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

[Maggots on a Train v2]

So @RiceofSkywalker recently reminded me that Disney thought that making $40 aphrodisiac lipsticks for adults was a good way to promote Star Wars.
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And the sad part is that they still consoom the overpriced make up since 2015. Some don't even use it, or if they do they just use one and buy the rest for bragging rights.
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Some of the buyers aren't even women. $40 or more for this shit. Star Wars make up should be the kind of thing that's sold as part of an alien halloween costume kit or as a $5 dollar cosmetic kit for little girls.


The Disney consumerism in particular is probably the weirdest to me imo. It just seems like a borderline cult where they automatically love whatever is they do to almost fanatical levels even when it isn't that impressive, and all because they made musicals for kids. I mean obsessing over Disney is something that's been going in since the 90s and was always annoying but its something that I think truly reached its peak in 2013 with the release of Frozen. I've never seen people get so obsessive over a corporation on a large scale. I remember that even in the 90s and 2000s people and the media would joke about Disney's shit working conditions, the fading out of 2D or even joke about them being an evil corporation, but ever since 2013 the criticisms toward Disney just slowly disappeared from the mainstream, and groups that would call out their abandonment of 2D animation faded away to the point where they became minor discussions or a mute point. Doesn't help that they now own a tremendous chunk of the media industry, and people still treat this like a good thing.

I mean just compare then-
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bkYh3xC2Y30
- to now.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=3CgQAyF4ZKU

I blame the flood of iphone normalfags. The only millennials online who used to care about Disney were furries. If you fixated on Disney back then, you looked like disneyfan01 or the anti-classix guy.

I saw more Star Wars makeup in the Walmart clearance section a few weeks ago. It's 7 years later, and they're still trying to capture that Twilight demographic. I was surprised that any retailer was still stocking it.

These videos make me confused, and I'm kind of surprised at the audacity of these girls. None of this seems special, and those who sell lip plumpers. Those are proven to damage the lips, if used constantly over time. Same could be said about preservatives.
Point is, I'm waiting for an outbreak of something something caused of some skin care by these basic bitches.

I can't believe any of these people are making real money by selling Dollar Tree quality cosmetics. The people who want that shit just go to Dollar Tree. And that's before you consider how much time and money it takes to ship a $1 item across the country in 2022. Low profit margin crap is the worst thing to sell, just one refund will wipe out the profits on 5 other sales. You'll feel like the rat in a spinny wheel.

 

[whitepumpkin]

but I don’t like how consumerism has started to permeate every single aspect of life starting from your early teens. You can’t have a harmless hobby because it will be transformed into an “opportunity”.

I think that's the saddest part of modern society right now. If you do anything you like, you have to make money off of it. Or at least have some justification on why you do it, like you at least get internet fame. Otherwise, why are you wasting your time not making money?

I mainly speak of this in relation to actual hobbies. Like 'needlecraft' (quilting/knitting/crochet, etc.), pottery, writing, or even making fly fishing tackle. There's always someone popping up saying "why don't you make money off of what you're doing?" like they can't fathom sometimes people like to create things without monetization. As if your off-time between work should be used to make more money (by grifting people for it, let's be real).

I can get the reasoning: Work as hard as you can when you're young so when you're 65+ you can retire and do your hobby stuff all the time. But that's why you work to get an 8-4 job, preferably at a service people need so you don't find yourself jobless because the Vegan Cupcake and Bakery you worked at 'inexplicably' went out of business. Coming home after working a long day to then grift people online by trying to sell cheap chinese lipgloss or Kickstarter pride pins seems soul-draining.

 

[Moguro Fukuzou]

No need to fear, technology is here!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=i2i9J0szx3kUse the QR code stickers on each shelf to track things and you'll be able to search for items on your smartphone!

That seems like far more work then buying a label machine and knowing how to organize so you have all the same 'type' in one box, hell you can just even use a sharpie if you don't want to buy a machine. There's no need for an app that lists every single individual thing in a box if you have things sorted logically.

Only time I find those kinds of cataloguing apps useful is for stuff like bluray.com if you're a collector because you can check on the fly if you already have something (more geared towards people with large collections) or if there's a better release than the one you're currently looking at so you aren't wasting your money.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

$100+ dollars for a fucking Nerf Gun. https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/191701
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It doesn't have any realistic detail - it's made of the same generic green plastic and has the same orange safety tip you'd find on any other toy gun. But it's STAR WARS and the packaging has Temura Morrison's picture on it, so I guess that means it's worth three figures.
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That just looks like the cheap version of Boba Fett's gun you'd get as a kid because your parents weren't going to buy you a 100 dollar toy gun. Look at that plastic, it's just so cheap-looking, how can they justify charging three figures for that?

