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Also 6:6: When you pray, go into your room. Close the door and pray to your Father, who can’t be seen. Your Father will reward you, because he sees what you do secretly.
Plagued Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!
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Don't forget making cringe-worthy films. Like honestly, you can make a decent entertainment collection from getting old DVDs at the thrift store of things that are inoffensive like A Charlie Brown Christmas, Ben-Hur, The Great Escape, The Ten Commandments, etc. Literally like, 10 DVDs can set you for life if you watch them once a year. And spend most of your other time making things yourself. You know, like Cross-stitching or knitting or doing word puzzles. That's engaging to the mind and nice and you can get an entire book of puzzles for like, $6 at the grocery store. Or a couple skeins of DMC thread that will last you a while.
Just... Stop consooming those dumb angel statues. They're wastes of money. And download your music off Youtube like everyone else if you like a song so much.
In other news, Halloween is coming!
Buy the plastic/ceramic pumpkins and DISNEY, you walking wallets!
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Not just the Arab world anymore, as the Sugar Babies thread has so delightfully taught us.
I recommend these subs as well, they are really eye opening, fascinating, and sometimes heartbreaking. Children of hoarders reveal that the parents are absolutely batshit and value the hoard far above the kids and families well being. It's really sad.
This video reminds me of talking to my mom. Lots of words about absolutely nothing. Who cares why she put something on her coffee station? Or maybe people do care? I don't know.
Leffersons September Disney haul:
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big ups liquid richard
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I saw the usual treasure trove of Nightmare Before Christmas tat at the pharmacy today.
They also had christmas stuff, since its about that time. I shit you not, they have blind boxes for Disney Christmas Ornaments now. You can't even see what you get.
And I thought those kids toys blind boxes at fast food restaurants were bad enough.
They also had christmas stuff, since its about that time. I shit you not, they have blind boxes for Disney Christmas Ornaments now. You can't even see what you get.
And I thought those kids toys blind boxes at fast food restaurants were bad enough.
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I have never cared for how anyone has decorated their house, but it seems like a constant Youtuber thing to ask you to either comment if you liked it or not. Idk if comments mean anything - do you get more ad revenue if you have a lot of them or something? And why would I care how someone decorated their house? It's bizarre. Who cares what strangers think.
But, @NoReturn made me curious about how much this girl was spending so I went on Disney.com. And just... what the fuck.
This is on disney's website and since it never said, I assume this is all in USD. It's BAFFLING how much this shit is, even for americans!
Binx is cute but not for $16.99, holy hell. And, you know, I remember watching Hocus Pocus. It wasn't even that good. I don't know why it's suddenly considered one of Disney's top Halloween movies. It's just "okay" in every sense of the word - the original Sleepy Hollow cartoon is better. But hey, if you push that nostalgia, maybe you can suck more money out of everyone. Just like how Nightmare Before Christmas is no longer the goth movie, it's the uguuu Halloween movie of the century uwu make sure you buy everything with Jack Skellington's face on it!
UwU isn't this just #goals, girls?
Ffs Halloween used to be make a crappy costume, decorate a pumpkin you grew in the garden, and carry a pillowsack around and maybe someone will give you a full-sized chocolate bar. Otherwise you were eating boxes of raisins, chalky rockets, or candycorn at school the next day. Now this is a full-fledged consoomer nightmare.
big ups liquid richard
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The only indoor halloween decoration anybody needs.
Potion the cat. You better believe I have one.
Potion the cat. You better believe I have one.
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Holy moly that's expensive. Do you think she's writing these off on her taxes as business expenses for her channel?
Yep, USD. Also, "Even Americans". Maaan, our GINI score this year was the same as Haiti's. We've got a lot of poor motherfuckers. The ones with money are just more visible and the poor fucks still participate in conspicuous consumption. It's gross.
If we go even further back we had those horrifying turnip Jack O'lanterns
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To be fair, there's a LOT of Americans. When you measure that against my country, it makes American seem disproportional and "unfair". Yet all our rich fuckers move to the States, adding to that skew. Why stay in Canuckistan when America the Free is right there? But even saying that, the amount of consoomerism within the American middle class for shit like plastic disney popcorn tubs astounds me.
@Save Goober 's video of those Disney consoomers sent chills down my spine at them talking about $75 for a poorly made bag and $60 for a sweater that didn't even look nice. Do you know how many cans of soup you can buy for the amount they spent? I wouldn't care if this was a one-off thing, but they literally talked about how they had margaritas and went shopping and she "wanted this bad since she saw it online!". Like, My God woman, it's a shitty child's bag. It looks TERRIBLE.
