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

[Marissa Moira]

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Yeah that's a joke, it says imagine an apple, close your eyes and it asks what you see.

What you see is nothing because your eyes are closed.

It's along the same lines where you're handed a list of objectives but the first one is to read all objectives before proceeding and after you're done reading the final one is to hand the paper back, which many galaxy brains don't and wind up doing each one as they grow more increasing absurd.

 

[Jimjamflimflam]

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I'd categorize visualization different from inner monologue. I can not fathom the lack of inner monologue that to me is such an alien concept.

The latter for visualization, that's something that comes with practice (or sleep deprivation or drugs).

 

[NoReturn]

The bags that look like this start at around $10,000, more for exotics or non-standard colourways and can go up to the hundreds of thousands in the resale market. That pink crystal one was $65,000.
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Money can't buy taste.

For some reason this got caught in my brain and I felt compelled to Google "$65,000 pink Birkin". Trisha's is a replica of Paris Hilton's bag. That is so fucking weird.

 

[Cantercoin]

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there is a word for people who can't see images in their head:

 

[𝕺𝖑' 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖔]

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This is officially the worst thing I've ever read, it absolutely terrifies me that people have no internal monologue or visualization abilities

 

[Vingle]

For some reason this got caught in my brain and I felt compelled to Google "$65,000 pink Birkin". Trisha's is a replica of Paris Hilton's bag. That is so fucking weird.
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For that price, it should be real diamond or moissanite (lab-produced diamond). Swarovski crystals is just cheap glass. And it can't stand normal wear and tear, because Swarovski was designed to be used in theatre costumes before they got big. In necklaces it's okay, but it's HARD to not get any moisture on a handbag.

Now, I dislike big chains. Because they're notoriously hard to pull off, the smallest mistake in your choice of outfit will make you look like a retard.
It looks good on the woman, but not the man. Just cause the shirt is touching the Medusa head. And because, nigger bling-bling. Don't know if it was intentional, but I like they made the black man look worse.

 

[Duck Duck TUUURN]

Kind of hard to really call a 'winner' in that, but they're up there. $400+ every year for a minimal amount of new features that are either superfluous or largely unnecessary, yet every year a horde of retards buy it purely to show it off.

I started to feel the smartphone scene was mildly retarded when I wanted a new one, looked up comparisons of my options, and read articles saying things like "the processor in this phone is better than that phone so things will happen 0.001 seconds faster when you tap the screen".

The cellphone camera dick measuring contest is also pretty stupid. Sure, you can go in on an expensive phone with a super advance camera but to take pictures of what? Most people aren't professional photographers (who would be using professional equipment) and therefore are probably just taking pictures of their fucking lunch or a price tag at Costco. These 5-lens cameras are total overkill for most people's needs.

This last Independence Day, I noticed about a 1/3 of the audience around me filming the fireworks on their phones, and it got me to wondering: does that mean there is going to be 100 YouTube uploads of this same fireworks show? Even if there was a professional cameraman in the best possible position, would anyone want to watch a video of fireworks?

What were all these people hoping to accomplish with their own shitty version of this show? Even if someone else actually wanted to watch a video of it, just by looking around you can tell that the material isn't even a scarcity because so many other people are filming it. So, what motivates this behaviour other than a reflexive need to experience everthing in life through one's cell phone? It's absolutely worthless.

 

[Gar For Archer]

I'd categorize visualization different from inner monologue. I can not fathom the lack of inner monologue that to me is such an alien concept.

The latter for visualization, that's something that comes with practice (or sleep deprivation or drugs).

Instead of thinking of it as an "inner monologue", think of it as "thinking with words". Before babies learn a language, they obviously do not think using words. Most animals also lack a language beyond basic vocalizations, so of course they also lack an "inner monologue". I think viewing it from this perspective makes the concept easier to understand.

Language is a very powerful tool. Like that one redditor said, it gives us the building blocks to articulate and conceive of complex ideas that would be impossible to conceptualize without the grounding framework of language.

