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

[NoReturn]

Jesus Christ I hate this 'smart home' shit being pushed by the corporations. Kitchen appliances do not need bluetooth capabilities or wifi.

Ok, how about bathroom things?
Not even appliances. This is a TP holder:

 

[HEXbox Carousel]

Ok, how about bathroom things?
Not even appliances. This is a TP holder:
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The worst thing about these is that I know some of my coworkers would buy them.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Ok, how about bathroom things?
Not even appliances. This is a TP holder:
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Gott en Himmel.

 

[Toolbox]

Ok, how about bathroom things?
Not even appliances. This is a TP holder:
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This shit exists and people wonder why there's a chip shortage.

 

[make_it_so]

Ok, how about bathroom things?
Not even appliances. This is a TP holder:
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"Alexa, I need TP for my bunghole!"

 

[Crepidodera fulvicornis]

"Alexa, I need TP for my bunghole!"

“Tough shit, el oh el” — Alexa

 

[Hijaboholic]

The only "smart" product that is decent are smart TVs. Minus the ads some companies forces you to have as part of the UI and ads in apps like Youtube, being able to watch something from a media streaming platform without having to plugin another device is quite nice. Past that nothing else other than phones, computers, consoles and tablets should have internet access.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

The only "smart" product that is decent are smart TVs. Minus the ads some companies forces you to have as part of the UI and ads in apps like Youtube, being able to watch something from a media streaming platform without having to plugin another device is quite nice. Past that nothing else other than phones, computers, consoles and tablets should have internet access.

The fact that my TV isn't just a TV and forces me to watch ads through shit ass streaming apps rather than just serve as a large computer moniter makes Smart TVs just as retarded. TVs should just be TVs, the fact that I can't buy a non smartTV at any of my local stores and had to go online to find one makes it even worse.

 

[Admin Dissipate Swordfish]

The only "smart" product that is decent are smart TVs. Minus the ads some companies forces you to have as part of the UI and ads in apps like Youtube, being able to watch something from a media streaming platform without having to plugin another device is quite nice. Past that nothing else other than phones, computers, consoles and tablets should have internet access.

Chromecasts are a solid contender. No need to deal with a shitty UI through a remote control; just cast videos to the device and turn the dumb TV to a smart TV.

It's really hard to justify the Smart TV experience when a Chromecast gets you 80-90% there with a relatively smooth experience

 

[𝕺𝖑' 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖔]

So @RiceofSkywalker recently reminded me that Disney thought that making $40 aphrodisiac lipsticks for adults was a good way to promote Star Wars.
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And the sad part is that they still consoom the overpriced make up since 2015. Some don't even use it, or if they do they just use one and buy the rest for bragging rights.
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Some of the buyers aren't even women. $40 or more for this shit. Star Wars make up should be the kind of thing that's sold as part of an alien halloween costume kit or as a $5 dollar cosmetic kit for little girls.


The Disney consumerism in particular is probably the weirdest to me imo. It just seems like a borderline cult where they automatically love whatever is they do to almost fanatical levels even when it isn't that impressive, and all because they made musicals for kids. I mean obsessing over Disney is something that's been going in since the 90s and was always annoying but its something that I think truly reached its peak in 2013 with the release of Frozen. I've never seen people get so obsessive over a corporation on a large scale. I remember that even in the 90s and 2000s people and the media would joke about Disney's shit working conditions, the fading out of 2D or even joke about them being an evil corporation, but ever since 2013 the criticisms toward Disney just slowly disappeared from the mainstream, and groups that would call out their abandonment of 2D animation faded away to the point where they became minor discussions or a mute point. Doesn't help that they now own a tremendous chunk of the media industry, and people still treat this like a good thing.

I mean just compare then-

- to now.

The Simpsons itself went from a hilarious, timeless and delightful satire of American society to dumb, overly topical bullshit about 20 years ago anyway

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

The Simpsons itself went from a hilarious, timeless and delightful satire of American society to dumb, overly topical bullshit about 20 years ago anyway

In many ways you could make the argument that it was always overly topical dumb bullshit.

