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

[The Real Slim Shady]

although, like i said, this website appears to be some cheap as shit "find anything online and slap it on a tshirt" store, so realistically i dont think the people making this crap are even rational enough to consider who their target audience is, they just see funnee meme and go 'ah, this is what american kids is into, i put on shirt, they buy!'

This is one of the websites where you have auto-generated products which are only made if someone orders them. That's why the sticker costs $5, because if you order a single one someone has to print it just for you. Some of them don't even scan the trendy images, instead they scrape Twitter and other social media for phrases like "wow i'd love to have this on a t-shirt/mug/strings". Then they generate a new product lineup with that scraped image and reply/message you with the link hoping that you will buy it.

 

[Jarolleon]

theres something inherently creepy about the way they put these flags everyone
especially since its not even in relation to any kinda movement, statement or publicity stunt, its entirely out of context and unfitting to its location, theres no reason to do it, just the completely random and unprompted desire to

its almost like some kinda memetic brain parasite that pushes you to do it

People think it's the flag of the American Empire, but why the hell is Venezuela waving it, was there a regime change that I didn't notice?

 

[Vingle]

Versace is trying to revive their brand through the most batshit crazy consoomers.

I'm not very into K-pop, so I have never heard of this guy before. But I do have noticed Versace patterns several times from concerts. But lol, they couldn't even dress him properly (its from a newsletter email). They couldn't even use one of the silk shirt + shorts that actually has one of the patterns that radiates the resemblance of the brand.

The brand has gone downhill since Giovanni died, and it was sold off to Michael Kors in 2019. The brand is just beating a dead horse by this point, and it's hard to understand why someone would have them as a sponsor. Because it's highly unlikely this is going to make Versace hip with the zoomers. As their tries on making anything not Versace style aka "modern", look either bland or like utter shit. Oh well, at least, their perfumes do okay. Except they smell like shit. If you have smelled Dior's or Chanel's, which is at the same fucking price point (lower end offerings). Aka, they only do well for the normies that don't know any better.
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And we need a little piece of consooming with the Barbie movie too

 

[Corpun]

I was made aware of this effeminate fellow a few weeks ago when the new goyslop movie was released.

Meet Alex Arnold an Indiana Jones 'influencer'. He is a male nurse located in Florida

Twitter : https://twitter.com/AlexArnold88
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheArnoldFamily
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He has already seen this horseshit film 9 times.

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How do you even consoom Indiana Jones, there's very little extra media to the films besides some comics, novels, a few video games, and the usually action figures. I know that sounds like a lot but compared to a lot of IPs Indiana Jones is pretty bare.

The consoomerism aside, how brain drained do you have to be to watch the same movie over and over and over again? I’ve got favourite movies I’ve seen a maximum of 2 times maybe.

Theres some mentally broken zoomer who saw some Marvel capeshit movie 100+ times down in Florida.

 

[𝕺𝖑' 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖔]

So I recently got back into swimming (well, flopping around in a somewhat linear direction for 45 minutes) and all I've got is a bathing suit, cap, and goggles. All these other people have all this extra stuff. Fins, hand find, floaty things between their knees, tiny paddle boards, snorkels. It's obvious that like me, none of these people are competitive swimmers, so it's not like they've got some equipment that helps them train that I, not a pro, wouldn't understand. So maybe it's mobility issues? No, there's a regular here who looks like he's drowning while he swims, and obviously has some huge mobility issues, but like me, uses minimal equipment.
I enjoy weight training too, and similarly have minimal equipment. Yet I see these regular people completely kitted out with all of this stuff. For what?!?
I know somebody is going to "well actually" me in the flippers or something but you know what, I don't care. I'm 90% convinced most of the shit clogging the walkpath at the pool is because people like to aquire accoutrements.

Pull buoys (the knee/ankle floats) and kick boards (tiny paddle boards) are useful for isolating and focusing on specific movements and improving form. I haven't been swimming in a while but the YMCA pool I used to go to had plenty of them available to anyone who wanted to use them so I never spent a dime on them.

 

[WelperHelper99]

All of the transformer line of toys that exist outside of basic Walmart kid's isle stuff is made exclusively for adult consoomers. Particularly when they make them in smaller runs they can milk the whales for a lot.

And they will buy this Grimlock. It'll rip and tear their bank accounts, but it's auto transforming plastic crack. It'll get bought

 

[NoReturn]

Versace is trying to revive their brand through the most batshit crazy consoomers.

