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

[Battlefield2142EU]

Nothing said stick to Putin than having the Ukraine flag touching assholes.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

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Nothing said stick to Putin than having the Ukraine flag touching assholes.

It doesn’t get any less worse when this starts to turn true every day when you see it.

 

[Sand Mega]

As is tradition with me in this thread, here are more condoms, this time to FIGHT FOR UKRAINE like we are talking about

Funny that after they showed the boxers, my first instinct was to search up 'ukraine condoms' ,sure, there are only these two I found, but it is very unsurprising for them to exist

 

[Pissmaster]

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.

That is some of the worst consooming out there. Anything physical has at least some kind of resale value, or if anything, could be donated to charity as a tax write-off.

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

There are enough to warrant several sizeable YouTube channels that do dead/dying mall exploring as a main feature. The malls that are still doing well are all in middle/upper class areas, though even those weren't doing great before COVID, and now they're running on fumes.

 

[Kept Ya Waiting Huh]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qVkMA4dXklg

I was specifically curious as to the vegan fish, so I compared the fake stuff to the real deal.

The "No Tuna Sashimi" (for ever 100g) nutritional facts:


Real Sashimi (100g):


Now I'm no nutritionist, but the real stuff looks better overall:

• Many people will go "Uh, that's more calories," which is true (the extra grams of fat and protein adds up), but i would say it's worth getting around a third of one's daily value in protein as compared to the measly one gram in the fake stuff.
• The fake stuff is much higher in sodium.
• 5 grams of sugar in the fake stuff
• While the fat content is significantly reduced in the fake stuff, people have to understand that a healthy amount of fats is needed and doesn't make you "fat" (although I will admit there are more saturated fats in tuna. but not too much).

Overall, the fake stuff looks like a nothingburger of a meat. No protein, more carbs, more sodium, not that much energy. The only true benefit to eating this salmon is that if you have some sort of ethical issues with eating fish.

 

[Maldavius Figtree]

Im not even vegan, but I think all this strawmanning hate against vegans does at least in part stem from the own inner consumer that feels called out by vegans existing. None of the vegans I know IRL are remotely like what has been described on the last few pages. They’re pretty much the most conscious consumers I know.

 

[NoReturn]

Im not even vegan, but I think all this strawmanning hate against vegans does at least in part stem from the own inner consumer that feels called out by vegans existing. None of the vegans I know IRL are remotely like what has been described on the last few pages. They’re pretty much the most conscious consumers I know.

Then you are very lucky, and honestly it does seem to vary by demographic. That's why I mentioned the Buddhists earlier. There's a big difference between your average dedicated vegetarian or vegan, and the "plant based" consumer.
It's not so much a strawman, I think, as two different groups using the same title and having "No meat" in common. I'm not shitting on vegans, and there is no hate here. We're in the consoomer thread for a reason: I want to talk about the people who live on packaged food.

Look at this woman as an example. She's a "ex-vegan" who still eats a "primarily plant based" diet but allows herself the occasional animal product because it's easier.

Her day consisted of the following:

Purchased items/"Product food"

• Kite Hill cream cheese
• Unidentified vegan turkey
• Delivery pizza
• Macrobar
• Fast food burger
• Instant noodles
• Frozen burrito
• Fast food fries, bread, and fried chicken

Non-processed foods

• 1 Egg

So you tell me, is this indicative of how the vegans you know eat irl?

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

We can dunk on dumb vegans all day, but staying on thread topic we still have plenty to discuss. For me one of the weirdest things about so many vegans is how much processed/"product" food they eat. Most of them aren't eating like your average Buddhist monk. They're eating this crap:

Because if you were resistant to advertising and trends, and if you had a basic understanding of culinary arts and food science, you most likely wouldn't be vegan in the first place. Going vegan is for stupid trend chasers who can't cook.

 

[VasonJoorhees]

Im not even vegan, but I think all this strawmanning hate against vegans does at least in part stem from the own inner consumer that feels called out by vegans existing. None of the vegans I know IRL are remotely like what has been described on the last few pages. They’re pretty much the most conscious consumers I know.

Same goes for vegetarians - the vegans and vegetarians I've encountered in real life never tried to shill their belief system onto me or anything like that. Always made their own diet friendly food when the group was having a group meal, never got mad at someone eating meat in front of them, etc. Most vegetarians and vegans understand that most people like and don't wanna give up meat- vegetarians especially as they're the less extreme diet of the two. I think the crazies are mostly just online, or at silly vegan rallies.

 

[Sand Mega]

Trying to "shill your belief system" to other people is mostly an internet thing, to the regular citizen at least, in real life they often share their ideas without trying to pressure others to sound nice to their friends, in the internet you're talking to strangers and that's enough explanation of why everything goes wrong here

 

[Yaks]

I am enjoying finding shitty vegan processed food.


They didn't even try with this one.

It's just gluten and soy in a vague shape.

 

[Gondolindrim]

To think two years ago, before the Russian invasion. Western journalists were calling Ukrainians Nazis for being the most conservative Eastern European country. I feel bad for Ukrainians actually fighting and dying while rainbow capitalists profit off them by turning the Ukraine flag into a pride flag.
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Look I don't want to be that guy, but Ukraine is a genuine nazi state. This isn't really a matter of "Oh they're just mostly conservative" like no. Straight up goose stepping, hand waving Nazis.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

The only true benefit to eating this salmon is that if you have some sort of ethical issues with eating fish.

WEF and NGOS associated to it have spoken very openly about their agenda to make real meat prohibitely expensive via carbon taxing and many governments are putting money in the fake meat bandwagon.

