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

[NoReturn]

Wonder how that collection is doing now, since he became a cowboy. Yihaa!

Spoiler: He's doing like this

There was a delay in some promised video, Petty Paige weighed in.

Video has since been posted:

Lol. Remember when J used to bag on KVD for her makeup ending up at discount retailers? He is very embarrassed by his actions. He was hurting, okay?
He's blaming his fall out with Morphe and them dumping their stock.

What a pretentious cunt. First she says elegant women has to be non-judgemental, but then they have to donate or some shit. What happened with having respect for others way of life?
Nice try to guilt trip.

Her whole channel is like that:

Its getting harder and harder to support small restaurants as delivery services like Uber/Door dash take a huge chunk of sale profits, but without these services, those restaurants go out of business. Plus, where I live most venues are owned by a larger venue groups/corporations which create lackluster meals - its like fast food disguising as refined dining, and people still eat it up.

It gets even worse:

Cooking is for boomers, even 30+ millenial adults consider cooking to be "adulting" which is too hard for their mush brains.

I'd argue it's for the Silents, at least in my neck of the woods. I don't know a single boomer who can cook worth a damn, but I do know several millennials who can who only learned out of spite against said boomer parents. The Silents I know know how to cook, though.

It probably doesn't help that most food shows on TV are either Chef Reality shows like Chopped, or they're TV Personality Chefs making their "Yummy!" and "Delicious and Delectable" food which requires a pound of fucking butter. Not even I want to make that garbage.

You might like this, though:

Buy a good pot if you know it will become your mainstay pot, not to encourage you to cook, because that never works.

The ad:

The results:

Skip to 2:00

 

[whitepumpkin]

You might like this, though

I love that channel, lmao. I think it's really important to have a channel like that to show off how people can just straight up use editing or lie for dumb trends or "hacks". But it doesn't take a genius to learn how to temper chocolate. You just need some patience and time and a cold surface, and if I know my generation, all of those things are DIFFICULT, so they fall for these dumb things.

The ad; The results

I had never heard of that pan before.

Spoiler: lol ofc its expensive

Yikes... even at $75 it looks like a scam, like those Blue Diamond Granite Non-Stick pans you see, or whatever they are. The scam pans that say you can scratch them and you know that's just a lie. In comparison:



I got this exact one for $250 at my local old lady Baking Gadget shop because they wanted to get rid of it. Black inside. Only use wooden spoons with it. You can cook a batch of jam in it without a problem. Pasta. Stew. Frying. Stick a whole chicken or roast in it. It can go in the oven to at least 500F for if I want to make bread. I love it. It's fucking perfect. The only downside is it's heavy as all hell, but you just need to do some weights for that problem. Staub did good with this.

• Would I buy another Staub La Cocotte? Yes. It's a good wedding present and mine's a couple years old and still looks brand new. I recommend them as a long-term pot and taking care of it. It'll probably last your lifetime.
• Would I ONLY buy Staub? Fuck no. You can get their other crap for cheaper.
• Would I buy their accessories and specialty pots like the Staub Rice Cooker? Fuck. No. Rice cookers are $20 at Walmart or you can use a damn normal pot.
• Would I recommend this to others? Only if I knew their budget could afford it. Otherwise $360 is a real lot to ask for unless you are serious into caring for it and using it at least 3 times a week.

It's really not hard to not over-indulge with Cookware when you really take your time about it. I try not to listen to chefs about stuff because they probably get paid to advertise items. But if you read reviews across the board from amazon to the manufacturer's website, you can get a better idea on what you want on an item and whether it's worth your wallet.

I will still say though... it is a lot easier to save up for a good piece of cookware if you don't eat out all the time. I feel for restaurant owners, I really do, but unless it's something I won't make myself because I don't have the skills, I'm not paying 30 damn dollars for a fucking burger with Locally Sourced Coleslaw on it.

 

[NoReturn]

I'm not paying 30 damn dollars for a fucking burger with Locally Sourced Coleslaw on it.

"$30 for a burger! I just wanted the coleslaw!"
"$30 can buy many coleslaw."
More about that pan, btw:

I do enjoy Swell's shit.
Another:

 

[JoseRaulChupacabra]

It's really not hard to not over-indulge with Cookware when you really take your time about it. I try not to listen to chefs about stuff because they probably get paid to advertise items. But if you read reviews across the board from amazon to the manufacturer's website, you can get a better idea on what you want on an item and whether it's worth your wallet.

