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

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I do not know why seeing as I am neither a woman nor a faggot but recently, I have been receiving Youtube Ads for the smartphone App “Depop“ which is an online marketplace for selling and buying used trendy and fashionable clothing. In the advertisement that I am being shown, an effeminate sounding negro says something along the lines of “I find out what the new trend is....and then I buy it *effeminate giggle*“. Really blatant promotion of mindless consumerism.

>trendy clothing
>used
How does that even make sense? If it's trendy, aren't you supposed to wear it until it isn't trendy and THEN sell it?

i like some of the very old school advertising work from maybe the 1960s or under because a lot of it was still almost naive compared to today.

"Buy food brand because food brand is tasty yum!" with a beautiful illustration of a lady and the product looking impecable. Everyone knows its an ad , obviously is seeling you something material and it is advertising on the intrinsic qualities of the product. A lot of car ads from the 50s and 60s specially are really nice, with often great artwork.

Nowadays every ad is an obtuse psy ops, products are supposed to be moral, a part of your identity, even a political expression, the object itself of the ad campaign is an afterthough, they are selling you an abstract idea of a product through very indirect means. Conceptually what the consumer wants or needs doesn't matter as much anymore, because the ad psy ops wants to create a want and a need in someone who didn't have those before, so who gives a shit if you are someone who likes tomatoes or not, they'll sell you the idea of wanting to be someone who buys tomatoes and will exploit every insecurity to get to the goal line. Nowadays you can't even 100% tell whats an sponsored ad and what is content, every media has covert advertising and subliminal messages, if they know you are sick of ads they'll astroturf or hide them into something else pretending is not an ad, even on the news. "every day until you like it".

No, even way back then they used psyops to get you to buy into ads. A classic example is how from the 1920s onward they (and by "they" I mean "propaganda expert Edward Bernays") tied smoking to feminism and women's liberation starting with things like calling cigarettes "torches of freedom" which they even had placed into newspapers as some comment about why women were smoking. Edward Bernays said that "advertising competes with the news," therefore he had to find ways to get journos to write about the subject of his campaign. Or the infamous "doctors recommend Camel cigarettes" in the 50s was not just a way to get a trusted figure to sell you cigarettes, but also to alleviate the "is it healthy for you?" question.

If I had to notice a difference from classic advertising, advertising today really hammers you with the "brand as a lifestyle" angle that gets almost religious at times. I guess this is the logical outgrowth from the typical brand loyalty angle, but it's emphasized with all the other shit they sell that goes along with it. I'd say this probably originated as cross-pollination with merchandising for cartoons and TV shows starting around the 60s. For instance, say you like Corvettes. It isn't just a car. You can get all sorts of clothing, models, calendars, etc. branded with Corvettes on them, play a shitty PS2 racing game that only has Corvettes, and of course can go to the Corvette Museum in Kentucky where you can even get recursive merch like a Corvette Museum T-Shirt.

I had a class like that in college...thank god. I can't imagine it still exists. Probably turned it into something like "Manufacturing Outrage for Fun and Profit 101".

For me it was just a short and easy little class to pad out my required units but it still helps me avoid many of the tricks even to this day. The tech has gotten more sophisticated, but at the end of the day bullshit still stinks.

One of the most informative classes I ever took in college was about the history of the tobacco industry, and that's because it doubled as a look into how advertising and PR evolved because the tobacco industry was at the forefront of the evolution of advertising and PR to their current forms. For instance, Edward Bernays (professor showed clips from that one documentary on Edward Bernays in class) used psychological techniques (the same he used for World War I propaganda campaigns he consulted on) to convince people to buy cigarettes and convince journalists to give free press to his campaigns. It was one of the best ways for teaching critical thinking I ever had in college, even if the professor himself would disagree with some of the conclusions I drew from it.

And it's come so much further these days than the tricks Edward Bernays or 50s PR firms were using to inform the public about the joys of smoking.

 

[Retired Junta Member]

Just passing here to inform you of the new trend I discovered on IG: Disneybounding or just bounding. It basically means “choosing” one or multiple characters whom you feel in contact with, and dressing up and acting like them irl BUT undercover, so your outfits and decors will be “inspired” by the character.

Yes, it’s adults who do that.
Yes, Disney is using the concept of kinning (may Allah forgive me for even uttering this word) to make money.

 

[Mdabrik]

As people really don't pay attention to some strangers shoes.

Its one of the first things I look at and I will judge you, if you got no game

 

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Its one of the first things I look at and I will judge you, if you got no game

Stop consooming shoes. You don't need every new pair of Jordan's, Jamal.

 

[Accept Only Substitutes]

So I have this t-shirt. I bought it about eight years ago because the octopus knits (and I'm lame and gay). I have worn it twice in the last month or so and gotten compliments because "it looks like those squishy toys". Fucking squishmellows.

