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

[Neet Tokusatsu]

And what do you gain from a mechanical keyboard anyways? They really aren't any better except for anoying the piss out of everyone else around/playing with you with the constant clicking that can be heard eve through voice coms.

Not all mechanical keyboards are noisy, the main advantage is that they're more durable than your average laptop or membrane keyboard, so if you're into stuff like coding, writing or work from home, it could be useful to have a keyboard that can take a lot of punishment, but that's the neat thing... most people who own two dozen mechanical keyboards just don't.

I truly doubt anyone who owns a dozen keyboards that look like this...

Knows how to code, works from home or does any activity that requieres a lot typing, period.

Imagine expending hundreds of dollars on a mechanical keyboard lacking all keys necessary to do anything useful with it, other than using it as a prop for social media.

Now imagine owning dozens of the same useless keyboard

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Not all mechanical keyboards are noisy, the main advantage is that they're more durable than your average laptop or membrane keyboard, so if you're into stuff like coding, writing or work from home, it could be useful to have a keyboard that can take a lot of punishment

Okay that actually makes a lot more sense to me, thanks.

 

[Super Dilator Duel 3D]

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Sorry for the necro, but I feel slightly inclined to add to this post because I played ROBLOX for quite some time way back in the day, and recently did a bit of investigation into their business model. (if this was brought up already then ignore this gay post, i havent made it through the entire thread yet)

Spoiler: retarded block game sperging

Firstly, what you've attached here is correct. To buy that much ROBUX straight from ROBLOX themselves would cost around a grand, which is absurd. However, that's not the only way to get ROBUX through the platform, there are actually multiple methods and in a way I respect how it can teach working for a reward to the kids playing the game. First of course, is owning a game. There is a subscription on ROBLOX called Premium, it's the same three price points as above, just per month. The only difference being the amount of ROBUX given to you at the beginning of a month. If I buy the 20 dollar Premium tier, I get 20 dollars of ROBUX per month as my subscription renews, and et cetera. This also means you can make a one time purchase, than cancel the recurring payments to get a little bonus. Why buy 1700 ROBUX for 20 bucks when you can get 2200 for 20 by just cancelling the subscription's automatic renewal immediately after?

Anyways, back on topic. If someone with a Premium ROBLOX account plays your game, you earn a small sum of ROBUX off of that. It increases depending on several factors, such as time spent by the Premium user and the amount of them in the game at once, but generally I've found (although it seems to heavily vary between games and users) that you can earn around a dollar worth of ROBUX from 10 minutes of 1 Premium user playing your game. Sounds like nothing, but when your game is popular and you have multiples of them all spending hours at a time on the game, this can quickly add up. That's also on top of Game Passes and Items, essentially just game-specific (not site-wide of course as ROBLOX is a platform and not a singular game) microtransactions, and to be fair THIS is where the predatory practices come into play. Outright lootboxes/gambling and stamina systems seem to be totally banned as not one of the top-earning/most popular games on ROBLOX have any semblance of those systems, but regardless they can still get pretty overpriced and worthless for the most part. Usually, developer payouts and Game Passes are how users end up in the millions and billions of ROBUX range on the site and end up being able to afford all the rarest and most expensive items.

Then there are commissions. Obviously this works in many different forms but basically, imagine a ROBLOX game developer who doesn't want to model their own lobby, or gun assets or what have you. They can commission an independent builder/scripter/whatever to make it for them, and pay via ROBUX (Usually 1000/2000 or 10 dollars/20 dollars at the cheapest) by purchasing an appropriately priced t-shirt from that user. If you're good enough with LUA (ROBLOX's scripting engine) or Roblox Studio (its proprietary game/model development software) than you can make some serious ROBUX off of just that.

There are also clothing sales. Any user with a Premium subscription can design and sell custom T-Shirts, Shirts, and Pants for other users to buy for ROBUX directly (ROBLOX takes a cut per sale though) and wear on their avatar. This is probably the hardest because clothes are cheap and can take a lot of effort, only for your design to get stolen and sold for cheaper by one of the thousands of clothing resell bot groups. Certain users, such as popular ROBLOX YouTubers and game developers, for instance, can also apply for ROBLOX's UGC (User Generated Content) program to sell their own modelled and textured hats and other accessories for a higher price, however. (Usually only the official ROBLOX staff can create and sell these types of items.)

