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

[Jeff Boomhauer]

It's too bad this book came out in 1999, because a lot of today's consoomers should have read it as children. In the end, Brother and Sister Bear realize they can't have fun with the toys they've been obsessed with collecting, as all they are are expensive trophies on a shelf that simply stare at them. Meanwhile, other kids boast about how many they own, which the book states something like, "That's pretty much all you could do with them."

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

It's too bad this book came out in 1999, because a lot of today's consoomers should have read it as children. In the end, Brother and Sister Bear realize they can't have fun with the toys, as all they are are expensive trophies on a shelf that simply stare at them. Meanwhile, other kids boast about how many they own, which the book states something like, "That's pretty much all you could do with them."
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i guess they already knew about the soy face back then. uh

Powerpuff girls also referenced the obsessed collector as a villain, same with Toy Story, is a bit ironic how even the creators of the same pop culture coomlectors love take every opportunity they get to shit on them and make fun of their bullshit.

 

[Vingle]

I notice a similar theme in the majority of "collectors" rooms. It really looks tacky and cheap. They only use money on the collection, meanwhile the rest looks like shit.

 

[Devyn]

This was something I found on the reddit thread about someone giving advice to a suicidal guy.

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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?

There's just something so very depressing about seeing these adult men show off their piles of plastic junk. There's no joy or any sort of real vitality, just these quick and shallow imitations of happiness before droning on about the next piece of plastic.

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Yeah Funkoman, you're a wizard for sure.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

As accurate as those depictions are, the problem is that those people have only multiplied exponentially in the last 20 years. They were a rightful object of ridicule then, but now they have a 1000 different hugboxes to congregate in, so they don't stand out as much.

Someone in another thread was differentiating between the consoomer and the collector, one major difference is that the consoomer will buy things and never actually use them. So you have neckbeards with walls of sealed games, libraries full of bad titles that they admit are terrible but they have to have them for 'some reason' anyway. I've always only bought games I will actually play, not wall decorations.

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

It's too bad this book came out in 1999, because a lot of today's consoomers should have read it as children. In the end, Brother and Sister Bear realize they can't have fun with the toys, as all they are are expensive trophies on a shelf that simply stare at them. Meanwhile, other kids boast about how many they own, which the book states something like, "That's pretty much all you could do with them."
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That was probably a reference to beanie babies.

 

[BootlegPopeye]

Absolutely it was a reference to beanie babies. We've had consoomer crazes before, even before the internet. Cabbage Patch dolls were another in the 1982-4 period. But that one wasn't as autistic because kids still played with them. The way the Beanie baby people treated them like priceless objects never to be touched (DONT DAMAGE THE TAG) is the closest thing to the current situation.

I personally know a game 'collector' who never plays video games ("doesnt have time"). Much of his collection is sealed. What's the point of having any of it?

 

[Doctor of Autism]

As accurate as those depictions are, the problem is that those people have only multiplied exponentially in the last 20 years. They were a rightful object of ridicule then, but now they have a 1000 different hugboxes to congregate in, so they don't stand out as much.

Someone in another thread was differentiating between the consoomer and the collector, one major difference is that the consoomer will buy things and never actually use them. So you have neckbeards with walls of sealed games, libraries full of bad titles that they admit are terrible but they have to have them for 'some reason' anyway. I've always only bought games I will actually play, not wall decorations.

Honestly aren't both the same thing since collectors just keep up their shit for display. I remember a defense about Collector's ITT being "THEY HAVE A STORY TO TELL FOR EACH OBJECT WHICH HAS MEANING TO THEM" yet most collectors buy shit they don't care about for the sake of having everything for the perfect collection and can overlap with hoarders. There are some healthy stable collectors but I can bet most are just idiots hoarding shit they have no value in beyond being part of a series they like or for the sake of having it.

 

[Overcast]

Love it or hate it, Catdog had an episode about this mentality. Cat becomes the quintessential consoomer!

Man, I completely forgot about that episode. Crazy how well it's aged.

It's too bad this book came out in 1999, because a lot of today's consoomers should have read it as children. In the end, Brother and Sister Bear realize they can't have fun with the toys, as all they are are expensive trophies on a shelf that simply stare at them. Meanwhile, other kids boast about how many they own, which the book states something like, "That's pretty much all you could do with them."
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i guess they already knew about the soy face back then. uh

Powerpuff girls also referenced the obsessed collector as a villain, same with Toy Story, is a bit ironic how even the creators of the same pop culture coomlectors love take every opportunity they get to shit on them and make fun of their bullshit.

