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

[BootlegPopeye]

In my experience, kids don't care about old games too much. I have a friend who owns an arcade that is part of a game store and you will get families that bring in their kids sometimes and the kids have zero interest in the classic arcade games they like things like the basketball shoot and those interactive sort of arcade games that are not actually video games. To them, that's just old stuff with bad graphics. I know modern arcades that have nothing but new games like Dave and Buster's are almost all redemption.

Someone earlier mentioned barcades... that is just a return to where arcades were originally inside bars. ShowBiz Pizza was created by Nolan Bushnell specifically to cater to kids who before were having to go into bars to play games. There was some traction with arcade games in bars in a way there wasn't really anywhere else these days.

Obviously some kids are going to like old stuff, but modern children are very much victims of recentism.

 

[Overcast]

There's definitely truth to that.

I mean, I personally am more partial to things that I grew up with or have been made during my time as a kid. People generally resonate more with the time period they grew up in.

 

[Phil The Thrill]

In regards to the die-hard Leafs fans, were/are they as die-hard compared to Cubs fans, prior to them breaking their 108 (?) year World Series winless curse in 2016?

I'm not familiar with baseball so I can't personally comment on the Cubs, sorry. @Moguro Fukuzou and @TowinKarz did a solid job explaining and linking appropriate videos. Here's another fun example of a terminal Maple Leafs fan in pain:

2015 (only the first minute and a half are really relevant)

2021 (after the Leafs got eliminated in the first round after being up 3-1, "11.6" refers to the AAV of Matthews' contract in USD)

 

[NoReturn]

There's definitely truth to that.
I mean, I personally am more partial to things that I grew up with or have been made during my time as a kid. People generally resonate more with the time period they grew up in.

Interesting. I wonder what the division is for things like this. Happy childhood vs. not?

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Have some Disney as thread content:

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

I compare it to those people on, say DeviantArt or FA, or whatever, that have an 80,000 image "Favorites" gallery.

You can't possibly have time to leisurely browse that many, let alone remember half of them.... what was the point? It was the collecting, the having, not the actual liking or using.

DA is an old website, if the account is over a decade old it's fully possible that the list has just grown and grown and never been pruned back down.

 

[Jarolleon]

i don't know about gamergate . I think is just the natural consequence of a generation growing up since 80s worshipping the Nintendo brand, a subset of those 80s- 90s kids will never let go the obsession no matter how old they are and now they have disposable income and the ability to accrue debt so they go full exceptional individual child with money mode.

Disney and nintendo know whats up, get em young, get em for life

I wonder if it has something to do with the online market being more thorough. There's more reason to get to know other gamers when the only other ways to find new video games worth playing to either go to a brick-and-mortar store, buy it, install it, & play it, or read a magazine that is probably written by paid shills. Now you can just check your favourite Youtube reviewer or browse Steam & read the reviews.

So without the above reason for going to IRL "gaming" events, there's a higher concentration of those who go because they have nothing else going for them.

 

[AdmiralRenae]

Because of this thread, and NoReturn specially, now YouTube thinks I am the kind of degenerate that enjoys tiktok compilations ...which I am, thanks guys.

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And of course, with some of them store exclusive for the bugmen to get really competitive about.

FUCK

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Squid game has gone too far.

 

[NoReturn]

The Donald duck purse from the fat disney shots is from loungefly, and therefore nothing Supa moddle ish, just your average adult disney autism

That's right. You mentioned LoungeFly so now I'm crossquoting you here.
BEHOLD! These are all from the last month!

Spoiler: More in here

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

Saw on this other Guy Fiery show how a man blew his 10grand prize on a Disney trip with family, almost went blind with rage.
He also said he is gonna blow tge second round win on buying a food truck, but that is just plain dumb, not insulting.

 

[whitepumpkin]

That's right. You mentioned LoungeFly so now I'm crossquoting you here.
BEHOLD! These are all from the last month!