Last but not least, you'll notice the item in the screenshots is labelled as a Limited item. This ties into ROBLOX's trading community. Any user with an active Premium subscription can trade Limited items (items sold for a limited duration of time) or Limited Unit items (items only sold in a certain amount) with other users who have them. You can also resell these items directly for your own cost (though ROBLOX takes a cut here too). If you want a comparison, I'd say it's closest to TF2's trading system. It's so old at this point that numerous offshoot communities have sprung up around trading Limited items, and really anyone can, with a bit of practice and knowledge, pick up a cheaper common Limited for around 5-10 dollars worth of ROBUX and trade up into having hundreds of thousands of ROBUX worth of items.

Of course, the main thing you may be wondering is "what retard does all of this just for an ingame currency" and that's a valid question. However, it all clicks into place when you consider ROBLOX's Developer Exchange program. You can trade ROBUX you earn from any source directly to ROBLOX for a paycheck proportional to how much ROBUX you trade. Rates fluctuate, though with the current rates the teenage developer of "Jailbreak", one of ROBLOX's most popular games at the time, was able to earn over $3,000,000 USD off of the revenue from the game alone. I also know there are very dedicated ROBLOX traders who will start with 20 bucks at most, trade up until they have hundreds of thousands of ROBUX in rare items, then sell them all off directly on the Avatar Shop and cash out for a couple hundred to, in some cases, even a couple thousand dollars in real USD, than use a bit of that to start the process all over again. (Also no, DevEx rates do not allow you to buy ROBUX and then immediately trade it in for a profit. The rates don't allow for that to be a viable process, you could do it theoretically but you'd lose a fuckton of money.)

All this is to say, while ROBLOX definitely doesn't stop you or the little kids with their parents credit cards from whaling out bigtime on their platform, it also has legitimate opportunities to earn some money for yourself and allows for kids (mostly teenagers of course) to earn quite a lot of their ingame currency for free while also learning coding, modeling, graphic design, etc. College aged amateur developers have literally made hundreds of thousands off of the game, and even if you don't get to that level you can still trade to get those expensive rare items you really want at a low cost, and that can NOT be ignored if you're going to compare the game to consoomer culture and other current mobile games with microtransactions and whaling capability.

Sperging over.

 

[Dave.]

@StickFruit Kiwi farms not letting me reply for some reason, but the point I was trying to make with my post is that a virtual in game item with an intentional product scarcity behind it made by the same company that produces the game not intended for an adult psuedo-entrepreneur audience should not have an item this expensive especially when the grand majority of players aren't able to or don't have the capabilities to monetize their games because of how roblox's game browsing system is designed to only shill for the higher tier games. The fact that people can make robux by other means is irrelevant to me, a virtual item should not cost 1,000 dollars that's beyond fucking ridiculous. There's also no reason a face with that high of a demand should even be a limited item to begin with and the reason Party Hats in Runescape being so expensive in game is tolerated is because in game money can be earned through activities, not through psuedo-business endeavors like you just described.

 

[Super Dilator Duel 3D]

@StickFruit Kiwi farms not letting me reply for some reason, but the point I was trying to make with my post is that a virtual in game item with an intentional product scarcity behind it made by the same company that produces the game not intended for an adult psuedo-entrepreneur audience should not have an item this expensive especially when the grand majority of players aren't able to or don't have the capabilities to monetize their games because of how roblox's game browsing system is designed to only shill for the higher tier games. The fact that people can make robux by other means is irrelevant to me, a virtual item should not cost 1,000 dollars that's beyond fucking ridiculous. There's also no reason a face with that high of a demand should even be a limited item to begin with and the reason Party Hats in Runescape being so expensive in game is tolerated is because in game money can be earned through activities, not through psuedo-business endeavors like you just described.

Fair points, honestly. I can see where you're coming from. Just the fact alone that it gives kids the opportunity to spend that kind of money on something with such little inherent value is a problem, and that's not something I totally want to devalue. Just thought I'd share what I know of the platform so that the lovely Kiwis here can have that information before immediately writing the whole thing off as an exploitative griftjob. (though I'll be the first to admit it's definitely got its issues in that regard)

 

[Dave.]

Fair points, honestly. I can see where you're coming from. Just the fact alone that it gives kids the opportunity to spend that kind of money on something with such little inherent value is a problem, and that's not something I totally want to devalue. Just thought I'd share what I know of the platform so that the lovely Kiwis here can have that information before immediately writing the whole thing off as an exploitative griftjob. (though I'll be the first to admit it's definitely got its issues in that regard)

I understand and there are some great opportunities there as well like you described, but it feels like a scam to me. They know the majority of robux circulation comes from direct purchases and they know intentionally limiting items to a scarcity will lead to price hyperinflation when items are traded and they know people are potentially dumb enough to purchase that high over a cosmetic. That's how I personally feel about it and it just seems scummy.

