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

[KID NAMED SCHWARMAPUNK]

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DEGENERATE FACKIN GAMBLAH
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What movie is this from?

 

[Canoodler]

What movie is this from?

A tv show called The Sopranos.

 

[KID NAMED SCHWARMAPUNK]

A tv show called The Sopranos.

Heard of it, any good?

 

[Canoodler]

Heard of it, any good?

Yea it's a good show.

 

[Montalbane]

Heard of it, any good?

It's great honestly.
The Sopranos, The wire, Rome and Boardwalk empire are all pure kino.
Same woth Fargo.

 

[KID NAMED SCHWARMAPUNK]

It's great honestly.
The Sopranos, The wire, Rome and Boardwalk empire are all pure kino.
Same woth Fargo

o really? Like 'start-finish' great or 'slow-agonizing-slide-down-the-shitter-after-a-while' great ?

 

[Montalbane]

o really? Like 'start-finish' great or 'slow-agonizing-slide-down-the-shitter-after-a-while' great ?

Just great.

 

[KID NAMED SCHWARMAPUNK]

Just great.

Cool, i'll check it, thanks.

 

[John Titor]

See, I believe you can do whatever you want with your money.

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But imagine fighting to the death to protect the honor of an objectively shitty game.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

DO NOT CREATE, JUST CONSUME PRODUCT AND GET EXCITED FOR NEXT PRODUCT.
No joke as an amateur writer and worldbuilder, this is straight up insulting. Also 70-80% of the shit piled up by these so called 'professionals' have been as i said, shit.

Mediocre people want everyone ro be mediocre.
How much do you want to bet that their definition of successful is a bullshit job and a san fran soypod with a tesla in the garage?

NOOOOOOOOO!!! STOP BEING CREATIVE!!! CONSUME PRODUCT INSTEAD!!!

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It's even funnier when you consider the fact that their idea of "real writers" write slop that would make 1980s GI Joe episodes look like Shakespeare meets the Ancient Greek Playwrights, while their idea of "professional game designers" churn out so-so games with shit game-testing that ensures the games are barely finished when they hit the store shelves, requiring entire GIGABYTES of patches to make the game run decently.

Just look at modern Obsidian, Bioware, and CDPRed, for instance. Or look at Fallout 76's launch and how Bethesda handled that dumpster fire when it first came out.

Of course, it's not like writers for fan mods like Fallout: Frontier do any better. But writing your own D&D campaign, fan fic, or original story shouldn't be discouraged, either.

 

[Parasaurolophus]

NOOOOOOOOO!!! STOP BEING CREATIVE!!! CONSUME PRODUCT INSTEAD!!!

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To be fair, they also consider people, who disregard their passion projects and would rather leave the room than to humour them, their friends, so, what are the chances they'd actually come up with a relatable world you can enjoy

 

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I think a big part of people on welfare being consoomers is that they have no real incentive not to be. As long they have a roof over their head, and enough food to not die of starvation or whatever, they have their basic needs for survival met. Beyond that any other income they have coming in is basically disposable. They might as well blow their money, especially if they could be punished for doing something actually beneficial like opening a savings account.

I mean it's where you get every trailer and ghetto apartment having a satellite dish and the trailer parks having idiots drunk on Budweiser/shit beer and the ghettoes having idiots drunk on Olde English 40s. Their homes are loaded with all sorts of tat and other garbage. Usually they like pit bulls or other "intimidating" dogs--interesting how ownership of pit bulls crosses racial lines. Vehicles are more iffy (a lot of hoodrats/trailer trash don't have a choice in their transportation thanks to the money a car costs) but too many people will shoot for something "cool" instead of functional, like a pickup truck (there are frequent Chevy vs Ford vs Dodge debates in these circles and just like the SJWs put pronouns in their bio, these types will identify by their favorite pickup truck--always one of those three, other pickup truck except maybe GMC is considered a joke BTW) or something.

This sort of culture is responsible for a lot of misery.

