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(2) toy wolves for (1) juvenile piece of shit
Plagued Consoomers / Consoomer Culture - Because if it has a recogniseable brand on it, I’d buy it!
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I don't know. Some certainly do. Unlike computers, security isn't usually an all-or-nothing affair. Keurig, as an example, I've read uses a single bit in the coffee pods as its DRM scheme; United States law allows this disgusting company to stomp out competitors who produce pods with the same bit set; for Keurig, this is likely good enough.
Nintendo controls the system software of the Switch, and I believe it cryptographically signs games. Nintendo may not be too concerned, considering it makes money on the hardware and software, and seems to be satisfied with using the legal system against counterfeits.
MicroSoft is in a position where it can't do this, because the only reason people use MicroSoft Windows is the large amount of software that already runs on it.
Texas Instruments used cryptographic signing for its calculator series, and someone realized that the private key was so small it could be found by brute-force, which is exactly what happened.
Google Chromebooks accept cryptographically-signed software changes over the Internet, and the hardware tied into this is in the same block as power management, meaning it can't be physically disabled.
So, these examples show that several other companies are using similar methods, more or less, but either prefer to lean on the legal system, care less, or even have their schemes fall to incompetence. The less software present, the fewer options present.
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> It's real.
> makes joke products sometimes mocking the buyer
> obviously has a toy collection himself
> has the sheer audacity of selling an empty box called "Deadbeat Dad" for $20
How many layers of irony is this?
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I wondered how long it took to make this Nintendo consoomer joke
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You don't want more companies to aggressively do this with hardware unless you don't care about the ability to repair anything yourself ever again (or pay someone else with the skill to do it for significantly cheaper than Apple's highway robbery repairs.)
Cuntspiracy Man
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yes you are because wtf do you mean by this
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Some (most?) Chromebooks have a dev mode switch to disable this and allow you to install self-built images and updates. Usually you can remove ChromeOS entirely and just slap Linux on the things (which ChromeOS really is under the hood anyway).
It's not perfect but at least they provide a way to turn that shit off.
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RX-78
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Considering the mental state necessary to do this, it's appropriate.
deermeat
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I feel like I can only defend collecting in two ways.
Either:
A. You have stuff that is truly and honestly rare in value and you have the money to be able to protect it at all costs. Plus you use the stuff you collect, making profit off of what you own.
or B. You were given these things overtime and it became a cool quirk of yours.
Otherwise I really can't justify buying all this junk yourself. You are no different than a hoarder. All that clutter, all that money, and for what? No one is paying you. I used to have a pretty bad spending habit on nitnacks, used to be obsessed with trival stuff like plushies and figurines and books. But after losing my belongings multiple times, I realized how meaningless it all meant. The money wasted, how cluttered I felt.
The stuff I own now in regards to plushies and whatnot was all given to me. It feels a lot more special than going out to buy it myself. And it's not just dollar store brand plushies, it's Pokemon and the figurines are collectables from various medias. Yet it's stuff I didn't have to buy and takes up little space.
Not to mention it's better to invest in hobbies? Like sculpting, making your own plushies, building miniatures, doll customization, etc.
like this stuff is cool and all, but most of the bears featured aren't even rare. Wouldn't it have been better to just create your own bears? Or buy custom-made ones?
Either:
A. You have stuff that is truly and honestly rare in value and you have the money to be able to protect it at all costs. Plus you use the stuff you collect, making profit off of what you own.
or B. You were given these things overtime and it became a cool quirk of yours.
Otherwise I really can't justify buying all this junk yourself. You are no different than a hoarder. All that clutter, all that money, and for what? No one is paying you. I used to have a pretty bad spending habit on nitnacks, used to be obsessed with trival stuff like plushies and figurines and books. But after losing my belongings multiple times, I realized how meaningless it all meant. The money wasted, how cluttered I felt.
