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

[whitepumpkin]

Proto weeb was when you were buying VHS tapes out of catalog ads from basement operations.

By the late 90's and early 2000's you didn't need to pick sub vs dub, DVD solved that and included both. Especially in the early 2000's you could walk into any media store and they'd have massive anime sections where as their VHS sections were way more limited even when VHS was current. U.S. Manga Corps and other early publishers kinda died out when ADV and others were up and coming.

RIP Tokyopop. I remember the comic shops in the early 2000s and seeing the Tokyopop $5 individual chapter release mangas, along with those How to Draw "manga" books and the Inuyasha comics. And all the Japanese Import Anime DVDs were kept behind the counter to prevent stealing. Figures were bootleg. Keychains were fanmade. You watched anime in 7 parts on youtube. The Anime Club was exactly like the KC Green comic.



It definitely was a time of cringe and when you got out of it, you realized how stupid you were. But I never sunk thousands of dollars into it because other than the books and dvds (IF you could get them) there really wasn't much to spend on. Proxy services weren't really a thing and the anime conventions were full of bootleg shit and those horrible generic plushes so it was like... You saved up to maybe get a few more volumes of the series you liked, but anything else you read online.

It's not like today where...

Spoiler: Horrors Underneath

It's just... so much plastic.

If someone had one figure, I don't think that's an issue. But when there's so much and focused on one thing, I always think of how your tastes mature as you get older. Or when shows absolutely shit the bed like Attack on Titan. Like, what do you do with all that stuff? Game of Thrones even. NO ONE cares about that anymore. What happens to all that merchandise? What do you do when your tastes change and you invested so much into that *one* thing?

Plus, in your own house, do you really want to invite people over and for them to walk into your living room and see fluorescent plastic anime girls making poses that show off their panties? Even if you're a girl collecting that stuff, it's weird.

 

[Vingle]

consooming storage solutions is a whole thing.

Well, yea. It get expensive real fast. But it's a one-time cost and it does make life easier. The retarded thing with the food storage, they MOSTLY use it for crap food. But it could just as well be used for spices, beans and stuff. If you buy spices from an immigrant store, they come in big bags. Big storage containers come in handy then, since it's much cheaper to buy foods in bulk. So you will save on it in the long run.
If you got a lot of stuff, just drag out the whole organiser. Instead of moving all the other products, to reach the one at the back.
But keeping less food that turns bad fast would be an even better solution. And some preservatives are okey, but your whole diet? I see little vegetables here too, fruits contain sugar too, and should not be eaten in excess

This stuff looks all nice and shit long enough for you to take a picture, but it falls apart quickly if any of this is actually being used on a regular basis.
Take the bookshelves, for example. Aesthetic arrangement works for "storage" shelves, but for reference shelves it's not a good solution.

Put a door on it, to hide it. That's my only problem with these solutions. Where the fuck are the cabinet doors?

Don't use fucking Lysol in your fridge. I know I sound like a hippy but the "eco" cleaners and vinegar work just as well and are safer around food.

I keep a cup of white vinegar in my fridge. To keep things more fresh. Bacteria don't like acidic environments.

Here's more of that mushroom-ripping maniac, btw.
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She stopped posting in July. She either gave up, got a better gig, or she was one of those fake TikTokers and her contract expired.

She looks off, I get uncomfortable looking at her

Plus, in your own house, do you really want to invite people over and for them to walk into your living room and see fluorescent plastic anime girls making poses that show off their panties? Even if you're a girl collecting that stuff, it's weird.

Actually got this one gay friend that keeps gay erotic "art" in his home. The most prominent pic is a naked man, dick and all is showing. But wait, the fucker has not a normal human head. It's a moose head on a mans body.
He told me he hide all his "art" when his family visit him. It's actually so comical, because no one would have a problem with this.