50 fuckin' dollars.
The duality of consoomers.
Oh my God, I have that. It was the last beanie baby I was ever given and I kept it to give to my niece. I should give it to her this year, actually.
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5 star reviews are always shill reviews unless they're the one your IRL friend or you yourself made.
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That's what I'm saying. I think we're basically on the same page here, just coming at it from different angles. Like, there's this idea in the states of a "right" to material goods, not just for your enjoyment, but also as an entry fee to a certain level of social interaction.
It's this weird mashup of "All men are created equal" and a materialistic society. If all people are supposed to have an equal chance at happiness, but "happiness" is consumption, then even people in poverty will seek consumption.
E.g. This image
I think that's also why we see these things like the cult of Dollar Tree:
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Ah yeah, we're on the same page. That same mindset exists here in some ways too. Which is sad when you think about how humans are social creatures but now to fit in, there's a materialistic attitude you have to accept. And if you don't, you're seen as a cheap (unless your friends aren't jackasses). Luckily I'm old enough to not care anymore. I don't need a PS5, an iPhone 13, an Air Fryer, or whatever else is the new hot thing.
My friends group, however.... Is another story.
They're young, though. There's still hope they'll grow out of it, but even the 7 years difference between us you see a completely different mindset. I truly am from the last generation that not only grew up going outside, but also grew up before everything became consoomer.Case in point: Camping.
For anyone who doesn't know, Camping was a poorfag thing to do. Rich people stayed in Hotels at $150+ a night. Poorfags stayed in campgrounds in tents or trailers (SMALL trailers, this was the time before 5th wheelers) that cost maybe $5-$10 a night.
You needed a cooler because there was no fridge. Hell, most of what you ate is what you caught in the lake/stream or brought. Which was granola bars. You refilled the cooler every day with ice when you walked to the campground store. You spent all day outside because the trailer was hot and stuffy and sitting in a lawn chair reading a library book was a lot nicer.
It never felt "consoomer". You spent a fortune on a Coleman Stove but you used it so much, it paid for itself.
But the older I got, the more things began to change. I remember right about when ATVs became relatively affordable, something started to shift. See, you needed to haul that ATV out with you. So you needed another trailer behind your camper. But wait! trailers were becoming better! No longer were they the small boxes you hauled out to sleep in. Suddenly, people wanted to spend more time IN their trailer.
Then came the 5th wheelers. Those massive trailers you see in North America that are as big as a house and cost nearly $100,000, depending on which one you get.
With 5th Wheelers, you needed a heavy duty truck to pull them. An F350 should do it. That's only, what, $85,000?
Wait, you need the special truck axel with it!
But wait, these trailers don't fit into the old stalls. You either have to pay more for a Power Stall, which means you'll be sitting outside on pavement next to another trailer. OR, you can just jam your way into a stall, extend your sides, and finally be able to relax!
"Wait, you white bitch," you say. "People still camp in tents. That's not that consoomer."
Well no, you wouldn't be wrong.... If tents weren't so expensive now. A one person pup tent is affordable for a poorfag but really, do you want to look POOR when you go camping?
Listen, when you go camping, you basically are there to enjoy nature. But with ALL the comforts of home too. No one likes being uncomfortable! It's why *glamping* - Glamourous Camping - is now a thing!
I mean, camping without fairy lights? What sort of barbarians do such a thing?
And don't forget your coffee!
And your PIE IRONS to make S'Mores!
You needed a cooler because there was no fridge. Hell, most of what you ate is what you caught in the lake/stream or brought. Which was granola bars. You refilled the cooler every day with ice when you walked to the campground store. You spent all day outside because the trailer was hot and stuffy and sitting in a lawn chair reading a library book was a lot nicer.
It never felt "consoomer". You spent a fortune on a Coleman Stove but you used it so much, it paid for itself.
But the older I got, the more things began to change. I remember right about when ATVs became relatively affordable, something started to shift. See, you needed to haul that ATV out with you. So you needed another trailer behind your camper. But wait! trailers were becoming better! No longer were they the small boxes you hauled out to sleep in. Suddenly, people wanted to spend more time IN their trailer.
Then came the 5th wheelers. Those massive trailers you see in North America that are as big as a house and cost nearly $100,000, depending on which one you get.
With 5th Wheelers, you needed a heavy duty truck to pull them. An F350 should do it. That's only, what, $85,000?
Wait, you need the special truck axel with it!
But wait, these trailers don't fit into the old stalls. You either have to pay more for a Power Stall, which means you'll be sitting outside on pavement next to another trailer. OR, you can just jam your way into a stall, extend your sides, and finally be able to relax!
