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

[Nikes_JustDoIt]

I was in the market for a new water bottle recently. During my online shopping these ‘crystal energized’ woo bottles kept cropping up.
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My first instinct was to laugh, then scratch my head as to how one fully cleans them, as some gemstones can be quite porous, or at least have little nooks and crannies. Then I had an extra hard chuckle at Etsy folks putting things like Selenite in bottles, which will dissolve over time.

Fucking CWC was drinking from something like that.

 

[Used Homunculi Salesman]

I was in the market for a new water bottle recently. During my online shopping these ‘crystal energized’ woo bottles kept cropping up.
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My first instinct was to laugh, then scratch my head as to how one fully cleans them, as some gemstones can be quite porous, or at least have little nooks and crannies. Then I had an extra hard chuckle at Etsy folks putting things like Selenite in bottles, which will dissolve over time.

Well, how else are you supposed to use your freshly charged J.O. Crystals?

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

This is from Tvtropes Why Fandom Can Not Have Nice Things Page:

So probably belongs in Tvtropes forum, but this is pure "muh company" mentality.

 

[Cowboy Kim]

honestly nintendo shit as a whole is crazy cause of retroomers. gamecube game prices are fucking insane compared to playstation 2 and original xbox games, the only ps2 games that really cost a fuckload of money now are extremely niche japanese games usually but the gamecube? you'll be paying up the ass for a zelda or mario game

I don't know why it's mostly nintendo in specific, I guess it's due to N64/Gamecube not selling as much as their competitors? but it's also definitely some fascination with Nintendo being the disney of gaming

I'd argue the price of Nintendo shit is almost entirely the "Disney of vidya" effect.
My other guess on why PS1/2 & Xbox is cheaper would be how much easier it is to pirate games on real hardware for the others:

• PS1 can use tonyhax to run CD-Rs without a modchip, along with the swap-trick.
• PS2 Has FreeMcBoot with either DVD-Rs or ISOs off a local file server.
• Xbox can be softmodded into booting DVD-Rs or straight from the internal hard drive (this one had the biggest drop in price, IMO.)

In comparison, the GC either requires a custom game save, action replay, or modchip, along with special DVD-Rs

Video game are reproducible, emulatable, and to use a semi-topical word, fungible. My phone can play Wii games in a resolution that would blow my teenage mind. A fridge can play doom these days.

You ever play the Sega Saturn? Almost all the games have a better version on another console. I have no idea why that console goes for so much these days. I bought mine with arcade sticks and 20 games for $20 and helping my friend with his school project. That's about how much old plastic should be worth in my opinion

The N64 and Saturn have poor emulation due to special hardware, so the best (and sometimes only) way is to buy the real thing.
Neither have a cheap way to run ROMs either.

 

[Pissmaster]

I'd argue the price of Nintendo shit is almost entirely the "Disney of vidya" effect.
My other guess on why PS1/2 & Xbox is cheaper would be how much easier it is to pirate games on real hardware for the others:

• PS1 can use tonyhax to run CD-Rs without a modchip, along with the swap-trick.
• PS2 Has FreeMcBoot with either DVD-Rs or ISOs off a local file server.
• Xbox can be softmodded into booting DVD-Rs or straight from the internal hard drive (this one had the biggest drop in price, IMO.)

In comparison, the GC either requires a custom game save, action replay, or modchip, along with special DVD-Rs

The N64 and Saturn have poor emulation due to special hardware, so the best (and sometimes only) way is to buy the real thing.
Neither have a cheap way to run ROMs either.

There's a generous population of people out there where softmodding is far beyond their abilities. Games for Nintendo consoles tend to hold value more due to, well, consoomers and their brand loyalty. It's probably worth mentioning that Nintendo hardware holds up over the years better than anyone else's, too.

Pirated Gamecube games can be played on a softmodded Wii, and it's easy to softmod a Wii. From there, games can be loaded onto a USB drive, or burned to normal, full-sized DVD-Rs and played in a Wii. You can also play pirated Gamecube games on a Gamecube by way of... some kinda network boot thing through the (obscenely expensive) broadband adapter and a copy of Phantasy Star Online 1+2 Plus. The Gamecube & Wii emulator, Dolphin, also runs well on anything even remotely recent, including Android phones.