This seems to be a commonality with a lot of Disney Star Wars toys in terms of appearance and quality. A lot of them look like bootlegs of what you'd expect the actual toy to be. I wonder if they can get away with quality that bad because the primary audience for them is people featured in this thread who buy anything with Star Wars on it?

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Betting money that some overweight faggot is going to use this for some shitty cosplay. Lol why the orange tip? No one is going to mistake it for a real gun lol

Which is what makes it the perfect disguise for a real gun.

 

[The Ugly One]

There's a whole unspoken thing about how great HDTVs were from right before the smart TV era, like the ones from around 2007-2012. You'd usually get something like 2-3 HDMI outs, 2 component outs, 1-2 composite outs, RF out, and maybe even optical audio and VGA out. And of course, a whole slew of on-TV buttons to change the channel and control the volume, which isn't something to take for granted anymore. Even the problem with weak speakers on early HDTVs seemed to be more or less solved by this point.

Nobody ever talks about this era of TVs, but I swear, it's when HDTVs peaked. And I'm in a similar boat, I've got a nice 2008 Samsung TV that already has one dead HDMI port.

I have a 32" Samsung LCD TV from 2008 that is absolutely my favorite TV of all time. I've got multiple component & HDMI inputs, S-Video, Composite, optical in & out, VGA, and of course, all the buttons whenever my remote is out of batteries. The speakers aren't great, but GOOD THING I'VE GOT AN OPTICAL AUDIO OUT HUH. This was also the era when HDTVs got pretty aggressive about low-latency game modes, what with the 360 coming out in 2005, but plenty of PS2s and such still being around, so I don't need anything for my ancient hardware to run fine.

Really gonna be sad when this thing dies.

 

[moocow]

I am in Year 12 this year and so many girls in my grade have "small buisnesses" where they sell stuff like jewelry, makeup and one even sells brass knuckles as part of her "self-defence keychains". All of them are also on TikTok and I don't get it.

What's up with Gen Z kids thinking they can become successful buisnessmen through the power of social media and overly flashy Tik Tok videos showing their "buisnesses"?

The quest for instant riches with little-to-no effort is as old as time itself. What's funny about it is the more people try to squeeze money out of seemingly "easy" schemes, the more work they end up doing and they often end up spending more (or saving less) money too.

 

[graywolf88]

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She's shocked after realizing this is what her college fund went towards.

 

[Moguro Fukuzou]

That just looks like the cheap version of Boba Fett's gun you'd get as a kid because your parents weren't going to buy you a 100 dollar toy gun. Look at that plastic, it's just so cheap-looking, how can they justify charging three figures for that?

This seems to be a commonality with a lot of Disney Star Wars toys in terms of appearance and quality. A lot of them look like bootlegs of what you'd expect the actual toy to be. I wonder if they can get away with quality that bad because the primary audience for them is people featured in this thread who buy anything with Star Wars on it?

It looks like the type of gun that cosplayers would use as a cheap base for a custom job, but the price tag of it defeats that purpose. Does seem like it's marketed towards the kind of people that buy anything Star Wars to stick on a shelf to never be touched.

 

[PrimoVitorio]

I just want to say thanks for everything, I know I've been a pain, but I guess I came here looking for my opinion to be changed or to see a different point of view, or to find a true meaning of consooming. Truth is, I guess there isn't and is subjective based on who your talking to.

I guess I haven't and still have the opinion I had before I got here.
Thats all I'm saying, now give me my puzzle pieces.

 

[Moguro Fukuzou]

Honestly I'm giving up on being a car enthusiast.
Surrounding my life based on metal rubbish.
This thread has made me realize that.
Grandma phoned because she's found someone who's into cars and works on classic cars.
Just this entire thread made me realize the ridiculousness of it all.
They'll think im going there because I'm into what they like.
Lol, ill be smashing up those cars. And their autistic too, with other stuff wrong as well.
I can't wait for it.

I guess I want to say thanks for opening my eyes to something I can never see the same again.

Dude I still don't think you understand this thread and I would highly recommend not smashing up someone's car, especially if it's a classic car restoration that someone has poured lots of money and time into accomplishing. That's not an example of being a consoomer. Can't even telling if you're being seriously retarded or just pretending to be retarded.

 

[PrimoVitorio]

Dude I still don't think you understand this thread and I would highly recommend not smashing up someone's car, especially if it's a classic car restoration that someone has poured lots of money and time into accomplishing. That's not an example of being a consoomer. Can't even telling if you're being seriously retarded or just pretending to be retarded.

