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

[whitepumpkin]

That breaks @NoReturn rule.
So WHY is that fine.

Can we have @NoReturn 's rule written like the commandment for this thread then.

It's a good rule anyway. If you can't easily reach your books because of all the funko pops and harry potter candles in front of them, it's probably time to reconsider life.

 

[Canispugnax]

What makes you a consooooomer?

1. Be an autistic fuck who can't talk about anything else, but what they consoom
2. Can't stop showing off there "collection"
3. Be a faggot who puts his "collection" before other, more essential things
4. Putting your "collection" before your family and friends
5. Make that what you consoom your prime identity (related to point 1)
6. be a jew
7. Just wanting to have things to have them and not putting in the time and work to understand and know your "collection".
8. Boasting about your "collection" (related to, but not the same as point 1)
9. Have the autistic need to defend your degenerate consooming behavior.
10. Seek validation from other consoomers.
11. Brand? MUST BUY! New? MUST BUY! (AKA no impuls controle)
12. etc.

There are probably things I forgot to list, but this list makes the point.

To be a consoomer you don't need to possess all the points in the list above, but atleast a few of them to a strong degree.

 

[Arnold7834]

It is called a bookshelf not a toyshelf for a reason.

I'm talking something like this.

And a wardrobe like this.

I don't plan on going this far, but I'm thinking where exactly I can display my stuff without making it stick out.

 

[Matt Damon]

While collections may not always fall to the depths of consoomerism, collecting things is an inherently pretty faggy hobby that's tolerable at best.

I can't imagine my creative outlet being the mere acquisition of things that others have created.

 

[NoReturn]

I can't imagine my creative outlet being the mere acquisition of things that others have created.

What about it being the acquisition of things that others have created that can also expire?

 

[Minx95]

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I'm talking something like this.
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And a wardrobe like this.

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I don't plan on going this far, but I'm thinking where exactly I can display my stuff without making it stick out.

That's good man.
That's perfectly fine.
I don't know about anyone else here but having sentimental stuff from your childhood on a storage unit or on the shelves of a wardrobe
is fine.

This isn't. This dominates the entire room and is hoarding.

David Land's collection is fine given he's a motorsport fan and he's a functioning adult everywhere else.
If you start receding into a state of a child in a mans body thats where the problems start.

The average person will have some toys or collect some consoomer things.
The difference is how you act.

Some people may go after you for liking stuff they find cringy, you can't please everyone and everyone will have their own opinions.
Again as I said, KFs has differing beliefs on certain things.

Some despise pro gaming, others are open to it.
Some despise adults liking kids stuff, I'd say most are fine if you keep it mature.

This thread is about the worst of the worst. It's about those fully consumed in consooming.

 

[Arnold7834]

That's good man.
That's perfectly fine.
I don't know about anyone else here but having sentimental stuff from your childhood on a storage unit or on the shelves of a wardrobe
is fine.

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This isn't. This dominates the entire room and is hoarding.

David Land's collection is fine given he's a motorsport fan and he's a functioning adult everywhere else.
If you start receding into a state of a child in a mans body thats where the problems start.

The average person will have some toys or collect some consoomer things.
The difference is how you act.

Some people may go after you for liking stuff they find cringy, you can't please everyone and everyone will have their own opinions.
Again as I said, KFs has differing beliefs on certain things.

Some despise pro gaming, others are open to it.
Some despise adults liking kids stuff, I'd say most are fine if you keep it mature.

This thread is about the worst of the worst. It's about those fully consumed in consooming.

I get it now.
Thanks, I know I've been a pain but I really wanted to know what you guys find acceptable.
I'll try and see if I can send some of my stuff to a motor museum, I've got two that are local and they have a display of toy cars and stuff. One of them has an entire bit where they have old toys.

The rest will be put either in an attic or displayed on my storage unit or whatever.
I can swap out a few things every now and then.
I have more than just old toys though so its not like it'll just be kiddie stuff in my room/house.

One last question, you guys have mentioned people close to you, father, cousins, friends. Do you guys flat out hate them or is it just something that irked you a bit?