And we need a little piece of consooming with the Barbie movie too

That reminds me, I only just recently learned that Barbie is a knockoff of a German doll named "Bild Lilli"

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Versace is trying to revive their brand through the most batshit crazy consoomers.

And we need a little piece of consooming with the Barbie movie too

>Barbiecore
This is just more proof that online social media marketing ≠ real and organic marketing

Even if it is breaking box office records at this very moment, I still have yet to see any real modern fans of Barbie who are actually teenage girls and not so called influencers who look like they should be having children right now.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

It appears Japanese fans of the anime Bocchi the Rock have been spotted returning Gibson Les Pauls in large numbers.

Note that this guitar costs about 5-7K USD new and even a lookalike costs hundreds of dollars. Imagine spending that much money on an instrument you will never play because your favorite anxiety-ridden Chinese cartoon character plays it.

 

[Thiletonomics]

It appears Japanese fans of the anime Bocchi the Rock have been spotted returning Gibson Les Pauls in large numbers.
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Note that this guitar costs about 5-7K USD new and even a lookalike costs hundreds of dollars. Imagine spending that much money on an instrument you will never play because your favorite anxiety-ridden Chinese cartoon character plays it.

Did people have the same obsession with the instruments that anime characters use, back when K-On! came out?

 

[John Titor]

It appears Japanese fans of the anime Bocchi the Rock have been spotted returning Gibson Les Pauls in large numbers.
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Note that this guitar costs about 5-7K USD new and even a lookalike costs hundreds of dollars. Imagine spending that much money on an instrument you will never play because your favorite anxiety-ridden Chinese cartoon character plays it.

Any particular reason why they cost that much?

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

Did people have the same obsession with the instruments that anime characters use, back when K-On! came out?

I'm like 99% sure I remember hearing something similar.

Another good recent anime for stupid fans was Yurucamp where apparently people were buying up a lot of the camping equipment in the show and then not using it. Or using it and starting a forest fire.

Any particular reason why they cost that much?

Because it's a name-brand guitar played by famous rock musicians ever since Les Paul himself played it in the 50s. "Les Paul" and "Gibson" are practically synonymous with electric guitars, so like any name-brand you will pay out the ass for it.

 

[Girl Named Sandoz]

It appears Japanese fans of the anime Bocchi the Rock have been spotted returning Gibson Les Pauls in large numbers.
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Note that this guitar costs about 5-7K USD new and even a lookalike costs hundreds of dollars. Imagine spending that much money on an instrument you will never play because your favorite anxiety-ridden Chinese cartoon character plays it.

most of those are epiphones or grassroots, which are budget brands by gibson/esp, respectively. almost all the ones in that picture are priced around $300-400, which is honestly about as cheap as you can go without getting into low/questionable quality instruments. still a silly waste of money but they aren't blowing thousands on gibsons

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

is the phenomena of people being inspired to take on a new hobby or personality trait due to watching an anime really consumerist? sure, in this instance theyre buying something, but id argue its a different situation that just happened to cross over
people have always been inspired by fictional characters to do something new

 

[FILTH Tourist]

is the phenomena of people being inspired to take on a new hobby or personality trait due to watching an anime really consumerist? sure, in this instance theyre buying something, but id argue its a different situation that just happened to cross over
people have always been inspired by fictional characters to do something new

There is nothing wrong with taking up a hobby due to media. If someone saw Bocci and took up guitar I'd say more power to them. The problem is when people dump absurd money into buying high end stuff before even knowing if they like it or not, which is a true for all consoomer hobbyists.

 

[Spunt]

Any particular reason why they cost that much?

The best guitars, hand-made with the best components, the best quality control and the best paint/finish, will set you back about $4000. Anything more than that and you're paying for something else on top - custom work, celebrity endorsement or, in the case of the Les Paul, brand recognition. Gibson guitars are ludicrously overpriced, especially given their dismal quality control and their habit of treating their endorsee artists like shit, most of whom have left for other brands. Except Slash, but Slash left his brain behind on a tour bus somewhere and still thinks it's 1993. Gibsons are total shit compared to equivalents from PRS or ESP. A PRS CE24 is frankly a better guitar than a Les Paul in every way and costs half as much, or if you do have $5-7k to burn on a guitar you could get the PRS of your dreams or some fancy custom shit. There's no reason to buy a Gibson (or at least one made after 2005), but people still do.

