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

[WelperHelper99]

Does buying really nice equipment that are specialized tools in something where you're a semi-professional level (as a hobby) count? Like yeah, I could do it with general tools but I'm spending twice or three times the time without them.

As a welder, when it comes to tools, as long as it it isn't Snap On cringeworthyness (Consoomers all their own), and you buy good shit at a fair price, made in USA always a plus, I say do it. Take Norton grinding wheel products. A good chunk are made in the US or use US materials, and last for a fucking long time, which on my 10,000 RPM Milwaukee grinder (another great brand many swear by), is honestly pretty nessicary if I don't want to be switching wheels every few days.

So if it's more than just a casual hobby, upgrade man. Buy good shit.

 

[Am a tigoor]

Squishmallows will be right behind them.

I actually rather like Squishmallows and have a couple of my own, but the market and collectors are fast approaching Funko pop levels of batshittery.

I used to be in a Squishmallow group where the premise was to post them in funny situations. I don't even collect them, just like plushies in general and thought it was an amusing group. Then one day someone posted a pic with their Squismallow sitting next to actual meth and black tar heroin. The group imploded on itself with half being like "it's unreasonable to allow literal meth here" and "hurrhurr it's no different than the pics of Squish pretending to smoke weed, grow up you baby." Bruh it's fucking meth, you're a fucking methhead. Anyway not exactly consoomer in this instance but Squishmallow fans are I N S A N E in numerous ways.

 

[Never Scored]

Does buying really nice equipment that are specialized tools in something where you're a semi-professional level (as a hobby) count? Like yeah, I could do it with general tools but I'm spending twice or three times the time without them.

Yes. Real men punch trees like in Mincraft until they turn into piles of wood and turn that wood into tools.

 

[AskeDead]

my fiance likes to buy those squishmallows. i don't mind her having the like 3 or 4 she has because they make good pillows but i have to cut her off at that or she'll go full consoomer with them.

 

[WelperHelper99]

I used to be in a Squishmallow group where the premise was to post them in funny situations. I don't even collect them, just like plushies in general and thought it was an amusing group. Then one day someone posted a pic with their Squismallow sitting next to actual meth and black tar heroin. The group imploded on itself with half being like "it's unreasonable to allow literal meth here" and "hurrhurr it's no different than the pics of Squish pretending to smoke weed, grow up you baby." Bruh it's fucking meth, you're a fucking methhead. Anyway not exactly consoomer in this instance but Squishmallow fans are I N S A N E in numerous ways.

Aren't they just plushies? Where does the crack head element come in? Stuffed animals are fucking mental, it's like beanie babies.

 

[Yaks]

Aren't they just plushies? Where does the crack head element come in? Stuffed animals are fucking mental, it's like beanie babies.

Must buy brand.

They're just polyester fiber stuffing with a stretchy fabric over top, they're literally nothing special except for the designs and brand hype.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Must buy brand.

They're just polyester fiber stuffing with a stretchy fabric over top, they're literally nothing special except for the designs and brand hype.

That's it? At least Webkins had a video game, good grief the lunacy.

 

[glass_houses]

Must buy brand.

They're just polyester fiber stuffing with a stretchy fabric over top, they're literally nothing special except for the designs and brand hype.

The stuffing in them feels different to standard polyester filling. It's a bit firmer, and somehow... squishy. From a tactile perspective they're a bit different to similar looking soft toys.

 

[moocow]

Squishmallows will be right behind them.

That's it? At least Webkins had a video game, good grief the lunacy.

They allegedly have some absurdly-soft filling as well. A friend of mine has a few and I won't deny they were indeed quite soft and squishy (moreso than an average stuffed animal). But absolutely not worth the premium they charge for them.

Dubai will exist as long as its oil reserves exist. As a tourist trap, though, this country is destinated to fail. Everything that is fun is a crime there. Naked women, alcohol, homosexuality (the demography with the most disposable income in the world, the perfect people to spend money on your country), and so on.

They seem to bend the rules quite a bit for the tourists. I'm pretty sure it's a modern version of the "indulgences" grift by the various churches over the years -- if you're bringing money in, your needs are entertained so long as you don't embarrass the king or whatever the fuck it is that runs the place.

Abomination. I bought a pre-built at the height of the graphic cards pricing disaster and it came with a case that has three RGB fans in front, it's incredibly annoying to see that shit out of the side of my eye while playing vidya. I have no idea how one can tolerate or even enjoy a monstrosity like the one pictured. Fucking zoomers.

It's irritating as hell that "no windows, no RGB" is no longer the default option when picking out cases.

Just get a Fractal case without a glass side panel and turn off all the LEDs in the BIOs. That's what I do.

Bleh. Fractal is overrated. Fuck having to mount 2.5" SSDs on the underside of the motherboard, requiring its removal to get to them. Never again.

 

[A-Stump]

Harley Davidson managed to alienate it's core demographic through sheer amounts of commercialism. It's actually possible to go to a Harley dealership and it be full of nothing but tat like shirts and beer cozies with the only bikes being display models. Those who manage the brand saw more money in the logo than the motorcycles themselves. Not like that's a surprise, they were always low-mid anyways.