I will still say though... it is a lot easier to save up for a good piece of cookware if you don't eat out all the time. I feel for restaurant owners, I really do, but unless it's something I won't make myself because I don't have the skills, I'm not paying 30 damn dollars for a fucking burger with Locally Sourced Coleslaw on it.

There's a restaurant supply store in my city that sells a lot of cookware for cheap. Not sure if actually good as I've not needed to buy any cause I cook on unbranded woks and rice pots literally older than me. All the recently purchased cookware hasn't actually lasted, but those old things? FUCKING INDESTRUCTIBLE. Daily use for well over 30 years at this point and no sign of breaking down anytime soon.

I think the most expensive cookware I own is a 12" Lodge CI so not exactly fancy shit.

 

[ForgedBlades]

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

There's a restaurant supply store in my city that sells a lot of cookware for cheap. Not sure if actually good as I've not needed to buy any cause I cook on unbranded woks and rice pots literally older than me. All the recently purchased cookware hasn't actually lasted, but those old things? FUCKING INDESTRUCTIBLE. Daily use for well over 30 years at this point and no sign of breaking down anytime soon.

I think the most expensive cookware I own is a 12" Lodge CI so not exactly fancy shit.

its a boomer cliche but its true, stuff used to be made to last a lot longer. Old electrodomestics were good for a lifetime but planned obsolence was ramped up, the acceptable time for a product to fail has gone shorter and shorter. Nothing worse than what happened to clothes and shoes though, prices maintained or increased but quality lowered all across the board in products from name brands.

 

[Itterasshai]

I know people here may lean to atheistic territory but you know what, if I was the pope, I would immediately kill off Matrimony. Everything about that "sacrament" is pure horseshit that Jesus would be rolling in the clouds after seeing what happened to it.

I do not know about Catholic countries, but marriages and weddings in Orthodox countries are not associated with the church. Only some newlyweds choose to go through the church ceremony. Although, funnily enough, priests do demand a marriage certificate to hold this function.

Well you've just described weddings in my country. Just subtract the cake, then add shitloads of meat and 500 guests into mix

A staple of weddings in my country is renting a limousine or some other fancy car, decorating it with plastic flowers, and rolling around the city while honking incessantly to make everybody aware some couple of gits are getting married.

 

[Moguro Fukuzou]

Been slowly getting into vinyl and holy gods is it chock full of consoomerism, even just focusing on the records themselves while ignoring all the audiophile autism with setups which is an entirely different discussion. I haven't even been looking into the more mainstream scene, which I bet is just as messy, but mainly the indie future funk and Retrowave stuff that (along with Vaporwave) is full of extreme limited releases that sell out in minutes eaten up by scalpers which makes the secondary market plain awful. You also have people obsessed with owning as many records as they can regardless of even liking them, just wanting to flex how much they spend while crying about no money. It's not like Future Funk or Vaporwave songs are even that original since a good chunk is just 'old song sped/slowed down' with most of the good artists quickly moving on to actual original pursuits like with Saint Pepsi switching to Skylar Spence.

 

[whitepumpkin]

its a boomer cliche but its true, stuff used to be made to last a lot longer. Old electrodomestics were good for a lifetime but planned obsolence was ramped up, the acceptable time for a product to fail has gone shorter and shorter. Nothing worse than what happened to clothes and shoes though, prices maintained or increased but quality lowered all across the board in products from name brands.

It's why I bought my Kitchenaid that came with all metal parts. I remember reading reviews back in 2011 from old lady cooking forums that talked about how their Grandmother passed down their mixer to them and that the new Pretty Pastel Kitchenaid's that were $250 often came with plastic parts that broke. I don't even want to know what it's like now, 10 years later, but I doubt they've attempted to increase the quality.

I honestly cherish and love the old things I'm given because shit today s u c k s and yet no one seems to care. Boomers bemoan it and a few of my Millennial generation is catching on, yet I still see more of a push these days to have Matching Sets of Everything to make sure your kitchen is just the *right* aesthetic.




All photos taken at the right angles to highlight how "comfy/cozy/cottagecore" it is. It's all a grand illusion. Pretty, modern kitchens that have pressboard cabinets, white tiles and counters, but hints of wood to remind you that they are still rustic at heart. It's a faux magazine-quality photo. It's supposed to invoke feelings of wistfulness (and jealousy) in those that see this and know their kitchen isn't so bright/white/rustic/cottagey/uwu.