 

[Kabuki Actor]

The only "smart" product that is decent are smart TVs. Minus the ads some companies forces you to have as part of the UI and ads in apps like Youtube, being able to watch something from a media streaming platform without having to plugin another device is quite nice.

Smart TVs are still just a lobotomized PC.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Smart TVs are still just a lobotomized PC.

Honestly the only thing in your house that should have internet access is your PC.

 

[Hijaboholic]

The fact that my TV isn't just a TV and forces me to watch ads through shit ass streaming apps rather than just serve as a large computer moniter makes Smart TVs just as retarded

I believe you can use something like a PiHole to block them, or if I remember correctly install apps like Newpipe on some of them.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

I believe you can use something like a PiHole to block them, or if I remember correctly install apps like Newpipe on some of them.

Sometimes yes, many times no, but even then you're stuck with TV remote menus. Honestly it's just best to get a cheap wireless mouse and keyboard and hook a regular TV up to your PC since that way you get the full functionality of the website and browser.

 

[EquifraxSevven]

This is neither here nor there, but this thread reminded me of the time I was at the dentist. I was sitting there, down in the chair like they usually have you positioned, near the end of the visit where the "head" dentist comes over to check your teeth and give a final look around at their condition. It was near Halloween and they were talking about the masks and costumes they would have for Halloween.
Anyways, the reason it reminded me of that was because the subject came up of Facebook ads, and the head dentist poking around at my teeth was like, "Oh yeah, I buy stuff from those all the time, I can't even help it half the time". I was just kind of awestruck because I felt like I was Captain Ahab meeting his Moby Dick, except it was a whale made of shit instead of valuable whale oil. People actually buy stuff from FB and Instagram ads, evidently. I have yet to meet another specimen in the wild that does this, but I never forgot it, mainly because I was sitting there gobsmacked that those ads actually attracted SOME form of an audience. Maybe this happens more often than I think or thought it would, but I feel like it has to be fairly niche that those ads actually work. Just me?

 

[Kuchipatchi]

The fact that my TV isn't just a TV and forces me to watch ads through shit ass streaming apps rather than just serve as a large computer moniter makes Smart TVs just as retarded. TVs should just be TVs, the fact that I can't buy a non smartTV at any of my local stores and had to go online to find one makes it even worse.

I hate Smart TVs so much. I'm worried about the day my TV (from 2010) kicks the bucket, I have to scour the shops and car boot sales for a dumb TV.
I hate all these menus because they're so slow! If I want to watch YT on a big screen, I'd rather connect my PC and I get to use as block too! Though I'll need a wireless keyboard and mouse for use away from my desk but it'll be more worth it than sitting through annoying ads.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

If we included food consoomers too, people in this thread will ask "Do I consoom too much food?"

that one at least is a lot more objective, something a scale and a mirror can answer.

The HAES crowd are perfect consumer units, their whole ideology is about unhinged consooming in excess with no shame or any consideration for their health or appearance, a total inversion of common sense.

Ok, how about bathroom things?
Not even appliances. This is a TP holder:
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Even toilet paper tracks your data now, smh. This is ironically a socialist wet dream, keeping score everything you do so they can micromanage you down to the smallest details, now i think i am starting to get the Big Corpo marxism dicksucking, even though they are private conglomerates Silicon Valley technocrats see themselves as the central commite that gets to use data to plan society, they found the perfect market workaround just like the Chinese Communist Party did.

The Simpsons itself went from a hilarious, timeless and delightful satire of American society to dumb, overly topical bullshit about 20 years ago anyway

What made them even better was that everything else on TV was corny crap. The original writing team saw the signs during season 8, they even made that "spin off showcase" episode as satire of the show devolving into corny crap if it didn't end . Its still one of my favorites due to that level of sheer cynicism and how right they were.

I think more irreverent media is bound to make a comeback, eventually someone will get tired of bleeding money on wokeshit and will allow irreverence, all it takes is one IP doing well to break through to open the floodgates and the conformist wokeshit shit is bombing

 

[Return of the Freaker]

I felt like I was Captain Ahab meeting his Moby Dick

Gay

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

People actually buy stuff from FB and Instagram ads, evidently.

I think my parents have, but they mostly use it to sell junk. Apparently it's useful to boomers or something, who knows.