There is nothing wrong with taking up a hobby due to media. If someone saw Bocci and took up guitar I'd say more power to them. The problem is when people dump absurd money into buying high end stuff before even knowing if they like it or not, which is a true for all consoomer hobbyists.

I took up guitar because I saw Marty McFly play one in Back to the Future and it was the coolest thing a 6-year-old could ever see. I don't own any Back to the Future merchandise, nor did I buy the guitar he played (because it's a fucking Gibson, for a start).

 

[Raging Capybara]

Any particular reason why they cost that much?

Because boomers (the main demography who buys expensive guitars) are supreme retards:

Video is too long, faggot: The sound of an electric guitar is actually just the magnetic field of the strings, the Pick-ups are the only thing that matters on the instrument. The rest is purely cosmetic.

 

[WelperHelper99]

is the phenomena of people being inspired to take on a new hobby or personality trait due to watching an anime really consumerist? sure, in this instance theyre buying something, but id argue its a different situation that just happened to cross over
people have always been inspired by fictional characters to do something new

I mean Gundam got me into Gundam, but that was kind of the point of the shows lol. As for how consumerist it is, it depends on how consumed you get. Are you missing rent payments and can't pay for gas? Consoomer. Did you buy a bunch of expensive shit and forget about it 2 months later? Consoomer. Are you responsibly invested in the hobby? No.

 

[The Real Slim Shady]

The sound of an electric guitar is actually just the magnetic field of the strings, the Pick-ups are the only thing that matters on the instrument. The rest is purely cosmetic.

Well, yes and no. The magnetic field of the strings is influenced directly by the vibration of them. The neck and tuning pegs still need to be high quality in order to keep tune. You dont have to worry about the acoustic parts of the guitar because the sound is amplified electronically and not by the guitar body's resonance. Thats why electric guitars are thinner and you can make the body out of literally whatever as long as you keep the string supports and pickup good quality.

I'm surprised that people so hard into LARPing a socially inept anime girl (I did not watch it, but I guess the character is quirky and anxious on purpose) were able to go out and talk to a person in the shop. Or they bought these online. Maybe its like with Lain and all these high thigh programmer socks wearing autists with thinkpads x200's.

 

[BallsMcLongDong]

The best guitars, hand-made with the best components, the best quality control and the best paint/finish, will set you back about $4000. Anything more than that and you're paying for something else on top - custom work, celebrity endorsement or, in the case of the Les Paul, brand recognition. Gibson guitars are ludicrously overpriced, especially given their dismal quality control and their habit of treating their endorsee artists like shit, most of whom have left for other brands. Except Slash, but Slash left his brain behind on a tour bus somewhere and still thinks it's 1993. Gibsons are total shit compared to equivalents from PRS or ESP. A PRS CE24 is frankly a better guitar than a Les Paul in every way and costs half as much, or if you do have $5-7k to burn on a guitar you could get the PRS of your dreams or some fancy custom shit. There's no reason to buy a Gibson (or at least one made after 2005), but people still do.

I took up guitar because I saw Marty McFly play one in Back to the Future and it was the coolest thing a 6-year-old could ever see. I don't own any Back to the Future merchandise, nor did I buy the guitar he played (because it's a fucking Gibson, for a start).

Forgo the buying, build one. I just finished a 15 year project guitar. Started off as a Mexican strat in disrepair I stole from the church youth group band as a kid. Made it work, (I guess) so our band could play shows. Slowly over time, I kept finding better parts and wiring. Built the amp I use, too. Has only caught fire a couple times.
A couple of my childhood friends and band mates have passed away, so I took bits and pieces from theirs. A neck here off his dean, the humbuckers from the other guys' flying V. Bridge from another, etc...
The thing looks goofy. Sounds interesting, but pretty unique. More importantly, it's a reminder of being a poor little faggot in a podunk town spending school nights trying to get this stolen guitar to run so he could go be a rock star.
I had to fuck up the wiring and take a wood file to the internal zones for the humbuckers to fit. Looks like it's been run over. XD But I wanna get a clear pickup guard because, in a way, I'm proud of the little frankentrashstrat.
I think everybody who really digs guitar should build one. Building my fiancé one now. At the very least, it's a fun project that makes you respect how all the shit works.

And becomes very un-consooomer.