Even though you know in less than 6 years they'll have to change their appliances because they broke. But at that time, they'll probably already be renovating for the next fad. Those plain white dishes will be thrown out with the broken Maytag Dishwasher, along with the cabinets, tiles, counter, and shelves. Paint will be slapped down, kitschy bowls/jars and books will sit on counters, and a whole new wave of aesthetic photos will follow.

At least the dumpster diving will be nice.

 

[KID NAMED SCHWARMAPUNK]

I do not know about Catholic countries, but marriages and weddings in Orthodox countries are not associated with the church. Only some newlyweds choose to go through the church ceremony. Although, funnily enough, priests do demand a marriage certificate to hold this function.


A staple of weddings in my country is renting a limousine or some other fancy car, decorating it with plastic flowers, and rolling around the city while honking incessantly to make everybody aware some couple of gits are getting married.

Mine too! But instead of a Limousine, it's a 10 year old corolla model.

 

[RainbowStarlight]

My mind is blown. And the comments are giving me cancer.

 

[Kujo Jotaro]

My mind is blown. And the comments are giving me cancer.
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These cups are ugly, why do women obsess over them? For a group of people who apparently care about "beauty" and "aesthetics" they have no taste in either. The cups themselves are the most generic shape possible, they're just upsized McDonald's cups with harder plastic. The vertical straw is off putting and garish to the eyes, and the designs they choose are fucking trash. "Omg I need the sparkly gold one with studs all around it!, and the one with silver studs!, and the one with a Mickey mouse emblem!, and....".

I really just don't get it, they're just the same generic cup with a different print/texture on them. If you're gonna design a commonly used object (like a cup) either commit to engineering something actually unique and interesting, or don't mass print the same cup with a slightly different design.

 

[NoReturn]

All photos taken at the right angles to highlight how "comfy/cozy/cottagecore" it is. It's all a grand illusion. Pretty, modern kitchens that have pressboard cabinets, white tiles and counters, but hints of wood to remind you that they are still rustic at heart. It's a faux magazine-quality photo. It's supposed to invoke feelings of wistfulness (and jealousy) in those that see this and know their kitchen isn't so bright/white/rustic/cottagey/uwu.

I appreciate that you're acknowledginging the distinction between the millennial aesthetics and that of the GenZ crowd. There's definitely crossover in the groups (e.g. cottagecore) but as you pointed out, the millennial take on those aesthetics is more of this magazine-shoot "perfect life" illusion, while the GenZ take is more like this stuff:

I'm not sure what you've call it. The difference between "lifestyle brand" and "content" maybe?

My mind is blown. And the comments are giving me cancer.
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I really just don't get it, they're just the same generic cup with a different print/texture on them. If you're gonna design a commonly used object (like a cup) either commit to engineering something actually unique and interesting, or don't mass print the same cup with a slightly different design.

From what I'm learning in this thread, it's not about the cup quality, it's that the cup is from a recognizable brand, is "collectable" and is something both familiar and "luxurious".

To my understanding, the comparison they're making is against something like a cheap tumbler from their local big box store.
What gets me, though, is that Starbucks has actually made a few nice/unique things as well outside of the US. I actually really like these two Korean sets:

Why would you choose something like the below, when the above is also an option?

They're like the Rae Dunn people.

Spoiler: Swell has a vide on this, too

 

[The Lawgiver]

I appreciate that you're acknowledginging the distinction between the millennial aesthetics and that of the GenZ crowd. There's definitely crossover in the groups (e.g. cottagecore) but as you pointed out, the millennial take on those aesthetics is more of this magazine-shoot "perfect life" illusion, while the GenZ take is more like this stuff:

I'm not sure what you've call it. The difference between "lifestyle brand" and "content" maybe?


From what I'm learning in this thread, it's not about the cup quality, it's that the cup is from a recognizable brand, is "collectable" and is something both familiar and "luxurious".
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To my understanding, the comparison they're making is against something like a cheap tumbler from their local big box store.
What gets me, though, is that Starbucks has actually made a few nice/unique things as well outside of the US. I actually really like these two Korean sets:
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Why would you choose something like the below, when the above is also an option?
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They're like the Rae Dunn people.

Spoiler: Swell has a vide on this, too

You know it's really fucking telling when the Mcdonalds Disney world commemorative drink glasses celebrating the year 2000 from back when I was a kid were like 3 or 5 dollars or some shit are still plentiful and in really fucking decent condition (I should know I've had like 2 or 3 of the things my whole damn life) but modern disney shit is $40 starbucks cups that look like they cost 10 and lack any actual original art aside from variations on a logo. Same "durability and quality despite fast food promo item" thing goes for the 2001 lord of the rings burger king glasses but that's another fucking story unrelated to disney.

