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

[Battlecruiser3000ad]

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.

I imagine the one with the awkward placing of ssds is some tiny compact model. I got the uhh Define big one several years ago and they're easily accessible behind the side panel along with all the 3.5s. And not like you can't just stuff the 2.5 solid state drives anywhere.

 

[Vingle]

Sanctions don't do jackshit for the motherland, they will consoom the West. Whether they want to or not.

 

[Alligator Alcatraz]

Has anyone accidentally consoomed before? I really liked watching Cowboy Bebop on Toonami back in school and recently saw a figure of Spike for sale. I ordered it thinking it would be the size of those little Nintendo ones and it would just sit on my bookshelf. Well it showed up after several months of delays (actually I ordered it at a different address and the Post correctly forwarded, it to my complete surprise) and this thing is huge. His pistol is slightly larger than my thumbnail for a sense of scale. It's painted really well, the hair is super detailed, and so is his jacket, but I can't put it anywhere, it's too large to fit on my bookshelf. I guess I'll just keep it boxed up and try to sell it in like 10 years. I'm embarrassed!

Kinda. The Nier Automata 9S Nendoroid. Felt wrong just him and not also the girl. $80 later. The extra characters are cute.

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[kevlarmoose61]

Kinda. The Nier Automata 9S Nendoroid. Felt wrong just him and not also the girl. $80 later. The extra characters are cute.

It's the exact same for me (Slight PL). I bought A2, 2B, and 9S together at a reseller, for around $300 dollars. They were sold on the original website for $50-$60 each, so I overpaid quite a bit. I love that series very much, but immediately regretted it and haven't bought another figure or other merchandise since, nor have I felt the need to.

In the realm of general anime-consooming autism, would gacha game addiction be considered consoomerism? It's undeniably gambling, but I came across this post on the gacha gaming subreddit last night where people outlined their dedicated schedules to playing multiple (in the double digits, even) of these kind of games. I know the answer is probably yes, because these are literally money-sink png generators that could be shut down by the developers at any minute. There's not even a slim chance of resale like there is with Funkos.

 

[John Titor]

It's the exact same for me (Slight PL). I bought A2, 2B, and 9S together at a reseller, for around $300 dollars. They were sold on the original website for $50-$60 each, so I overpaid quite a bit. I love that series very much, but immediately regretted it and haven't bought another figure or other merchandise since, nor have I felt the need to.

In the realm of general anime-consooming autism, would gacha game addiction be considered consoomerism? It's undeniably gambling, but I came across this post on the gacha gaming subreddit last night where people outlined their dedicated schedules to playing multiple (in the double digits, even) of these kind of games. I know the answer is probably yes, because these are literally money-sink png generators that could be shut down by the developers at any minute. There's not even a slim chance of resale like there is with Funkos.

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I'd say so, at least with my definition involving self destruction. I know a guy who went over his credit card limit for a game and chewed him out for making frivolous purchases.

 

[Darkholme's Dungeon]

would gacha game addiction be considered consoomerism?

I tend to lean toward it as a type of addiction like heroin or narcotics, it can be a type of consoom but I think it's more like Ralphamale popping Xanax and ethanol for his addiction.

 

[Corpun]

Sanctions don't do jackshit for the motherland, they will consoom the West. Whether they want to or not.

Aren't shopping malls dead or dying in the US as well? Maybe it's just my area but all the shopping malls are at best at 50% occupancy for store spaces, and most of the larger department stores within malls where you might expect clothing to be sold are boarded up and left empty

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

It's the exact same for me (Slight PL). I bought A2, 2B, and 9S together at a reseller, for around $300 dollars. They were sold on the original website for $50-$60 each, so I overpaid quite a bit. I love that series very much, but immediately regretted it and haven't bought another figure or other merchandise since, nor have I felt the need to.

In the realm of general anime-consooming autism, would gacha game addiction be considered consoomerism? It's undeniably gambling, but I came across this post on the gacha gaming subreddit last night where people outlined their dedicated schedules to playing multiple (in the double digits, even) of these kind of games. I know the answer is probably yes, because these are literally money-sink png generators that could be shut down by the developers at any minute. There's not even a slim chance of resale like there is with Funkos.

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Gacha games all day and donating to v-tubers all night for the ultimate grass eater grindset.

Obviously these people don't want to live, its a way of tuning out of reality. I second its more like drug addiction.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Aren't shopping malls dead or dying in the US as well? Maybe it's just my area but all the shopping malls are at best at 50% occupancy for store spaces, and most of the larger department stores within malls where you might expect clothing to be sold are boarded up and left empty

Pretty much yeah, and a lot of them tend to be in shitty parts of town since they were built in the seventies and eighties before white flight made those areas shitty.

 

[Am a tigoor]

Aren't shopping malls dead or dying in the US as well? Maybe it's just my area but all the shopping malls are at best at 50% occupancy for store spaces, and most of the larger department stores within malls where you might expect clothing to be sold are boarded up and left empty

On the other end of the spectrum, shopping malls in a certain European country are doing very well. Maybe they're popular in neighboring countries too but I can only speak on the one. They're busy on the weekend and packed during winter/summer sales. It's mostly roving groups of teenaged girls and families with young kids.

 

[NoReturn]

It's the exact same for me (Slight PL). I bought A2, 2B, and 9S together at a reseller, for around $300 dollars. They were sold on the original website for $50-$60 each, so I overpaid quite a bit. I love that series very much, but immediately regretted it and haven't bought another figure or other merchandise since, nor have I felt the need to.