 

[Xenomorph]

I have a feeling those couponer cunts resell the items at a deep discount. I cannot stand these whores who stockpile useless shit cause its free, these weirdos use all their spare time they have doing it, it's a sickness

 

[D.Angus]

I have a feeling those couponer cunts resell the items at a deep discount. I cannot stand these whores who stockpile useless shit cause its free, these weirdos use all their spare time they have doing it, it's a sickness

Yes they do.. At Dollar General, we had these people known as the "Penny People".

See when something finally gets discontinued and taken out of the system at Dollar General, usually we took it off the shelfs and sent it back/threw it out. Very rarely does it get to this point mostly because it usually gets discounted to less then a dollar and someone else picks it up. if it doesn't get sold and it's still in the store it rings up as a penny. Now the Penny People will spend literal hours, scouring the entire store for these penny items, aided by a list from "Penny Deals" or such other websites. They'll fill up a shopping cart full of items that they think will ring up as one cent, and yell for something to be taken off if it's not. So a lot of the time they'll have like 50 items, small ones mind you, but only 3-8 of those will actually ring up as a penny. You need to make sure you put those items back or into the clearance area or these fuckers will burry them into the labyrinth of shelves in your store. They will literally destroy merchandise to get their penny deal. They'll open up a two pack of mouthwash which was not a penny, but the individual bottles inside were a penny and hide the evidence.

They do all of this... Just to resell it online half the time.

 

[Free the Pedos]

Yes they do.. At Dollar General, we had these people known as the "Penny People".

See when something finally gets discontinued and taken out of the system at Dollar General, usually we took it off the shelfs and sent it back/threw it out. Very rarely does it get to this point mostly because it usually gets discounted to less then a dollar and someone else picks it up. if it doesn't get sold and it's still in the store it rings up as a penny. Now the Penny People will spend literal hours, scouring the entire store for these penny items, aided by a list from "Penny Deals" or such other websites. They'll fill up a shopping cart full of items that they think will ring up as one cent, and yell for something to be taken off if it's not. So a lot of the time they'll have like 50 items, small ones mind you, but only 3-8 of those will actually ring up as a penny. You need to make sure you put those items back or into the clearance area or these fuckers will burry them into the labyrinth of shelves in your store. They will literally destroy merchandise to get their penny deal. They'll open up a two pack of mouthwash which was not a penny, but the individual bottles inside were a penny and hide the evidence.

They do all of this... Just to resell it online half the time.

Think how much they could make if they applied that energy to working a real job.

 

[The Great Citracett]

People are trying to make printing pop culture shit on dictionary pages a trend now.

I don't see it catching on. But if you want a dictionary page with a Disney character printed on it, it's out there and ready to consoom.

Here's a particularly low-effort one I saw today.



Pay $10 a page to destroy an old book, and stamp it with copyrighted shit from a newer book. This is art. The other ones I've seen are all in bright tacky color, so this is actually a big improvement.

Frames sold separately.

 

[Retired Junta Member]

People are trying to make printing pop culture shit on dictionary pages a trend now.

I don't see it catching on. But if you want a dictionary page with a Disney character printed on it, it's out there and ready to consoom.

Here's a particularly low-effort one I saw today.

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Pay $10 a page to destroy an old book, and stamp it with copyrighted shit from a newer book. This is art. The other ones I've seen are all in bright tacky color, so this is actually a big improvement.

Frames sold separately.

This is most random trend I’ve encountered in... a lot of time. Potter/Disney idiots really buy anything, don’t they?


On a different note: advent calendar seasons is coming! We should get a lot of milk from it.

 

[Moguro Fukuzou]

I have a feeling those couponer cunts resell the items at a deep discount. I cannot stand these whores who stockpile useless shit cause its free, these weirdos use all their spare time they have doing it, it's a sickness

Same breed that go into thrift shops and try to negotiate a better deal with management so they can have a bigger profit when they turn around and sell it. They will hold up the whole line with the 3+ carts full of stuff as they try to get everything for as cheap as possible by pointing out any barely noticeable problem on every item. Same people always complain about prices going up in those shops as those places smarten up to the resale value of the things they get due to all the resellers, while hurting those that use those shops because everywhere else is too expensive to shop at with their incomes.

