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

[melty]

-said items they're buying are Necessary (almost always a lie; sure, you could argue that you need a phone to function in modern society, but what you don't need is the new phone that costs a thousand dollars)

Oh they also use mental health as an excuse a lot. Consoomer products are the only things that ease their depression or whatever. So it's "necessary"
I really wish I could find it but I had a screenshot from Twitter that illustrated this well, someone tried to say that "no ethical consumption under capitalism isn't supposed to be an excuse to buy transphobic video games" (they were talking about the upcoming harry potter game) and people argued back the game is really important for their mental health.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Isn't there a saying popular within commie communities,"there's no ethical consumption under capatalism"? How do you hold that to be true and justify CONSOOMing?

Because they don't know what Communism, capitalism, ethical or consumption actually means.

 

[The Curmudgeon]

I hate how these consoomer types make having hobbies and interests look bad. At least, it seems that way to me. It's no longer enough to just appreciate having private collections, now it must be heavily politicized and wedded to corporate brand loyalty. Worse yet, some of these consoomer types have made their hobbies their entire personality. If your hobby hasn't been tainted by politics and/or corporate intervention yet, then there are people who are willing to make that happen. It's sad, because hobbies, in my humble opinion, should be private affairs that you enjoy because you, and maybe other people who share your hobby, enjoy for its own sake.

Sorry to get preachy on you guys, but this consoomer mentality, along with social justice, has ruined some things for me.

 

[Saxxon]

I would say that art toys collectors enter in the category of consoomer, while I will admit that some look cool, many times they are hardly better than a Funko, seems to be now entangled with the whole hypebeast/supreme culture and shares many of the practices of a business designed for the consoomer: limited releases, "new" versions that are just lazy recolors and being and art toy (while having almost no play features like an actual toy) expect to find 2deep4you critics to capitalism, ignore the fact that these guys sell re-painted figures of a already made mold for like $500 or even more, gotta show how much of a #HYPEBEAST you are.

Comic book fans definitely make the mark, how many fucking #1 variants of a shitty superhero comic that is going to get rebooted in a year or two you need?

 

[The Curmudgeon]

Comic book fans definitely make the mark, how many fucking #1 variants of a shitty superhero comic that is going to get rebooted in a year or two you need?

A former friend of mine collected comics not because he liked them, but he was hoping to make a profit. He naively thought collecting #1 variants of shit like Spawn for example would fetch a high price someday and he'd be rich. He was perplexed when he learned that I only buy comics that I'm going to read. He couldn't understand why I wasn't a stereotypical "comic geek" who just blindly collects comics for profit and recognition.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

I can’t wait to witness how talking about how consumerism and conformism is being used by the elites to effectively neuter and dumb down people to not have any form of real and long lasting relationships with friends and family members.

And it absolutely goes both ways - from Funko pops and new age video game consoles to fashion wear and movies/pop culture references that range from Star Wars/Marvel/Harry Potter, etc.

 

[melty]

Comic book fans definitely make the mark, how many fucking #1 variants of a shitty superhero comic that is going to get rebooted in a year or two you need?

My theory is that people have just never let go of the Superman first appearance comic being so valuable which was obviously a very special case for multiple reasons. I once had a gig sorting through a bunch of comics from the 90s looking for the valuable ones. Spoiler, it was none of them.

 

[User names must be unique]

My theory is that people have just never let go of the Superman first appearance comic being so valuable which was obviously a very special case for multiple reasons. I once had a gig sorting through a bunch of comics from the 90s looking for the valuable ones. Spoiler, it was none of them.

It's a similar case with Porcelain figurines and fine china, tonnes of people bought into it many thinking they'd be valuable collectors pieces in the years to come, because they saw an episode of antiques roadshow where some Royal Doulton shit sold for a couple grand.

Except all the collectors died and you can't even give away the vast majority of it, and the ones that were ever actually worth anything were the pre-production prototypes.

 

[Neet Tokusatsu]

Oh they also use mental health as an excuse a lot. Consoomer products are the only things that ease their depression or whatever. So it's "necessary"
I really wish I could find it but I had a screenshot from Twitter that illustrated this well, someone tried to say that "no ethical consumption under capitalism isn't supposed to be an excuse to buy transphobic video games" (they were talking about the upcoming harry potter game) and people argued back the game is really important for their mental health.

That's... even worse to what i said about funkos being seen as a cheap way to get nerd creed, i mean, a lot of that kind of consumerism boils down to "i have money to burn, so i don't care", like fine enough, if i had that kind of money probably i would buy a lot of shit too.

Buying stuff for mental health reasons... worst of all, i don't believe it's entirely an excuse, there's probably a lot of people out there who feel they NEED to own the lastest game console, to watch the newest MCU movie, to own as much merchandise of any popular IP of the week.

Like you said, those people are depressed, probably because they can't save money, and they can't because they keep buying shit they don't need, they know they have a problem, but they still wan't to indulge into it anyway.

