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

If you ever get the chance, ask him if he resents having to go and get whatever new Nintendo thing's being released ASAP. Ask him if he ever feels like a slave to Nintendo. Even if you get totally negative answers, you've still planted that seed in his head, and hopefully, someday, it'll sprout and he'll come to realize what he's doing.
Dude doesn't resent that at all. last time I was at his place, he had tens of promotional posters and totems. The apartment is too small and crowded for his shit as well as his mom's shit that she also hoarded. And trust me, I did try to convince him to stop being a manchild and get his shit together .... oh well. I'd say he's chris-chan lite. We are no longer friends.
 
Think I finally found the holy grail of cringe imagery

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If you ever get the chance, ask him if he resents having to go and get whatever new Nintendo thing's being released ASAP. Ask him if he ever feels like a slave to Nintendo. Even if you get totally negative answers, you've still planted that seed in his head, and hopefully, someday, it'll sprout and he'll come to realize what he's doing.
In my experience the most annoying Nintendo consoomers are the ones who are angry about Nintendo's practices for a second before going full amnesiac and slavishly buying the new shiny thing they put out. Especially with Pokemon. It's like they can't help themselves.
 
IMO, collecting items which actually exist for a purpose is worse than collecting shit whose sole purpose is to sit on a shelf and look pretty.

At least someone who collects Funko Pops is fully aware that they’re buying useless plastic whose only job is to sit on a shelf. But you can be sure that whoever owns the dildos in the photo has deluded themselves into thinking that some day each of these dildos will see use. Similar to people who collect a shit ton of knives, or flashlights, or cameras, or guns. You’re taking something that was meant to be used and reducing it to a worthless trophy. For some reason that bugs me way more than someone collecting useless plastic.

Like lol, you only have one butthole, you don’t need enough dragon dildos to make a fucking rainbow.
 
In my experience the most annoying Nintendo consoomers are the ones who are angry about Nintendo's practices for a second before going full amnesiac and slavishly buying the new shiny thing they put out. Especially with Pokemon. It's like they can't help themselves.
I'd also like to add, from my experience, they buy shit double of whatever just got released, even if they are NEETs living on unemployment. I'd like to add that even Zelda consoomers are as annoying. And Nintendo is enabling this shit pretty much.
 
I'd also like to add, from my experience, they buy shit double of whatever just got released, even if they are NEETs living on unemployment. I'd like to add that even Zelda consoomers are as annoying. And Nintendo is enabling this shit pretty much.
The double-buying thing is a really weird idea I hadn't heard of. I sort of get it, having one 'Mint in Box' if you're going to sell it on for profit and another to mess with, but if you're just going to have one to keep and the other to also keep and play with, that's stupid. Just buy one isn't it
 
The double-buying thing is a really weird idea I hadn't heard of. I sort of get it, having one 'Mint in Box' if you're going to sell it on for profit and another to mess with, but if you're just going to have one to keep and the other to also keep and play with, that's stupid. Just buy one isn't it
His response was "The box looks so pretty, I want to keep it". Fucking autism, mate.
 
I don't mind cookbooks from shows where cooking is a pretty prominent part of the series or even if it's a cookbook for making authentic looking dishes from a fantasy/sci-fi series (bonus for including info about their time on set using/making it). A lot of those cookbooks listed are the boring "x-inspired dishes you can make at home!" that offer nothing interesting.

Probably a TMI moment, but the only one of those cookbooks I've ever gotten was the Feeding Hannibal cookbook that featured recipes used in the series (with animal subs for the human meat) with some lovely pictures. Holds a bunch of interesting tidbits about behind the scenes comments on each recipe as a nice extra.
A friend of mine bought me the Overwatch cookbook for Xmas and I was genuinely surprised at how nice it was. I thought the idea was retarded but there were lots of recipes from around the world like Africa and India and shit.
I would have never bought it myself but it was pretty neat and piqued my interest in cooking a bit more (I loath cooking). Funny enough I want to try all of sombras "recipes"

At least gimmicky cookbooks teach people a valuable skill and might convince some people (like me) to do something they otherwise wouldn't.
 
Here's some food for thought.