 

[𝕺𝖑' 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖔]

The cellphone camera dick measuring contest is also pretty stupid. Sure, you can go in on an expensive phone with a super advance camera but to take pictures of what? Most people aren't professional photographers (who would be using professional equipment) and therefore are probably just taking pictures of their fucking lunch or a price tag at Costco. These 5-lens cameras are total overkill for most people's needs.

This last Independence Day, I noticed about a 1/3 of the audience around me filming the fireworks on their phones, and it got me to wondering: does that mean there is going to be 100 YouTube uploads of this same fireworks show? Even if there was a professional cameraman in the best possible position, would anyone want to watch a video of fireworks?

What were all these people hoping to accomplish with their own shitty version of this show? Even if someone else actually wanted to watch a video of it, just by looking around you can tell that the material isn't even a scarcity because so many other people are filming it. So, what motivates this behaviour other than a reflexive need to experience everthing in life through one's cell phone? It's absolutely worthless.

I use my phone to keep a sort of photo sketchbook/diary. Just interesting light effects, environmental details, etc. that I notice while I'm walking or hiking, to keep my eye sharp. I used to be more seriously into photography so I greatly appreciate being able to take a decent shot without the burden of carrying a "real" camera around with me. That said, I've been using my phone camera for this for much longer than they've had the fancy multi lens phones. it's just a nice touch to not have to use that shitty wide angle for every shot when the equivalent of 50mm works much better for what I'm doing.

Also re the fireworks thing: people have friends and they like to share what they're doing with them, calm down lol. And people have been taking casual snapshots and home videos for the past century, these days we just use phone cameras instead of disposable film cameras or those little point and shoot digital ones that everyone had back in 2005.

 

[Mepsi Pax]

Also re the fireworks thing: people have friends and they like to share what they're doing with them, calm down lol. And people have been taking casual snapshots and home videos for the past century, these days we just use phone cameras instead of disposable film cameras or those little point and shoot digital ones that everyone had back in 2005.

What this actually means in the real clown world is "I'm posting this to my various social media accounts so I can receive affirmation". It's fucked up and retarded. It's a superimposed artificial reality, and it's really boring, arguably it's even anti-human. I only have one friend who constantly direct texts me photos and videos of the mundane shit they're doing (obv this is a female), and what actually happens is that I just ignore most of it (and I never watch the videos). I know other people are more likely to consume junk media than I am, but that's like quantifying how much shit someone is likely to eat. There's no discernment, people don't take interesting, well executed photos, they don't wait for something worth capturing, they just consoom visual input expressly to "trade" it for simulated social interaction.

If you can't draw a distinction between the analog days, or even the internet 1.0 digital days, and what we have today with ubiquitous camera phones and integrated social media (creating a sort of junk content feedback loop), then you're deliberately missing the forest for the trees. One person can (more importantly, many will) amass more photos in a few months than entire families would in generations, and virtually all of them are just noise, static. Meanwhile, the process of capturing those useless photos and (even worse) videos conflicts with "normal" existence, pulling people farther and farther away from physical reality and deeper into a simulation.

 

[𝕺𝖑' 𝕯𝖎𝖗𝖙𝖞 𝕱𝖆𝖙𝖘𝖔]

What this actually means in the real clown world is "I'm posting this to my various social media accounts so I can receive affirmation". It's fucked up and retarded. It's a superimposed artificial reality, and it's really boring, arguably it's even anti-human. I only have one friend who constantly direct texts me photos and videos of the mundane shit they're doing (obv this is a female), and what actually happens is that I just ignore most of it (and I never watch the videos). I know other people are more likely to consume junk media than I am, but that's like quantifying how much shit someone is likely to eat. There's no discernment, people don't take interesting, well executed photos, they don't wait for something worth capturing, they just consoom visual input expressly to "trade" it for simulated social interaction.

