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

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Summertime said:
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that shit is called "ita" or "painful" rooms and is also seen in backpacks, where people fill a small space with a buncha clutter

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in a way i kinda love it at times, as much as it's a monument for consumption it's also a shrine to autism, depending on how it's done it can cross the line from cute anime girlie poser fodder to full blown "gives bitches the ick" territory making it socially unacceptable and unfashionable, and you can always tell which rooms just came to be that way as a result of people rejecting the world and amassing an environment that makes them happy over time, and which are just bought en masse for the trend and maintained for appearances
 
An interesting one from the guitar side of consoomerism. There is a whole community online of people trying to replicate the exact sound and equipment of Kurt Cobain, going down to spending ridiculous amounts of money on the guitars, pedals, amps etc. Some people have used this as an opportunity to make a quick buck and now you have people selling spec'd replicas of Cobain guitars for 700 dollars. The guitar is usually a cheap 200 dollar one with just the electronics and/or appearance changed. These sellers have started cannibalizing each other and it's pretty funny to me.
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Cuntspiracy Man said:
"those people cared about these objects"
"nuh uh, how could they? they're not special or worth lots of money"
is a terrible thought process
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If they have no utility, no financial value, and no emotional value to me, then I am not keeping them.

Obligating everyone else to hold onto your funko pops/anime figures for eternity because you liked them is a Hoarder mentality.

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I also blame a lot of the boomer funko pop shit on shows like Antiques Roadshow or even modern variants like Pawn Stars where some glass coke bottle or tchotchke is worth some ungodly amounts of money. So some boomer thinks their fine china is actually worth thousands of dollars. The Shamalamadingdong twist is that most of the people buying hundred year old coke bottles are the boomers themselves. It’s not millennials or zoomers buying that shit.
 
The Hardest R said:
I also blame a lot of the boomer funko pop shit on shows like Antiques Roadshow or even modern variants like Pawn Stars where some glass coke bottle or tchotchke is worth some ungodly amounts of money. So some boomer thinks their fine china is actually worth thousands of dollars. The Shamalamadingdong twist is that most of the people buying hundred year old coke bottles are the boomers themselves. It’s not millennials or zoomers buying that shit.
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There's truth to this. My grandmother is a hoarder. Antiques Roadshow, American Pickers, and (to a lesser extent) Pawn Stars were her favorite shows. A lot of these items may have value, but who's going to be buying them?
 
The Hardest R said:
The Shamalamadingdong twist is that most of the people buying hundred year old coke bottles are the boomers themselves. It’s not millennials or zoomers buying that shit.
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Stuff like that (actual junk) is probably more likely to be of some actual value than stuff made for consoomers. Every other fat soybeard has collections of crap like Funko pops and they keep them. They're not going to gain value because even if people continue to want them, there's too much supply.

Fragile crap that mostly gets thrown away might be valuable at least some time after you're dead. That's why something like an old comic book from before it turned into a huge franchise might be worth something in good condition, because most people just threw that shit away.

Of course if you save all that shit you're probably just a hoarder and it will still end up being worth nothing. You'll just have a squalid house filled floor to ceiling with worthless crap.

And even when kitschy stuff like Hummel figurines have some value, it's often something like $50, not much at all, with only certain very rare items being worth in the tens of thousands. And those are mostly in private collections and rarely change hands. You are really unlikely even to see one of those.
 
The Hardest R said:
I also blame a lot of the boomer funko pop shit on shows like Antiques Roadshow
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I read somewhere that Roadshow in particular absolutley throttled the Antique business because every Boomer became convinced, old in my attic = bajillions, without exception.

I remember when I was a kid, I would go to Antique stores with my mom and being like "woah this is only $20??? How is it not worth more???"
 
I semi-frequently visit antique stores and markets with a friend who has his own shop. I don't usually buy much since I don't understand value but it's always very interesting taking a look around and see what people are selling and for how expensive they are. There's an insane amount of junk books, plates cutlery mostly, as many other people have already observed, I wonder if any of it has ever actually been sold, because they are never cheap enough to even consider. I've been to the same market multiple times and its always the same overpriced items every time so they must really be deluded enough to insist these items have value. Frames seem to be one of the best things to look at, as they are easy to refurb and can be fit with an actual valuable piece like an antique print.

