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

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make_it_so said:
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Stolen from @Nathan Higgers from the "Pictures on the Internet that made you laugh hysterically" thread. I haven't seen TBOBF and don't have Disney+, so is this accurate? I mean, from the trailers it looked pretty boring. Is it really just a bunch of 'Memberberries?
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love star wars but hate the new non canon shit. boba died so did darth maul but they are trying to bring both of them back for the sake of money. nothing like having something you like being raped for the sake of some bucks.
 
make_it_so said:
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Stolen from @Nathan Higgers from the "Pictures on the Internet that made you laugh hysterically" thread. I haven't seen TBOBF and don't have Disney+, so is this accurate? I mean, from the trailers it looked pretty boring. Is it really just a bunch of 'Memberberries?
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The first episode was boring but Mandalorian was sufficiently good that I think it's worth delaying judgment for now.
 
LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV] said:
To think that stupid emojji cat is worth like billion fucking dollars and is just a handful of people copypasting the same cat and slightly changing it over and over. Just like funko, change the mouth a bit and soygirls will buy the same plushie all over again.
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I don't get how stuff like Pusheen gets to this level. Anyone with access to a vector program could make something incredibly similar. The same idea of the brand has been done a million times. What part of the "brand identity" are people eating up in these scenarios?
 
Toolbox said:
I don't get how stuff like Pusheen gets to this level. Anyone with access to a vector program could make something incredibly similar. The same idea of the brand has been done a million times. What part of the "brand identity" are people eating up in these scenarios?
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i think that theres some psicological trigger in stuff that is very simple , all the same and standarized but only slighty altered between each other that blows autists minds away.

Even bigger than Mario, Star Wars, Harry Potter and the whole MCU; Hello Kitty

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I have discovered the anti-Consoomer.

This guy zealously consooms product, and gets ready for new product, but he uses them as inspiration to create dope Short Films.

Every behind the scenes video he has discusses the various consoomed products that influenced the short films, and they're always really fun to watch.
 
Toolbox said:
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A few years ago I'd agree with you on the state of mobile emulation and the incompatibility of a lot of external devices, but nowadays you can use full size keyboards with phones easily and gamepad grips for full portability.
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I have one of those but it keeps folding into my face when I play.
Granted, there are controls that are like the swotch but I haven't tried those yet, but I hope they're good so I can play OpenMW on my phone.
 
Toolbox said:
I don't get how stuff like Pusheen gets to this level. Anyone with access to a vector program could make something incredibly similar. The same idea of the brand has been done a million times. What part of the "brand identity" are people eating up in these scenarios?
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I think with the Pusheen plushies it's like any of these stuffed animal brands that blow up (Pusheen, HK, Squishmallows, Beanie Babies). Something about a really soft plushy with a simple face/expression that is cute and doesn't cost a lot really appeals to people and blows up like crazy. Every single time. It's always a combination of those things: Really simple, cute design, inexpensive, soft as heck. I'd guess it's similar to the impulse some people have to possess like fifty soft throw blankets or put pillows all over their couches until you can barely sit down - some instinct to be comfortable and warm. I can definitely see the appeal, but the person in the video has destroyed the entire point by putting them in their own room where nobody will ever touch them except her cat. Why bother getting so many soft plush things and then never touching them? Ugh.
 
Sourceress said:
I think with the Pusheen plushies it's like any of these stuffed animal brands that blow up (Pusheen, HK, Squishmallows, Beanie Babies). Something about a really soft plushy with a simple face/expression that is cute and doesn't cost a lot really appeals to people and blows up like crazy. Every single time. It's always a combination of those things: Really simple, cute design, inexpensive, soft as heck. I'd guess it's similar to the impulse some people have to possess like fifty soft throw blankets or put pillows all over their couches until you can barely sit down - some instinct to be comfortable and warm. I can definitely see the appeal, but the person in the video has destroyed the entire point by putting them in their own room where nobody will ever touch them except her cat. Why bother getting so many soft plush things and then never touching them? Ugh.
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Nesoberis also come to mind, in regards to people being obsessed with them. However, the larger ones (the largest size of nesos available is aptly called Tera Jumbo), are not cheap at all.

Here's some examples of hoarding nesos:

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BangBingBongalo said:
What do we think?
Consooming or are these ok?
I think these are fine, they are clean, not excessive and don't fill up the entire room.
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consooming is consooming is consooming.

I mean sure, autism comes various levels of severity.... but dedicating this much time and effort to a hobby is pretty autistic.

