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

[Cyclonus]

 

[Marshal Mannerheim]

The whole concept of ”unboxing videos” is exactly what's wrong with consumerism. It's watching someone open a box to get a useless plastic thing.

 

[💗Freddie Freaker💗]

Nendo collection tends to fall under the same umbrella as generic waifu figure collection to me, I've never seen a particular sperginess unique to that line. I think the fact they're so damn fucking FRAGILE is part of it. I only have one of a character I like, and god forbid you try to pose and adjust their joints it feels like a fucking heart surgery sometimes. It's disappointing too, they'd be the perfect size to hold and use like a figurine toy, but they're built more to be wrestled into a cute pose after changing their faceplates, then put on a shelf and never touched again or else an arm will pop out the socket.

Funkos are soft plastic too, but they aren't articulated so delicately that it can be to their detriment, at least. I'll fucking give them that. Unfortunately that means they're idiot-proofed for manchildren.

Nendoroid doll bodies fix the fragility issue, have good poseability and let you dress up your animu figure in cute clothes. Highly recommended if you like Nendos.

 

[AdmiralRenae]

Since we're on the subject of DVD collectors and once again rehashing the "what is/isn't consooming" debate, I'd offer up Daisuke Beppu as a good example of a true collector, as opposed to a consoomer like Cinemasickness.

Dude owns every single film in the Criterion Collection, which is an instant red flag for consoomerism, but as you look into his videos you realize that he actually seems genuinely passionate and loving towards all of the films that he owns. He also uploads thoughtful videos analyzing his collection and demonstrates a deep understanding and appreciation for film. This is a pretty stark contrast to autists like Cinemasickness who admit to collecting media for the sole purpose of owning as much shit as they possibly can.

Also, no soy face in the thumbnails:
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This guy gets a pass. It would be like collecting every gaming console that you have since childhood and showcasing it to the world as a passion.

Nendoroid doll bodies fix the fragility issue, have good poseability and let you dress up your animu figure in cute clothes. Highly recommended if you like Nendos.

Nendoroids are cool too, just dont start mindlessly consooming them, they are cute too.

 

[Kosher Snake]

Since we're on the subject of DVD collectors and once again rehashing the "what is/isn't consooming" debate, I'd offer up Daisuke Beppu as a good example of a true collector, as opposed to a consoomer like Cinemasickness.

Dude owns every single film in the Criterion Collection, which is an instant red flag for consoomerism, but as you look into his videos you realize that he actually seems genuinely passionate and loving towards all of the films that he owns. He also uploads thoughtful videos analyzing his collection and demonstrates a deep understanding and appreciation for film. This is a pretty stark contrast to autists like Cinemasickness who admit to collecting media for the sole purpose of owning as much shit as they possibly can.

Also, no soy face in the thumbnails:
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TBH I cannot add to anything this comment said, it pretty much sums up how the channel is the definition of non-autistic collecting.

The whole concept of ”unboxing videos” is exactly what's wrong with consumerism. It's watching someone open a box to get a useless plastic thing.

Also, unboxing videos are basically "I wanna review things but I not only have no skill in reviewing things but also have no agency to improve my reviewing skill" and it makes actual review videos(like the Daisuke channel) look bad

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

All those bytes of worthless digital knick knacks lost in time, like tears in the rain

High tech , Low Life

Legos > physical and mental health

 

[Doinker Marmalade]

Anyone who needlessly hoards or gathers any product is a consoomer, regardless of whatever use the items could potentially have.

For fucking YEARS I only had one nendoroid and it was the original one of L from death note. This was before they added joints and shit. The neck joint on one of the faces broke. The past few years I've actually been getting a few nendoroids and they feel a lot less fragile but the joint tolerances can be a bit fucky sometimes. They aren't figures that are meant to be banged around and are more cool stylized display pieces for your desk/shelf. The prices rose from $30 to $50-$60 and materials got better, but QC got kinda iffy on them. The QC problems are infinitely worse on funko pops, and Funko has no fucking excuse with how short the development and production requirement of the things is. Every time something gets announced/revealed there's instantly a Funko pop of it. Contrast this with Goodsmile, where they took ridiculously long to complete the main trio of Gurren Lagann in Nendoroid form. Yoko was number 53 in the product number counter thing. Kamina was fucking 935. they made a fuckload of nendoroids other characters like suicide squad jared leto joker between those releases.
I'm not sure what exactly their reasoning is with what characters they make into figures at what times but It's definitely different than Funko's ideology and not quite full on "CONSOOM" mode. There are absolutely nendo consoomers though, no doubt about it.

