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

[Neet Tokusatsu]

i don't know if people re-marrying is consumeristic per se, but the marriage industry really is. Wedding events and all that comes with it is money down the drain in so many ways that i respect the couples that just do a small house gatherings with their inmediate family instead of starting their life together with the crippling debt from their wedding party and their honeymoon. Same with fancy wedding rings, the diamong industry is cancer and those things are not worth even a fraction of what they sell for, people have this magical thinking that the more they spend on a wedding the more commitment the relationship will have but thats so not true in reality.

If someone remarries several times and each time they do a big blowout that person would definitely count as worst case wedding consumer

This so fucking much, i'm fully convinced one of the main reasons why most families where i live never get out of poverty it's because of weddings, it is pretty much the norm that poor families feel they must expend years worth of their income on a single night, not caring if the marrying couple doesn't even have furniture in their new house (if they even can afford a home in the first place), as long as they feel like rich people for at least one night in their entire lives, in most cases the wedding ends being a huge financial blow most poor couples/families never recover from, and when the couple have kids and they grow up, they want to have same fancy wedding their parents did, starting the cycle again.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

Honestly, if you want diamond jewelry, you can find some nice pieces for cheap. Buy one, take care of it, and even though your grandkids probably can't sell it for a million dollars, it'll still be a nice heirloom. Really, a small ring or necklace is all you need. There's no need to consoom jewels today. The chances of you finding out a ring you bought in a store is worth millions a la Antiques Roadshow isn't going to happen.

Jewelry can be an investment on its own since the price of natural diamonds and of course the price of gold/precious metals is basically a constant. The artistic value of the ring/necklace/whatever also adds to the value although that can be more dependent on trends and fads. Now obviously it's not morally right to sell a gift like this for money, but people in serious debt do sell their jewelry, and it will keep pace with inflation so you'll probably get your money back. And if you don't sell it, a descendent of yours might need to sell it.

Based on that, I'd say expensive jewelry is worth consideration if you think of it as an asset, although it's almost certainly foolish to purchase something too much more expensive than the value of the precious metal and gemstone.

 

[Yeeted Teet]

Jewelry can be an investment on its own since the price of natural diamonds and of course the price of gold/precious metals is basically a constant. The artistic value of the ring/necklace/whatever also adds to the value although that can be more dependent on trends and fads. Now obviously it's not morally right to sell a gift like this for money, but people in serious debt do sell their jewelry, and it will keep pace with inflation so you'll probably get your money back. And if you don't sell it, a descendent of yours might need to sell it.

Based on that, I'd say expensive jewelry is worth consideration if you think of it as an asset, although it's almost certainly foolish to purchase something too much more expensive than the value of the precious metal and gemstone.

Diamonds are like cars, they lose half their value before you've even gotten home. Antique or otherwise special rings can go up in value but the average ring the average person buys in the average jewellery shop is going to be worth a fraction of what they paid if they ever decide to sell it.

Don't kid yourself that big purchases are worth it because they're an "investment", almost everything depreciates with use. Buy the things you want, within reason, and enjoy them.

 

[NoReturn]

i don't know if people re-marrying is consumeristic per se, but the marriage industry really is. Wedding events and all that comes with it is money down the drain in so many ways that i respect the couples that just do a small house gatherings with their inmediate family instead of starting their life together with the crippling debt from their wedding party and their honeymoon. Same with fancy wedding rings, the diamong industry is cancer and those things are not worth even a fraction of what they sell for, people have this magical thinking that the more they spend on a wedding the more commitment the relationship will have but thats so not true in reality.

If someone remarries several times and each time they do a big blowout that person would definitely count as worst case wedding consumer

Join us in the Bad Marriage Trends thread, folks!

Jewelry can be an investment on its own since the price of natural diamonds and of course the price of gold/precious metals is basically a constant. The artistic value of the ring/necklace/whatever also adds to the value although that can be more dependent on trends and fads. Now obviously it's not morally right to sell a gift like this for money, but people in serious debt do sell their jewelry, and it will keep pace with inflation so you'll probably get your money back. And if you don't sell it, a descendent of yours might need to sell it.

Based on that, I'd say expensive jewelry is worth consideration if you think of it as an asset, although it's almost certainly foolish to purchase something too much more expensive than the value of the precious metal and gemstone.

Godmother told me that jewelry used to be (and in many places still is) a big deal because it was a form of wealth woman could own outright even when they weren't allowed to have bank accounts, etc.
So, for example, if you gave you married daughter $1000, under coverture that money actually became the man's property. However, if you gave her a ring worth that same amount it would still legally belong to the woman.

