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

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What the hell do you even do with this? Is this like the three seashells from Demolition Man?
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Sleazy Car Salesman said:
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What the shit man?
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A thousand dildos lying on a carpeted floor. A long-haired cat looks on.

I am going to pretend that this photo is from right before a spring dildo cleaning or something, because otherwise this person owns a mid-range sedan's worth of dildos and just plain doesn't mind if they're covered with cat hair and lint.
 
Ford4.7 said:
Well this turned into hell of a thread lol

I was thinking a bit more mild perhaps? You're a 40-50 something mildly successful businessman who brings in a modest disposable income. You have loved Porsche since you were a kid, youve always followed GT and LMP Racing. Every few years you buy a newerish late model mid range Porsche and trade the old one in. You collect Porsche diecast, shirts, posters, etc. Youve got 2 classic Porsche's in the garage.

Are you a CONSOOMER due to your culture related brand loyality, or are you simply and enthusiast? Thats what im asking
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I think the difference between enthusiast and consoomer is a gradient rather than a distinct line, but it's somewhere around buying a lot of stuff just to have it. There's nothing wrong with liking things and living in a house with no decorations or personal touches would be a bit grim, but when you start buying a lot of the same or related things purely to accumulate them, you're getting into consoomer tendencies. You can descend into consoomerism like an alcoholic descends into chemical dependency.

Someone can start out really loving music and buying physical copies of albums they enjoy, then they start buying a few special editions, then albums they don't love to have complete discographies, then new releases just because they're hyped up and sought after and throw tantrums if they don't get one, and then overpaying for multiple presses from different years or labels where the only discernible differences are the matrix codes. I'd say the change is somewhere around step three, where they're gone beyond what they originally loved and are buying things for their own sake. In your example, buying a car and even a couple of classics that you've always admired isn't really consoomerism, but collecting anything with the logo on it is in that territory.
 
Hoi Polloi said:
buying a car and even a couple of classics that you've always admired isn't really consoomerism, but collecting anything with the logo on it is in that territory.
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100% agree with this comment. When you're buying even a brand new car, the manufacturer doesn't make any money off that sale because they've already made the money selling to the dealership network for them to then sell cars to you. Classic cars, with the exception of situations like Jaguar Classic or Porsche Heritage which is owned directly by the OEM, are used goods and completely removed from making money for the corporation that made them.

Car merch is entirely consoomer, and while I can understand someone wanting some level of related stuff if they're particularly passionate about their cars (Lord knows I am), buying the ///M badged polyester coats and baseball caps made in China is just pure cringe. It's like going out wearing a football shirt.
 
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TheBeanz said:
100% agree with this comment. When you're buying a even a brand new car, the manufacturer doesn't make any money off that sale because they've already made the money selling to the dealership network for them to then sell cars to you. Classic cars, with the exception of situations like Jaguar Classic or Porsche Heritage which is owned directly by the OEM, are used goods and completely removed from making money for the corporation that made them.

Car merch is entirely consoomer, and while I can understand someone wanting some level of related stuff if they're particularly passionate about their cars (Lord knows I am), buying the ///M badged polyester coats and baseball caps made in China is just pure cringe. It's like going out wearing a football shirt.
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It doesn't matter what you're buying or where the money ultimately goes to, it's the behavior of consooming.
 
Sleazy Car Salesman said:
It doesn't matter what you're buying or where the money ultimately goes to, it's the behavior of consooming.
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You're right, that goes back to my earlier comment about the retards who get into never ending PCP finance cycles just for the sake of having a new car. But there is a bit of a 'Support the business' mentality I've seen among consoomer types as well. A weird sense of brand loyalty where they think they're doing a brand a service by purchasing product constantly.
 
TheBeanz said:
You're right, that goes back to my earlier comment about the retards who get into never ending PCP finance cycles just for the sake of having a new car. But there is a bit of a 'Support the business' mentality I've seen among consoomer types as well. A weird sense of brand loyalty where they think they're doing a brand a service by purchasing product constantly.
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Buying to support a business is fine if it's a small/local/family/etc business, but acting like buying fucking Porsche merch is "support" is ridiculous.
 
Ol Dirty Fatso said:
Buying to support a business is fine if it's a small/local/family/etc business, but acting like buying fucking Porsche merch is "support" is ridiculous.
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True Porsche fans travel back in time to make sure Ferdinand Porsche wins the Tiger I tank trials. Everyone else is a poser.
 
Ol Dirty Fatso said:
Buying to support a business is fine if it's a small/local/family/etc business, but acting like buying fucking Porsche merch is "support" is ridiculous.
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Just so long as you aren't constantly bleating about 'SuPpOrTiNg sMaLL BUsInEsseS' on social media, those faggots are the worst.
 
TheBeanz said:
Car merch is entirely consoomer, and while I can understand someone wanting some level of related stuff if they're particularly passionate about their cars (Lord knows I am), buying the ///M badged polyester coats and baseball caps made in China is just pure cringe. It's like going out wearing a football shirt.
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Ol Dirty Fatso said:
Buying to support a business is fine if it's a small/local/family/etc business, but acting like buying fucking Porsche merch is "support" is ridiculous.
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It's equal to buying cheap designer stuff, because they can't save up to 2000 usd handbags.
 
A big difference in consoomer vs normal person is the former actively pays attention to the releases of new products for their respective interest. They're not casually strolling through Target, spot a Charmander shirt and buy it; no they're subscribed to newsletters, forums, Facebook groups, have push notifications, etc. They're addicted to the rush of discovering a New Product and acquiring it ASAP
 
Protistology said:
What the unholy fuck?
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I’m not watching that video, but assuming it’s what I think it is (e.g. unboxing useless crap only to give it away), just think of it as a business expense. The point of the box isn’t to get what’s inside of it, but as content for a video and as giveaway fodder to drive engagement. Plus, you now no longer have piles of useless trash you don’t want lying around your house.

When you see Youtubers spend hundreds of dollars on trash for content, they’re not “wasting money” because they’re expecting the video to make that back.
 
Moguro Fukuzou said:
What I find interesting about those pictures is that, as far as I can see, the person hasn't gotten into model kit building and have stayed with lego when it comes to Star wars vehicles. I find it pretty common that a lot of these consoomer types never really go past the easy to collect/display types that require not much work on their end to set up. Like, I have a lot more respect for someone who'd spend their time building those Star wars model kits and making them look nice with paint/weathering since it shows a bit more care in their interests (if that makes sense). Even just an OOB Gunpla build had the person spend several hours actually putting it together.

You could argue that Lego takes time to build, especially with those bigger ones, but they just feel like a step down in my mind.
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Agreed.

If you go nuts building legit models of sci-fi vehicles, IRL tanks, planes, ships, etc. Cool. Like you paint them and everything, that actually takes a bit of skill, one reason I can't clown on 40k types too much because they actually out forth some effort.

Buying premade stuff by the ton is disgusting
 
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