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

Fake plants don't give oxygen
Real ones do only produce a negligible amount, and if you are deciding to have your whole flat consisting of plants. There's the humidity to think of too, which may be fine if you live in the desert. But places where the humidity is normal, you want to keep that out because of mold and shit. That's why we got bathroom fans.
 
There are three kinds of sneaker heads.

1: The flaming fag who keeps his inner homo in check by engaging in the kind of conspicuous consumer of footwear that is womens domain.


2: The autistic super faggot: He craves the control and collecting high that normal autists usually get from collecting stamps/coins/Pokémon cards/whatever. But he’s a peak beta male and is afraid to be outed as a nerd. Instead, like the heroin addict forced to satiate his craving with cough syrup and Tylenol 3s, he collects something more “macho” and usually associated with niggers and not nerds: Sneakers.


3: The Bitcoin bro/trustfund kid. This is the rarest kind. He has more money than he knows what to do with, and in lack of an actual personality, he chose sneakers as something to get attention with.
4: NIGGERS
 
Haven't really thought about it before. But it's actually very true. Women are the ones that act through feelings. Not just in a sexist way, but biologically. So I would guess thing gets fucky wucky in their head, when they are forced to go against their nature.
Men like to beat their dicks over being more rational than women even though they're just as emotionally driven. The only difference is in how they express them. This is why Ethan Ralph flew to Portugal twice and got his ass beat both times. he's too pussy and retarded to just privately cry about twitter meanies, ignore them and move on

Standard fare from the YA book front. Where it's not enough to just read books (lol what's a library,) you have to buy them all and make your shelf pretty for the internet... as well as collecting multiple copies with minuscule differences.

Christ alfuckingmighty, imagine being so dull you take up shelf space with 15 copies of the same crappy YA book instead of 15 different books on topics you're interested in. Even 15 different books by the same author would be better than 15 copies of one book.
 
Christ alfuckingmighty, imagine being so dull you take up shelf space with 15 copies of the same crappy YA book instead of 15 different books on topics you're interested in. Even 15 different books by the same author would be better than 15 copies of one book.
I once bought four extra copies of a book I absolutely adored. It was a small print book, and while I thought it was quite possibly the best thing I'd ever read in my life, I didn't see it being picked up by a larger publisher and made widely available. (It was eventually picked up, as it happens, but still didn't have a huge distribution.) One copy was meant for me, for after I'd beaten my dedicated reading copy to literal pieces, and the other three were to be given away to other people who I thought would appreciate it as much as I did. I'm down to one spare copy left. I'm still looking for someone who will actually sit down and read this book properly so I can have a face to face discussion about it. Talking about it on forums is good but just doesn't have that extra 'thing' that talking about it face to face does.

Does this count as consumerism?
 
I once bought four extra copies of a book I absolutely adored. It was a small print book, and while I thought it was quite possibly the best thing I'd ever read in my life, I didn't see it being picked up by a larger publisher and made widely available. (It was eventually picked up, as it happens, but still didn't have a huge distribution.) One copy was meant for me, for after I'd beaten my dedicated reading copy to literal pieces, and the other three were to be given away to other people who I thought would appreciate it as much as I did. I'm down to one spare copy left. I'm still looking for someone who will actually sit down and read this book properly so I can have a face to face discussion about it. Talking about it on forums is good but just doesn't have that extra 'thing' that talking about it face to face does.

Does this count as consumerism?
No, it’s an extreme affinity. By wanting to talk about it and having an extra copy for that, it’s different than you having shrine to it as to show you are a bigger fan of it than others.

I have more chairs than family members because I want to entertain, that doesn’t make me a furniture consoomer. If I had several gaming chairs it would.
 
I once bought four extra copies of a book I absolutely adored. It was a small print book, and while I thought it was quite possibly the best thing I'd ever read in my life, I didn't see it being picked up by a larger publisher and made widely available. (It was eventually picked up, as it happens, but still didn't have a huge distribution.) One copy was meant for me, for after I'd beaten my dedicated reading copy to literal pieces, and the other three were to be given away to other people who I thought would appreciate it as much as I did. I'm down to one spare copy left. I'm still looking for someone who will actually sit down and read this book properly so I can have a face to face discussion about it. Talking about it on forums is good but just doesn't have that extra 'thing' that talking about it face to face does.

Does this count as consumerism?
What book is it though?
 
As someone who is guilty of statue collecting consoomerism, I don't understand collecting shoes either.
Other way round for me. At least you can wear shoes.