Is it BadTM? probably not? But it's still consooming, sorry.
 
Thiletonomics said:
Nesoberis also come to mind, in regards to people being obsessed with them. However, the larger ones (the largest size of nesos available is aptly called Tera Jumbo), are not cheap at all.

Here's some examples of hoarding nesos:

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Holy crap those big ones. And I thought the big Squishmallows were huge.. lol.

But yeah, there's a ton of that kind of stuff around. These kinds of plushies usually have really similar features, the softness, etc. Price can vary by size and rarity, but usually starts out quite cheap. I've been in the collector circles for these kinds of plushies and they can get... intense, to say the least.

My current favorite consoomer in these circles is one who went straight from moaning about her husband losing her job and how doomed they are because they don't have a lot of savings and blah blah blah... right to buying more plushies like they're going out of style. Like, okay, yeah, if you can't stop even when you literally have no money and no jobs, you've got a serious problem and no amount of plushies in the world is gonna solve it.
 
Sourceress said:
Holy crap those big ones. And I thought the big Squishmallows were huge.. lol.

But yeah, there's a ton of that kind of stuff around. These kinds of plushies usually have really similar features, the softness, etc. Price can vary by size and rarity, but usually starts out quite cheap. I've been in the collector circles for these kinds of plushies and they can get... intense, to say the least.

My current favorite consoomer in these circles is one who went straight from moaning about her husband losing her job and how doomed they are because they don't have a lot of savings and blah blah blah... right to buying more plushies like they're going out of style. Like, okay, yeah, if you can't stop even when you literally have no money and no jobs, you've got a serious problem and no amount of plushies in the world is gonna solve it.
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i get it individually, but having 30 plushies that all look esentially the exact same minus a little detail is were it gets really autistic, having them all be so similar except of a minor detail ticks the hoarding part of the brain more, same with like having the exact same hello kitty design except each time printed on a different item, is like hiperfization fuel.

I don't remember if dakimakuras were mentioned, thats another rabbithole, always assumed those must be really cheapish and crappy novelty items but turns out someone can throw a few hundred just for a single one and more if the design is custom and the weeb paid an artist for it, something that is apparently common. It would still feel embarassed at paying 20$ for a cumpillow much more 1000$
 
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LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV] said:
i get it individually, but having 30 plushies that all look esentially the exact same minus a little detail is were it gets really autistic, does having them all be so similar except of a minor detail ticks the hoarding part of the brain more, same with like having the exact same hello kitty design except each time printed on a different item, is like hiperfization fuel.
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I honestly think that, like with a lot of collecting, it's mostly driven by autistic and mentally ill people fixating on specific items because those items bring them comfort and joy in some way. It's really easy to fall into that trap with things like plushies because they're soft and comfortable and huggable - they make you feel good, and they're easy to have around since they can just go on the couch, or on your bed, or whatever. I've seen some claim that certain plushies have a specific consistency and softness that makes them especially good for trauma victims, particularly children with trauma, and can help them calm down during anxiety attacks or PTSD flashbacks. So it makes sense that the biggest collectors of these plushies would be groups that are probably suffering from trauma and anxiety, who are prone to hyperfixations, etc.

It's not really that different from the guy who collects a hundred different Transformers toys that are nearly identical except for the name on the box and the paint job because when he was a kid, watching Transformers cartoons or playing with Transformers toys brought him joy and comfort and he isn't ready or able to let go of that source of joy and comfort due to autism, trauma, mental illness, or whatever. How many little girls had loads of stuffed animals in their bedrooms as kids that they might have retreated to when they were stressed or scared or hurt? That's where it comes from, I think, right there.
 
Sourceress said:
I honestly think that, like with a lot of collecting, it's mostly driven by autistic and mentally ill people fixating on specific items because those items bring them comfort and joy in some way. It's really easy to fall into that trap with things like plushies because they're soft and comfortable and huggable - they make you feel good, and they're easy to have around since they can just go on the couch, or on your bed, or whatever. I've seen some claim that certain plushies have a specific consistency and softness that makes them especially good for trauma victims, particularly children with trauma, and can help them calm down during anxiety attacks or PTSD flashbacks. So it makes sense that the biggest collectors of these plushies would be groups that are probably suffering from trauma and anxiety, who are prone to hyperfixations, etc.

