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

[Marche]

I’m surprised how people will still consume more Disney product even after the news story where a family had to wait seven hours in line for a dragon shaped popcorn bucket.

Its probably not true, but these e-celebs that love Disney have to be aware of that story. It’ll just be interesting what their reaction is if that ever happened to them at a theme park.

they are part of the reason people had to wait 7 hours for it.
These people don't see it as a bad thing, they just consoom and see high demand for even more reason to consoom.

 

[moocow]

Its probably not true

Oh it's true. There have been videos posted earlier in the thread showing Disney drones standing in lines that stretch all the way to Spain to get one of those stupid fucking popcorn buckets.

If Disney weren't one of the single most evil companies on earth I'd begrudgingly grant them respect and admiration for how masterfully they've cultivated their rabid consoomer fans. It's so cult-like.

 

[ten dollars off]

I can't quite articulate it, but there is something so incredibly irritating about Youtube video thumbnails where people present their collection or new additions to their collection like some kind of incredible event we should all be celebrating and congratulating them on.

I remember seeing Metal Jesus Rocks video game collection update videos with captions like, "600+ NEW GAMES! 5 NEW SYSTEMS! 10 NEW PC GAMES! OVER 50 CONTROLLERS!" as if it were some kind of offer to the viewer, or otherwise somehow benefitted them. No, it's just a middle-aged man trying to compensate for his lack of chin by hoarding games.

 

[Gar For Archer]

Oh it's true. There have been videos posted earlier in the thread showing Disney drones standing in lines that stretch all the way to Spain to get one of those stupid fucking popcorn buckets.

If Disney weren't one of the single most evil companies on earth I'd begrudgingly grant them respect and admiration for how masterfully they've cultivated their rabid consoomer fans. It's so cult-like.

I have to wonder though, is it sustainable? Are today’s kids still going to grow up into tomorrow’s Disney drones?

I feel like the last Disney movie that had any sort of widespread cultural impact was Frozen, and that’s nearly a decade behind us at this point.

 

[Vingle]

None of the food in the three videos below looks like actual food.
LMAO at all the Loungefly bags in the wide shots, though.

They are sperging so much about the damn banana and strawberry popcorn. Dude, wtf. That sounds nasty as fuck.
Not too fond of caramel on popcorn either, just keep it strictly to butter and salty spices. A pre-made mix made for grilled foods is perfect.

 

[WULULULULU]

Funko's are the equivalent of those stupid Chinese "Zeus" branded peripherals that most shit-tier electronic shops tape around your purchase. It has the aesthetic of a computer peripheral but there is no drive to modify the keyboard/mouse settings and is made out of plastic, oh and it is very fucking unpleasant to look at with all those RGB crap.

I mean, I'm glad no Funko has ever gotten into my place but fuck me if one even was gifted to me, I would politely suggest telling that person, no thanks. Plushies are better.

 

[NoReturn]

I feel like the last Disney movie that had any sort of widespread cultural impact was Frozen, and that’s nearly a decade behind us at this point.

I think part of is is the whole globalization thing. Not only were the Disney "classics" made with an America-first audience in mind, but the money made it worth it even in the Disney dark age.
Nowadays we have shit like mobile games that make many many times the box office amounts pulled by film, and Disney appears to be pivoting (very unsuccessfully) to the "Pokémon" model. To be specific, Pokémon is a "merchandize and lifestyle brand" that has games, a show and some movies as part of the brand; they are not, as many people assume, primarily a game brand anymore.

 

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I think part of is is the whole globalization thing. Not only were the Disney "classics" made with an America-first audience in mind, but the money made it worth it even in the Disney dark age.
Nowadays we have shit like mobile games that make many many times the box office amounts pulled by film, and Disney appears to be pivoting (very unsuccessfully) to the "Pokémon" model. To be specific, Pokémon is a "merchandize and lifestyle brand" that has games, a show and some movies as part of the brand; they are not, as many people assume, primarily a game brand anymore.

Disney has been a lifestyle brand long before Pokemon was, if anything it's Nintendo who followed that path. As a kid in the late 90s, you could get a lot more Disney stuff than Pokemon (or any other Nintendo thing). The only thing that's changed is that since the 00s or so they don't target kids so much as everyone.

 

[AdmiralRenae]

Chinese, Pakistanis and Turks seem to love this "aesthetic". Fake marble, fake chandeliers, European fashion brands everywhere.

Whenever I was flying for work, you always bump into bored Chinese housewives on solo vacations - Burberry bags, Gucci iPhone cases, and every other kind of braindead purchase you can conjure up. They've no idea what they're doing, they're just emulating successful white people (and failing).

Back with another Chinese consoomer vid:

https://twitter.com/GenieGene_PS/status/1480550420321820677

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Yes because everyone needs an automatic glasses cleaner and tomato washer, jobs which can be done in 20 seconds

Also why is everything just so... ugly? From the tacky marble walls and flooring, to the ramen slop she's eating, to the cheap plastic and rubber 'kawaii' stuff. A lot of money and not a lot of taste.

More of this crap:
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Why would I want a Persian rug?
Not being facetious. I've actually have a chance to check them out in-person, and they just seem like a white elephant.

I think they love trying to be the “rich white people” just so they can brag to their friends “hey look I got this new Mercedes and Louis Vuitton handbags” because they are so self centered and have no other hobby other then mainstream shit.

Then they will be like “wHy cAnT yoU bE mOre lIKe uS” if you present your lifestyle or shame you on your shit when I said “I mean it’s clothing, if it works it works” I once got told I was wrong that I think a car is a car if it can get you places. “Because luxury car better lol”

Spoiler: Personal Sperg corner

I am into militaria and military clothing, naval stuff.

 

[Tetra]

We ran out of corporations that wanted to work with us so you do it

 

[ten dollars off]

I'm actually really surprised that Funko didn't preemptively protect themselves against the inevitable butthurt consoomers whining about the lack of a non-binary pop figure. So far I only see male and female for sale.

 

[Shig O'nella]

So yeah, we can blame the boomers for starting it... each generation since then kicks it up a notch, and the internet gave it steroids. Like you said it's evolved into hyper-consooming at this point.

No. Wander over to a museum and have a look at the Victorian era stuff. They started the modern version of consooming.

 

[Moguro Fukuzou]

I absolutely hate nowadays that even if you want a nice figure of a character all you're likely to find is a shitty funko because they're so much easier to produce. Even if it's not a funko it's always those cheap looking blind bag figures that all share the same base.

 

[Pissmaster]

We ran out of corporations that wanted to work with us so you do it

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Imagine a room just full of those all sitting on shelves, completely unpainted

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

We ran out of corporations that wanted to work with us so you do it

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An NPC that looks like a Funko Pop is ironically one of the greatest things that POP! CUSTOM has ever done.

 

[NoReturn]

Blue shrimp.

We ran out of corporations that wanted to work with us so you do it

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An NPC that looks like a Funko Pop is ironically one of the greatest things that POP! CUSTOM has ever done.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Blue shrimp.

Maybe I'm just paranoid but if the food isn't naturally the color it is served to you as you shouldn't eat it.

 

[Autistic Joe]

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[𝕺𝖑' 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖔]

I find it funnier that she comes home to all these gadgets that are single use for the most part, then she makes instant noodles (which didn't look appetizing) and watched a show on her tiny phone screen. It reminded me of that jook's to go where she dumps a bunch of sugar into a bowl and shoves one of her pink phones into a mini plastic TV to pretend like she's not pathetically staring at a phone screen eating garbage.

Embrace the cheap plastic chinese life, comrades.

I prefer watching movies on my phone because tvs take up a lot of space and I'd rather use my space for anything other than a giant, redundant screen that i would only use for a few hours a week anyway. Watching a movie on your phone feels cozy af, like curling up with a book.

 

[Standardized Profile]

I prefer watching movies on my phone because tvs take up a lot of space and I'd rather use my space for anything other than a giant, redundant screen that i would only use for a few hours a week anyway. Watching a movie on your phone feels cozy af, like curling up with a book.