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

I thought Ita was just the japanese Onomatopoeia for ouch, in Ita bags case it refered to the pain it causes your wallet because of how much the bags and decorating them costs.
Isn't "ita" also how girls in lolita fashion insult each other? Like if someone didn't buy the most expensive dress from the most expensive brand is enough to be very harshly bullied in that scene and anything off brand or DIY is haram.

Lolita girls like to really larp as rococo aristocrats all the way through, even down to the petty classism
 
Knowing someone that was in retail for this stuff, audiophiles are far, far more autistic.

Heard stories of one guy that wouldn't wear clothes while listening to his favorite albums for fear of dampening frequencies.
Another guy banned digital watches from his listening room.

The batshit hilarious accesories these fucking lunatics buy is worthy of a whole thread.
Wasn’t Chris’s dad one of those?
Seeing what the Disney "fandom" has become in the past five years, I feel ashamed for having gone on a few Disney vacations in recent years. lol.

I still have Disney movies that I love ... But god damn, I've become embarrassed to express that because of how weird the Disney consoomers are.

Fun fact: Most of the weirdo Disney fans are the ones who go to Disneyland. I went to Disneyland for the first/probably only time in 2018, and I felt out of place and not many people were friendly. I literally saw grown-ass adults acting and talking like the characters they were dressed up as for Dapper Day; it was weird and uncomfortable. Sure, you see some of the weirdos at Disney World as well, but most of Disney World's attendees are families with kids and newlyweds on their honeymoon.

There are/were cool things about Disneyland, but the vibes at Disney World are superior ... Well, at least in pre-COVID times.

Next time I go to a theme park, fuck it, it's going to be Universal. Universal is underrated as hell, the rides are great, and it's much more affordable. And despite the Harry Potter world being there, I didn't see any cringey people there.
It’s just vacation. Nothing to be ashamed about. Although to be honest I would rather go to universal rather than a Disney park. Disney fans are annoying as hell and I blame them for Star Wars. I also get annoyed how they accept every “live action” reboot and basically chug whatever Disney pushes their way.

It’s funny how Harry Potter fans who never grew up somehow are less cringe than Disney stans. Maybe it’s because the worst ones can’t afford to go to Universal or are boycotting it. If it’s the latter I hope they continue to boycott it lol.
The kind of money people will piss away on games they have no intention of playing or reselling just for the sake of completionism is astounding.
Hundreds of dollars at a time sometimes on the same game just on different consoles.
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I have a decent game collection but I have a simple rule… buy low, sell high. Back in the day my brother and I would get broken gameboy games, most just needed a simple battery replacement, and we’d flip them for a profit but gameboy autists were amongst the worse to deal with so we exited earlier than we originally planned. I also try to focus on brands that autists like because they often have a better resale value (Lego, Sonic, Mario, etc).

I usually get a lot of games for a system right as it’s going out of style because that’s when it’s the cheapest since many fanboys are ditching it for the newest plastic. I also like to hit up garage sales and estate sales*. I refuse to pay above retail (adjusted for inflation) for anything I plan on flipping - which is 95% of it. I then sell most of it two generations down the line which is when people start getting nostalgic. I also avoid sport titles because they have piss poor resale value. Other items I like to resell are Lego sets. It’s very easy for me but I have to keep it out of reach of my kids which is harder than one would expect. It’s not enough to live off of, but I like selling things online for extra cash here and there. I also have come to loath Craigslist, Facebook Marketplace, and anything similar to it and mostly stick to selling on eBay.

*I’m not into magic but I like to get whole collections from dead fatties and flip it because their families don’t know how much they’re worth. I have to Google it but it’s worth it.
 
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...well, at least the Japs are honest. These remind me of a soyboy liberal arts major’s sticker-plastered MacBook, but somehow even worse thanks to the repetition.
Why is that such a thing, anyway? I can understand a few stickers, but there's a point where it starts getting crazy. I think it's like bumper stickers.
Even those look cheap and gaudy as fuck to what came before.
AFAIK the earliest iteration of these things would be the German Hummel Figurines from the early 1930's based on the drawings of Franciscan Nun Maria Hummel.
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Like these fuckers are commonly found in households of elderly Germans, not cheap, but then again you can tell why, being from porcelain and hand drawn. They are considered very schlocky by younger people, but given that the company that made them quite production years ago, the remaining pieces will only get rarer as they get damaged or tossed by people that inherit them.