(I still love the shirt; fight me)

 

[NoReturn]

Just passing here to inform you of the new trend I discovered on IG: Disneybounding or just bounding. It basically means “choosing” one or multiple characters whom you feel in contact with, and dressing up and acting like them irl BUT undercover, so your outfits and decors will be “inspired” by the character.

Yes, it’s adults who do that.
Yes, Disney is using the concept of kinning (may Allah forgive me for even uttering this word) to make money.

Spoiler: Off-topic, with videos and photos

No silly, you're not appreciating the nuance.
Disneybounding is a way of dressing up like a character but not in-costume. It started because of Disney's rules that adults can't dress in costumes.

It has since expanded beyond the parks.

It's sister-"hobby" is "casual cosplay" or occasionally "stealth cosplay". In this one, you do dress up like the characters, not just in costumes inspired by those characters' designs.

The terms have been used interchangeably, but there was once a division where "casual cosplay" was "wearing the same outfit as the characters" (and maybe styling your hair and makeup accordingly) whereas "bounding" was meant to capture the essence or design of a character.
Homestuck was notorious for the former, since the canonical wardrobe for the characters was pretty much street clothes anyway.

Compare this to Disneybounding, where it might not be obvious that this chick is dressed up like Goofy unless you see it in-context:

Its one of the first things I look at and I will judge you, if you got no game

 

[Satina]

I found the dude whose gf knocked over the funko shelf and he is down bad. Didn't even take two years to do this to the mfer, at least a couple of these cost him over $100.
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Also, the third angle shows that they sleep right in front of it lmao. The girl's probably just losing it after waking up to hundreds of beady black eyes every day.

I am amazed that he managed to get laid with all this pussy repellent in the first place

 

[Yeeted Teet]

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Is that an ankle monitor? All of those shoes are probably either counterfeit or stolen.

 

[NoReturn]

Is that an ankle monitor?

It is indeed!

All of those shoes are probably either counterfeit or stolen.

Hilariously, you aren't the only person to think so. She made this in response to the haters.

And this other one showing off other items.

 

[Pissmaster]

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So I have this t-shirt. I bought it about eight years ago because the octopus knits (and I'm lame and gay). I have worn it twice in the last month or so and gotten compliments because "it looks like those squishy toys". Fucking squishmellows.

(I still love the shirt; fight me)

It's a cute shirt, and I wouldn't have thought about Squishmallows if I saw you wearing it in public

 

[Lady Bizness]

I really don't want to power level so much but I have to share this from a preserved specimen catalogue for anatomy teachers that came through the office: https://biologyproducts.com/dc-comics-4d-batman/

I mean, it's stupid to begin with, but even stupider if someone thinks it'd be worth anything as a learning tool.

 

[Accept Only Substitutes]

It's a cute shirt, and I wouldn't have thought about Squishmallows if I saw you wearing it in public

I appreciate that. I wonder if that's partly because you hang out here and don't have a coonsum mindset. I can see the resemblance now it's been pointed out, but I wouldn't have thought of it either.

 

[The Southwest Strangla]

I really don't want to power level so much but I have to share this from a preserved specimen catalogue for anatomy teachers that came through the office: https://biologyproducts.com/dc-comics-4d-batman/

I mean, it's stupid to begin with, but even stupider if someone thinks it'd be worth anything as a learning tool.

I hate things trying to be grotesque to be unique. they did the same shit with SpongeBob

 

[Lady Bizness]

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I share your sentiment, but what really got to me is that the Batman one is being sold in a paper catalogue sent out to schools alongside actual anatomical models, posters and preserved specimens for learning and dissection.

 

[The Southwest Strangla]

I share your sentiment, but what really got to me is that the Batman one is being sold in a paper catalogue sent out to schools alongside actual anatomical models, posters and preserved specimens for learning and dissection.

that's fuckin' stupid. I know they did to get kids egger to learn, but still shouldn't have to have some weird IP shit to get them wanting to learn...

 

[Lady Bizness]

that's fuckin' stupid. I know they did to get kids egger to learn, but still shouldn't have to have some weird IP shit to get them wanting to learn...

IPs love it! Get them young, that's what I learned in my college class on media and advertising.

 

[The Southwest Strangla]

IPs love it! Get them young, that's what I learned in my college class on media and advertising.

I mean a Garfield poster telling kids to read is okay, but a batman model is too much. I'm in my 20s and we didn't have this shit when I was in public school. we didn't have teachers trying to do hip shit (like tik tok videos) to get the kids attention. however, no one cares about the school system, and they are underfunded, so I guess giving kids some fun is okay....sad, really.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

It is indeed!
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Hilariously, you aren't the only person to think so. She made this in response to the haters.
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And this other one showing off other items.
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Is she a Coalburner?

 

[Yaks]

IPs love it! Get them young, that's what I learned in my college class on media and advertising.

Disney has that down to an art. They're literally cradle to grave.

 

[Lady Bizness]

Disney has that down to an art. They're literally cradle to grave.

I would not be surprised if my cousins get my aunt and uncle Disney headstones, I really wouldn't be.