Oh well Indian still exists and have always had a far better product anyways

 

[Yaks]

Harley Davidson managed to alienate it's core demographic through sheer amounts of commercialism. It's actually possible to go to a Harley dealership and it be full of nothing but tat like shirts and beer cozies with the only bikes being display models. Those who manage the brand saw more money in the logo than the motorcycles themselves. Not like that's a surprise, they were always low-mid anyways.

Oh well Indian still exists and have always had a far better product anyways

To be fair to them, the core demographic that specifically wanted Harleys are either dead or too old to ride one so they have a Gold Wing of some form instead. They're surviving off this weird cultural "Bad Ass Biker" nostalgia despite those really not existing anymore and haven't for decades outside of old man biker clubs.

 

[Am a tigoor]

That's it? At least Webkins had a video game, good grief the lunacy.

Webkinz also had the smug wolf girls that bragged about their Signature (higher quality, more realistic thus more expensive) only collection, complete with 35 timber wolves. That was tame compared to what you see nowadays. Like I said I enjoy plushies in general but never felt beholden to any specific brand. Those videos from a few pages back with the 100s of Squishmallows genuinely overwhelm me. I like my stuff but I have to have some sort of connection to it and that can't be possible when you have so many of them. They're just a box on your checklist. I have a single one from Costco before they blew up in popularity, because it looked like it'd double as a nice pillow. That's it.

edited to mention there's a tiktok (?) about asking guys what they consider a red flag in a girl's bedroom and Squishmallows is one of them. They ain't wrong.

 

[ducktales4gameboy]

At this point I'm really hoping whoever gets charged with landfilling the funko pops makes a youtube video about it. Just imagine some guy in a highvis vest and hardhat making the consoomer face at the camera while shoveling pops into a grinder. It'd be a pure salt magnet.

One of the local hardware stores where I live will periodically clear out an aisle and fill it with a bunch of green PVC totes full of clearance/discontinued stuff at 50-75% markdown. The last time it happened a good third of them were new-in-box Funko Pops marked at 1$/each and as far as I can tell, very few of them sold since the boxes looked about the same both times I looked through them a month or so apart.

 

[Am a tigoor]

At this point I'm really hoping whoever gets charged with landfilling the funko pops makes a youtube video about it. Just imagine some guy in a highvis vest and hardhat making the consoomer face at the camera while shoveling pops into a grinder. It'd be a pure salt magnet.

One of the local hardware stores where I live will periodically clear out an aisle and fill it with a bunch of green PVC totes full of clearance/discontinued stuff at 50-75% markdown. The last time it happened a good third of them were new-in-box Funko Pops marked at 1$/each and as far as I can tell, very few of them sold since the boxes looked about the same both times I looked through them a month or so apart.

Surely there's some disadvantaged kids that would love to have some? They might be obscure characters but it's still a little doll or action figure. They'd even be great to have in a children's hospital playroom because they're just solid plastic and can be easily sterilized between uses.

 

[WelperHelper99]

Harley Davidson managed to alienate it's core demographic through sheer amounts of commercialism. It's actually possible to go to a Harley dealership and it be full of nothing but tat like shirts and beer cozies with the only bikes being display models. Those who manage the brand saw more money in the logo than the motorcycles themselves. Not like that's a surprise, they were always low-mid anyways.

Oh well Indian still exists and have always had a far better product anyways

As long as I'm able to get a bike with a 2 cylinder, even used ( I like the look and 2 cylinders are just weird) ill take a Indian when I hit my mid life crisis

 

[Road Work Ahead]

Bleh. Fractal is overrated. Fuck having to mount 2.5" SSDs on the underside of the motherboard, requiring its removal to get to them. Never again.

My problem is they're one of the few case manufacturers that still include 5.25" bays. If they want my optical drive, they're going to have to pry it out of my cold, dead, hands.

 

[PipTheAlchemist]

Surely there's some disadvantaged kids that would love to have some? They might be obscure characters but it's still a little doll or action figure

I'm sure even the most disadvantaged of kids would rather have an actual toy or action figure than a creepy-looking plastic statue from some show they don't recognise

 

[augment]

Harley Davidson managed to alienate it's core demographic through sheer amounts of commercialism. It's actually possible to go to a Harley dealership and it be full of nothing but tat like shirts and beer cozies with the only bikes being display models. Those who manage the brand saw more money in the logo than the motorcycles themselves. Not like that's a surprise, they were always low-mid anyways.

Oh well Indian still exists and have always had a far better product anyways

I guess this is what ferrari aspires to become then.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

So long as we're on the subject of Harleys

 

[John Titor]

Does buying really nice equipment that are specialized tools in something where you're a semi-professional level (as a hobby) count? Like yeah, I could do it with general tools but I'm spending twice or three times the time without them.

"You get what you pay for". I'm something of a casual photographer, phone cameras may be ubiquitous and convenient but DSLRs are much nicer. It's pricey but it has lasted me 12 years now.