 

[Hippopatumus]

Once you've paid a fair price for a quality product that will last, the diminishing returns of audio equipment falls off incredibly quickly. Something like speakers simply aren't that complex from an engineering, manufacturing, or material perspective.

In some ways I agree, and in some ways I disagree. For one, I listen to 10-20 hours of music a week, so my "cost per hour" on my setup is probably well under a dollar. Second, the speakers I have are extremely high-sensitivity horn-loaded design, which has a finesse to the sound which is incredible. You can tell a difference right away when I crank it up. It's not that they go louder, it's that they are absolutely crystal clear, even into unsafe levels. For someone that listens to a ton of music, that has value. Third, it's part of my home theater so they serve multiple purposes. I'm on like my seventh projector and 5th or 6th stereo system, so it's not like I didn't know exactly what I was getting and why. We don't even have a TV, so the theater is our living room.

Spoiler

Here, I'll show my power level and derail the laughing at consoomer culture thread even further:

Mains are Klipsch Heresey 3 and Klipsch RP-640D with Polk OWM3 surrounds and a SVS PB-4000 subwoofer with a bass transducer mounted in the couch, all driven by a Crown amp and Pioneer Elite AVR. Video is a LG Cinebeam HU810PW aimed at a Silver Ticket borderless 110" screen, using custom mounts I welded up to push it off the wall a few inches in order to mount the center channel behind the screen, driven by a HTPC mounted in my equipment rack in the other room. This is a LOT of system, and while the price isn't cheap (~20k for the whole build), it's actually a very good value, given the amount of use the whole thing sees. Nobody would ever convince me that this system is not worth it. I'm actually thinking about building an entire theater building at some point just to keep the noise out of the house.

 

[Matt Damon]

In some ways I agree, and in some ways I disagree. For one, I listen to 10-20 hours of music a week, so my "cost per hour" on my setup is probably well under a dollar. Second, the speakers I have are extremely high-sensitivity horn-loaded design, which has a finesse to the sound which is incredible. You can tell a difference right away when I crank it up. It's not that they go louder, it's that they are absolutely crystal clear, even into unsafe levels. For someone that listens to a ton of music, that has value. Third, it's part of my home theater so they serve multiple purposes. I'm on like my seventh projector and 5th or 6th stereo system, so it's not like I didn't know exactly what I was getting and why. We don't even have a TV, so the theater is our living room.

Spoiler

Here, I'll show my power level and derail the laughing at consoomer culture thread even further:

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Mains are Klipsch Heresey 3 and Klipsch RP-640D with Polk OWM3 surrounds and a SVS PB-4000 subwoofer with a bass transducer mounted in the couch, all driven by a Crown amp and Pioneer Elite AVR. Video is a LG Cinebeam HU810PW aimed at a Silver Ticket borderless 110" screen, using custom mounts I welded up to push it off the wall a few inches in order to mount the center channel behind the screen, driven by a HTPC mounted in my equipment rack in the other room. This is a LOT of system, and while the price isn't cheap (~20k for the whole build), it's actually a very good value, given the amount of use the whole thing sees. Nobody would even convince me that this system is not worth it. I'm actually thinking about building an entire theater building at some point just to keep the noise out of the house.

That's going to be a lot of stuff to fit in your pod.

 

[Pissmaster]

While collections may not always fall to the depths of consoomerism, collecting things is an inherently pretty faggy hobby that's tolerable at best.

I can't imagine my creative outlet being the mere acquisition of things that others have created.

My personal theory on collections is that they're cool if I can pluck any random piece off your shelf and you can tell me something about it.

One of the faggiest collecting trends I've ever come across in my life are those people who try to buy up every single game released for a game console. Even the best platforms are full of garbage. I watched a video a few years ago of a guy who bought up every single Wii game released in North America, and whoo that's such a big collection of garbage, the city could rezone his home to a landfill. Like, imagine if you went over to that guy's house to play some Wii games. You'd have maybe ten classics at most that you'd go for; a smorgasboard of dumb shit to laugh at, and then a whooooooooooooooooooooooooooole lot of filler. You'd enjoy Punch-Out, you'd laugh at Onechanbara, and you'd browse past the countless FIFAs, Just Dances, and late 2000s movie licenses on your way to those games. Yeah, the consoomers will be wowed and love it, but at the end of the day, I sincerely doubt your copy of Scene-it Twilight and iCarly is making you feel fulfilled in life.