Also, growing just random bullshit is kinda boring, you want a specific plant, ideally something useful and it will be a lot more fun since the work is not just for works (or instagrams) sake but to eat/smoke/use your own, self-grown shit. That makes every watering more rewarding since its a step closer to your 100% self-made high-quality tomato salad.
But then again, that requires the kinda commitment (both financially and especially time-wise) that its a bit above the mental paygrade of people like her.
Projects like that are literally months-long and you cant just ignore them for 3 weeks to go to coachella or whatever.
You have to commit those few hours of work per week or face failure. You have to learn how plants work and at least the basic "Do's and Dont's" of growing anything.

All of that being said, plant-shit is heavily recommended by me. Stuff is fun and highly rewarding if you do it right and need a new hobby that isnt entirely about COOMSOOOM NAO.
It also includes as much tech/chemistry/biology autism as you want it to and gives you complete certainty that that tomato was not fucked with in some way.
But be aware, it requires patience like few other hobbies. You see surprising progress from one week to the next, (generally) not one day.
Also, some days require like 12 hours of work, but thats usually only at the very start/end of a plant-project and is also kinda fun if you like plantstuff.
I agree, but the "Plantfluencers" are invariably talking about ornamental houseplants rather than anything that can be harvested, and more often than not it's just variegated aroids over and over again. Pink princess philodendrons, Albo monsteras.

I once bought four extra copies of a book I absolutely adored. It was a small print book, and while I thought it was quite possibly the best thing I'd ever read in my life, I didn't see it being picked up by a larger publisher and made widely available. (It was eventually picked up, as it happens, but still didn't have a huge distribution.) One copy was meant for me, for after I'd beaten my dedicated reading copy to literal pieces, and the other three were to be given away to other people who I thought would appreciate it as much as I did. I'm down to one spare copy left. I'm still looking for someone who will actually sit down and read this book properly so I can have a face to face discussion about it. Talking about it on forums is good but just doesn't have that extra 'thing' that talking about it face to face does.

Does this count as consumerism?
It's almost the opposite. You love the words in the book more than the fact of having the physical object. You have a backup for when your first one falls apart, and you have others to give away so that other people can enjoy the book.
 
The Home Shopping Network is based out of Florida, but they're trying to emulate the "normal TV accent" which is itself a Californian thing. There's a lot of accent leveling in America, so it does sound like everyone has the same one, but once in a while you'll run into differences that throw you for a loop when you're listening. People who have those accents have to consciously overcome them when speaking for TV/radio/etc.
I can confirm this, as someone from "Up Nort" my accent sounds totally foreign to someone from the south or west of me, even someone who's only one state away. I have to make a concerted effort to "speak normally" even to my fellow countrymen. Non-Americans will never understand this.
 
I once bought four extra copies of a book I absolutely adored. It was a small print book, and while I thought it was quite possibly the best thing I'd ever read in my life, I didn't see it being picked up by a larger publisher and made widely available. (It was eventually picked up, as it happens, but still didn't have a huge distribution.) One copy was meant for me, for after I'd beaten my dedicated reading copy to literal pieces, and the other three were to be given away to other people who I thought would appreciate it as much as I did. I'm down to one spare copy left. I'm still looking for someone who will actually sit down and read this book properly so I can have a face to face discussion about it. Talking about it on forums is good but just doesn't have that extra 'thing' that talking about it face to face does.

Does this count as consumerism?

Sharing something rare and precious because you love it is wholesome. Collecting 15 pristine copies of a single book that's apparently done well enough that someone can collect various editions for the sake of slightly different covers is consumerism. You just know the person who made that post is the type to consider reading a personality trait, despite consuming YA novels written for a ninth grade audience at the age of 25.
 
Real ones do only produce a negligible amount, and if you are deciding to have your whole flat consisting of plants. There's the humidity to think of too, which may be fine if you live in the desert. But places where the humidity is normal, you want to keep that out because of mold and shit. That's why we got bathroom fans.
I don't need them to keep me alive, I just like their little oxygen farts. I like how my desk plants make different smells throughout the day depending on what they're doing and what time it is.
I totally get where you're coming from, though. If you don't have an intrinsic motivation for keeping them, there's no point.
I agree, but the "Plantfluencers" are invariably talking about ornamental houseplants rather than anything that can be harvested, and more often than not it's just variegated aroids over and over again.
Pink princess philodendrons,
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Pink Congo:
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Albo monsteras.
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Standard fare from the YA book front. Where it's not enough to just read books (lol what's a library,) you have to buy them all and make your shelf pretty for the internet... as well as collecting multiple copies with minuscule differences.

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I am a big sucker for artbooks and comic/manga omnibuses. I thinks is the only thing i could fall into a coomlector rabbit hole if i'd let myself go. So i do somewhat get it. There's a physical satisfaction to it, comics and artbooks specially are nice to just hold and look at in a way that digital reading can't come close to.

This person has several copies of the exact same fucking book from the same author, maybe they are alternate covers or something but still, at this level you jumped the shark, its not about the enjoyment of reading them anymore.
 