"Wait, you white bitch," you say. "People still camp in tents. That's not that consoomer."
Well no, you wouldn't be wrong.... If tents weren't so expensive now. A one person pup tent is affordable for a poorfag but really, do you want to look POOR when you go camping?
Listen, when you go camping, you basically are there to enjoy nature. But with ALL the comforts of home too. No one likes being uncomfortable! It's why *glamping* - Glamourous Camping - is now a thing!
I mean, camping without fairy lights? What sort of barbarians do such a thing?
And don't forget your coffee!
And your PIE IRONS to make S'Mores!
Camping was what poorfags did because you couldn't afford to travel far or go to a hotel. It wasn't great. We didn't have a lot, but at the end of the day, it didn't matter. I still was with my family eating shitty burnt food and going on hikes.
And now I have my friends complaining at me they don't have cell service or their Northface Jacket got too dirty when we go out into the wilds, and it's like... where did it all change?
I'm not supposed to feel this weary at the world in my thirties.
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My friends group, however.... Is another story.
we've got a real wizened boomer here folks, a real salty dogAnd now I have my friends complaining at me they don't have cell service or their Northface Jacket got too dirty when we go out into the wilds, and it's like... where did it all change?
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If you're going to consoom the shit out of video games 12 hours per day, it's best not to flood your room with blue/purple lights. They are high energy and easily contribute to eye strain
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Boomer is no longer an age, it's a state of mind.
Ensure you know how to exploit such things by buying products to help you sell products to others.
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thats why every cyberpunk character design has some visor or some cybernetic thingy on their eyes, is not some enhancement, is because in the neon future everyone's eyes are fucked
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The thing I'm really baffled by is Disney hasn't tried pushing any Halloweentown merch, searching Halloweentown on the shop brings up zero results, while instead focusing on Hocus Pocus? You'd think they'd cash in of the nostalgia crowd and it's also literally got Halloween in the name. Remember loving that film series since they loved playing it on tv every time Halloween grew close, would definitely cave and buy some Benny merch
. I still see that happening with the actual kids, but I think the problem is those too old to got out trick-or-treating attempting to find other ways of filling that void. Your basic option was grabbing a shitty costume and going to get drunk at bars or house parties, but for those that didn't find either of those ideas appealing they had to find other things. The Halloween consoomers seem to believe that their way of engaging with the holiday is to buy a bunch of shitty Halloween merch and make their entire persona for the month revolve around the holiday.
Remember having the same problem, but I ended up just getting into horror films and making October the 'Spooky movie month' like many others have also started doing, again as a way of still engaging with the holiday season in some way. You have the same problem with consoomers though, like everyone jumping of the Halloween 4k releases even for the films in the series they admit they don't like because they "need to complete the set!" or some other stupid reason.
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I actually do something similar by watching scary movies for Halloween too nowadays. I agree with you there, I admit, after college, it is kind of hard to celebrate Halloween, especially you live in a place that doesn't do trick-or-treating so you can't wear a costume and hand out candy whether it is a shitty apartment or a house in the middle of nowhere or off the beaten path or a shitty neighborhood because what I found in recent years is a lot of kids have their parents drive them to the rich people neighborhoods because they give more candy.
When you are in high school and college even though you are too old for trick or treating, there are usually still a lot of parties to go to, but when you are an adult with not a lot of friends or don't have kids of your own to take trick or treating with and dress up, it is hard to find some way to celebrate Halloween. I'd imagine it would be the same way for Christmas if you don't have any family or friends to celebrate it with so you are stuck consooming to try to get some sort of semblance of celebrating.
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I really like Halloween actually, as a non-american is one of the things i don't mind that gets imported from Burguerkistan, is a fun holiday and really cool to experience as a kid, but how true to its spirit it still is nowadays? I am legitimately curious on how is holding up against corporate whitewashing, i haven't been in america since forever. I remember some really edgy halloween house parties from when i was a kid, dangerous pranks and vandalism were still a thing, the horror theme was cranked up, even the music was gothy stuff, but i feel if i went into one of those holidy stores nowadays is just gonna be more capeshit, more soywars, more "sexy elsa from Frozen" costumes, the same internet meme shit from hot topic and a bunch of cutesy decorations rather than severed heads and stuff like that. The average halloweeen party that i have been to here in the last 10 years feels more like "comic con, the holiday". Halloween without the spooky just becomes like our version of Carnival, just random costumes, loud nigger music and booze so is fucking pathetic and dissapointing, i´d rather stay home playing Castlevania and watching Vampire Hunter D.