 

[NoReturn]

I watched a video a few years ago of a guy who bought up every single Wii game released in North America, and whoo that's such a big collection of garbage, the city could rezone his home to a landfill.

 

[Flying Whale]

That would still be what some here would call a manchild.

You can't quantify how much you need to possess in order for someone to call you a manchild. Because it doesn't depend on what you have, It depends on the standards of the person judging you. For some, 1 is all they need. 1 figurine, 1 poster, even playing 1 fucking game is enough for them to say "When are you gonna grow up"?

 

[Minx95]

I get it now.
Thanks, I know I've been a pain but I really wanted to know what you guys find acceptable.
I'll try and see if I can send some of my stuff to a motor museum, I've got two that are local and they have a display of toy cars and stuff. One of them has an entire bit where they have old toys.

The rest will be put either in an attic or displayed on my storage unit or whatever.
I can swap out a few things every now and then.
I have more than just old toys though so its not like it'll just be kiddie stuff in my room/house.

One last question, you guys have mentioned people close to you, father, cousins, friends. Do you guys flat out hate them or is it just something that irked you a bit?

Good on you.
Good luck out there.
Living as an autistic person is hard, I know.
But just don't focus too much on what people say here.

On the topic of toys from your childhood, I do want to focus on these two examples here.

This was discussed earlier and the one on the right was seen as ok.
To help out @Arnold7834 with his storage unit, is the left bad because of the transformers stuff or is it because its messy.
To me both seem just as kiddy, its just the other one looks cleaner.
Who knows what's in those boxes at the bottom of the right picture

 

[Arnold7834]

Good on you.
Good luck out there.
Living as an autistic person is hard, I know.
But just don't focus too much on what people say here.

On the topic of toys from your childhood, I do want to focus on these two examples here.
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This was discussed earlier and the one on the right was seen as ok.
To help out @Arnold7834 with his storage unit, is the left bad because of the transformers stuff or is it because its messy.
To me both seem just as kiddy, its just the other one looks cleaner.
Who knows what's in those boxes at the bottom of the right picture

The right one is almost exactly the one I have.
That's exactly what I want it to be.

 

[Minx95]

Behold! /r/battlestations!
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Not gonna lie, I do find these kinda cool.
Some of them are just way too corporate looking, but I could see me having some of this.
I'm not one of those people who'll obsess over the specs and stuff, I'll get what's good enough.
The LED stuff is kinda a love/hate thing.
I can get the vibe, but I wouldn't have it on all the time.

Yeah, that's something I've thought about with things like Pokémon and its aging playerbase - it's a franchise specifically for children, yet has a lot of adults who can't bear to ever admit that. I figure it goes back to the days when the whole "Video games are for children" idea was seriously batted around, with pearl-clutching boomers treating the existence of games like Doom as though they were slipping The Satanic Bible into every Happy Meal, not even stopping to consider that those games were designed with adults in mind. So here we are, 30 years later, with an extreme overcorrection. Boomers couldn't see video games as anything but entertainment for children, and now Millenials can't see any form of entertainment as something designed specifically for children. Same deal with My Little Pony, like, they can't even conceive the concept that where you are in life dictates what entertainment will really work for you. It's fun to find unfamiliar, new things to enjoy.

Unless you're severely autistic enough to be mentally stuck at the age where Pokémon most appeals to you.

I'd say this is a bit harsh. I'm not obsessed with Pokemon but I'm not one for the "Give up X when you reach Y" .
You got old people enjoying or being nostalgic for stuff from their childhood.

The forums themselves we have adults liking pokemon on here with pokemon profile pictures.
Again, I think its keeping the balance.

