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

[Donut Coma]

You see it now-that digital shrine? A monument to time spent, and for what? To post about the Sims as if it were a Facebook page for old mom and dad to see? What a collection indeed, the consumption of a lifetime of achievements, digitally done over the span of a year...

I wish this chick was the exception rather than the rule. I follow quite a lot of Sims creators on tumblr and x for cc and mods, and it's disheartening to see so much time and energy put into documenting 100 years of your Sims legacy in meticulous detail.

Sims 4 consoomerism is particularly disturbing. The game must be at or near 70 DLC, and for every one, there's a large contingent of players who say, "I have no interest in the theme of the upcoming DLC. I'll be buying it, but I don't see myself playing with it much." God forbid you not have all the couches, I suppose.

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

I don't think it's shame so much as barriers. In the real world, there was always a degree of what kids these days would call "fuck around and find out". Be it a kid that was bigger than you, or a grown up who would give you a clip around the ear. That doesn't really exist any more.

Back in the early days of camera phones there was a trend called "happy slapping" where chavs would run up behind people and hit them on the back of the head. But there was always a percentage of videos where they do it to some pro fighter or a plain clothes cop and "find out", usually with a broken arm, a broken nose, or an assault charge. Recently was a clip I saw of a kid taking food from other people's plates. No one did anything, and when one person does leave their seat and raise their voice, there's obviously some handlers/body guards/muscle stepping in to protect the kid, but the clip ends at that point. There are various prank influencers that go to far, but their victim gets hit with a jail sentence.

there was a time when it was socially acceptable, expected even, for strangers to discipline strangers kids
kids would grow up in the outside world, and any ol random grandma who didn't know em could catch em misbehaving and tell them off

I wish this chick was the exception rather than the rule. I follow quite a lot of Sims creators on tumblr and x for cc and mods, and it's disheartening to see so much time and energy put into documenting 100 years of your Sims legacy in meticulous detail.

Sims 4 consoomerism is particularly disturbing. The game must be at or near 70 DLC, and for every one, there's a large contingent of players who say, "I have no interest in the theme of the upcoming DLC. I'll be buying it, but I don't see myself playing with it much." God forbid you not have all the couches, I suppose.

the sims is one of the easiest games to pirate, there's absolutely nothing stopping you from doing it, it's infinitely moddable, and there's no real online functions except the gallery, which, who gives a shit?
and i have to admit also not very playable if you don't have every DLC as those aren't additions to a completed game, but rather missing puzzle pieces sold separately, so i can see the incentive to need to own everything- though that's just more of a reason to pirate, not buy
it's also, maybe just for me at least, a game you kinda get sick of quick, and that's largely the reason i haven't updated it in ages, that and the fact that every new update is just them adding more pride flags or whatever and i don't give two shits about that

 

[FILTH Tourist]

there's no real online functions except the gallery, which, who gives a shit?

There are some really good lots on there. Idk if it still works because it's been years since I played, but I used script monkey to download gallery files from the gallary website and just toss them into game folder.

Also there are full sized stuff packs made by fans that are even better than than the EA one that you can get for free. Speaking of which, the mod scene for the Sims 4 used to be so bad with paywalled content that EA had to crack down. Which is worse, EA simps paying for DLC or mod consoomers that were paying the same amount to random modders?

 

[Cuntspiracy Man]

Which is worse, EA simps paying for DLC or mod consoomers that were paying the same amount to random modders?

>Which is worse, paying a multimillion company to give you crap, or paying an independent creator to give you better crap?

 

[Uncle Tom's Condo]

It's not just games, anything uniquely Japanese right now is getting essentially stolen from the actual Japanese, by the Japs that can make good $$ doing so. An obvious one I came across recently is Japanese cars older than 25 years (read up on U.S. import law, foreign vehicles can only be brought in if they're older than 25 years since the 80s'). Any half interesting car that's in their domestic market is getting exported by people who will hoard RHD vehicles as a status symbol, and it's only going to get worse. Something even worse, though not quite 'consoomer', just more malicious in general, is cheap Japanese land getting eaten up by retards from the west, which can probably at least partially be blamed on big names like Pewdiepie moving over there, though not entirely. The Japanese countryside was mostly fled from by people leaving for the cities, thus those areas are nearly abandoned and very cheap now. Not for long, and I'll bet this leads to a decimation of their remaining nature if their govt does nothing, which I fear it will seeing their population catastrophe.

The JDM RHD market has like doubled in price the past year or two. A Prado that was going for 15k is now almost 30k. I just want a damn Hilux so I can do my Taliban larp in peace and afford to do so. Thanks Obama Trump Biden.

 

[karz]

Amusingly this caused a trend of people learning how to make their own cereal on the cheap.

It is a grim sign for consumer-driven economies that people are reverting to making their food and other consumables, simply because it is cheaper.
I think it's a good thing. Consumer-driven economies are all bloated and I have to suffer the eyesore of Disney Adults.
Let all that nonsense implode on itself, please.

I'm making my pickles, relish, and strawberry jam this year because it's cheaper than buying off the shelf. The relish is not only delicious, but it keeps for up to 3 years without refrigeration and without preservatives that I can't pronounce.

 

[Caligura]

So now we have Happy Meals for rated R shows. I love #Adulting #takeallmymoney

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lol at the Grubhub collab. Out of all the delivery services apps (well, they all suck tbh unless you can reliably get a coupon that makes your food cost the same as picking it up in person) they just had to pick the absolute worst one and that's saying a whole lot. Grubhub is like the Chris Chan of delivery apps, and I'm not talking classic Chris either.