Feeling legit mad at Versace now, this shit only applies to coonsomers. There's no nice designs, only logoflashing. Which only the poors and niggers care about. They recently had a fashion show with the creator of Fendi did design the clothes for Versace, and it might actually be for the best that he buys out Michael Kors one time. Because he at least respects and want to preserve the old designs of Gianni Versace.

The ironic part in all this, is they have a promise of using 100% renewable energy by 2025. They made less impact on the environment in the past, when they used real materials and not any synthetics made of plastic. And of course, they use plastic "fur" instead of real fur.

Spoiler: Pics of recent Versace-stuff

 

[whitepumpkin]

Actually got this one gay friend that keeps gay erotic "art" in his home. The most prominent pic is a naked man, dick and all is showing. But wait, the fucker has not a normal human head. It's a moose head on a mans body.
He told me he hide all his "art" when his family visit him.

I mean, at least he hides it. It's not like some anime figures which are clearly just wank material.



Even though nothing's showing, I'd still find this weird to have out on display in the living room. It's like when you see someone in the wild wearing a Bad Dragon T-Shirt or ahegao phone case. It just brings up... unpleasant images.

The ironic part in all this, is they have a promise of using 100% renewable energy by 2025. They made less impact on the environment in the past, when they used real materials and not any synthetics made of plastic. And of course, they use plastic "fur" instead of real fur.

Plastic fur doesn't even compare to the warmth of real fur. I guess if you don't live in the eternal hellscape of winter, then sure. Prance around in "vegan" leather and pretend you're better than everyone. But beaver fur is an absolute luxury like you cannot imagine and there's a reason everyone north of the 60th parallel wears sealskin. If you're killing the animal you might as well use every part - you know, sustainably. But I guess companies think killing giant destructive water rats and fatass blubber balls is inhumane to begin with. So instead, just wear their overpriced garbage which won't last half the lifespan of a properly-cared for leather jacket or fur coat.

Modern fashion is a lot of consoomer, FOMO, and pretentious nonsense anyway, as highlighted by this thread many times (those purses). But something really irks me about companies boasting they're environmentally sustainable when their clothes are low-quality synthetic trash to begin with. Then shitting on actual sustainable resources since beavers multiply like the rodent bastards they are in a short period of time. Yes, you shouldn't deplete a resource completely - don't go fucking chinese on a species. But advertising cheap plastic for hundreds of dollars because "uwu environment" is just ironic at this point.

 

[NoReturn]

Put a door on it, to hide it. That's my only problem with these solutions. Where the fuck are the cabinet doors?

Cabinets and doors are "out" right now if the home listings I've been seeing online are anything to go by.

Actually got this one gay friend that keeps gay erotic "art" in his home. The most prominent pic is a naked man, dick and all is showing. But wait, the fucker has not a normal human head. It's a moose head on a mans body.

 

[Jarolleon]

A related topic to consoooming is when Millenials spend thousands of dollars a year on Funkos/Starbucks/iPhone iterations/regular trips to Disneyland/etc. and then bitch on how they have nothing in their savings and blame capitalism. Fiscal responsibility and planning is important yo, if you want to win in capitalism you need to leverage your capital not waste it on little plastic nothings that will end up in the ocean and choke a turtle in five years.

And if you point this out to them they'll blame house prices and try to claim that the rent in downtown NYC/Toronto reflects the whole Western world.

 

[Vingle]

Cabinets and doors are "out" right now if the home listings I've been seeing online are anything to go by.

Saw a dude on jewtube that tried dictating people with "Mistakes you make when organising the kitchen". Yea, no. Open shelving do not increase productivity, and it will just make washing worse. Are we really on that level of a baby, where they can't remember a face from hiding it?

 

[mapotofu_elite]

How has this not been posted?!