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The more things change, the more they stay the same.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

It's too bad this book came out in 1999, because a lot of today's consoomers should have read it as children. In the end, Brother and Sister Bear realize they can't have fun with the toys, as all they are are expensive trophies on a shelf that simply stare at them. Meanwhile, other kids boast about how many they own, which the book states something like, "That's pretty much all you could do with them."
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Unfortunately, these consoomers are from the Berenstein Bears universe and never read the Berenstain Bears.

 

[grannygoose]

From reading this thread, I've noticed that Disney is just Marvel but for soygirls. Why do grown ass women like Disney so much?

 

[Clark Kent]

From reading this thread, I've noticed that Disney is just Marvel but for soygirls. Why do grown ass women like Disney so much?

The bastards hook them when they're young. What little girl DOESN'T want to be a heroine with a great singing voice and possibly magic? The Disney Princess childhood fantasy is just as strong as the Prince Charming one, and it affects them well into adulthood.

 

[Vingle]

From reading this thread, I've noticed that Disney is just Marvel but for soygirls. Why do grown ass women like Disney so much?

The bastards hook them when they're young.

Because heroine rhymes with heroin.

 

[Stalphos Johnson]

I notice a similar theme in the majority of "collectors" rooms. It really looks tacky and cheap. They only use money on the collection, meanwhile the rest looks like shit.

If you spend money on making the room nice, there's less money to spend being a consoomer.

 

[Cantercoin]

Oh god, seeing all that TLOU 2 merch reminds me of what is perhaps the absolute peak of, if not consoomerism, certainly mental illness.
I don't think I'm kidding when I say this room creeps me the fuck out, literally covered wall to wall, floor to ceiling in just TLOU2 merch.
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The Neil Cuckmann chair never fails to make me smile. There's no reason to go out and get a custom designed chair of someone that probably will become irrelevant in 3-5 years and it would make a weird conversation starter just because he sticks out like a sore thumb.

 

[Xerxes IX]

"THEY HAVE A STORY TO TELL FOR EACH OBJECT WHICH HAS MEANING TO THEM"

Current day stories will be something like "I beat 500 other bugmen to the last comic con exclusive Funko Pop for a recolor of a character I know nothing about. Now it's another unremarkable piece in my massive display of Funko pops in boxes".

 

[Erika Furudo]

So are there any examples of consoomers who become self aware? In particular I am curious how they dispose of all thier shit, be it anime figures or funkopops.
Do anime figures just get thrown away or are they relatively liquid?

 

[Vingle]

Do anime figures just get thrown away or are they relatively liquid?

They get sold, if it's rare or highly sought after. It goes for several hundred usd more than it was originally bought for. Haven't read up on prices for Funko Pops, but an anime figure can easily cost over 1000 usd.
The kimono at least is fabric and not plastic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimeFigures/comments/m4jmu1/i_saw_this_really_expensive_rem_figure_on/

 

[Dagobert]

They get sold, if it's rare or highly sought after. It goes for several hundred usd more than it was originally bought for. Haven't read up on prices for Funko Pops, but an anime figure can easily cost over 1000 usd.
The kimono at least is fabric and not plastic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimeFigures/comments/m4jmu1/i_saw_this_really_expensive_rem_figure_on/

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Yeah, the prices of anime figurines are insane. I want exactly one anime figurine and it costs over $300. I can't afford that.

 

[melty]

So are there any examples of consoomers who become self aware? In particular I am curious how they dispose of all thier shit, be it anime figures or funkopops.
Do anime figures just get thrown away or are they relatively liquid?

Well I'm not as bad as the people in videos but part of why I'm skeptical of the "collecting is so much better and different" line is because I was always a collector, it started with fucking beanie babies but I collected different stuff pretty much my whole life and I don't think it's really that much different or better than consooming, anyway I sold all the stuff when I realized it was just kind of an addiction and didn't make me much happier.

"Goodbye things" is a book about this where this japanese guy was a mega consumer, not anime figs or anything that exciting but he would hoard stuff for whatever "hobbies" he had that he thought made him interesting and not necessarily because he really liked them. He had a big book collection for example, lots of people would defend that. He went the extreme opposite and sold all the stuff and became super minimalist which probably isn't too healthy either. It's not common, sometimes I look up people I remember being prolific collectors from years ago and they are still at it though sometimes it's a different franchise or thing they collect.

Occasionally I see people sell big collections and a lot of times it's some life event like they had a kid and don't have time for the collection anymore and sell it off probably to get money for the kids or something. There was one woman I used to love buying from cause she had great stuff but like every few months like clockwork she needed money for her kid and put up stuff on eBay. She had some rare stuff she said she would never sell but it all eventually went up on eBay. I felt kind of bad for her.