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

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NoReturn said:
No, because they're competing companies.
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>funko pop and labubu being competing companies
this can only be explained by them relying on their main customer base being obsessive consumerists who need to pick a brand to represent them, if they were just making casual products there would be no competition, a regular joe can own two different types of figures to put on his shelf just like how model trains don't compete with houseplants or ceramic vases
only if you need to pick one brand to make your identity and collect everything they have to offer will this make sense
 
Cuntspiracy Man said:
>funko pop and labubu being competing companies
this can only be explained by them relying on their main customer base being obsessive consumerists who need to pick a brand to represent them, if they were just making casual products there would be no competition, a regular joe can own two different types of figures to put on his shelf just like how model trains don't compete with houseplants or ceramic vases
only if you need to pick one brand to make your identity and collect everything they have to offer will this make sense
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It's like the Lipstick Effect, but bigger and with more frightening implications.

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It's a bit like Sanrio vs San-X. I've never met someone who would refuse to have both Sanrio and San-X products, or was a diehard fan of one company over the other. Closest thing I've seen is are diehard fans of a single character.
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Cuntspiracy Man said:
Elaborate?
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The jist of it is that when times are tough and money is tight, spending on "little treats" increases because while you may not be able to afford something that's actually "nice", you can afford a "little treat" like a lipstick. The original idea was that lipstick (the literal product) would be a good economic marker, but that didn't really hold up since trends change over time, but the "people want little treats" thing does seem to be legitimate.

Part of why Funkos sold so well was that they were "cheap". They weren't dollar-store-Bullseye's-Playground cheap, but they were right in that zone where you could give one to someone as a gift and they wouldn't be offended. Similarly, I've seen people explain buying a Labubu blind box as "affordable" since they're "only" ~$30.
 
NoReturn said:
The jist of it is that when times are tough and money is tight, spending on "little treats" increases because while you may not be able to afford something that's actually "nice", you can afford a "little treat" like a lipstick.
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I've heard similar for why healthy eating campaigns and things like the soda tax fail. Yeah, soda is bad for you, and snobs might sneer at the poors for drinking it, but it "enriches" them, or in your case, is "a little treat".

Coon Cheese said:
God gun collecting is so fucking gay, owning a few guns is fine they're fun to shoot and look cool I get it. I understand the enjoyment that can be gained from firearms, but the people that collect that many guns have a screw loose. Funny how all these when shit hits the fan guys are all fat and old. Their guns aren't going to help them when their fat boomer asses run out of insulin for their beetus week one of SHTF.
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Doomsday prepers love this idea of a Fallout 4 scenario with themselves as the hero. But then actual, useful prepping is usually quite dull.
"I have a few weeks of tinned soup in my pantry." vs "I have a bug out bag with gold coins, a shotgun, and a gasmask."


Going back to a couple of topics way back. Warhammer 40k and 4k DVD/bluray.

The warhammer fandom has been annoying me recently with their consoomerism. Don't know if I mentioned it in this thread, but they hate the game, hate the company, and yet buy buy buy. Their idea of sticking it to Games Workshop is to only buy 5 overpriced boxes of figures a month instead of 6.

The most frustrating part is that £100 gets you a box of 20 figures, and this will be held up as a spectacular deal, but there are a bunch of high quality third parties where £40 will get you a box of 30. Some as low as £1 per mini. The excuse? "Look at how many points worth of figures you get in the box!". These points change every three months, usually boosting the "value" of figures that aren't selling.

Edit: Formatting and addendum. This applies to rules as well. There are lots of options other than 40k, but none of them are considered. Even other Games Workshop games "don't count". It has to be Warhammer 40,000.


As for 4k movies. Been watching a bunch of videos about peoples collections and, well...
There are two I happened to see.
I can't find the actual video. But there's one where he defends bad 4k editions by saying that even if it's bad, it's higher resolution than DVD so buy it anyway.
And this guy. I only skimmed this particular video, but he has videos on movies he regrets buying, but won't get rid of them because reasons.
 