You're absolutely right that sneakerheads aren't shunned at all. This thread makes me think of PJ Tucker, the biggest sneakerhead in the NBA. When the NBA resumed play after the coronavirus pause, they gathered everyone at Disney in Orlando and housed all the players and staff in hotels for a couple of months to minimize outside contact and finish the season. Tucker brought 110 pairs of sneakers with him to the fucking NBA bubble, more than a pair per day. Of course it's easier to make excuses for Tucker as he's a multimillionaire athlete, so he's got comparably more disposable income than some of the other people listed here, but how different is he than your run of the mill hoarder?

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I wonder what would happen if you told someone like this that they're acting like a woman by how many pairs of shoes they own? Because it's a stereotype of women that they own too many shoes, but your average woman who owns maybe 6-7 pairs of shoes and gets told "you own too many shoes" has nothing on this guy.

NOOOOOOOOO!!! STOP BEING CREATIVE!!! CONSUME PRODUCT INSTEAD!!!

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Imagine LARPing at playing RPGs. I'm not big into RPGs but from the sessions I've had I don't think I've ever encountered anyone remotely like this.

 

[Local Fed]

I wonder what would happen if you told someone like this that they're acting like a woman by how many pairs of shoes they own? Because it's a stereotype of women that they own too many shoes, but your average woman who owns maybe 6-7 pairs of shoes and gets told "you own too many shoes" has nothing on this guy.

I definitely agree on this. I've always looked at the shoe/clothing collector guys and thought that it was a really feminine thing to be into; all the preening and whatnot. It's one thing to want to have some style and look good (which in my opinion they fail at as most of the shoes look tacky and what I'd imagine a 12 year-old would think looks cool), but it's a whole other thing to have dozens or possibly hundreds of something even if the price is no issue for you.

 

[John Titor]

Our local Consoomer who we actually have an almost lolcow-esque group chat to mock is a massive Disney nut. He has been front row of Frozen on Broadway at least 7 times. He makes the over two hour long drive to the parks at least every other weekend. Not to mention he genuinely believes the only reason Disney charges for anything is to keep funding their next ventures of happiness.

They must have the 'tism because I can't imagine going to an amusement park that frequently. Wouldn't it make the visit less special?

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.

I think there was a Razorfist video about this who pointed out that vintage comics have collectability because a) they're rarer b) there was a war going on so they couldn't produce the stuff like we can now. I always wondered why American comic books obsessed over collectability.

Desk Toys will get you flack if you bring the wrong type. I know people who got shamed for brining in Pop-Up Parade figurines instead of funko pop. Now these are normal ass anime statues that run around $20-$30 and they have no extra pieces or easily broken parts so they're ideal for an office space.

I had to look up Pop Up Parades because I don't think I heard of them but for $40 you get a pretty detailed 7 inch figure, more bang for your buck compared to Funkos.

But bring one figurine that even remotely resembles a non-man woman and someone is going to complain to HR and blow it out of proportion.

Wait a second; mass produced, cheap and inoffensive. Oh my God, Funkos are the beanmouths of figures.

 

[Kier]

They must have the 'tism because I can't imagine going to an amusement park that frequently. Wouldn't it make the visit less special?

He was in my grade in High School. I can't say anymore without major powerleveling because we had a rater unique school with only 150 people, but suffice to say he was really really spergy. You wouldn't know just by looking at him, although he looks like a soyjak incarnate, he seems like a normal dude. You can have a conversation with him just fine, but if it goes over 10 minuets it will inevitably sidetrack to Disney. One time on an international trip, he went out with some people late at night and they were going to a bar (in a country with a 16 drinking age) and he made a girl walk him back to the hotel because he was uncomfortable with alcohol. On the same trip he tried and failed to report a kid who bought a chicken marsala because they 'bought alcohol'. I really wish I could talk more about him without powerleveling, because it would be gold. He once flipped a desk when someone talked about Walt's racism. His most proud moment in life is the actress for Elsa from Frozen Broadway waving directly at him noticing he was there for the 3rd time that week and 7th overall (important to note, that he does not live in New York, he travels each time). Considering some of his chimp outs IRL and that he wants to amass an internet following of Disney-addicts (though is thus far unsuccessful) I would not be surprised if he ended up with a thread here one day.