 

[George Lucas]

Diamonds are like cars, they lose half their value before you've even gotten home. Antique or otherwise special rings can go up in value but the average ring the average person buys in the average jewellery shop is going to be worth a fraction of what they paid if they ever decide to sell it.

Don't kid yourself that big purchases are worth it because they're an "investment", almost everything depreciates with use. Buy the things you want, within reason, and enjoy them.

Okay, then it shouldn’t be a problem to spend the same amount on a diamond as you spend on a car, right?

There is one thing that’s different between the two: one can rust.

 

[moocow]

Those blank Funkos are actually something that's pretty common on the art toys and custom figures circles:

Seeing that first blank, I couldn't help but be reminded of Marvin from the last HHGTTG movie:

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

This so fucking much, i'm fully convinced one of the main reasons why most families where i live never get out of poverty it's because of weddings, it is pretty much the norm that poor families feel they must expend years worth of their income on a single night, not caring if the marrying couple doesn't even have furniture in their new house (if they even can afford a home in the first place), as long as they feel like rich people for at least one night in their entire lives, in most cases the wedding ends being a huge financial blow most poor couples/families never recover from, and when the couple have kids and they grow up, they want to have same fancy wedding their parents did, starting the cycle again.

thats totally Latin america . Quinceañeras and Weddings get truly insane, you'd think is only narcos or crook politicians with money to burn but even poorfags waste their savings on these balls even though is 3 generations of people with shitty jobs living in the same household and when grandpa gets sick they are begging money online because they can't afford treatment. I've even known of people selling cars and property to pay for wedding parties. Priorities amirite.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

This is real by the way
https://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/rvutxw/this_whole_covid_thing_has_been_like_a_really/
https://archive.ph/D7it0

 

[Neet Tokusatsu]

thats totally Latin america . Quinceañeras and Weddings get truly insane, you'd think is only narcos or crook politicians with money to burn but even poorfags waste their savings on these balls even though is 3 generations of people with shitty jobs living in the same household and when grandpa gets sick they are begging money online because they can't afford treatment. I've even known of people selling cars and property to pay for wedding parties. Priorities amirite.

Either that, or they take a loan and spend the next few years decades just paying interest.

 

[celebrityskin]

Lmaooooo weebs will waste money on any shit

 

[Kabuki Actor]

This is real by the way
https://www.reddit.com/r/fivenights...his_whole_covid_thing_has_been_like_a_really/
https://archive.ph/D7it0

And it's FAKE and GAY with an INSUFFERABLE FANBASE.

 

[Gar For Archer]

View attachment 2915382Lmaooooo weebs will waste money on any shit

I heard you like consooming, so have this Hello Kitty McDonald’s tray so you can consoom while you consoom!

 

[Fialovy]

i don't know if people re-marrying is consumeristic per se, but the marriage industry really is. Wedding events and all that comes with it is money down the drain in so many ways that i respect the couples that just do a small house gatherings with their inmediate family instead of starting their life together with the crippling debt from their wedding party and their honeymoon. Same with fancy wedding rings, the diamong industry is cancer and those things are not worth even a fraction of what they sell for, people have this magical thinking that the more they spend on a wedding the more commitment the relationship will have but thats so not true in reality.

If someone remarries several times and each time they do a big blowout that person would definitely count as worst case wedding consumer

I mentioned this in the Beauty Parlor's weddings thread, but I feel like COVID has definitely shown who wants to get married versus who just wants a pretty princess party. The ones who just want to get married and care about the relationship more went with the flow despite their plans changing while the ones who just wanted a big party had a meltdown.

Of course, that still doesn't stop the wedding industry from trying to encourage people to do a reception at a later date or do a "do-over" vow renewal and whatnot. Vow renewals are even more pointless IMHO.

I do understand people wanting to celebrate with their families and friends in some ways, but that can still be done relatively inexpensive, in the 50s, it was usually just a cake and punch reception at the church and they invited the whole congregation. Mormons still very much do this to this day. I feel like it wasn't until about the 70s-80s when weddings started getting crazy.

 

[Accept Only Substitutes]

I mentioned this in the Beauty Parlor's weddings thread, but I feel like COVID has definitely shown who wants to get married versus who just wants a pretty princess party. The ones who just want to get married and care about the relationship more went with the flow despite their plans changing while the ones who just wanted a big party had a meltdown.

Of course, that still doesn't stop the wedding industry from trying to encourage people to do a reception at a later date or do a "do-over" vow renewal and whatnot. Vow renewals are even more pointless IMHO.

I do understand people wanting to celebrate with their families and friends in some ways, but that can still be done relatively inexpensive, in the 50s, it was usually just a cake and punch reception at the church and they invited the whole congregation. Mormons still very much do this to this day. I feel like it wasn't until about the 70s-80s when weddings started getting crazy.