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Judge Dredd said:
The warhammer fandom has been annoying me recently with their consoomerism. Don't know if I mentioned it in this thread, but they hate the game, hate the company, and yet buy buy buy.
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It has been like this since 3rd Ed. :story: At least back then you only had to buy one box to get a complete Troop choice, have been watching lots of 40k content again lately and current GW prices are just insane. Ork and IG players are so assfucked.
 
I had my credit card info stolen last year, and they only used it to buy 2 custom mugs for $40, pathetic.
At least the last time it happened they tried to use it on an $800 las vegas hotel charge
smh even the cybercriminals are consooming

I really like guns, but the gun accessories have gotten way out of hand. It's often hard to find some parts because of scalpers and even then it's expensive in first place. I had to pay over $100 on the private market just to mount my suppressor. Quality optics and scopes for over $700, suppressors around $800, mounts and risers starting at $80. Its all chunks of metal and glass but its inflated all to hell. "Tricking out" a weapon is usually more expensive than the gun itself.
 
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The Feline Solution 2 said:
Ork and IG players are so assfucked.
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What's even more bizarre is IG are one of the factions best served by third parties. It turns out "future man with gun" isn't a copyrightable concept.

Supposedly these third party options are bad and I get shouted at if I bring them up online. But I don't really see it.

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I had my credit card info stolen last year, and they only used it to buy 2 custom mugs for $40, pathetic.
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Maybe they do it to avoid suspicion and hope they get missed among other purchases?

Myrtle the Turtle said:
Preppers are another conservative consoom culture I hate. Realistically you're more likely to be hit by a natural disaster than an nuclear bomb. Plan for that, not an atomic fanfic so you can LARP Fallout.
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Exactly.

There was a guy mentioned in another thread that actually survived a SHTF moment when his home country went through political unrest. He's controversial in the prepper community because his advice doesn't play into the fallout LARP.

If you have fun buying MREs and gasmasks, that's one thing. But 12 AR-15s and a wind up radio aren't going to do shit in a nuclear apocalypse.
 
Judge Dredd said:
But 12 AR-15s
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It depends on why they have that many. Some preppers build a hyper-specific AR-15 for every conceivable combat situation they may be in because theyre retarded. Many gun nuts have one duty rifle and then a bunch of other ARs for fun in different calibers. They are super cheap and easy to put together yourself, I knew one consoomer who hoarded ARs because he would buy super cheap chinese parts and then spend his freetime assembling them for fun, but then refused to sell them even tho he was a licensed firearms dealer.
 
Generally I find that the type that generally consooooooms in a swirl of madness generally are very unhappy and think that cheap trinkets that serve no purpose, which is nonsensical because these types are always unhappy. it is why they are why they are. It's funny to laugh but it makes you sad because then you realize that these types are all over, and for some, including their own bedroom. Fellas, be careful. Women be shopping.
 
On today's episode of music artists lost their minds, we have My chemical capitalistic romance selling tickets for 19229$. Yes, you heard that right, 19k for a concerts ticket. Although it's a resell(I fucking hate resellers), the price is still outrageous and unreasonable.
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Recently, the band has been on a tour, celebrating 20 years since the black parade came out. At the start of the tour, the prices then have been more normal and rational, however after they got in the spotlight, they started going crazy. Currently, it's about 4000$ for a nosebleed seat, while at the start of the it was a maximum of 500$.

Now don't get me wrong, Ticketmaster is a shitty company who abuses the fact that they have power over artists, and I understand that the venue also controls the costs, but it's still nauseating. The band and it's manager also control the prices, so there's no reason, besides greed, for the concert to be this expensive.

I get that MCR is a popular band with demanding fans, but holy shit, seriously? Do you know what costs the same price? A fucking kidney. For 19k I expect them to perform their entire discography and to give me the best head I'll ever receive.
 
Cuntspiracy Man said:
so wait, are they selling it for that much or is someone reselling it?
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Shitty reseller. Tho the original prices are no better, it's around 7k for first row tickets in popular venues. So, yeah, both the band and the reseller are full of greed and a thirst for money.

Also, sincere apologies for bad wording, I'm half asleep and can't think properly due to tiredness. Fuck having insomnia.
 
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