The app runs slow on a fully updated and 'new' flagship phone, bad UI, shitty deals and coupons, and to top it all off its only known for that fucking horrible piece of Corporate Memphis 'art' that was the Grubhub commercial from a few years ago. Now of course a forgotten meme.

But then again nothing suits this collab more than the shitty Toddslop TV show.

Now you can physically consume Toddslop rather than playing or watching it!

 

[Car Won't Crank]

The JDM RHD market has like doubled in price the past year or two. A Prado that was going for 15k is now almost 30k. I just want a damn Hilux so I can do my Taliban larp in peace and afford to do so. Thanks Obama Trump Biden.

The new Land Cruiser just came out. Might as well spend an extra 20k and get that since its starting price is actually reasonable for once. That is once the first model year is over and dealers stop marking them up.

 

[the illusionist]

There are some really good lots on there. Idk if it still works because it's been years since I played, but I used script monkey to download gallery files from the gallary website and just toss them into game folder.

nowadays you don't even have to do stuff like this, just download free base game on ea app, pirate DLCs, then activate them with "ea unlocker". Every online function works.

Speaking of which, the mod scene for the Sims 4 used to be so bad with paywalled content that EA had to crack down. Which is worse, EA simps paying for DLC or mod consoomers that were paying the same amount to random modders?

It's still bad. From what I saw, most modders don't actually care about this EA policy to not paywall stuff. Some just put it on "early release", some paywall it infinitely.
I'd say EA simps are definitely the worst, because the DLCs are so cheaply made it's laughable. Can't imagine spending any money on this. Paying modders is just weird, there are tons of good cc available for free already, and I can't believe someone is so much invested into this bland game they really need THAT one furniture set and THAT one pink dress.
This game is literally peak consumerism to me. There's no gameplay, instead people spend hours and hours downloading 1 terabyte of cc, making ideal sims with 4 different outfits for every category, building houses, cities, taking screenshots with reshade and hq mod... just to play for 10 minutes and get bored.

 

[AnOminous]

It's got everything a good consoomer would want
>racial ambitious
>not eating healthy
>shouting brands
I hate this gay earth

When can we just start killing these "people?"

 

[George Lucas]

I’ve noticed people ‘getting into streaming’ and buying typical streaming equipment like mics, DSLRs, lighting, etc. for their desks and then not doing any streaming.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

I’ve noticed people ‘getting into streaming’ and buying typical streaming equipment like mics, DSLRs, lighting, etc. for their desks and then not doing any streaming.

That's normal for any hobby that suddenly gets popular, like the time a bunch of japs suddenly "got into camping" or "got into music" because of some anime and spent shitloads on high grade equipment to use once and get rid of. (God I hope japs didn't "get into adoption" because of SpyXFamily)

I find it weird though, because nothing but expensive high end stuff is a poser red flag regardless of hobby. From my experience, a mark of a true enthusiast is that they have a few expensive stuff that is specialized and actually needed, and everything else is "good enough" and reasonable for their budget.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

I’ve noticed people ‘getting into streaming’ and buying typical streaming equipment like mics, DSLRs, lighting, etc. for their desks and then not doing any streaming.

Its almost better they don't rather than waste months streaming to no one and loose the time on top of the money.

There were some twitch stats floating around and its brutal. Like 95% of streamers have less than 5 viewers. And 99% less than 10 or something like that. Thats really terrible ROI.

 

[John Titor]

I’ve noticed people ‘getting into streaming’ and buying typical streaming equipment like mics, DSLRs, lighting, etc. for their desks and then not doing any streaming.

I don't know if I would call this consoomer at least in the way this thread is describing, it seems to be more of a "good gear makes a better product" fallacy. It's funny you mention this because a lot of popular streamers started out with whatever shitty equipment they have.

 

[D.Angus]

So now we have Happy Meals for rated R shows. I love #Adulting #takeallmymoney

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Mmmmmmm... I love gambling with my food wondering if it's going to be the "Good Denny's" or the "Bad Denny's". I'm thinking this time it'll be the "Red Robbin" with the barely above a D food grade.

 

[David Glowie]

I don't know if I would call this consoomer at least in the way this thread is describing, it seems to be more of a "good gear makes a better product" fallacy. It's funny you mention this because a lot of popular streamers started out with whatever shitty equipment they have.

I think "buying the gear without putting the hours in and then letting it collect dust when a shiny new interest hoves into view" is definitely a subset of consoomer.

 

[George Lucas]

So now we have Happy Meals for rated R shows. I love #Adulting #takeallmymoney

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I mean, I think they had Terminator and Robocop toys back in the 80s. I seem to recall some McDonald’s Batman Returns promotion as well.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

I mean, I think they had Terminator and Robocop toys back in the 80s. I seem to recall some McDonald’s Batman Returns promotion as well.

Thats true. All those adult movies also had cartoon versions for kids. Even the toxic avenger of all things.

 

[retard strength II]

I mean, I think they had Terminator and Robocop toys back in the 80s. I seem to recall some McDonald’s Batman Returns promotion as well.

Yeah but that was still for kids.

 

[George Lucas]

Yeah but that was still for kids.

They kind of were. They were R-rated but we didn’t care about violence as much back then. The violence panic didn’t really start until Mortal Kombat because I guess video games were more interactive. Then Columbine happened and everyone talked about Doom (the graphics were laughably cartoonish by then).

But now we have a different moral panic and that’s Traditional Western Values like straight marriage and going to church, but I digress.