So, fun thing about the Hello Kitty x Pusheen collaboration when it debuted on the Pusheen store. That was sold out in seconds, if I recall, because the Pusheen website doesn't have a safeguard against bots. And let me tell you, the Pusheen facebook groups were going off for *weeks* about it. Like don't get me wrong, it's a cute collaboration. But these are grown women crying and raging because they didn't get a stuffed toy.

I can't wait now to see the posts raging they didn't get a pastel bag. Should be entertaining for a while.

I'm not familiar with baseball so I can't personally comment on the Cubs, sorry. @Moguro Fukuzou and @TowinKarz did a solid job explaining and linking appropriate videos. Here's another fun example of a terminal Maple Leafs fan in pain:

This amuses me greatly. But great explanations on everything - EA, Why people are even fans, the cope. I never pay attention to sports when my friends are talking about it unless someone gets knocked the fuck out. So it's interesting to see glimpses into the insanity.

 

[NoReturn]

Like don't get me wrong, it's a cute collaboration. But these are grown women crying and raging because they didn't get a stuffed toy.

Good lord.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Saw on this other Guy Fiery show how a man blew his 10grand prize on a Disney trip with family, almost went blind with rage.
He also said he is gonna blow tge second round win on buying a food truck, but that is just plain dumb, not insulting.

You know, it's his money. Yeah it's stupid but laugh at his exceptionality instead of getting angry at it.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

I wonder if it has something to do with the online market being more thorough. There's more reason to get to know other gamers when the only other ways to find new video games worth playing to either go to a brick-and-mortar store, buy it, install it, & play it, or read a magazine that is probably written by paid shills. Now you can just check your favourite Youtube reviewer or browse Steam & read the reviews.

So without the above reason for going to IRL "gaming" events, there's a higher concentration of those who go because they have nothing else going for them.

Its has to. From getting shilled something to impulse buying it is all a few short clicks away, marketing was pretty hard during the 80s and 90s but the process t has never been so accelerated.

I avoid impulse buying deliberately, as a rule i never shop the same day i make my cart, i allow some time to breath and think but i do find myself often looking for crap on amazon and making lists at random times for no reason, They absolutely do hook me and every time i need to exercise some self control to pull back from it and go "wtf, this is all garbage , i don't need any of this, how did i get here anyways? what was i doing before?" , I can see how someone can be in a certain mood, get into a passing interest in a hobby or a community, discover something new, watch a few shill videos and next thing you know they spend 1000$ on vaping equipment almost all at once, literally happened to a friend some years ago, from not knowing what a vape was to going full on pro vaper almost overnight.

Spoiler: deppresion memes consoom edition

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[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Its has to. From getting shilled something to impulse buying it is all a few short clicks away, marketing was pretty hard during the 80s and 90s but the process t has never been so accelerated.

I avoid impulse buying deliberately, as a rule i never shop the same day i make my cart, i allow some time to breath and think but i do find myself often looking for crap on amazon and making lists at random times for no reason, They absolutely do hook me and every time i need to exercise some self control to pull back from it and go "wtf, this is all garbage , i don't need any of this, how did i get here anyways? what was i doing before?" , I can see how someone can be in a certain mood, get into a passing interest in a hobby or a community, discover something new, watch a few shill videos and next thing you know they spend 1000$ on vaping equipment almost all at once, literally happened to a friend some years ago, from not knowing what a vape was to going full on pro vaper almost overnight.

And cashless shopping makes it even worse since it's much easier to be impulsive when you aren't forking over physical cash that you can see disappearing.

 

[NoReturn]

avoid impulse buying deliberately, as a rule i never shop the same day i make my cart

I like this rule and follow a similar one.
There's another one I can recommend, too. When you aren't in a "shopping" mood, add things you need to a wishlist in Amazon or whatever (e.g. tissues, detergent) and then if you feel the urge to shop, you can go "Oh yeah, I need dish soap." or whatever, and put that urge towards something you actually need and use. I've found it prevents impulse buys, but it's also helped me find things I really like like the hippy soaps I recommend in the off-topic threads.
i.e. I needed soap -> I felt like shopping but told myself to look at my "Shit I actually need" list -> Looked around and spent that energy finding something that's nice, makes me happy, and that I actually use and enjoy on a regular basis.