My point is this shit looks like it shoudn't be anywhere near the price it is, same vibe as that $500 yugioh duel disc I saw a few years back that somehow had less features than the $20 one I got when I was an actual kid that's probably rotting somewhere in some closet. I remember consoomers went nuts over that fucking thing "ooh it plays the theme song wooooow" like ok sure but the disc doesnt flip around automatically like it does in the show. The og cheapass one does. fucking doodoot noises don't mean shit when you can push a button and the force of god comes down and slaps the 2 halfs of that thing together.

 

[Vingle]

Mostly about people wanting to bang on their new children's sofa.

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

white tiles and counters

Are we ever getting out of that goddamn white rooms trend?
My mother watches HGTV and such religiously, I get eye twitch each time it is white, SHADE OF LIGHT GREY/PINK but is actually white, or painted (white) wood.

 

[Vingle]

Are we ever getting out of that goddamn white rooms trend?
My mother watches HGTV and such religiously, I get eye twitch each time it is white, SHADE OF LIGHT GREY/PINK but is actually white, or painted (white) wood.

I get stressed just looking at white kitchen counters, all the stain that never will come out.

 

[whitepumpkin]

I appreciate that you're acknowledginging the distinction between the millennial aesthetics and that of the GenZ crowd. There's definitely crossover in the groups (e.g. cottagecore) but as you pointed out, the millennial take on those aesthetics is more of this magazine-shoot "perfect life" illusion, while the GenZ take is more like this stuff:
I'm not sure what you've call it. The difference between "lifestyle brand" and "content" maybe?

It's just all lunacy.

I'm going to be honest. I fucking despise cottagecore. The romanticization of being a poorfag while also spending hundreds to thousands of dollars on said "Aesthetic" comes off as extremely condescending. This UwU Simple Life Cottage ideal always comes from the middle-to-upper class who has no idea how anything works but they dream about escaping their suburban life for basically their same house with all working ammenities (and internet), yet when they look outside they see a lilac bush and cows and horses while they bake a loaf of french bread.

There's no piles of manure you moved with a tractor. No broken down machinery - no broken anything, no lopsided fences, no rotting straw heaps, no unmatched sheds/barn or fallen down structures. It's fucking a movie set. Whimiscal, just a little rustic and quirky, clean, and Instagrammable. Because that's what farming is, right? Not hard work.

I'm so happy land here is at least $700,000+ for something decent so those aesthetic chasers can't afford it. They can stay in the city far the fuck away from us ruralfags.

They're like the Rae Dunn people.

I learned something today. I hate Rae Dunn pottery.

Are we ever getting out of that goddamn white rooms trend?
My mother watches HGTV and such religiously, I get eye twitch each time it is white, SHADE OF LIGHT GREY/PINK but is actually white, or painted (white) wood.

We will, because back in the early 2000s, the big trend was granite stone, dark burgundy walls, mid-to-light wood cabinets, and big honking floor tiles. Now that looks extremely dated, just as I know this White Trend will look dated soon. Even though I don't actually mind HGTV shows like HomeTown and Fixer Upper, I really can't wait for that whole aesthetical look to blow over. The modern minimalistic rooms with rustic barn doors or aged barn wood shelves with single macrame plant holder. It'll definitely date itself and a whole new line of HGTV shows will come to re-rennovate those spaces again for $30,000-50,000

I get stressed just looking at white kitchen counters, all the stain that never will come out.

Let's be real, the people who own pure white kitchens probably don't cook. They SkiptheDishes chinese food and leave the fork they ate with in the sink for 2 days before washing it.
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[NerdShamer]

Hey guys, I think just I found the mindset of the average consoomer.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Let's be real, the people who own pure white kitchens probably don't cook. They SkiptheDishes chinese food and leave the fork they ate with in the sink for 2 days before washing it.

There's white kitchens, and then theres' this shit. I've seen my fair share of white colored kitchens inmy life. Usually you can wipe stains out if it's not like something really intense. There's always still a bit of dirt or crumbs around the stove area that give the knowledge the people actually use the kitchen, maybe a scrape or slight stain on the counter, maybe an uncleanable splatter or 3. These ones, however, have that uncanny "stock photo" look to them, both layout and unsettlingly clean-ness wise.

Fork in the sink thing though you're absolutely right on with though. I thought that was just a common kitchen thing though? people throw shit in the sink till they feel like washing it. Unless you're a restaurant then it's pretty normal for that kind of thing.