilify you for it

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

I'm curious where this artificial sweetener syrup trend actually began on tiktok. Who is patient zero and how much were they being paid to shill it?

Would be hilarious if patient zero was DarkSydePhil

 

[Myrtle the Turtle]

Why the syrups...she is fatter than me already.
Just find the water brand that tastes good, ffs.

As soon as I saw the syrups I knew it was gonna be a hamplanet. I like those drink mixes, liquid or power which are acceptable but those syrups are the same Starbucks uses. Might as well just drink soda at that point if you are going to throw high fructose corn goyslop in your drink.

 

[Keine]

Why the syrups...she is fatter than me already.
Just find the water brand that tastes good, ffs.

At that point you're just drinking a flat Italian Soda since it's literally the same syrup they use at coffee shops.

While I absolutely cannot figure out the sudden hype of the Stanley travel mug shit I do at least acknowledge that they're functional but there are also dozens of insulated cups that will work just as well. Supposedly they went viral after someone's car caught figure and while the vehicle was toast their Stanley thermos was still intact, straw and all. Stanley saw this and actually offered to replace the person's car, which is honestly a pretty nice gesture but doesn't feel like it's really enough for a sudden craze. I'm kinda just blanket blaming TIkTok for this like most stupid new trends. It's not the first time water bottles have gone crazy though. A few years ago everyone was all about HydroFlasks, and while they're still around because they actually work, they're not longer a fashion accessory.

 

[NoReturn]

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To no one's surprise.

Every fucking time.
That said, if you see an old Stanley thermos at a thrift store or flea market, grab it. They get all scuffed up and ugly but they're durable little bastards.

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

Every fucking time.
That said, if you see an old Stanley thermos at a thrift store or flea market, grab it. They get all scuffed up and ugly but they're durable little bastards.

does that apply to the new chinese ones as well? or do we have to make sure to get the old manufacturing

 

[NoReturn]

does that apply to the new chinese ones as well? or do we have to make sure to get the old manufacturing

The one I use for work is definitely post-2002 and it's a tough bastard, but it's also not one of the "cup"-types. It's one of the classic green vacuum bottles.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

Teach the kids the way of consoom, pimp your daughter to brands for social media clout

Millenial parenting at its finest.

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

Teach the kids the way of consoom, pimp your daughter to brands for social media clout

Millenial parenting at its finest.

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the difference between this being depressing and cute depends on whether or not he's the one putting these stupid consumerist ideas in his daughter's head, or if she's the one who wanted to do it and he came along
i can't deny there's something a bit charming about going out and waiting for several hours in the cold with your kid to get something they wanted, that's the kinda nonsense most parents won't put up with

at the same time tho, the way he acts, speaks and behaves, and well... the fact that this is on tiktok.... leads me to believe he actively encourages this kinda lifestyle in his child

 

[cybertoaster]

It fits well with their continued failure to understand the internet.

Well nintendo has always been a miser, there's probably a dumb salaryman bean counter that did the math that if some streamer shows the whole game then they might lose a few sales and nintendo cares more about that than gaining more sales from the free publicity, plus they hate that anyone could be making money off their IP without getting a cut.

 

[Corpun]

Teach the kids the way of consoom, pimp your daughter to brands for social media clout

Millenial parenting at its finest.

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Call me old fashioned or whatever you want. No way I'd wait in line in the cold for hours just for some stupid cup even if my kid wanted it. Why is his kid dressed like that when she's ten? Pretty sure Jodie Foster wore more in Taxi Driver and she was playing a child prostitute in that movie.

 

[Apustajan apustaja]

Teach the kids the way of consoom, pimp your daughter to brands for social media clout

Millenial parenting at its finest.

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I think you should own and use a Stanley plane before you can get the cup. That is the real product. Like owning a Harley Davidson t-shirt without a bike.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

Call me old fashioned or whatever you want. No way I'd wait in line in the cold for hours just for some stupid cup even if my kid wanted it. Why is his kid dressed like that when she's ten? Pretty sure Jodie Foster wore more in Taxi Driver and she was playing a child prostitute in that movie.

Clip showed the cup going for $280 or something being resold online.

I would only wait for such a cup if my kid was business savvy enough to get the cup and then resell it to some Retard. (Taking my cut of course for transportation costs). Turn it into a lesson that being the middle man gets you screwed by both sides if they decide to put the squeeze to you.

 

[DrearyDoomguy]

Water station:

Is calling this shit "water" the latest cope that HAES adherents use to justify their claims that they're fat despite eating "healthy"?

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

Call me old fashioned or whatever you want. No way I'd wait in line in the cold for hours just for some stupid cup even if my kid wanted it. Why is his kid dressed like that when she's ten? Pretty sure Jodie Foster wore more in Taxi Driver and she was playing a child prostitute in that movie.

the difference between this being depressing and cute depends on whether or not he's the one putting these stupid consumerist ideas in his daughter's head, or if she's the one who wanted to do it and he came along
i can't deny there's something a bit charming about going out and waiting for several hours in the cold with your kid to get something they wanted, that's the kinda nonsense most parents won't put up with

at the same time tho, the way he acts, speaks and behaves, and well... the fact that this is on tiktok.... leads me to believe he actively encourages this kinda lifestyle in his child

Considering he is using his daughter's birthday to do a paid promotion for Tropicana is in entirely possible the Stanley cup video was sponsored by the brand as well. And he is absolutely using his 10 yr old daughter dressing slutty to get clicks for these shitty brands.

>I love you kid!
>familiar affection brought to you by the Tropicana Corporation, all rights reserved

 

[Corpun]

Considering he is using his daughter's birthday to do a paid promotion for Tropicana is in entirely possible the Stanley cup video was sponsored by the brand as well. And he is absolutely using his 10 yr old daughter dressing slutty to get clicks for these shitty brands.

>I love you kid!
>familiar affection brought to you by the Tropicana Corporation, all rights reserved

I used to think the slutty kid clothing was just some creepy trend related to how pornsick the younger generations are getting, but I seriously wonder if it is more insidious. Think about it, pedos don't want to get caught but they can see these kids dressed like this and get away with it.

Fucking disgusts me and makes me hate modernity more.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Speakinhg of childrens board book propaganda a few posts ago reminded me of this. This was back in January 2023 I just never had a good place to post them. I always thought these Hershey ads were pretty funny.
Like, you have Supe's who y'know, classic "Be the change you wanna see" type stuff

Then you have POCbatman who, even though less enthusiastically than supes, also encourages you to be good.

Then you have wonder woman who has nothing besides telling you that she, a black woman, is Wonder Woman. Lol. Lmao even

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

but I seriously wonder if it is more insidious

It is. Younger generations are more pornsick too because thats the behaviour being promoted by marketing, these giant conglomerates of media and merchandise don't just respond to an existing demand, they create the demand.