In the realm of general anime-consooming autism, would gacha game addiction be considered consoomerism? It's undeniably gambling, but I came across this post on the gacha gaming subreddit last night where people outlined their dedicated schedules to playing multiple (in the double digits, even) of these kind of games. I know the answer is probably yes, because these are literally money-sink png generators that could be shut down by the developers at any minute. There's not even a slim chance of resale like there is with Funkos.

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I tend to lean toward it as a type of addiction like heroin or narcotics, it can be a type of consoom but I think it's more like Ralphamale popping Xanax and ethanol for his addiction.

Gacha games all day and donating to v-tubers all night for the ultimate grass eater grindset.

Obviously these people don't want to live, its a way of tuning out of reality. I second its more like drug addiction.

The South Park episode on mobile games and addiction was surprisingly well done if anyone hasn't seen it yet.

 

[glass_houses]

I remember in the early days of phone games I got really into a simple little game where you collected different types of adorable axolotls and various accessories, but I could never get the final axolotl for my set. I finally deleted the game off of my phone, reinstalled it, handed over $20 only to find, yet again, it was impossible to get that final axolotl. At that point I realised that it wasn't a mechanical flaw, it was written into the software so us mugs would keep trying to get that one beastie to complete the set, at least until there was another update with more axolotls to collect. I wasn't sure who I was more annoyed with, the programmers or myself for falling for so transparent a scam. The worst thing was that I really enjoyed the game and would have happily kept on collecting when new characters whenever they became available. In trying to keep me hooked, they lost me completely.

EDIT: Well, I'll be, it's still around. It's Axolochi.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

I wasn't sure who I was more annoyed with, the programmers or myself for falling for so transparent a scam.

I was first exposed to the concept of artificial scarcity with sticker albums, if you got random bootleg ones you were scammed, most were impossible to complete, there were always at least a few stickers that simply didn't exist.

I recall Panini albums had a text on the back saying the company guarantees the album can be completed and all cards are printed in equal numbers. I am pretty sure its regulated under european law so pulling something like the Axolot scam would be illegal

 

[306h4Ge5eJUJ]

I recall Panini albums had a text on the back saying the company guarantees the album can be completed and all cards are printed in equal numbers. I am pretty sure its regulated under european law so pulling something like the Axolot scam would be illegal

It probably is but even if they print out the advertised numbers, they could just distribute them unevenly across locales to achieve the same effect. I know McDonalds used to pull this shit with their Monopoly-themed sticker lottery back in the day.

 

[glass_houses]

I was first exposed to the concept of artificial scarcity with sticker albums, if you got random bootleg ones you were scammed, most were impossible to complete, there were always at least a few stickers that simply didn't exist.

I recall Panini albums had a text on the back saying the company guarantees the album can be completed and all cards are printed in equal numbers. I am pretty sure its regulated under european law so pulling something like the Axolot scam would be illegal

I started many Panini albums in my misspent youth and didn't get very far with them, although much of that could probably be attributed to lack of funds on my part. I, being a consoomer myself, was very into Harry Potter when the first few movies came out. I collected the Panini stickers for one of the movies, bought the album etc, but even though I bought every single sticker pack I could find, I still came up a third of an album short. I ended up coughing up even more money and contacting Panini directly, and buying the remaining stickers directly. After getting them, I put them into the album, and stared at said album a while before realising what a raging moron I was. What little I can say in my defense is that I was part of a social circle that was avidly trading the stickers, and various other collectables back and forth amongst ourselves, so I'm claiming peer pressure.

It probably is but even if they print out the advertised numbers, they could just distribute them unevenly across locales to achieve the same effect. I know McDonalds used to pull this shit with their Monopoly-themed sticker lottery back in the day.

There was an awesome article on the Macca's Monopoly lottery scandal I read a ways back but I can't find it now. There are quite a few articles about it but this particular one went really into depth. Apparently a documentary on it came out in 2020, but I haven't seen it.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

It probably is but even if they print out the advertised numbers, they could just distribute them unevenly across locales to achieve the same effect. I know McDonalds used to pull this shit with their Monopoly-themed sticker lottery back in the day.

The Panini ones could be completed, that much was true but you are probably correct. I remember everyone always said you should never get more than a few boosters from a single kiosk because if they came from the same box you were more likely to get many more repeated cards

what a raging moron I was

Its ok, we've all been gotten. Our brains are literally wired for it.

Social pressure was right, the whole deal was to be able to trade with other people, if everyone at the school spent all recess trading cards you felt left out of socialization if you didn't have any. Surprising how things change little from a school playground to the adult world.

 

[David Glowie]

There was an awesome article on the Macca's Monopoly lottery scandal I read a ways back but I can't find it now.

If it's the same one I read, it was in the Daily Beast and is now behind a paywall but this one has most of the details.

 

[306h4Ge5eJUJ]

If it's the same one I read, it was in the Daily Beast and is now behind a paywall but this one has most of the details.

archive.today often has paywall bypasses or old pre-paywall snapshots. https://archive.vn/be1nA

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

I know McDonalds used to pull this shit with their Monopoly-themed sticker lottery back in the day.

Nobody ever won those due to felonious actions on the part of McDonald's own security where he sold the big jackpots for huge money.

@glass_houses

 

[Lobster Cult High Priest]

Nobody ever won those due to felonious actions on the part of McDonald's own security where he sold the big jackpots for huge money.

@glass_houses

That reminds me of this recent story from Tim Hortons where there app had a so called glitch where it told people they won $10,000 in their new rollup the rim contest.

‘Technical error’ results in multiple Tim Hortons customers thinking they won $10,000 prize | Globalnews.ca

An Ingersoll, Ont., man is frustrated with Tim Hortons after they mistakenly told him he won a prize worth $10,000 through Roll up the Rim and offered a $50 gift card instead.

globalnews.ca