At what point does a brand's cultural influence go from being part of the culture, to controlling the culture? Im not reffering to disney here, I'm reffering to subcultures.

Im saying this because while I wholeheartedly hate CONSOOMerism there are many subcultures out there where a specific few brands/names are a huge part of it, and have a positive influence
 
Here's some food for thought.

At what point does a brand's cultural influence go from being part of the culture, to controlling the culture? Im not reffering to disney here, I'm reffering to subcultures.

Im saying this because while I wholeheartedly hate CONSOOMerism there are many subcultures out there where a specific few brands/names are a huge part of it, and have a positive influence
You know, you bring up a very good point and it's something I've noticed for a very long time.
Looking at those dildos, nothing in that image says "Bad Dragon", but we all knew right away which brand it was. Not because we're all furry degerates, but because that brand has become synonymous with the exact type of autistic furry coomer subculture that would collect colorful dildos.
When I was younger, "goth" was associated with Hot Topic. It wasn't "good enough" for someone to just get black clothes from a thrift store or wear a few signifying items, you had to go all-in.
 
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You know, you bring up a very good point and it's something I've noticed for a very long time.
Looking at those dildos, nothing in that image says "Bad Dragon", but we all knew right away which brand it was. Not because we're all furry degerates, but because that brand has become synonymous with the exact type of autistic furry coomer subculture that would collect colorful dildos.
When I was younger, "goth" was associated with Hot Topic. It wasn't "good enough" for someone to just get black clothes from a thrift store or wear a few signifying items, you had to go all-in.
Most of those aren't BD.
There's a small community of consoomers who buy any and every dildo made by anyone who shits them out on Etsy, regardless of quality just bc "ohh pretty colors" and many snap up and hoard any "pretty" ones they come across.
Many of them are anti BD and have absolute meltdowns if someone has BD in their collection (or even buy BD toys SECOND HAND) to have the pretties in their collection anyway. (Silicone is supposedly able to be sanitized but still that's gross af)
The fantasy toy community absolutely needs a thread of its own.
 
Many of them are anti BD and have absolute meltdowns if someone has BD in their collection (or even buy BD toys SECOND HAND) to have the pretties in their collection anyway. (Silicone is supposedly able to be sanitized but still that's gross af)
Oh good lord it's so much worse than I thought.
 
You know, you bring up a very good point and it's something I've noticed for a very long time.
Looking at those dildos, nothing in that image says "Bad Dragon", but we all knew right away which brand it was. Not because we're all furry degerates, but because that brand has become synonymous with the exact type of autistic furry coomer subculture that would collect colorful dildos.
When I was younger, "goth" was associated with Hot Topic. It wasn't "good enough" for someone to just get black clothes from a thrift store or wear a few signifying items, you had to go all-in.
Well this turned into hell of a thread lol

I was thinking a bit more mild perhaps? You're a 40-50 something mildly successful businessman who brings in a modest disposable income. You have loved Porsche since you were a kid, youve always followed GT and LMP Racing. Every few years you buy a newerish late model mid range Porsche and trade the old one in. You collect Porsche diecast, shirts, posters, etc. Youve got 2 classic Porsche's in the garage.

Are you a CONSOOMER due to your culture related brand loyality, or are you simply and enthusiast? Thats what im asking
 
Well this turned into hell of a thread lol

I was thinking a bit more mild perhaps? You're a 40-50 something mildly successful businessman who brings in a modest disposable income. You have loved Porsche since you were a kid, youve always followed GT and LMP Racing. Every few years you buy a newerish late model mid range Porsche and trade the old one in. You collect Porsche diecast, shirts, posters, etc. Youve got 2 classic Porsche's in the garage.

Are you a CONSOOMER due to your culture related brand loyality, or are you simply and enthusiast? Thats what im asking
I vote enthusiast on that one, because
  • You’re not spending beyond your means
  • You’re otherwise successful
  • You‘ve enjoyed Porche since childhood, not just to try and fit into a Porche fanclub
  • You don’t take selfies holding Porche shit just to post on Reddit for votes
Consooming is like a lite version of hoarding - filling your house up with junk you don’t actually care about, just to fulfill carnal desires, especially if it means making sacrifices in order to keep consooming.
 
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