Joking obviously.
But would like to hear how that isn't consooming.

What if someone said Car enthusiasts base their personality on metal as much as consoomers base their personality on plastic.
Or that Classic car collectors just keep tons of cars hoarding around and some people have attachments to their cars, Richard Hammond and Oliver for example.

How would you answer that person? One last autistic question before I check out of here.

 

[Actinidia]

I just want to say thanks for everything, I know I've been a pain, but I guess I came here looking for my opinion to be changed or to see a different point of view, or to find a true meaning of consooming. Truth is, I guess there isn't and is subjective based on who your talking to.

Well, yeah. I know a guy who prides himself on minimalism- only owns one pair of shoes, one spoon, one fork, one cup, you get the idea. He's also cheap, so he doesn't want to go out. Thinks pretty much everyone's a consoomer. On the other hand, the guy is constantly complaining about being lonely. He's an interesting person in other ways and I can pretty much guarantee people would spend more time with him if, you know, there was anywhere to sit and a spare clean cup.

 

[Moguro Fukuzou]

Joking obviously.
But would like to hear how that isn't consooming.

What if someone said Car enthusiasts base their personality on metal as much as consoomers base their personality on plastic.
Or that Classic car collectors just keep tons of cars hoarding around and some people have attachments to their cars, Richard Hammond and Oliver for example.

How would you answer that person? One last autistic question before I check out of here.

Car restoration and especially classic car restoration requires a lot of money, time, and personal skill. It would be one thing if someone was spending a bunch of money on buying a bunch of cars they don't need, but typically with car restoration it's a long term hobby project where the end result is due to genuine effort or care. Sometimes parts are insanely hard to find depending on the popularity of the model, some of really strong secondary market parts availability while others you basically need to salvage from a bunch of the same models to get parts. In the case of when a project is shared between multiple people the experience of that restoration is one of the main benefits outside of the restored car at the end because of the memories made.

In a lot cases the cars people are restoring are ones they've either always dreamed of owning or ones they remember driving when they were younger, they aren't just picking a new hotness some corporation has shoved on them. They're typically projects of pure passion that happen over a long time period.

 

[PrimoVitorio]

Car restoration and especially classic car restoration requires a lot of money, time, and personal skill. It would be one thing if someone was spending a bunch of money on buying a bunch of cars they don't need, but typically with car restoration it's a long term hobby project where the end result is due to genuine effort or care.

All righty then. That's all, I won't be bothering you guys anymore.
I'm sorry for derailing the thread, I have took the thread too seriously.
I thought coming into this, it would be "this is objectively consooming this isn't" and that would be final.
But I guess not, seems consooming is subjective and down to personal taste.
My problem was not understanding that.

I guess I don't know if my opinion on consooming has changed, I already had a view on consooming already and I'd say other than a couple of stuff, it hasn't changed.

MovieBob is the face of the consoomer meme for a reason. He is what the meme is talking about, not so much fans of something.

I completely understand all your grievances with overconsumption, despite the disagreements on consooming we may have.

I would absolutely be in support of an "mega anti consoomer" thread on people going way too far and maybe a "good collections/fan creations" thread and feel they are absolutely needed to balance out this thread like anti-SJW threads balancing out SJW ones. Some collections, or some creations fans have done are genuinely cool.

I don't know anyone's opinion making the back to the future replica cars or something, but that's not consooming to me. That's labour of love.

 

[George Lucas]

All righty then. That's all, I won't be bothering you guys anymore.
I'm sorry for derailing the thread, I have took the thread too seriously.
I thought coming into this, it would be "this is objectively consooming this isn't" and that would be final.
But I guess not, seems consooming is subjective and down to personal taste.
My problem was not understanding that.

I guess I don't know if my opinion on consooming has changed, I already had a view on consooming already and I'd say other than a couple of stuff, it hasn't changed.

MovieBob is the face of the consoomer meme for a reason. He is what the meme is talking about, not so much fans of something.

I completely understand all your grievances with overconsumption, despite the disagreements on consooming we may have.

I would absolutely be in support of an "mega anti consoomer" thread on people going way too far and maybe a "good collections/fan creations" thread and feel they are absolutely needed to balance out this thread like anti-SJW threads balancing out SJW ones. Some collections, or some creations fans have done are genuinely cool.

I don't know anyone's opinion making the back to the future replica cars or something, but that's not consooming to me. That's labour of love.