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Thread content for my tangent:

Habeeb it or not I didn't actually go out searching for Paytas this time. She's just skewing this week's results for the search phrase "Disney haul".

 

[Toolbox]

I like this rule and follow a similar one.
There's another one I can recommend, too. When you aren't in a "shopping" mood, add things you need to a wishlist in Amazon or whatever (e.g. tissues, detergent) and then if you feel the urge to shop, you can go "Oh yeah, I need dish soap." or whatever, and put that urge towards something you actually need and use. I've found it prevents impulse buys, but it's also helped me find things I really like like the hippy soaps I recommend in the off-topic threads.
i.e. I needed soap -> I felt like shopping but told myself to look at my "Shit I actually need" list -> Looked around and spent that energy finding something that's nice, makes me happy, and that I actually use and enjoy on a regular basis.

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Thread content for my tangent:

Habeeb it or not I didn't actually go out searching for Paytas this time. She's just skewing this week's results for the search phrase "Disney haul".

The halloween pumpkin doesn't even light up in halloween colors. Red, green, orange? I guess I shouldn't expect much from something that probably costs a dollar a piece to mass manufacture in China but that is just silly. People buy this shit.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

When you aren't in a "shopping" mood, add things you need to a wishlist in Amazon or whatever (e.g. tissues, detergent) and then if you feel the urge to shop, you can go "Oh yeah, I need dish soap." or whatever, and put that urge towards something you actually need and use

thats usually what i'd do. Then i can look back at all the junk that seemed super cool for some reason but i would have absolutely regretted buying if i did it on first impulse. The human brain has too many glitches, without a failsafe system for self control we all can end up making dumbtarded consoom choices and the machine knows

 

[Matt Damon]

When you aren't in a "shopping" mood

I didn't even know there was such a thing.

I've obviously had a desire to buy particular items before, but never a desire to simply buy something.

 

[NoReturn]

I've obviously had a desire to buy particular items before, but never a desire to simply buy something.

It's less of a "I need to acquire items/spend money." than "I need to do something useful, but like, in a lazy way." feeling, at least for me anyway.

Spoiler

E.g. For me the "I need to do something" breakdown is like so:
↑ energy, ↓ neuroticism, need to feel productive = Make money
↑ energy, ↑ neuroticism, need to feel productive but not necessarily make money = Cleaning
↓ energy, need to feel useful, but necessarily productive or make money = Shopping

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Thread content:

It's not even Halloween yet!

 

[Yeeted Teet]

Its has to. From getting shilled something to impulse buying it is all a few short clicks away, marketing was pretty hard during the 80s and 90s but the process t has never been so accelerated.

I avoid impulse buying deliberately, as a rule i never shop the same day i make my cart, i allow some time to breath and think but i do find myself often looking for crap on amazon and making lists at random times for no reason, They absolutely do hook me and every time i need to exercise some self control to pull back from it and go "wtf, this is all garbage , i don't need any of this, how did i get here anyways? what was i doing before?" , I can see how someone can be in a certain mood, get into a passing interest in a hobby or a community, discover something new, watch a few shill videos and next thing you know they spend 1000$ on vaping equipment almost all at once, literally happened to a friend some years ago, from not knowing what a vape was to going full on pro vaper almost overnight.

Spoiler: deppresion memes consoom edition

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You have to remember that advertising is big business and companies employ teams of psychologists to tell them the best way to convince you to buy something. From normal ad rolls to undisclosed paid articles to how shops are laid out, so many parts of modern life are conspiring to make you spend money and it's not a personal failing to fall into it sometimes, It's relentless and the only way to really escape is to move to a little shack in the middle of nowhere and live off the land. The best that most of us can do is continually work on our self awareness.