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https://www.funko.com/blog/article/funatic-of-the-week-james-bouhuys-the-pop-tract-guy

Bouhuysxxx (u/Bouhuysxxx) - Reddit

u/Bouhuysxxx: Funko Pop! collecting, WWE watching, Coca-Cola drinking, Straightedge Assistant Principal, Husband, and Puppy Father …

www.reddit.com

Found this guy's account. This was over five years ago, he's still hopelessly addicted to them.
Edit: Gets better, wife is a disney fan (https://www.instagram.com/amandabouhuys). She's a dog-mom.

 

[seri0us]

It works almost like chemotherapy

It lets the doctor kill you before acne can?

 

[big rig 42]

Bouhuysxxx (u/Bouhuysxxx) - Reddit

u/Bouhuysxxx: Funko Pop! collecting, WWE watching, Coca-Cola drinking, Straightedge Assistant Principal, Husband, and Puppy Father …

www.reddit.com

Found this guys account. This was over five years ago, he's still hopelessly addicted to them.

Jesus, 250 for a Fuckopop? These shits really are the new beanie babies.

 

[whitepumpkin]

Cabinets and doors are "out" right now if the home listings I've been seeing online are anything to go by.

So instead of cheap plasterboard cabinets, you'll now just have cheap shelves stuck to your wall to stick everything on. You know what this reminds me of?

TL;DW: Idiot designer makes a "hanging shelf". Doesn't check weight. Puts a woman's priceless teapot collection on it and comes in the next day to find everything broken. Doesn't take responsibility. This was in the early 2000s.

Guess we're coming back 'round to people being shocked when they find their dishes smashed all over the counter because their floating shelf couldn't hold the weight of their 100 Rae Dunn cups.

 

[AdmiralRenae]

Squid game Consoomers are the worst bro

I don't think it's political signalling. They're just flat out exceptional and think everything needs to have a capital, in a similar vein to those slushbrains Who Type Like This For Some Fucking Reason

and on topic, I love the endless cycle of cheap chinese knockoff merch factories switching to whatever is popular at the time. Go follow any large instagram page i dont suggest this actually and they get paid to shill endless amounts of consoomer garbage. Before it was among us, now it's shitty squidgame costumes and figurines.

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brooooo thats lit bro

Mark my words there is gonna be Squid Game Funkos soon.

People have been buying costumes for Halloween, so expect an army of Squid Game stans.

 

[RainbowStarlight]

Welcome to the world of organized hoarding. This is the process that occurs when consoomers and hoarders start to notice that they have way too much shit and it's interfering with their life - they can't find things, the house is a mess. The solution? Organize all the useless shit in pretty containers! Give no regard to how you use things or if the storage system is sustainable and user friendly, just make sure it's pretty. The Home Edit is a master class in organized hoarding. They will organize all your consoomer crap in a pretty rainbow, just don't try to actually use the storage systems (which they sell) in a practical way, or question if they make sense.

Spoiler: I'm sure that this is a circle of hell

Unsustainable kids rooms:
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Not a Lego sperg myself, but as many commenters point out, storing Legos by color doesn't make sense. Also aren't those books and many other things out of reach of the kids, putting the burden of removing and reorganizing on the parent?

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This is labeled as "when the kitchen is a playroom" ....I guess?

"Mini style influencer"
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When the dog has a bigger wardrobe than you:
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Why wouldn't you want to store your thirteen pairs of sunglasses in a drawer with five earrings? Makes perfect sense!

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Or just put every earring in it's own cubby.

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Just put every scrunchie in it's own cubby. What if you buy another big scrunchie, but you don't have a cubby??! Can you buy only one cubby? Do you have to put it at the bottom with the other less loved scrunchies? You can't even buy a new scrunchie without your system going straight to hell.

They particularly love to do these pantries where the premise is after you go grocery shopping, you take everything out of the package it came in and put in clear containers that they sell. It looks nice, but who wants to do all that work? Also, eat less garbage:
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This looks nice until you want to buy more than 4 cans of soup:
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Random wealthy shoe hoarders:
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This is apparently a garage. Why use your garage for ugly dirty useful things like tools, when you could have fifty kinds of colorful chalk?
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Barf. Arcade Fire put consumerism best when they sang, "Every room in my house/Is filled with shit I couldn't live without."