The Dutch Royal Airlines also has a similar tradition with their Delfts Blauw collectible houses for business class travellers or as promotional item. Some people even received them as a small token of goodwill for experienced inconveniences while travelling with KLM.
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Granted more of a industrial mass produced item than the Hummels, but infinitesimally higher effort than plastic trash like Funkopops, Gundams or Anime/Hentai related figurine crap. The great gag of the houses is that they are hollow and filled with Old Style Dutch Jenever sealed with cork and wax.

Truly modern consumption cultures is about taking a good product/concept and endlessly diluting it with novel, but inferior versions that can be mass produced. See also Coffee and things like Coffeechains.
I could accept like one Hummel, but for some reason seeing a bunch together has always freaked me out.
Maybe all these things are related in my brain. Something primal like "One bug is fine, but a swarm of any bug is danger."
 
It’s just vacation. Nothing to be ashamed about. Although to be honest I would rather go to universal rather than a Disney park. Disney fans are annoying as hell and I blame them for Star Wars. I also get annoyed how they accept every “live action” reboot and basically chug whatever Disney pushes their way.
Universal's being a hell of a lot smarter than Disney right now. There's a reason consoomers get stereotyped as Nintendo stans. A Nintendo themed land is basically a guaranteed hit not just because kids like vidya more than Disney movies but because of adult theme part enthusiast spergs.
 
Universal's being a hell of a lot smarter than Disney right now. There's a reason consoomers get stereotyped as Nintendo stans. A Nintendo themed land is basically a guaranteed hit not just because kids like vidya more than Disney movies but because of adult theme part enthusiast spergs.
Nintendo spergs seem to be a lot more “organic” too. I don’t know what it is about Disney fans but they seem.. artificial.
 
Isn't "ita" also how girls in lolita fashion insult each other?
I think so, Lolita isnt really my thing though, those girls are insane.
Seams like i was mistaken in my thinking of what ita bags ment anyway. Guess weebs given up on trying to sugar coat it.

Im just waiting for koreaboos to find out a way to publicly display all there photo cards and kpop merch. Having a horde of real peoples faces is wayy creepier than a collection of drawings imho
 
Isn't "ita" also how girls in lolita fashion insult each other? Like if someone didn't buy the most expensive dress from the most expensive brand is enough to be very harshly bullied in that scene and anything off brand or DIY is haram.

Lolita girls like to really larp as rococo aristocrats all the way through, even down to the petty classism
From what I can tell from lurking in weeb fashion spaces lolitas have become more accepting of DIY/off brand stuff in recent years. There are probably still massively elitist brandwhores who refuse to wear anything but the rarest most expensive burando in the lando since plenty of lolitas act like they’re still in high school but from what I can tell if you rock up with a dress you got from Bodyline or Taobao you’re not gonna get automatically shunned by everybody. The only form of offbrand lolitas hate nowadays are replicas of brand dresses because muh art theft/copyright infringement and alt clothing places that make Halloween costume tier shit and call it lolita. Ita tends to get used to insult lolitas who can’t coordinate worth shit and are wearing ugly outfits, or wearing clothing that isn’t really Lolita while claiming it is.
 
Nintendo spergs seem to be a lot more “organic” too. I don’t know what it is about Disney fans but they seem.. artificial.
Its musicals. Disney made an empire on media featuring musical numbers and so Disney will always have a demography of the most unhinged horse girls, wine aunts and homosexual men as their biggest fans, theater kids are cancer. Even the Pixar brand which is huge doesn't seem to generate as many insane unbearable fans as Disney's own movies like Frozen , Moana and Tangled and is because musicals make the difference.

From what I can tell from lurking in weeb fashion spaces lolitas have become more accepting of DIY/off brand stuff in recent years. There are probably still massively elitist brandwhores who refuse to wear anything but the rarest most expensive burando in the lando since plenty of lolitas act like they’re still in high school but from what I can tell if you rock up with a dress you got from Bodyline or Taobao you’re not gonna get automatically shunned by everybody. The only form of offbrand lolitas hate nowadays are replicas of brand dresses because muh art theft/copyright infringement and alt clothing places that make Halloween costume tier shit and call it lolita. Ita tends to get used to insult lolitas who can’t coordinate worth shit and are wearing ugly outfits, or wearing clothing that isn’t really Lolita while claiming it is.
i am glad there is a reaction to the snooty bitches, girls buying the materials and making their own custom dresses can at least say they are investing in learning something creative and knowing how to make and repair your own clothing is always useful in the long run . When i was younger lolita was a pretty small niched within the already small weeb niche and it was always the same handful of rich girls in the local community heavily bullying and gatekeeping everyone else, that is not a sustainable way to foster a community or a hobby.
 