 

[make_it_so]

They like that phrase too and use it basically the opposite of what you're thinking - because there can be no ethical consumption under capitalism, they're justified in continuing to consume, because we live in a capitalist system so it doesn't matter what they do. Everything they consume is unethical so you might as well consume everything that you want because it's all already unethical.
Probably not the original intent but that's literally how people use it.

I think the more likely explanation is that for most self-declared Communists/Socialists (in the U.S. at least), Socialism/Communism is itself a consoomerist lifestyle brand and not actually a political organizing philosophy. They repeat the slogans, wear the paraphenelia, and buy and display the books and flags, but do so more as a part of their identity and a need to be part of a community rather than any true ideological understanding or belief.

 

[Toolbox]

That's... even worse to what i said about funkos being seen as a cheap way to get nerd creed, i mean, a lot of that kind of consumerism boils down to "i have money to burn, so i don't care", like fine enough, if i had that kind of money probably i would buy a lot of shit too.

Buy buying stuff for mental health reasons... worst of all, i don't believe it's entirely an excuse, there's probably a lot of people out there who feel they NEED to own the lastes game console, to watch the newest MCU movie, to own as much merchandise of any popular IP of the week.

Like you said, those people are depressed, probably because they can't save money, and they can't because they keep buying shit they don't need, they know they have a problem, but they still wan't to indulge into it anyway.

When they say they ""NEED TO BUY" things for 'mental health' reasons they're saying they have no self control and do not wish to improve themselves in any way, ever. The comic is completely an excuse for this kind of mentality. Never actually do anything, work for anything, but their arguments are somehow worth the same as people who do.

 

[User names must be unique]

I think the more likely explanation is that for most self-declared Communists/Socialists (in the U.S. at least), Socialism/Communism is itself a consoomerist lifestyle brand and not actually a political organizing philosophy. They repeat the slogans, wear the paraphenelia, and buy and display the books and flags, but does so more as a part of their identity and a need to be part of a community rather than any true ideological understanding or belief.

nah western commies are consoomers that are just upset they can't consoome Bentleys and penthouses with infinity pools, they genuinely believe under gommunism that's what they'll get. Rather than a 10 year wait for a yugo and a corrugated metal shack.

 

[Toolbox]

nah western commies are consoomers that are just upset they can't consoome Bentleys and penthouses with infinity pools, they genuinely believe under gommunism that's what they'll get. Rather than a 10 year wait for a yugo and a corrugated metal shack.

They're completely oblivious of the resources, space, and time such things take to do and why they're expensive. And these are the people who will lecture you on how humanity is destroying the planet and that the solution is (something nonsensical).

 

[Complete Reprobate]

What about some mechanics with the snap-on/mac/matco/cornwell consoooom?

I've known guys that live in trailers but have $30,000 tool boxes filled to the brim with snapon tools that cost at least another 30,000.

 

[mr.moon1488]

In retrospect it amazes me that it took this long for someone to come up with this thread. Here's a classic.
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Is no one going to mention the mother gave birth on a tanning bed?

Kinda see why his friend killed himself.

 

[Dick Justice]

What about some mechanics with the snap-on/mac/matco/cornwell consoooom?

I've known guys that live in trailers but have $30,000 tool boxes filled to the brim with snapon tools that cost at least another 30,000.

I can mock their bad financial decisions, but I can't bring myself to condemn them as true consoomers because at least tools are practical. You can do cool stuff with them. Tools + people = creating value. Can you say that about funko pops? SUPREME branded clothing? The latest nintendo?

E: lol look at this they're not even pretending to be subtle.

 

[Easterling]

This is a game for based and redpilled aryan mad lads, the side who bought the most product and the most expensive product wins. Also applies to Magic the Gathcha-ring

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At least them paint them though. Is it worse to buy them for the game or just because you enjoy painting?

 

[User names must be unique]

What about some mechanics with the snap-on/mac/matco/cornwell consoooom?

I've known guys that live in trailers but have $30,000 tool boxes filled to the brim with snapon tools that cost at least another 30,000.

Depends are snapon good? We don't have snapon here the expensive stuff here will last a lifetime generations though, as opposed to the Chinese shit that will last 15 minutes.

 

[Heather Mason]

I can mock their bad financial decisions, but I can't bring myself to condemn them as true consoomers because at least tools are practical. You can do cool stuff with them. Tools + people = creating value. Can you say that about funko pops? SUPREME branded clothing? The latest nintendo?

It really depends on if they're using the tools they splurge on. If they've got an expensive collection of power tools that get used once a year is that really any better than a garage full of funkos? I won't fault someone for wanting high-quality and potentially expensive equipment but at least use the stuff and don't put yourself into debt trying to afford it all

 

[KateHikes14]

Depends are snapon good? We don't have snapon here the expensive stuff here will last a lifetime generations though, as opposed to the Chinese shit that will last 15 minutes.

Snap on is mid-high tier heavily depending on what the particular tool is. It is also the gold standard for everpriced/price being from the trademark. As much as tools can be CONSOOMing is really all snap-on atleast with non-powered tools.