 

[Opticana]

So instead of cheap plasterboard cabinets, you'll now just have cheap shelves stuck to your wall to stick everything on. You know what this reminds me of?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Opb8iaslEjE
TL;DW: Idiot designer makes a "hanging shelf". Doesn't check weight. Puts a woman's priceless teapot collection on it and comes in the next day to find everything broken. Doesn't take responsibility. This was in the early 2000s.

Guess we're coming back 'round to people being shocked when they find their dishes smashed all over the counter because their floating shelf couldn't hold the weight of their 100 Rae Dunn cups.

This seems like a terrible design concept in the first place. Wouldn't it be super easy to bump into the shelf and send everything flying off?

 

[NoReturn]

Bouhuysxxx (u/Bouhuysxxx) - Reddit

u/Bouhuysxxx: Funko Pop! collecting, WWE watching, Coca-Cola drinking, Straightedge Assistant Principal, Husband, and Puppy Father …

www.reddit.com

Found this guy's account. This was over five years ago, he's still hopelessly addicted to them.
Edit: Gets better, wife is a disney fan (https://www.instagram.com/amandabouhuys). She's a dog-mom.

Well, at least they're well-matched. They may be consumerdrones but at least they like each other.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Canadian Twitch streamer Troydan really is going in on the sports consooming

 

[Shig O'nella]

...

I will have to find some examples on Reddit or something, but the knitting/crochet community is chock full of consoomerism. Infact, hoarding yarn is seen as something quirky and memed constantly like "oooooooh... look at this pretty yarn, I don't know what I could use it for and I have a million projects that I still have yet to complete but it is so pretty tee hee." there is so much impulse buying it is crazy and it is glorified. I could imagine if they ever release a variegated yarn based on the various pride flags the fiber art reddit will go bonkers and the thing about variegated yarn is most of them only look good with very simple stitches that an idiot can do, perfect people who don't have the patience to learn anything beyond single and double crochets and are just satisfied learning the bare minimum of the art for brownie points.

It's still a million times better than the quilting community. They're ... passionate, to say the least. Not only is there a surprising amount of consooming for an entire hobby that is supposedly built on recycling (Mom's sewing machine cost more than my last two cars put together did), but there's vendettas and dramas that make all the shit troons get up to look like baby's first tantrum.

 

[whitepumpkin]

Canadian Twitch streamer Troydan really is going in on the sports consooming

EA must really not give a shit anymore if they put one of the worst teams, the Maple Leafs up as their cover image. Either that or they don't know practically all of Canada despises Toronto and everything associated with it, so they're really doing a detriment to themselves, but whatever. I have to give it to the guy to not change his shirt with every sports game he plays with some jersey or associated promotion. Because Sports stuff... yeesh.

I guess the one upside is if you treat them well, sports jerseys tend to last a long time. So maybe the cost is worth it in the end? But when you take into consideration how teams change their jerseys all the time, along with all the "limited edition" crap they put out, and how the newer generations don't value sports memorabilia that much... It makes it a little sad to think all that money wasted will probably be up for pennies on ebay after the person dies. Or just thrown out.

Maybe I'm wrong. But I don't feel like NHL/NFL/Basketball/Baseball has long-term value anymore. Football/Soccer, yeah, but that's because that's the most popular sport in the world. I don't think anyone in Europe gives much of a shit about NA sports.



Goddammit, of course there's Funko Pops.

 

[curbside]

Let's touch on Ryan's World.

Over a decade of peak consoomer culture and we're at heights of advertising directly to children never seen before. That's right folks. Remember when McDonald's was heavily scrutinized for their mid-90s to early-2000s heavy handed ad campaigns? Well, cut out the middle man, now the ads ARE the entertainment.