I am a big sucker for artbooks and comic/manga omnibuses. I thinks is the only thing i could fall into a coomlector rabbit hole if i'd let myself go. So i do somewhat get it. There's a physical satisfaction to it, comics and artbooks specially are nice to just hold and look at in a way that digital reading can't come close to.

This person has several copies of the exact same fucking book from the same author, maybe they are alternate covers or something but still, at this level you jumped the shark, its not about the enjoyment of reading them anymore.
I love manga artbooks. I don't have a huge number of them, but I do have a couple from artists that I don't follow anymore, or never followed to begin with, I just like their style. I also have manga and western comic omnibuses. I do my absolute best to keep all of them as pristine as possible, as opposed to my usual treatment of books (i.e beat the shit out of them). The nice condition of the artbooks and omnibuses adds to the pleasant experience I have when I read them.

I get collecting books as an object, but the object itself has to be worth collecting. I get buying a special edition that has illustrations etc that weren't in the early editions. I have spent large amounts of money and have spent months, even years, in one case nearly a decade and counting, hunting down certain books.

I don't get collecting multiple print editions of one book, all identical except for tiny variations on the cover. It does not satisfy any form of aesthetics, imho.
 
Standard fare from the YA book front. Where it's not enough to just read books (lol what's a library,) you have to buy them all and make your shelf pretty for the internet... as well as collecting multiple copies with minuscule differences.

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I didn't even realize at first that he/she/it has multiple copies of each book stashed in there, not even different editions with, like, alternative covers. Wat. Peak consoomerism.

Personally, i've switched to a pure digital library years ago and it was one of the best decisions i've ever made. No more books taking up space in my already cramped apartment plus being able to pirate via libgen now. I read a lot and not having to pay money nor think about space issues only increased my reading pensum. Did the same for comics long before that.
 
I love manga artbooks. I don't have a huge number of them, but I do have a couple from artists that I don't follow anymore, or never followed to begin with, I just like their style. I also have manga and western comic omnibuses. I do my absolute best to keep all of them as pristine as possible, as opposed to my usual treatment of books (i.e beat the shit out of them). The nice condition of the artbooks and omnibuses adds to the pleasant experience I have when I read them.

I get collecting books as an object, but the object itself has to be worth collecting. I get buying a special edition that has illustrations etc that weren't in the early editions. I have spent large amounts of money and have spent months, even years, in one case nearly a decade and counting, hunting down certain books.

I don't get collecting multiple print editions of one book, all identical except for tiny variations on the cover. It does not satisfy any form of aesthetics, imho.
I have kept myself from indulging much precisely because i love it so much that making it a habit it would snowball into a ton of money quick. I do try to treat myself when i can but it can get pretty expensive.


I didn't even realize at first that he/she/it has multiple copies of each book stashed in there, not even different editions with, like, alternative covers. Wat. Peak consoomerism.

Personally, i've switched to a pure digital library years ago and it was one of the best decisions i've ever made. No more books taking up space in my already cramped apartment plus being able to pirate via libgen now. I read a lot and not having to pay money nor think about space issues only increased my reading pensum. Did the same for comics long before that.
i read all my books on tablet nowadays and i love it. With comics i prefer the printed version but even if i decide to buy a physical version i most certainly would have read it already on my tablet or computer for free
 
I didn't even realize at first that he/she/it has multiple copies of each book stashed in there, not even different editions with, like, alternative covers. Wat. Peak consoomerism.

Personally, i've switched to a pure digital library years ago and it was one of the best decisions i've ever made. No more books taking up space in my already cramped apartment plus being able to pirate via libgen now. I read a lot and not having to pay money nor think about space issues only increased my reading pensum. Did the same for comics long before that.
I do buy digital books on occasion, but there's two problems: one, stealth censorship, and two, a lot of what I want to read just hasn't gone digital yet (and may never do so).

And it's just really easy to go to a op shop or market stall and buy a stack of books for a couple of dollars. The majority of what I come across is random rubbish, but I find treasure about three books out of every ten.

Admittedly most of what I buy ends up going back to the op shop, but not all of it.
 
I do buy digital books on occasion, but there's two problems: one, stealth censorship, and two, a lot of what I want to read just hasn't gone digital yet (and may never do so).
Plus the lack of turning the pages makes the book seem endlessly long since you can't see or feel the book becoming slimmer on one side, and if the book is on any device with internet access you're always one mindless motion away from endless distraction and never actually finishing or absorbing the thing. There's also people like me who start to get eyestrain reading dense text on a screen who aren't bothered by a physical page.
 
I can't tell if it's more or less stupid to have a "fake" pair of some usually expensive pair of shoes.
The fakes usually go for roughly the same amount of money. But we're also entering The Nigger Zone, a place where logic reason hygiene and good taste immediately go out the window.
 
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