 

[Maggots on a Train v2]

I dilly dally in couponing and technically this is a hot topic that people get angry about. In very simple terms, couponing is trying to get the lowest price possible. The lowest price for an item happens every couple of months. So in theory, you want to buy as much as during that moment so you can last during those months you're waiting for the next time. This is called a "stockpile".

There are couponers that love to show off their stockpiles. They'll have dozens of detergent in every brand and every size. They'll have food that'll last them for years even though it'll expire in a few months.

And the crazy thing is that they'll keep buying more and more and adding to their stockpile. Even though they can't eat it all and even though it's just sitting there. No family can use that much detergent in a few months let alone a few years.

The money you have to put into this is also insane. To coupon you need to get coupons from your local newspaper inserts. If you want multiple items, you need to get multiple coupons. This either means two things: you buy multiple coupon inserts off a website or you buy specific coupons off a website.

There are some couponers that actually do stuff with their stockpiles such as donate items and food. Some of them sell their items at flea markets and such. But most of them just collect it. It's just consoomerism but with extra steps and a self asspat of "But it was so cheap, so I had to buy all of them". This is hoarding, plain and simple.

I know from personal experience that most shelf stable foods are only good for 3-4 months, even if the official expiration date is a year or more away. Canned grease products, like that canned frosting, mayo, and salad dressing, goes off fast. Bagged ramen noodles sometimes come with meal worms already in them. Bugs eat right through those plastic bags for cereal, crackers, beans, rice, and baking mixes. And a lot of boxed food doesn't even have a bag to protect it from mold and bugs.

 

[The Great Citracett]

Join our shopping app! Here's a virtual funkopop to further entice you!

 

[Pissmaster]

It is the same kind of autism that prevails amongst mechanical keyboard enthusiasts hoarders.

The biggest irony about collecting mechanical keyboards is how they're designed to be very customizable, with how you've got a whole selection of replacement keycaps and extensive lighting software to suit your style. Exactly the kind of modular design that keeps you from ever having to buy more than one.

 

[Kung Pow Cream]

I have a feeling those couponer cunts resell the items at a deep discount. I cannot stand these whores who stockpile useless shit cause its free, these weirdos use all their spare time they have doing it, it's a sickness

They do and that's why I mentioned in my original post. Many people sell tide and cleaning products on Facebook marketplace or at flea markets. Those people mentioned by @D.Angus actually have an entire community based around this on Instagram. There's people who will scan every item in CVS, Dollar General, and other stores on Sunday trying to find secret clearance items and then they buy the entire stock.

And then the item is made known online and them everyone and their mother tries to find it and also buy up their stock.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Yes they do.. At Dollar General, we had these people known as the "Penny People".

See when something finally gets discontinued and taken out of the system at Dollar General, usually we took it off the shelfs and sent it back/threw it out. Very rarely does it get to this point mostly because it usually gets discounted to less then a dollar and someone else picks it up. if it doesn't get sold and it's still in the store it rings up as a penny. Now the Penny People will spend literal hours, scouring the entire store for these penny items, aided by a list from "Penny Deals" or such other websites. They'll fill up a shopping cart full of items that they think will ring up as one cent, and yell for something to be taken off if it's not. So a lot of the time they'll have like 50 items, small ones mind you, but only 3-8 of those will actually ring up as a penny. You need to make sure you put those items back or into the clearance area or these fuckers will burry them into the labyrinth of shelves in your store. They will literally destroy merchandise to get their penny deal. They'll open up a two pack of mouthwash which was not a penny, but the individual bottles inside were a penny and hide the evidence.

They do all of this... Just to resell it online half the time.

Poors are a plague upon society.

 

[NoReturn]

Poors are a plague upon society.

These aren't "poors" these are... something else.
The truly poor I've known aren't people with the time to do shit like this.
These people are somehow time-wealthy and I don't get it. Are they just living off welfare? That has to be it, right?

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

These aren't "poors" these are... something else.
The truly poor I've known aren't people with the time to do shit like this.
These people are somehow time-wealthy and I don't get it. Are they just living off welfare? That has to be it, right?

"Poor" does not refer to those with little means. It refers to those who do things the most retarded way possible and keep themselves in a state of little means. See also "Gig economy" and "side hustle".

 

[NoReturn]

"Poor" does not refer to those with little means. It refers to those who do things the most retarded way possible and keep themselves in a state of little means. See also "Gig economy" and "side hustle".

You understand me. We're friends now.
Please enjoy some more dumb shit.

(What is this phenotype?)

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