You're confusing autists with consumers, on a ven diagram the two categories probably have a lot of overlap but not 1:1 overlap.

Depends on where you live, the brand, and variety.

Nendoroids are cool too, just dont start mindlessly consooming them, they are cute too.

Can we PLEASE, once and for all quit discussing the finer intricacies of what is and isn't consooming and just make fun of retards for FUCKS SAKE.
No one cares if you have 1-2 Funko Pops, either post your pics making a soy face with them so we can mock you or shut the fuck up about it.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Can we PLEASE, once and for all quit discussing the finer intricacies of what is and isn't consooming and just make fun of retards for FUCKS SAKE.
No one cares if you have 1-2 Funko Pops, either post your pics making a soy face with them so we can mock you or shut the fuck up about it.

I was actually pointing out that scotch isn't always 100 dollars a bottle. Wasn't justifying anything. Just informing.

Will admit that the tangent was unneeded.

 

[NoReturn]

Look what I found today. It's a whole YouTube channel of ambient Disney sounds:

Spoiler: Yes there's more

And if you think it's only one channel then you have too much faith in humanity:

 

[The Lawgiver]

I was actually pointing out that scotch isn't always 100 dollars a bottle. Wasn't justifying anything. Just informing.

Look what I found today. It's a whole YouTube channel of ambient Disney sounds:

Spoiler: Yes there's more

And if you think it's only one channel then you have too much faith in humanity:

This is more of a media archival thing than a consooming thing. Disney strikes down these frequently but there's actually like a lot of channels that upload things like this from Disney and other amusement parks, but mainly Disney because as ar as I know Disney's parks are the only ones with completely original OSTs for the non-ride areas of the park. There used to be uploads of the backing instrumental tracks from long defunct disney rides like Journey into imagination, but now those are all gone and the only upload you can find are the vocal mixes of them you'd hear on the actual rides due to copyright flag bots finally detecting the audio around roughly a decade or so after the original uploads.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Whoever, gave this thread the infected tag then thank fuck. So much talk of "Am I a consoomer? What is a consoomer?" is fucking grating especially the retards who keep asking if they are consoomers.

 

[Doinker Marmalade]

I don't know if it's the hobby or just California, but the amount of soy in this video could provide adequate lifetime nutrition for several small children.

Ah yes, put white gloves on and use words like 'exotic' and 'luxurious' to convince some retard to pay you $3500 for mass produced garbage.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Found a dakimakura subreddit. Quite a few posts are NSFW.
r/dakimakura
Archive
A guide to collecting waifu pillows
The link in the thread leads to a Google Drive download.
Archive

 

[DamnWolves!]

The Disney "brand" provides a cradle-to-grave customer experience

This is unironically the scariest sentence I've ever seen (actually, it might be tied with "I missed my period..."). I guess it's true if you think about it, but I really don't want to think about it. The sheer number of man-hours that have gone into cultivating this lifelong "customer experience" must be astronomical. I want to believe that I am in charge of the choices I make in life, but I know that there are people out there who are manipulated from the day they're born until the day they die by brands that prey on their worst insecurities, or have their neurochemistry hijacked by teams of kikes working non-stop, trying to figure out how they can trick people into thinking they're happy.

In lieu of all that, I have to wonder how many of the consumer choices I make are actually made by me vs. how many are made for me by psychologists wearing lab coats with a Mickey Mouse head on their breast pocket.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

This is unironically the scariest sentence I've ever seen (actually, it might be tied with "I missed my period..."). I guess it's true if you think about it, but I really don't want to think about it. The sheer number of man-hours that have gone into cultivating this lifelong "customer experience" must be astronomical. I want to believe that I am in charge of the choices I make in life, but I know that there are people out there who are manipulated from the day they're born until the day they die by brands that prey on their worst insecurities, or have their neurochemistry hijacked by teams of kikes working non-stop, trying to figure out how they can trick people into thinking they're happy.

In lieu of all that, I have to wonder how many of the consumer choices I make are actually made by me vs. how many are made for me by psychologists wearing lab coats with a Mickey Mouse head on their breast pocket.