Lots of golliwogs too, which the elderly sellers really love to defend if you make any sort of allusion to them. Most of the olds are friendly and talkative though, so it doesn't bother me. Seems nice for them to have a regular place to meet and have something to do, and to hopefully unload some junk after a life of consooming. Though you can tell most of the younger sellers are just trying to somehow offload and make a quick buck off of their parents old tat.

I do like to reguarly buy a bunch of old postcards with neat designs from the markets. They're normally cheap as you could get one for the equivalent of about 20 cents. They make good little gifts in letters or cards, so they have some use. 99% of the ones you find are ugly and worthless though.
 
a very special boy said:
I do like to reguarly buy a bunch of old postcards with neat designs from the markets. They're normally cheap as you could get one for the equivalent of about 20 cents. They make good little gifts in letters or cards, so they have some use. 99% of the ones you find are ugly and worthless though.
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I found some postcards from the 1950s and 1960s in a shop once and it just depressed the shit out of me to see stuff like this, knowing what those areas look like now.
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NoReturn said:
I found some postcards from the 1950s and 1960s in a shop once and it just depressed the shit out of me to see stuff like this, knowing what those areas look like now.
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Never forget what (((they))) took from us.

Bud Light has now found a way to bounce back: college niggerball-themed cans.


I saw a bunch of these out in the wild. I don’t think we talk enough about the shameless consoomerism when it comes to college sports. Pretty brilliant marketing on Anheuser Busch’s part and I’m surprised it hasn’t been done sooner.
 
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The Hardest R said:
I saw a bunch of these out in the wild. I don’t think we talk enough about the shameless consoomerism when it comes to college sports. Pretty brilliant marketing on Anheuser Busch’s part and I’m surprised it hasn’t been done sooner.
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The license agreements for it must have been an absolute nightmare.
Someone who knows more about football than me, can you explain? I've heard things on the news about stuff being different recently (Something about PAC-12?) and maybe that's it?
 
Cuntspiracy Man said:
that shit is called "ita" or "painful" rooms and is also seen in backpacks, where people fill a small space with a buncha clutter

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in a way i kinda love it at times, as much as it's a monument for consumption it's also a shrine to autism, depending on how it's done it can cross the line from cute anime girlie poser fodder to full blown "gives bitches the ick" territory making it socially unacceptable and unfashionable, and you can always tell which rooms just came to be that way as a result of people rejecting the world and amassing an environment that makes them happy over time, and which are just bought en masse for the trend and maintained for appearances
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I always admire "detailed" living spaces, most often women's, because they put up posters, plants, rugs and alike and suddenly you got something worthy of a battlestation thread. But then you take a step back and go "oh, this is a mental illness and deeply rooted insecurity". Most notoriously this one bitch as of late who put a literal painting frame on her monitor, painted and colored her PC elements and fit it all into a vintage wooden, cramped-ass desk. But oh no, so kawaii so desu desu.. given you streamed for a living or vlogged or anything else than lived in it.

I've gotten good at throwing out shit, even expensive stuff I've never used, because it's easier than to have it in the back of my mind "ruh oh, if I lose that-". Throw it out on your own terms; today.
 
The Sunday crowd are always something else:

-Just had an actual whale come up to the register and playfully go "Oh I did the thing where I didn't look up recommendations and just bought what looked interesting, oh well teehee". Like, is it a taboo now to make up your own mind for yourself?

-Also had 3 loud manga girls shouting about how one of their boyfriends or brother or whatever [some male in their life] had taken some of her manga and should be killed because it's theft and the mom also deserves to die because she is taking the males' side.

-Raisins are buying the grandchildren unsolicited bibles again lol

Also, just because now we've been tracking it at the store for funsies, women are just as, if not more porn sick than the men. I'm pretty sure most women 12-35 just read smut exclusively.
 
Summertime said:
We all have heard about "cheap plastic junk". Now get ready for expensive microplastic junk!
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(Louis Vitton microscopic "handbag" sold for over 63,000 dollars last year)
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I've seen people make stuff like this for cheaper but I'm guessing it's using some expensive tech to make it near 1 to 1 at the tiny ass easily breakable scale. also brand logo pricing shit added on which also is it's own BS

Randy Butternubs said:
-Also had 3 loud manga girls shouting about how one of their boyfriends or brother or whatever [some male in their life] had taken some of her manga and should be killed because it's theft and the mom also deserves to die because she is taking the males' side.
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I think being pissed at someone close to you stealing your shit is a universally accepted reason to be fucking angry.
 
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