It's literally just a "fuck you, shut the fuck up and buy more of our stuff!" ... simple as that. Every "consumption" industry (TV, film, video games, internet video, etc.) has always hated its audience and they're just going masks-off these last few years.
I disagree. A lot of people are into both mainstream and alternative medial. I know I was.
Wasting thousands of dollars on prom outfits is retarded enough as it is, but imagine going as some hideous furry cosplay just because your fat sheboon girlfriend is still obsessed with Disney. Nigger would have been better off staying at home and doing anything else.
idk what you're talking about, in my eyes, this guy won that night
I never really understood the prom thing, all I know is supposed to be some highschool party of some sorts? I live in a country where this is not even a concept, so I have no idea what it's supposed to be for but spending this much money on what it essentially a party with people who attend the same highschool, involving your teachers and then having the most insufferable teenagers around sounds more like a nightmare scenario.
Disney obsessed "people" are so tiresome to be around.
Yes it's an end of year dance for juniors and seniors in many schools. From what I knew about it from the public school in my town, it was very pricy and many felt like it wasn't worth it. I believe they were paying more than ten dollars for tickets? Unless the person who told me was exaggerating. My school didn't have a prom, it was all-boys. You are correct it's a nightmare scenario though! One of my friends who teaches hates having to supervise, but she only got forced because it was her second year teaching.
A little, although this in general is more so associated with "newmoney" behavior. What's at the center is not consuming product for the sake of consuming product, it's trying to show off in as flashy a way as possible how much above you are around everybody else. It's all about status, not the product. Sure, people will call you a show-off cunt, but that doesn't matter, all that matters is being the center of the attention. You want to invite your girl for a cute little dance at a school? Too bad! All you're gonna remember years down the line is that stupid cunt that arrived in a helicopter.
Last week I watched a guy at target grabbing all the Neca TMNT shredder figures, taking photos of them while they were in his cart and making internet listings IN THE FUCKING STORE BEFORE HE BOUGHT THEM. Scalpers are just cartoonishly brazen now it's insane.
It's helped me understand why stores impose per-product per-customer purchase limits.
I've never seen those actually enforced except for the times when it'd be something that it'd make sense to buy 4 or 5 of in one store visit... Or online, that's automated though and scalpers easily get around it.
Maybe it used to be a bigger deal but now it's just a stupid school dance to end high school. Most people just go to hang out a bit with friends or a girlfriend, Though I'm sure it depends on where you live.
Yes, the grown men who had to have a second Target employee standing between them and the first employee trying to do her job stocking the shelves, the ones who when they were allowed to approach the shelf began taking them "by the armful" in your words, were buying them for the love of the game because they sincerely feel they have to catch them all. None of them are going to rip open the booster boxes on YouTube to an audience of single-digit viewers and then flip all the rares on eBay while bulking out the trash to Troll & Toad for 40 cents in credit.
The Costco cat litter thing really surprised me. The god damn registers enforce that shit -- even a manager couldn't override it (I've shopped there for years and know most of the staff) and was a bit shocked the stubborn machine stood its ground. She wound up just laughing and telling me to buy three, run it to the car, and come back in for more, and repeat as needed (and they wouldn't hassle me over it), since they knew I wasn't scalping and was just stocking up for a bunch of cats. I guess they do that with everything with limits so there's no ambiguity. I'm sure it helps with scalpers too.
During Covid Trading Cards of all types developed a massive Scalping issue that persists to this day. its why despite everyone kind of agreeing that Magic has gone downhilll in design in the past few years WOTC still has record profits..because no matter what set comes out it will almost always sell out.
Yeah, I've been keeping tabs on the sports card market especially the last few years. Shit is fucking insane. I can't wrap my head around it.
I dunno if it is Tik Tok unboxing shit or if they are chasing the super duper rare collectors edition cards but..its a fucking problem.
There's something horrifying yet hilarious to me with how these grown men crowd toy sections and cards to scalp them with children, concerned mothers, and staff members watching nervously at the scalpers.