One of the core tenets in advertising and public relations is to make people think their decisions and choices are their own. They want to subtle nudge you into believing something or buying something rather than try and convince you (because who the fuck is convinced by a 30-second commercial?) and they will do anything they can to do that, like, say, reshaping society itself. Modern advertising theory and techniques were in large part pioneered by the tobacco industry around 100-125 years ago (consumer goods IIRC was the other big one), and the entire point was to convince people to buy shit they didn't need and especially convince you to buy shit that was literally dangerous. Edward Bernays, founder of modern PR, was an expert at creating a lot of these tactics which are used not just by corporations but also governments. Definitely check into him if you want to know more about how this works and the theory behind it.

Disney has no doubt employed very intelligent people at their marketing and PR departments over the decades, and their strategy is incredibly well-crafted as you said. It's a brand as a religion, nostalgia commodified. You don't just see a Disney movie, you keep buying that movie and things related to it for your entire life.

I do wonder where the "brand as a religion" thing came from. It makes sense to think of selling a brand like that, since many religions have rituals involving newborn babies (infant baptism, circumcision, etc.) and at death that individual will be buried in a ceremony conducted in that religion (and they will often see clergy of their faith on their deathbed). Babies will be surrounded by the brand since the moment they are born since their bedrooms, clothes, etc. will be emblazoned with this brand. As they age, they will stick around with the brand and demand their parents help them consoom more. They can be married at a wedding themed after this brand, at a location significant to this brand. Their own children will be raised in this brand as well. When they are dying, they might watch a favorite movie one last time and they have the option to be buried in a branded casket (and yes, of course they have Disney funerals, here's the first link that came up).

The above is interchangeable for a lot of major products, and a few not major ones you see weird boomers obsessive about like Harley Davidson motorcycles or KISS. For instance, Nintendo has increasingly embraced this as well. It's genius marketing if you can position yourself like this, because there are people who will buy product after product for the hell of it, because you've convinced them it's a core element of who they are as a person.

 

[Toolbox]

Their own children will be raised in this brand as well. When they are dying, they might watch a favorite movie one last time and they have the option to be buried in a branded casket (and yes, of course they have Disney funerals, here's the first link that came up).

Thank god, but I can imagine that there is someone that does this. Disney tends to legally come down on those that do, though. Remember the spiderman grave?

 

[Jones McCann]

All those bytes of worthless digital knick knacks lost in time, like tears in the rain

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I love Apex Legends but I've maybe only spent ~$100 in thousands of hours playing the game. I can't justify spending hundreds on one item (yes, there are items called heirlooms that are unqiue to each character and cost $160 each on release, our even more after the fact) when it could get deleted randomly. I've had friends get their accounts (with hundreds of dollars spent) banned for hacking meanwhile actual hackers can get max rank (100+ hours) without getting banned. You're only hope of getting customer support in any of these free games is to be a streamer or go on reddit/twitter and get attention, if you try to use the customer support on their website you will get an automated email and no response for over a month. Absolutely not worth the money.

Remember the spiderman grave?

Why would you put a fictional character on your childrens grave?

 

[Daughter of Cernunnos]

Saw the most consoomer shit on reddit today. A skincare company that makes expensive serums called Herbivore was exposed for their bakuchiol serum having no bakuchiol. Somebody measured the levels of bakuchiol in products said to contain it and Herbivore was the only one who had none (or in the parts per million range). That serum is over 70 dollars Canadian for a single bottle. On the r/skincareaddiction PSA thread about it, it's pretty decent and informative but on the r/sephora thread, there are people making up any excuse like that Herbivore had a falling out with the company that supplies their bakuchiol. It just came up as hella reaching bc you want to justify to yourself how much you spent on a single serum. Herbivore is a whacked New Age company that thinks crystals have magical powers and sells moldly products because they don't believe in preservatives.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sephora/comments/mlzbwh/herbivore_botanicals_bakuchiol_serum_doesnt/

Herbivore Botanicals Bakuchiol serum doesn’t actually contain any Bak…

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https://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAddiction/comments/mlrbbd/psa_lab_test_found_the_bakuchiol_serum_from/

https://archive.ph/wip/LpaUI

Consoomer comments in question:

This comment in the original post is relevant: https://www.reddit.com/r/SkincareAd...?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

It seems that the lab tests were ordered by Syntheon, the company that makes bakuchiol for the market, and Herbivore may have had a falling out with them, so they reformulated the product. Then here comes Syntheon, being petty in a press release and wording it as if Herbivore was being shady.

Now, someone posted the ingredients and Herbivore did reformulate but the name of the product remains. Still, if Synteon blocked Herbivore from buying more bakuchiol, they already knew what the reformulated product would come up as. So they tried to make some press to impact Herbivore.