 

[Montalbane]

To be fair, they also consider people, who disregard their passion projects and would rather leave the room than to humour them, their friends, so, what are the chances they'd actually come up with a relatable world you can enjoy

I just noe realized its probably a 4chan post.
Guy probably has deepfried serotonin receptors from porn and Vidya and is lying through his teeth about having friends.
Ironically /v/ and /tg/ have been filled with people willing to excuse every shitty business practice as long as they can consume.

He was in my grade in High School. I can't say anymore without major powerleveling because we had a rater unique school with only 150 people, but suffice to say he was really really spergy. You wouldn't know just by looking at him, although he looks like a soyjak incarnate, he seems like a normal dude. You can have a conversation with him just fine, but if it goes over 10 minuets it will inevitably sidetrack to Disney. One time on an international trip, he went out with some people late at night and they were going to a bar (in a country with a 16 drinking age) and he made a girl walk him back to the hotel because he was uncomfortable with alcohol. On the same trip he tried and failed to report a kid who bought a chicken marsala because they 'bought alcohol'. I really wish I could talk more about him without powerleveling, because it would be gold. He once flipped a desk when someone talked about Walt's racism. His most proud moment in life is the actress for Elsa from Frozen Broadway waving directly at him noticing he was there for the 3rd time that week and 7th overall (important to note, that he does not live in New York, he travels each time). Considering some of his chimp outs IRL and that he wants to amass an internet following of Disney-addicts (though is thus far unsuccessful) I would not be surprised if he ended up with a thread here one day.

That sounds like someone coping with some form of trauma or mental issues by dousing himself in the whimsical magical world of disney.
It's pretty sad honestly.

 

[Kier]

That sounds like someone coping with some form of trauma or mental issues by dousing himself in the whimsical magical world of disney.
It's pretty sad honestly.

It sure is possible, but from my understanding his whole family is like this. It is just more fun to bully a grown man then a middle aged woman for having a tier list of Disney princesses sorted by a matrix other than hotness. I know his Aunt is just as bad if not worse than him, and his kinda stupid wealthy parents do not object to funding it at minimum. I would place my money on general Gran Autismo enabled by his probably also equally spergy family. His main group of friends, at least as far as I've been able to understand, is people that he meet at parks and they all act the same way. I have a feeling that my class was the first people to call him gay for having a top 5 movie list comprised of entirely Disney animated movies + Live action Beauty and the Beast.

 

[Wingnut]

Maybe I missed it, but I'm surprised people haven't had much if any discussion of the Apple fanatics. The people who are willing to spend 3x or more the price of what a device is worth because of it's logo. For most applications Apple is an objectively inferior brand to use, yet they charge out the ass because people are oh so loyal to their iPhone/iPad etc and will gladly bend over to get the apple with a bite already taken out of it.

I mean, they were proud to announce a monitor stand that costs 1000 fucking dollars and people were excited for it.

 

[Burning Fanatic]

Doubt he'd earn his own thread, though Unbox Therapy comes to mind when it comes to having your entire personality and career centered around consuming and shilling "luxury" products. From what I know, the guy's been called out several times for some of the products he's backed being highly dubious, including some existing phone cases he tried to sell as his own merch + the infamous "Escobar phones."

 

[Ged!]

Doubt he'd earn his own thread, though Unbox Therapy comes to mind when it comes to having your entire personality and career centered around consuming and shilling "luxury" products. From what I know, the guy's been called out several times for some of the products he's backed being highly dubious, including some existing phone cases he tried to sell as his own merch + the infamous "Escobar phones."

This guy got exposed for faking an iPhone giveaway. Don't know if there was ever a resolution to the situation, but here's a video giving a basic rundown: