Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!
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This looks like parody, but I’m waiting for the day for someone to post this on their wall and follow these rules as it’s canon.
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After the gaming industry getting pozzed by Leftie Loonies, I'm turning to old games and 100% the ones I have. If old games are going up, it might be worth investigating in Everdrive cartridges. Plus, the world of ROM hacks open up too.
Or even a Raspberry Pi and get a bunch of emulators.
Better to pay a couple hundred quid for endless games rather than for a handful.
Thankfully, there are preservation groups that catalogue games and preserve the history for the day that old games do become scarce.
No thanks to hoarders and scalpers.
I'm in temporary accommodation right now so half my stuff is here and the rest at Mum's house.
I'm living in a room that's the opposite of aesthetic. This is my life right now and I can only make the best of it.
When I eventually do get my own place, there's a 0% chance I'd ever look at those aesthetic inspiration videos for ideas.
Those wall collage ideas are the worst. First off, lots of blue tac on the walls and second, it's some random image that the person doesn't really care about, it's there for aesthetics, not sentiment.
New guy here.
I know there's been previous discussions on what makes a consoomer but I want to give my take.
I don't necessarily think a consoomer is someone who follows or is a fan of a product.
We all have things we enjoy, things we do indeed talk about in our free time.
We'll buy some stuff we're interested in and I think that's perfectly fine.
I think during my time searching up on philosophy, I found some stuff where Aristotle said talking about entertainment was a good thing.
Its fine to enjoy what you enjoy, the problem to me is when its actually affecting your life in a harmful way.
Examples shown here, where its become an obsession, an addiction.
Where you revert to a child living in a adult body.
Yeah sure, letting yourself go is fine if done in moderation. Pretty sure a lot of people here watch stuff from their childhood or follow a brand.
But when it gets to this extreme, that's the problem.
Be a functioning adult and have a bit of fun. I don't see nothing wrong with that.
Now one question, when exactly does stuff you consume become your entire identity.
Like, if someone asked you "hey who are you" what do you answer to that. What would a consoomers answer be and what would a fan or a average guy say.
Genuine question.
I know there's been previous discussions on what makes a consoomer but I want to give my take.
I don't necessarily think a consoomer is someone who follows or is a fan of a product.
We all have things we enjoy, things we do indeed talk about in our free time.
We'll buy some stuff we're interested in and I think that's perfectly fine.
I think during my time searching up on philosophy, I found some stuff where Aristotle said talking about entertainment was a good thing.
Its fine to enjoy what you enjoy, the problem to me is when its actually affecting your life in a harmful way.
Examples shown here, where its become an obsession, an addiction.
Where you revert to a child living in a adult body.
Yeah sure, letting yourself go is fine if done in moderation. Pretty sure a lot of people here watch stuff from their childhood or follow a brand.
But when it gets to this extreme, that's the problem.
Be a functioning adult and have a bit of fun. I don't see nothing wrong with that.
Now one question, when exactly does stuff you consume become your entire identity.
Like, if someone asked you "hey who are you" what do you answer to that. What would a consoomers answer be and what would a fan or a average guy say.
Genuine question.
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When I was in middle school, my favorite sports team was making its first run for the playoffs. I'd cut out articles from the sports section when they won and tape them on my wall. One of my sisters was the type to cut out those posters from teen magazines. The oldest found old albums and neatly hung them up. Those collections took quite a while to put together, but showed who we were at the time. It's sad to know that classic pastime has been replaced by one-click ordering of perfectly curated ~* aesthetic*~ pieces, and not even of things the people really like. Imagine if this shit was around back then. "COMPANY Boy Band Posters, Boy Band Aesthetic Collage Kit, Aesthetic Trendy Room Kit For Teen Girls. $16.99."
The Pandora bracelet is an excellent metaphor, especially since those charms are pretty overpriced. I'm going to start using both that and "commodification of the soul."
What sticks out to me in those videos the most is the repetitive use of the word need.
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I aim to please.
The word need is, needless to say, appropriate. They actually need that shit because their personality, social life and sometimes even income depend on having the right shit to project the right vibe. What a tiring way to live.
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A third-worlder has more common sense than most of the Westerners if that is the mindset they aim to achieve. Unless said third-world country is an American-wannabe type.
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Eh... yes and no. I guess it really depends on how much they have been exposed to consumerism. Given how much and how fast enormous malls are being built even in the poorest areas of the world, I’m starting to think that getting addicted to spending money is basically unavoidable (unless you have a certain mindset or are strong enough to resist).
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When you're asking "Who are you?" to a person, you probably want generics to gauge whether or not they're normal (or sane). It's a conversation starter - human to human interaction to either be nice or to gauge potential friendships. I can comfortably say something like "I like reading" and have a general conversation about it to anyone because that's a general statement. Most anyone can identify with that, and if you don't, it's not a big deal.
If we get into fan spaces and ask "Who are you?", it's a little different but still the same - are you a normal fan or a mega fan? Where do you sit in a fan space? I'll admit I enjoy Tolkien, I have the books, I've watched the movies. That probably falls into the "average fan" range. I don't own movie props, or the One Ring, or figurines, or Funko Pops, or Plushes. I don't own any T-Shirts. I don't have any cosplay shit. Honestly, I'm probably considered a pleb more than a fan to these groups, but I'd wager that's what an average enjoyer of something keeps; A small, modest collection. Big enough for one shelf in a bookcase but not enough to spill over. Tolkien isn't my identity, it's a part of it but not the whole.