Main issue is that this alternatives are starting to be shilled as the only option for the future and people should be rightly against it. No one really cares if vegans don't eat meat, thats comes down to the individual, most other people don't really want fake meat when they can easily get the real deal.

 

[SpiderBitch]

Why not just accept the ingredients for what they are and make something that compliments those flavors into something great instead of a Frankenstein's monster?

I mean, the carrot 'bacon' does look tasty in a bbq veggie chip way... Just don't call it bacon.
Personally I'm all for weird shit like that jackfruit that's somewhat reminiscent of pulled pork, but just call it what it is: bbq jackfruit.

It is weird how many 'ethical' vegans keep buying or whining for vegan fast food at mainstream chains, like the 'commies' who just have to have the latest Iphone or vidya game or funko pop.
If you care about animal rights that much, why are you even giving money to a chain that is based around selling millions of hamburgers and chicken nuggets every day? All to eat nasty unhealthy fake soy meat?
It shows how performative many of them are, and that the need to consoom trumps their own self-proclaimed morals.

 

[Dread First]

I mean, the carrot 'bacon' does look tasty in a bbq veggie chip way... Just don't call it bacon.
Personally I'm all for weird shit like that jackfruit that's somewhat reminiscent of pulled pork, but just call it what it is: bbq jackfruit.

It is weird how many 'ethical' vegans keep buying or whining for vegan fast food at mainstream chains, like the 'commies' who just have to have the latest Iphone or vidya game or funko pop.
If you care about animal rights that much, why are you even giving money to a chain that is based around selling millions of hamburgers and chicken nuggets every day? All to eat nasty unhealthy fake soy meat?
It shows how performative many of them are, and that the need to consoom trumps their own self-proclaimed morals.

Hindus are obligate vegetarians but at least those niggas know how to COOK the goddamn plants they eat. I fucking hate vegetarianism/veganism in the West because all we get are fucking fast food knockoffs made from reconstituted soy protein or whatever

 

[Shig O'nella]

Hindus are obligate vegetarians but at least those niggas know how to COOK the goddamn plants they eat. I fucking hate vegetarianism/veganism in the West because all we get are fucking fast food knockoffs made from reconstituted soy protein or whatever

People need to learn to cook, simple as. Vegetarian food is nice - veggies are wonderful anyways, and should be cooked with respect to bring out their flavours.

 

[SpiderBitch]

all we get are fucking fast food knockoffs made from reconstituted soy protein or whatever

I'm still salty about the McDonalds in my country removing the veggie burger with a patty made of I think beans, carrots, peas and other vegetables, which didn't pretend to be meat, and replacing it with nasty fake chicken and beef burgers, making them just worse and even less healthy versions of the meat burgers and ironically giving meat eaters less of a reason to buy it because it's not it's own thing anymore, now it's just a worse big mac or McChicken....

It's genuinely baffling how bad the modern West is at making tasty and normal meat replacements that aren't an imitation of something else, when shit like falafel goes back to the ancient times.
Some things made with nuts or lentils etc are creative, but they keep insisting on naming it 'meatballs' or 'cheese' rather than letting it be it's own separate product, and it's always difficult to tell beforehand what vegan 'cheese' is something entirely different but actually good with the cheese label needlessly slapped onto it, and what is a horrifying cheese imitation.




Please go back to scrambling tofu like a normal hippie.

 

[Yaks]

People need to learn to cook, simple as. Vegetarian food is nice - veggies are wonderful anyways, and should be cooked with respect to bring out their flavours.

Why learn to cook when you can just consoom? You see it all the time in the "day of my life" tiktok wannabe influencers. The amount of money they spend on takeout and overpriced processed crap that's considered "high end" processed crap is honestly pretty impressive. They're the same people that cry "you can't take my latte" when suggested ways to save money.

The most I see them make are salads and those overnight oats.

 

[NoReturn]

I'm still salty about the McDonalds in my country removing the veggie burger with a patty made of I think beans, carrots, peas and other vegetables, which didn't pretend to be meat, and replacing it with nasty fake chicken and beef burgers, making them just worse and even less healthy versions of the meat burgers and ironically giving meat eaters less of a reason to buy it because it's not it's own thing anymore, now it's just a worse big mac or McChicken....

That's actually a really good example of the difference I was trying to describe earlier. I'm not trying to shit on people who eat a certain diet, I'm shitting on hyper-processed, hyper-consumerist food "products".
A McDonalds veggie patty isn't great for you, and it's still pretty processed, but it's still a patty-made-of-vegetables. Beyond and Impossible aren't that. They're meat "replacements" made of waste products from the manufacture of other items that has been recombined into a meat-simulacra.

Please go back to scrambling tofu like a normal hippie.

Why learn to cook when you can just consoom? You see it all the time in the "day of my life" tiktok wannabe influencers. The amount of money they spend on takeout and overpriced processed crap that's considered "high end" processed crap is honestly pretty impressive. They're the same people that cry "you can't take my latte" when suggested ways to save money.

The most I see them make are salads and those overnight oats.

 

[melty]

That's actually a really good example of the difference I was trying to describe earlier. I'm not trying to shit on people who eat a certain diet, I'm shitting on hyper-processed, hyper-consumerist food "products".
A McDonalds veggie patty isn't great for you, and it's still pretty processed, but it's still a patty-made-of-vegetables. Beyond and Impossible aren't that. They're meat "replacements" made of waste products from the manufacture of other items that has been recombined into a meat-simulacra.


https://youtube.com/watch?v=JjnRV-CsBYU

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These videos are so triggering, almost none of this shit is actual food. Also that top video woman is apparently my age and a "registered dietician" but she looks ten years older even with all that filler. Eat real food, people.