The stuff I own now in regards to plushies and whatnot was all given to me. It feels a lot more special than going out to buy it myself. And it's not just dollar store brand plushies, it's Pokemon and the figurines are collectables from various medias. Yet it's stuff I didn't have to buy and takes up little space.
Not to mention it's better to invest in hobbies? Like sculpting, making your own plushies, building miniatures, doll customization, etc.
WhimsicalTrolli
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If you are an adult who can get basic necessities met and have a little play money for yourself, go buy that amazing fantasy #15 spiderman mafex fam.
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(This last guy has 3 kids and 15 cats. The cabin is on his parents property and they presumably do most of the work to raise the kids while this guy noodles around on his synths all day)
r/synthesizers is wild. There’s more posts about buying synths than of music actually made with the synths.
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There is a growing community of guys who make AI cards to plug into chat bot frontends like sillytaven.
Chub.ai (NSFW) is the one I know of. It has some extremely degenerate shit on there, but they make for good tests for jailbreaks.
I'm not sure if there would be a collecting community around it though as the cards aren't that special and are free to download.
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It's pretty common that having an enabling job makes people like this spiral out of control. If no one really gave a shit or cared about his top of the line brand new Oogabooga Synth 9000, it wouldn't fuel him. But when you work at the music gear shop, you're surrounded by people coveting the new thing, not to mention advertisements for the new thing, not to mention the perfect avenue to purchase the new thing. When someone is so hyperfocused on a hobby, I've seen time and time again, their parents or whoever encourage them to get a job in it- but I really don't recommend it for this reason. It seems to do bad things to personal development. The dealers get high off their own supply.
If I were giving advice to this guy, I would use the momentum from this reddit post to hype up an auction, and sell 95% of his collection on eBay, and get a new fucking job and move out, in that order. A less involved option would be to run away and live temporarily in an AirBNB or something as this would probably make him realize he won't die without a pile of synths, and lessen whatever stress he has from his weird family situation and allow him to go sell off his shit and get a new job. Mommy and Daddy must have a lot of money, very weird situation.
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He’s already quit his job at the instrument shop and got a new one somewhere else, so that should help stop his stage IV Gear Acquisition Syndrome from spreading any further. He still has yet to decide what parts of his collection he’s gonna sell off though.
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It's good that he's realised that he has addiction/compulsive/hoarding issues comparatively early in his life. He will probably always struggle with it, but acknowledging it will go a long way towards keeping it under control. The hoarders/compulsive shoppers I've had the misfortune to be involved with were mostly all deeply in denial about their issues even in middle age. The one friend of mine who did freely admit that she was a hoarder kept her hoard clean and organised for most of the time I knew her, but by the time we parted ways it was clear that she was beginning to spiral.
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Another great post from r/battlestations:
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”just kidding about the wife and kids” no shit
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i have a few maneki nekos and general figurines featuring cats, they are not many but they are all from friends who knew i like them, i'd gladly expand my collection if more people want to be cool and keep giving me cat figurines but have zero motivation to go out and buy more for myself. It just wouldn't be the same. There's a man in my city that became known for collecting recicled dolls, people have been giving him so many dolls over the years that his window is a creepy tourist atraction, i'd be the creepy maneki neko guy if i had more friends.
I think its a lot better when hobbies sustain themselves. If you buy something cheap, flip it to buy the stuff you want or get involved with trading you might end up making friends within that community and always breaking even with money but its more common nowadays to log into Amazon or ebay and buy 10k worth of stuff in bulk and put it on the credit card, then brag on reddit about it for a minuscule dopamine fix.
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The community aspect is what separates collectors from consoomers. Consoomers are interested in the hobby community only because they want somebody to brag to.
Collectors want to be involved in the community because they want to meet like minded people to share their interests with.
Most of my hobbies are hyper expensive so I gotta try and be careful, ngl. But hobbies that you actually participate in often are worth the $. 10k for a Reddit flex is dumb, 10k on your 40k collection you play with 2x weekly and paint daily is understandable.