Of course the mindless just consoom product when they know its bad is exactly why this thread exists.

I've never been one to be like "kids stuff" or "adult stuff"
Of course some things are inappropriate for children and if an adult is so invested to where he consooms everything which is targeted towards kids, acts like a kid, yes they have a serious problem.

But I don't think because something is primarily targeted towards kids, means that adults can't be fans of it.
You could say that Star Trek appeals to kids. Netflix has the original star trek in the "family" genre.
Mike from RLM is heavily invested in ST. He references it a number of times. But I don't think that's bad because he acts adult.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Good on you.
Good luck out there.
Living as an autistic person is hard, I know.
But just don't focus too much on what people say here.

On the topic of toys from your childhood, I do want to focus on these two examples here.
View attachment 2813140View attachment 2813143

This was discussed earlier and the one on the right was seen as ok.
To help out @Arnold7834 with his storage unit, is the left bad because of the transformers stuff or is it because its messy.
To me both seem just as kiddy, its just the other one looks cleaner.
Who knows what's in those boxes at the bottom of the right picture

The left is bad because of how oddly barren yet cluttered it is. There's a custom art print just thrown on top of a box fan. Cds stored in a very weird fucking manner, random items thrown in a cardboard bag, funko pops on every shelf, that kind of shit.

The right, while still a bit to "clean" for my tastes is clearly going for a display cabinet kind of look. Kind of has what that star wars room thing had but on the scale of just a single shelf unit going, and it probably actual livable space within said room off-camera. It's less about how "kiddy" something is and more tied to how things are laid out.

 

[admiral]

Good on you.
Good luck out there.
Living as an autistic person is hard, I know.
But just don't focus too much on what people say here.

On the topic of toys from your childhood, I do want to focus on these two examples here.
View attachment 2813140View attachment 2813143

This was discussed earlier and the one on the right was seen as ok.
To help out @Arnold7834 with his storage unit, is the left bad because of the transformers stuff or is it because its messy.
To me both seem just as kiddy, its just the other one looks cleaner.
Who knows what's in those boxes at the bottom of the right picture

Both of these look like they'd be an absolute nightmare to dust and keep clean/free of spiderwebs and whatnot. That's my problem with cluttered up consoomer caves- they must be thick with dust and cobwebs. Is the average manchild really capable of maintaining a cleaning schedule? Most of them can't even take a shower every other day, let alone dust 500 fiddly pieces of plastic.

Even if you could keep on top of the cleaning- what a waste of time it would be. It takes me half an hour to clean my room properly- hoovering, wiping the shelves, watering the plants, dusting in the hard-to-reach places, and emptying the bin. I don't even have a lot of stuff, let alone shelves upon shelves of crap.

 

[Pissmaster]

This thread's getting overrun by a couple of boring retards without avatars who have the exact same writing style

Quickly, someone, start posting silly collections like this:

 

[Neet Tokusatsu]

This thread's getting overrun by a couple of boring retards without avatars who have the exact same writing style

Quickly, someone, start posting silly collections like this:
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And they joined in the very same month with a few days of difference, such a coincidence.

 

[The Lawgiver]

Both of these look like they'd be an absolute nightmare to dust and keep clean/free of spiderwebs and whatnot. That's my problem with cluttered up consoomer caves- they must be thick with dust and cobwebs. Is the average manchild really capable of maintaining a cleaning schedule? Most of them can't even take a shower every other day, let alone dust 500 fiddly pieces of plastic.

Even if you could keep on top of the cleaning- what a waste of time it would be. It takes me half an hour to clean my room properly- hoovering, wiping the shelves, watering the plants, dusting in the hard-to-reach places, and emptying the bin. I don't even have a lot of stuff, let alone shelves upon shelves of crap.

Dust and spiders are gonna do what they do regardless, IMO unless you got mold or fungus infesting your house dusting doesn't need to be a top priority, just remember to do it every few months or every year or whatever cause that shit builds up.

This thread's getting overrun by a couple of boring retards without avatars who have the exact same writing style

Quickly, someone, start posting silly collections like this:
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