Did you read the comment linked or the original post? I was summarizing just what the person said but adding the idea seems like there's more to the story than a press release for a test launched by the manufacturer of bakuchiol. The product's new ingredients don't list bakuchiol (as someone posted a comparison of old and new ingredients). I'm just saying possible ulterior motives of the supplier may be something to consider. Even though the product now does not say bakuchiol on the ingredients list, but the title of this post (as one example) can be true at the same time.

 

[Erika Furudo]

This is unironically the scariest sentence I've ever seen (actually, it might be tied with "I missed my period..."). I guess it's true if you think about it, but I really don't want to think about it. The sheer number of man-hours that have gone into cultivating this lifelong "customer experience" must be astronomical. I want to believe that I am in charge of the choices I make in life, but I know that there are people out there who are manipulated from the day they're born until the day they die by brands that prey on their worst insecurities, or have their neurochemistry hijacked by teams of kikes working non-stop, trying to figure out how they can trick people into thinking they're happy.

In lieu of all that, I have to wonder how many of the consumer choices I make are actually made by me vs. how many are made for me by psychologists wearing lab coats with a Mickey Mouse head on their breast pocket.

Read Robert Cialdini he is a pyschologist who has 2 books I have read "Influence" and "Pre-suasion", both books focusing on manipulating people. He released them to try and help consumers protect themselves from predatory sales tactics. Consumers generally ignored them and the books sold a fuck ton of copies in the marketing industry. Both books just contain a bunch of tactics people would use, like a salesman who got more sales by getting people to trust him by saying he forgot something and needed to get it from his car, so he asked for a key to the house and would be right back. He didn't need anything, he just went back and gave them the key and it made them more likely to buy from him, due to previous interactions iirc. Other shit was stuff like using association, framing questions to push how people respond, etc. I fully reccomend them because it's good for you to know how people/companies may try and manipulate you.

Also worth checking out is "The power of habit" by Charles Duhigg. More psychology stuff, not exactly about manipulation but there is a segment that will scare the shit out of you. A company entered some kind of an agreement with pregnant women, where the women allowed them to collect data based on their purchases. The idea was that pregnant women spend lots of money getting ready for their baby so if they could figure out who was pregnant they had a cash cow. Eventually the company was able to identify if a woman was pregnant, even what trimester she was in, entirely based on her spending habits. They used it to personalize advertisements to what women would want/need at the time. There was even a story where a father came in and complained they advertised baby products to his teenage daughter, he later apologised as it turned out the girl was sleeping with her BF and he had no idea.

Now imagine what Amazon and Google can do.

 

[AdmiralRenae]

Read Robert Cialdini he is a pyschologist who has 2 books I have read "Influence" and "Pre-suasion", both books focusing on manipulating people. He released them to try and help consumers protect themselves from predatory sales tactics. Consumers generally ignored them and the books sold a fuck ton of copies in the marketing industry. Both books just contain a bunch of tactics people would use, like a salesman who got more sales by getting people to trust him by saying he forgot something and needed to get it from his car, so he asked for a key to the house and would be right back. He didn't need anything, he just went back and gave them the key and it made them more likely to buy from him, due to previous interactions iirc. Other shit was stuff like using association, framing questions to push how people respond, etc. I fully reccomend them because it's good for you to know how people/companies may try and manipulate you.

Also worth checking out is "The power of habit" by Charles Duhigg. More psychology stuff, not exactly about manipulation but there is a segment that will scare the shit out of you. A company entered some kind of an agreement with pregnant women, where the women allowed them to collect data based on their purchases. The idea was that pregnant women spend lots of money getting ready for their baby so if they could figure out who was pregnant they had a cash cow. Eventually the company was able to identify if a woman was pregnant, even what trimester she was in, entirely based on her spending habits. They used it to personalize advertisements to what women would want/need at the time. There was even a story where a father came in and complained they advertised baby products to his teenage daughter, he later apologised as it turned out the girl was sleeping with her BF and he had no idea.

Now imagine what Amazon and Google can do.

It is unsurprising how advertisers and data companies would send hyper-targeted ads to people just so that people would consoom product. Nudge theory is becoming the future of advertising, like it or not, with massive troves of date held by companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft to sell to advertisers. The advertisers then send you hyper targeted ads right to your face and nudge you to buy their product. With smart homes, smart cars, and shit like that eventually, you can have a near-perfect surveillance tool to track your customers every move and send them ads whenever they say they want something.

Online retail can also build a detailed record of your habits by tracking your online purchases too.