Ryan's is channel sitting at 47.97 billion billion views, a Walmart, and a Parmount + deal you likely have had some exposure to this disease of a family if you have or are around children. Ryan and family found their fame reviewing toys and conducting the same handful of "science" experience ad nauseum. The content is lacking of substance or merit. The budget remains low despite ungodly success.

Meet the parents/parasites that helm the exploitative ship. Shion Guan and Loan run their child fronted business without shame. They pump out content without rest while the money is still good. And it's not just Ryan. They need a backup plan for when their Ryan well runs dry. So as Ryan grows fat and ugly like his disgusting parents his sisters are already being exploited for content with their own channels/crossovers.

Now, the wealth. The Kaji family is fucking loaded. Worth between 33-150 million. But worry not. Shion Guan and Loan are spending the money as fast as they can make it.

With 3-5 homes, more luxury cars than you can count, and endless exotic vacations the money is going fast. The fame came quick and I can't imagine it will last long after Ryan hits puberty. Oh, the cherry on this consoomer sundae? Ryan's mother has an arrest for shoplifting.

These subhumans are raising our children while mommy and daddy obsess over their Funko Pop collection in the next room.

 

[Tootsie Bear]

Let's touch on Ryan's World.

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Over a decade of peak consoomer culture and we're at heights of advertising directly to children never seen before. That's right folks. Remember when McDonald's was heavily scrutinized for their mid-90s to early-2000s heavy handed ad campaigns? Well, cut out the middle man, now the ads ARE the entertainment.

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Ryan's is channel sitting at 47.97 billion billion views, a Walmart, and a Parmount + deal you likely have had some exposure to this disease of a family if you have or are around children. Ryan and family found their fame reviewing toys and conducting the same handful of "science" experience ad nauseum. The content is lacking of substance or merit. The budget remains low despite ungodly success.

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Meet the parents/parasites that helm the exploitative ship. Shion Guan and Loan run their child fronted business without shame. They pump out content without rest while the money is still good. And it's not just Ryan. They need a backup plan for when their Ryan well runs dry. So as Ryan grows fat and ugly like his disgusting parents his sisters are already being exploited for content with their own channels/crossovers.

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Now, the wealth. The Kaji family is fucking loaded. Worth between 33-150 million. But worry not. Shion Guan and Loan are spending the money as fast as they can make it.

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With 3-5 homes, more luxury cars than you can count, and endless exotic vacations the money is going fast. The fame came quick and I can't imagine it will last long after Ryan hits puberty. Oh, the cherry on this consoomer sundae? Ryan's mother has an arrest for shoplifting.

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These subhumans are raising our children while mommy and daddy obsess over their Funko Pop collection in the next room.

I'm an adult so I have only heard of this kid before twice. Both by video recommendations and the news reporting the kid was a multimillionaire by reviewing toys. It's crazy how popular and successful someone can become reviewing a product. Like it makes me angry I'm barely able to rub two pennies together so I'm openly jealous, but I won't deny I didn't think of doing something similar where I could be popular enough that I'd get paid to play video games or review movies.

Today it's normal to see people who are nostalgic for commercials and advertisements found in magazines. When I was growing up it was what decade you grew up in. So if you're a baby boomer you'd be a fan of Elvis, while those in the 80's would be Kiss fans. The difference is parents were up in arms about junk being marketed to kids. As such McDonalds toys being seen as a means for fast food restaurants to sell junk food to kids. Don't forget about candy cigarettes preparing kids to smoke real cigarettes.

 

[Matt Damon]

Ryan's is channel sitting at 47.97 billion views

This is a bit beside the point, but I want to give a big shout-out to modern popular culture, which has become so balkanized that a person can have nearly 50 billion views on the second biggest site on the internet and I've never even heard of them before.

I suspect my ignorance of many things makes my life much better and I don't even realize it.