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Its musicals. Disney made an empire on media featuring musical numbers and so Disney will always have a demography of the most unhinged horse girls, wine aunts and homosexual men as their biggest fans, theater are cancer. Even the Pixar brand which is huge doesn't seem to generate as many insane unbearable fans as Disney's own movies like Frozen , Moana and Tangled and is because musicals make the difference.
The only good musical I’ve seen is the television show Galavant and it’s a musical about making fun of other musicals.
 
The only good musical I’ve seen is the television show Galavant and it’s a musical about making fun of other musicals.
My friends and I will sing "Secret Mission" on a regular basis. It's dumb but I love it.



Shit looks gross.
 
I saw this on reddit. The title is the most pathetic thing I've read in a while.​

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Even those look cheap and gaudy as fuck to what came before.
AFAIK the earliest iteration of these things would be the German Hummel Figurines from the early 1930's based on the drawings of Franciscan Nun Maria Hummel.
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Like these fuckers are commonly found in households of elderly Germans, not cheap, but then again you can tell why, being from porcelain and hand drawn. They are considered very schlocky by younger people, but given that the company that made them quite production years ago, the remaining pieces will only get rarer as they get damaged or tossed by people that inherit them.

The Dutch Royal Airlines also has a similar tradition with their Delfts Blauw collectible houses for business class travellers or as promotional item. Some people even received them as a small token of goodwill for experienced inconveniences while travelling with KLM.
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Granted more of a industrial mass produced item than the Hummels, but infinitesimally higher effort than plastic trash like Funkopops, Gundams or Anime/Hentai related figurine crap. The great gag of the houses is that they are hollow and filled with Old Style Dutch Jenever sealed with cork and wax.

Truly modern consumption cultures is about taking a good product/concept and endlessly diluting it with novel, but inferior versions that can be mass produced. See also Coffee and things like Coffeechains.
I have a few Hummels in my home that my great-grandmother left me. I wonder if they're worth anything. She loved superfluous, collectible tchotchkes like that.
 
Granted more of a industrial mass produced item than the Hummels, but infinitesimally higher effort than plastic trash like Funkopops, Gundams or Anime/Hentai related figurine crap. The great gag of the houses is that they are hollow and filled with Old Style Dutch Jenever sealed with cork and wax.
I wouldn't put the Gundam kits that cost several hundred dollars in the same category as cheap shit you get in a box. That shit can take a lot of hours to build and paint and as a reward it's extremely poseable. People put a lot of time and creativity into those Gunpla kits.
I have a few Hummels in my home that my great-grandmother left me. I wonder if they're worth anything. She loved superfluous, collectible tchotchkes like that.
Aren't most people who collect that sort of stuff dead/in a nursing home (ergo not allowed to spend money without permission)? Sounds like an inherent problem with trying to resell things that appeal to the over-75 market.
 
My friends and I will sing "Secret Mission" on a regular basis. It's dumb but I love it.

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Shit looks gross.
Imagine defining your identity by drinking coffee, I mean there are plenty of places who sell coffee but they only seem to consoom Starbucks. Also plenty of people in the United States drink coffee anyway, you aren't that special boo-boo.
 
Aren't most people who collect that sort of stuff dead/in a nursing home (ergo not allowed to spend money without permission)? Sounds like an inherent problem with trying to resell things that appeal to the over-75 market.
That's the main problem with collecting as an investment or with the goal of reselling years later. It doesn't matter if you have a sports card or stamp collection worth several hundred thousand on paper if everyone still involved in the hobby is either in a nursing home and unable to afford it or already has one. Most of the money to be made in collecting consoomer products comes from scalping new releases to addicts or selling to the uniformed for way over market value , as plenty of post here (and the current state of the PC component market) so vividly display.
 
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I saw this on reddit. The title is the most pathetic thing I've read in a while.​

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I have absolutely no idea what I'm looking at here. Is this a virtual "baby" this consoomer is seeing thru zir oculus rift?

@Dead Memes

This is actually a big problem in the Lionel Train community, for example. They're neat things, awesome if you're into model trains . . . but the only people who are buying them are superboomers and they're dying off. And for someone Gen X and under, they're too expensive and too much room is needed to set up a proper model train set.
 
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