That was Mr Accept Only Substitutes and my wedding. We did individual pastries instead of cake, but the entire wedding ran A few hundred dollars. The whole day is a blur now, so why spend a fortune on it? We must have done something right because people still bring up the pastries we had almost two decades later!

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Okay, then it shouldn’t be a problem to spend the same amount on a diamond as you spend on a car, right?

There is one thing that’s different between the two: one can rust.

Cars can rust, but they can also be restored. It might be worth it for some classics that auction for ridiculous amounts at something like Mecum or Barret Jacksons, but the percentage of cars that appreciate in value like that is minuscule. OCD collectors will also preserve them in climate controlled garages, rarely drive them, put them in bubbles for storage, and the like.

 

[Pissmaster]

Was looking for something and came across this:

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and of course it came from Reddit:

This is 3 years worth of collecting video game guitar controllers. 80 different guitars in all. Guitar Hero and Rock Band are my favorite games of all-time. My wife and I still have jam sessions late into the night. I know all the "real guitar players" are gonna hate, but I can actually play some real guitar as well. This had been a joy to collect and I hope to one day top 100 different guitars. Thanks for looking!

I used to like that game, and I can personally vouch that about 95% of those are total garbage. Even the official controllers weren't particularly high quality, but the best one was easily this white one, that came with Guitar Hero 2 on Xbox 360:


Yet he only seems to have one, among his sea of knockoffs and trash.

 

[Neet Tokusatsu]

This is real by the way
https://www.reddit.com/r/fivenights...his_whole_covid_thing_has_been_like_a_really/
https://archive.ph/D7it0

Even if he says that, this particular bit got my attention

a new game comes out and you're forced to play it out of societal obligation.

Even if the post is satire, that particular sentence is very much true, we have all seen it many times in this thread, a few pages back there was a post on reddit from a Pokefag who was saying that he hasn't enjoyed Pokemon since Gen IV, but still keeps buying both versions of every new generation to this day because "it's pokemon". Makes me wonder how many other long running franchises have consoomers like that.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

I used to like that game, and I can personally vouch that about 95% of those are total garbage. Even the official controllers weren't particularly high quality, but the best one was easily this white one, that came with Guitar Hero 2 on Xbox 360:

On top of that they used to sell removable face plates for the GH3 controllers so you could just buy those and do some paint work or whatever.

 

[Accept Only Substitutes]

Was looking for something and came across this:
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and of course it came from Reddit:


I used to like that game, and I can personally vouch that about 95% of those are total garbage. Even the official controllers weren't particularly high quality, but the best one was easily this white one, that came with Guitar Hero 2 on Xbox 360:
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Yet he only seems to have one, among his sea of knockoffs and trash.

At first I thought that was real guitars and thought "that's pretty autistic, but at least they are usable and presumably the collector knows how to play".

Whomp, Whomp. Nope, it's just controllers for a video game. That's both autistic and lame. Also, I had no idea there were that many different controllers for that game. I had Rock Band (with the drums and everything) for the 360 but never played it, or the 360, so I sold the whole mess to a dude with an eight year old who wanted it for family game nights. I hope they got lots of use out of it.


ETA: replying to @Neet Tokusatsu Hero

Makes me wonder how many other long running franchises have consoomers like that.

All long running MMOs. Specifically WoW. I used to play, and when an expansion would come out all the players would run out and buy it day of release. Back a few expansions ago there would be midnight releases and people waiting in line for days, but I don't know if that's a thing anymore. I don't think so.

But! Then, soon as they'd start playing the expansion the bitching would start. You name it, they'd have issues with it. Even things that weren't actually problems that needed fixing were horrible problems that was killing Blizzard and contributing to the downfall of the game/why no one was subscribing anymore (yes, that's why there's always a crowd twenty players deep and thirty players wide in front of every auctioned, because no one subscribes anymore).

Even in my less well known MMO there's a ton of bitching, mostly about lag, which there's only so much the game manufacturers can do about. But everyone still buts the new content, most people pay for the VIP subscription, etc.

 

[CryptoHermit]

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Even if he says that, this particular bit got my attention



Even if the post is satire, that particular sentence is very much true, we have all seen it many times in this thread, a few pages back there was a post on reddit from a Pokefag who was saying that he hasn't enjoyed Pokemon since Gen IV, but still keeps buying both versions of every new generation to this day because "it's pokemon". Makes me wonder how many other long running franchises have consoomers like that.

Sunk cost and nostalgia is rough. I have a backlog of games that have only an few hours into them, if it's not fun within a reasonable time then you just drop it.