It's not really that different from the guy who collects a hundred different Transformers toys that are nearly identical except for the name on the box and the paint job because when he was a kid, watching Transformers cartoons or playing with Transformers toys brought him joy and comfort and he isn't ready or able to let go of that source of joy and comfort due to autism, trauma, mental illness, or whatever. How many little girls had loads of stuffed animals in their bedrooms as kids that they might have retreated to when they were stressed or scared or hurt? That's where it comes from, I think, right there.
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that reminds me of some reddit post or twitter i don't remember where some soy collector guy was saying how funkos and junk food make you feel food and are cheaper than therapy . Don't know how true that is, i guess if you live in Muhrica and have no insurance a trip to the edibles store and a rick and morty funko will be cheaper than a psychiatry. consultation, either way that state of mind is kinda sad, there's obviously something missing for a lot of people.
 
LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV] said:
that reminds me of some reddit post or twitter i don't remember where some soy collector guy was saying how funkos and junk food make you feel food and are cheaper than therapy . Don't know how true that is, i guess if you live in Muhrica and have no insurance a trip to the edibles store and a rick and morty funko will be cheaper than a psychiatry. consultation, either way that state of mind is kinda sad, there's obviously something missing for a lot of people.
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It's definitely true in the US. Most insurance plans either straight up don't cover therapy or only cover a certain (usually very low) number of sessions. I've even heard of policies that will only cover visits as needed to get medication (which doesn't even work for everyone!), but won't cover things like talk therapy, which is ludicrous to me. When you add that to the way our society functions (low wages, long work hours, high and rising cost of living, individualistic rather than communitarian society, capitalist consumer culture, etc.) you end up with a lot of really depressed, stressed out people with no way to get help. A lot - maybe even most - of these people are going to be grabbing for the cheap, short-term things that make them feel good and help them escape from the rest of their lives; for some people, that could be drugs, but for others, it's children's toys that make you think of better times, or a stack of Disney animated film DVDs as tall as you are, or an Xbox you play obsessively whenever you're not at work.

It honestly is really sad. Especially because what these people are missing is really pretty obvious when you think about it: Economic security, time off from work, community, family. These are basic things that everyone needs, but most people go without at least one of them if not more. Nobody seems really interested in figuring out how to give people these things, though, so consoomer culture reigns supreme in the meantime, because sad, stressed out people need something to get them through the day.

(You may now commence calling me a stupid commie lmfao.)
 
Sourceress said:
It's definitely true in the US. Most insurance plans either straight up don't cover therapy or only cover a certain (usually very low) number of sessions. I've even heard of policies that will only cover visits as needed to get medication (which doesn't even work for everyone!), but won't cover things like talk therapy, which is ludicrous to me. When you add that to the way our society functions (low wages, long work hours, high and rising cost of living, individualistic rather than communitarian society, capitalist consumer culture, etc.) you end up with a lot of really depressed, stressed out people with no way to get help. A lot - maybe even most - of these people are going to be grabbing for the cheap, short-term things that make them feel good and help them escape from the rest of their lives; for some people, that could be drugs, but for others, it's children's toys that make you think of better times, or a stack of Disney animated film DVDs as tall as you are, or an Xbox you play obsessively whenever you're not at work.

It honestly is really sad. Especially because what these people are missing is really pretty obvious when you think about it: Economic security, time off from work, community, family. These are basic things that everyone needs, but most people go without at least one of them if not more. Nobody seems really interested in figuring out how to give people these things, though, so consoomer culture reigns supreme in the meantime, because sad, stressed out people need something to get them through the day.

(You may now commence calling me a stupid commie lmfao.)
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sometimes it really is an egg and the chicken situation , some of these types are spending so much money on instant gratification that is really,really difficult not to shit on them and blame them for their own problems since they could make a few sacrifices on junk and actually solve some more important things but mental illness is really complicated, that so many are even willing to use it as an excuse for self destructing already says something is not right with the culture, nothing happens in a vacuum, what i mean is , even if they are just hedonistic and lazy that are so many hedonistic and lazy young people with such nihilistic views is a concerning symptom.
 
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Thiletonomics said:
Nesoberis also come to mind, in regards to people being obsessed with them. However, the larger ones (the largest size of nesos available is aptly called Tera Jumbo), are not cheap at all.

Here's some examples of hoarding nesos:

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These honestly look really cute and I think the missus might appreciate one or a few. I can’t blame people for being into shit like this.

Buying every single fucking one to the point you have to do a Home Depot run to fit it into your house is another story, however.
 
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