Xbox is an oddball. It's sort of an open secret that Xbox games tend to be way less valuable than their contemporaries, and I figure it's because Xbox doesn't have that same exotic mystique the foreign consoles do. And that's perfectly fine by me, it means I can recommend games to others and point out a way they can buy them without selling a kidney:

(prices are loose disc / complete in box / sealed)

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

 

[Blackhole]

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"omg u guiz this political event is (insert capeshit/fiction novel here)!!!! just like muh movies!!!"
these creatures are subhuman and they need to be exterminated off the face of the fucking earth

 

[Elbow Greased Strength]

"omg u guiz this political event is (insert capeshit/fiction novel here)!!!! just like muh movies!!!"
these creatures are subhuman and they need to be exterminated off the face of the fucking earth

Yes, because Republicans in Congress are like a wizard who was corrupted by an ancient evil spirit to launch a war of conquest across Middle Earth slaughtering thousands of innocent people. It also makes no sense because the Battle of Helm's Deep and attack on Isengard (all of the battles in the War of the Ring, really) were a diversion to allow Frodo and Sam to get into Mordor.

I'm pretty sure that ass clown has never read LoTR.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

Yes, because Republicans in Congress are like a wizard who was corrupted by an ancient evil spirit to launch a war of conquest across Middle Earth slaughtering thousands of innocent people. It also makes no sense because the Battle of Helm's Deep and attack on Isengard (all of the battles in the War of the Ring, really) were a diversion to allow Frodo and Sam to get into Mordor.

I'm pretty sure that ass clown has never read LoTR.

Except that Republicans are corrupted by an (((Ancient Evil))) originating from the Middle East.

Also have they realized that LOTR is the Men and other free people of the west fighting against Goblin Hordes and Corrupted men from the South and East.

 

[Pissmaster]

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George Takei is every negative trait a lefty can have all rolled up into one person. He’s a hypocrite, a pedophile, has some five-star Trump Derangement Syndrome, and posts shit like that all the time.

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

George Takei is every negative trait a lefty can have all rolled up into one person. He’s a hypocrite, a pedophile, has some five-star Trump Derangement Syndrome, and posts shit like that all the time.

I wonder who is worse? Takei or Ron Perelman?

 

[Fapcop]

George Takei is every negative trait a lefty can have all rolled up into one person. He’s a hypocrite, a pedophile, has some five-star Trump Derangement Syndrome, and posts shit like that all the time.

Don’t forget how he STILL has a giant hateboner for William Shatner, mostly because Shat was the star of the show that Takei was a glorified extra in, like 60 years ago.

 

[The Ugly One]

I believe that building Lego sets or your own creations is like reading comics, playing video games or watching cartoons. It's not only for children but for adults as well. Everybody can enjoy the building process of a set, kind of like assembling a puzzle or a model airplane, and making something creative and personal can always be fun. And you're going to build something very complex, you would be glad for being so easy. I can see why many people like Lego, but I still fail to see why some feel like they have to get every new set as soon as they released, even if the set is actually bad and no matter the cost. It's just plastic bricks, so why the rush and the complains that "they're too expensive"? If you feel like something is overpriced, don't buy it. Or at least not yet. Wait until the prices are down. It's not bread. It's not gonna get mold or something. Just relax and wait.

I've seen this mentality of "I have to buy it now and I don't care how expensive it is" again and I still don't understand why. Maybe I'm just such a big idiot.

Building a Lego kit takes no more skill than a typical third-grader. At least do something that requires a modicum of mastery, like model planes or wooden ships.

 

[Elbow Greased Strength]

Don’t forget how he STILL has a giant hateboner for William Shatner, mostly because Shat was the star of the show that Takei was a glorified extra in, like 60 years ago.

And on top of that it was frigging Star Trek, not The Godfather.

 

[Yaks]

Anyone who is jealous of the Boomer TV Advertisement Whore of Hollywood William Shatner probably should talk to their therapist over their confidence issues.

 

[Fapcop]

Building a Lego kit takes no more skill than a typical third-grader. At least do something that requires a modicum of mastery, like model planes or wooden ships.

Model fag here.

If you’re just going by the instructions, then yeah. LEGO doesn’t take much skill.

But if you’re building something bigger and more ambitious out of scratch, it’s not as easy. Especially repurposing blocks as something completely different.

Is it as hard as some other hobbies? It’s as hard as you make it. But for many people it’s about relaxation as well as skill.

 

[The Ugly One]

Model fag here.

If you’re just going by the instructions, then yeah. LEGO doesn’t take much skill.

But if you’re building something bigger and more ambitious out of scratch, it’s not as easy. Especially repurposing blocks as something completely different.

Is it as hard as some other hobbies? It’s as hard as you make it. But for many people it’s about relaxation as well as skill.

Making your own model is at least something.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

So much money to get the same style/same amount of shoes.

 

[Elbow Greased Strength]

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So much money to get the same style/same amount of shoes.

That investment is going to be really fun in 30-40 years when they are elderly.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

George Takei is every negative trait a lefty can have all rolled up into one person. He’s a hypocrite, a pedophile, has some five-star Trump Derangement Syndrome, and posts shit like that all the time.

He's also a 85 year old man that acts like a 35 year old millennial. The dude is as old as my grandma and yet treats Twitter as if it's the most important thing in the world.