Consoomers will tell you they own all of that and more. Because they will blindly and needlessly spend on this stuff to make sure everyone knows "This is a thing I enjoy!". It's not quiet and it's never subtle because it also is a justification to them doing this. They explicitly tell you how big of a fan they are because they want to dare you to criticize them, so if you do they can judge you for being anti-fun, small-minded, and rude. Because this is their money and why can't you let people enjoy things?
It's all a badge of pride. Owning obscure (useless) shit to show off that they're SO MUCH of a lover of BRAND that they went and got the super limited edition of only 10 copies of this thing BRAND did. And it now sits on a glass shelf under a glass box which will make it super valuable one day, wait and see! Because in the end they believe their consoomerism has taken them into an elite club you're not allowed to join unless you spend as much money. They don't want to mingle with "average" fans. They want you to praise them for their overspending habits, to be jealous of them, to treat them like Kings among Men. Their name is spoken of in forums as "the Fan" and that's something you'll never have.
And I think as soon as you start striving to that point, to get things you'll never touch but once and just keep under a glass and brag about, that's when it's clear that the Consoom is your identity. Consoomers want you to envy them. Average fans and normal people just want to enjoy the things and will use them instead of putting them on a pedestal to never be touched.
This doesn't apply to Funko Pop collectors because anyone collecting those is automatically a consoomer.
I do enjoy a fair bit of sim racing and motorsport in general, so if someone was to ask that question I'd probably say that.
I feel like its a bit harsh to suggest people who are invested in a franchise or sport are consoomers.
Consoomers to me have a clear attitude thats different to normal fans.
To me, normal fans
Go to work
Discuss a movie, franchise or sport with a friend
Play games with your friends
Follow updates on their favourite stuff
Join a few communities
Consoomers
Have the mentality of a child
Throw childish insults if they see anything bad said about a franchise
Have little to any friends
Hoard over everything to where its all over the place
Always in trouble with money
If you support a team in F1 or football, or like a franchise, yeah I think you can go out and buy stuff.
I don't see nothing wrong with that. Go to your local club and have a great time socializing and watching the match with friends or your community.
I think there needs to be a clear distinction between both. And I think there is.
If you act like a child and obsess over everything with a child like behaviour, yeah that's too far.
If you watch the occasional movie from your childhood, act maturely and have something else or other hobbies (History maybe?)
then that's fine.
I'd say the limit is when you start getting emotional. If you care for a character and you get emotional, I don't see
it as that bad.
Crying over a trailer? Yeah that oversteps the mark. You know a consoomer when you see one and you know a regular guy when you see one.
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My hatred of shoppibg must be a blessing in disguise
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I like how they're pretending they have all these options to select from as though they didn't just buy an instant-collage kit specifically so they didn't have to choose the images themselves. They're trying to be "individual" with something made so they don't need to put effort into being an individual.
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It kinda is. Especially in times like these when pathological shopping is widely encouraged (has anyone else noticed how they introduced payments in installments even for small amounts?)
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Oh absolutely. It seems to be an opt-in for a lot of online shops these days and again, it seems to be catching Zoomers with something new disguised as something old.
Klarna and Afterpay are basically store credit cards with a middleman instead of a charge card.
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Klarna! I forgot the name but my aunt confirmed it’s on Shein too. Imagine using something like that for Shein-tier stuff: it’s basically circumvention of incapable. There’s something subtly criminal into encouraging people to go into debt for basic shit.
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Some of my relatives have gotten sucked into these nu-credit type deals (klarna and PayPal's pay-in-four) and it seems to have succeeded.
They have constant Amazon boxes showing up, and use it for virtually everything, from ornaments and decorations to their fast-food purchases. I can't help but feel bad, since I know damn well they probably have hundreds to pay off.
They have constant Amazon boxes showing up, and use it for virtually everything, from ornaments and decorations to their fast-food purchases. I can't help but feel bad, since I know damn well they probably have hundreds to pay off.
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I don't see anything wrong with Klarna, it's actually my preferred payment of choice. Because I fucking can't get a credit card, and not because I have a bad credit history. Because Klarna ban you for life, if you do anything wrong. Probably not immediately, but I care not to find that out. But Klarna is just like credit cards, it's genius for those who have their shit together. And awful for those who don't, like everything else.
Anyway, the credit limit in my country is only 3500 usd. Which I pay off in a few months, because it's retarded and of course it's going to get expensive as fuck to follow the payment plan.
It's the casino-dilemma again. Don't blame the game, blame the gamers.
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I mean, I guess that's a smart way to make sure people don't go into stupid amounts of debt, which seems to be a real problem in North America. My bank always asks if I want to increase the limit on my credit card and I tell them no. It's at the right amount for me and I prefer using cash anyways - but that's apparently unheard of these days.
It's even stupider that stores try and discourage you from using cash despite our gay-ass money here being made out of plastic and can literally go through a washing machine just fine. It's probably because using cash really does limit how much you're willing to spend instead of just whipping out cards and swiping no matter what the total is.
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Yea, but it is such a stupid little amount. Because even though you have a good amount of debt, it's very possible to pay it down. Unless you're a dumbfuck.
A way to increase your credit score faster, is to increase the credit limit and just don't use it. It shows to the banks that you don't max out your credit all the time. It's just nice to have high credit limit if something happens. Washing machine or some shit breaks.
Was going to say its illegal of stores to not accept cash, but it's not.
The Fed - Is it legal for a business in the United States to refuse cash as a form of payment?
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
www.federalreserve.gov