Delete yourself.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

$100+ dollars for a fucking Nerf Gun. https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/191701
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It doesn't have any realistic detail - it's made of the same generic green plastic and has the same orange safety tip you'd find on any other toy gun. But it's STAR WARS and the packaging has Temura Morrison's picture on it, so I guess that means it's worth three figures.
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[NoReturn]

Well, yeah. I know a guy who prides himself on minimalism- only owns one pair of shoes, one spoon, one fork, one cup, you get the idea. He's also cheap, so he doesn't want to go out. Thinks pretty much everyone's a consoomer. On the other hand, the guy is constantly complaining about being lonely. He's an interesting person in other ways and I can pretty much guarantee people would spend more time with him if, you know, there was anywhere to sit and a spare clean cup.

Consoom minimalism!

I am in Year 12 this year and so many girls in my grade have "small buisnesses" where they sell stuff like jewelry, makeup and one even sells brass knuckles as part of her "self-defence keychains". All of them are also on TikTok and I don't get it.

So unique! No other shops like it! Definitely not just repackaging and reselling shit from China!

What's up with Gen Z kids thinking they can become successful buisnessmen through the power of social media and overly flashy Tik Tok videos showing their "buisnesses"?

I mean... it’s basically what their mother/grandmas/aunts did with Avon, Herbalife, essential oils, but with a glossy aesthetic, “grind” mentality and younger girls.

I clearly read into things too much and I like to sperg (going trhu something irl so I kinda decompress here) but I don’t like how consumerism has started to permeate every single aspect of life starting from your early teens. You can’t have a harmless hobby because it will be transformed into an “opportunity”.

^ This desu, but I think it goes even beyond that.
These "TikTok Made Me Buy It" things are basically micro-infomercials.
and like Pumpkin said:

I think that's the saddest part of modern society right now. If you do anything you like, you have to make money off of it. Or at least have some justification on why you do it, like you at least get internet fame. Otherwise, why are you wasting your time not making money?

"Grinding" comes from the whole "Grind/hustle" culture that they're seeing around them from adults.
and also:

The quest for instant riches with little-to-no effort is as old as time itself. What's funny about it is the more people try to squeeze money out of seemingly "easy" schemes, the more work they end up doing and they often end up spending more (or saving less) money too.

These Chinese plasticrap things have flooded the market, so it has actually become a marketing game more than a product quality game. Some part of me then worries about how this effect will scale over time.

As an example, back in the 90s there were MLMs for things like Tupperware and Avon, but there were also MLMs for "social good businesses" that sold things that we (in my opinion) junk, but the selling point was "Oh if you buy this shitty necklace made by a Kenyan chick, we'll donate $X to their village." and middle-class moms would eat that shit up. We're seeing that same effect now with other things, where the marketing is less about the product and more about who gets the profits from its sale:

• "Buy my lip gloss because I'm a small woman-owned business"
• "Buy my [Thing I imported in bulk from China] because I'm a Native American with disabilities"
• "Buy my pins to show your own sexual/gender identity because I'm LGBTQ2"

If marketing is then about identity, businesses will start making certain judgements like "I can offer a higher-quality product as a straight woman, or say I'm [whatever marketing term] and save money on production."

True. Unlike all these girls, I want to be successful and independent (already happy) but I'm just too lazy to even work for it. I don't even care about school as much as I should be academically.

Spoiler: A smilodon's personal opinions

Lies lies it's all lies! They tell you to do well in school and where does that get you? Nowhere that's where. It's all about who you know and your ability to complete tasks. That's it.
You want to be successful in life? Work on learning to be social in a positive, constructive way. Build skills that don't make you want to tear your eyes out when you apply them, and never spend more than you make.
There you go. I just saved you a shit ton of years of work. Learn from my mistakes.

 

[Yeeted Teet]

Consoom minimalism!

Speaking of which, you may have already noticed that a lot of internet minimalists who make a big deal of being minimalists all have the same aesthetic- earth toned colour palette, house plants, linen. The idea of owning less crap has become a subculture in itself. I often see it mentioned in the same breath as sustainable or eco-friendly and on that side of things you find a lot of products to consoom even though it completely misses the point, like people replacing all their clothes with "ethical slow fashion" when the more ethical thing to do would be to properly care for the clothes they already had to make them last as long as possible.

My favourite is eco-friendly travel cutlery sets that are meant to be an alternative to single use plastic utensils, especially when they're made of wood that won't last anywhere near as long as the metal ones you could just bring from home. There are so many of these on the market it's unreal.

 

[Glowie Hunter Art Bell]

I feel that the amount of millennials spending all of their savings on consooming is overly exaggerated by baby boomers, that don't want to accept the fact that they had it easier.

If you've ever met some normie millenials, its not exaggerated