If you can't draw a distinction between the analog days, or even the internet 1.0 digital days, and what we have today with ubiquitous camera phones and integrated social media (creating a sort of junk content feedback loop), then you're deliberately missing the forest for the trees. One person can (more importantly, many will) amass more photos in a few months than entire families would in generations, and virtually all of them are just noise, static. Meanwhile, the process of capturing those useless photos and (even worse) videos conflicts with "normal" existence, pulling people farther and farther away from physical reality and deeper into a simulation.

Touch grass

 

[Fliddaroonie]

My Vitamix is pretty good, and I use it every day. Had problems with blenders actually smoking, and I didn't even give them something hard.
Dr. Martens have a Made in England-version, don't buy the Chinese-version. Solovairs is essentially the same shoe, but they were the ones who originally produced Dr. Martens

the made in england version aint worth shit. they're cut and made in china, just stitched in england. only a fucking spastic is taken in by that,

 

[Duck Duck TUUURN]

Also re the fireworks thing: people have friends and they like to share what they're doing with them, calm down lol.

Well, kinda like how @Mepsi Pax pointed out: nobody cares what you're up to. Especially considering that this is the same generation that loves texting and hates/refuses to listen to voicemails, imagine the level of conceit required to send me a 5 minute, poorly shot phone video of the fun you're having without me, like I'm actually going to watch it.

Annually there must be hundreds of thousands of fireworks displays across the globe, and at each one there are hundreds taking cell phone videos of them, untold gigabytes of pointless footage sitting on hard drives that nobody is ever going to watch, hours and hours of time in which these thoughtless people robbed themselves of simply living in the moment and enjoying the reality that was in front of them.

It doesn't make me upset, but I can't help but notice it.

 

[deermeat]

I'm so tired of seeing Squishables Squishmellows. If anything represents our modern "aesthetic", it's them and the corporate art style. It would look better if this brand was the only one that had that particular style- but no, literally it's everywhere. It is so fucking soulless.

 

[Lapis Lazuli]

I'm so tired of seeing Squishables. If anything represents our modern "aesthetic", it's them and the corporate art style. It would look better if this brand was the only one that had that particular style- but no, literally it's everywhere. It is so fucking soulless.

Don't you mean Squishmallows? Squishables has a place where you can submit a custom design and people vote on which ones they'd like to see. Not an expert when it comes to squishies/plush doll brands, though, so I could be wrong.

I do agree that this "kawaii" style is overused, though.

 

[NoReturn]

Sorry to interrupt the insightful discussion of who should be touching which plant, but I blame Vingle for my discovery of the following:

Spoiler: More etsy bullshit

Swarovski is absolutely one of the embodiments of "Middle class fancy"/"Premium mediocre"/that-one-"doesn't-count"-feeling.

No joke, I get a weird melancholic feeling just looking at their site.

Also, has anyone else ever noticed that if you take a real gem (even something like an amethyst) into a Swarovski store that it looks kind of dull and "off"? What kind of lighting are they using? I know it's meant to make their shit look nicer than it really is, but why does it dull real rocks?

 

[Pissmaster]

It's along the same lines where you're handed a list of objectives but the first one is to read all objectives before proceeding and after you're done reading the final one is to hand the paper back, which many galaxy brains don't and wind up doing each one as they grow more increasing absurd.

but it doesn’t say to actually execute each objective, just to read them

Now, I dislike big chains. Because they're notoriously hard to pull off, the smallest mistake in your choice of outfit will make you look like a retard.
It looks good on the woman, but not the man. Just cause the shirt is touching the Medusa head. And because, nigger bling-bling. Don't know if it was intentional, but I like they made the black man look worse.
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That makes the gay black guy look even gayer. Like talks-with-a-lisp gay.

 

[Marissa Moira]

but it doesn’t say to actually execute each objective, just to read them

That's the whole point it's meant to trick people.

 

[s0mbra]

ITT: people who have no friends

I genuinely like seeing what my friends are up to.
One just sent me a pic of the pool at a resort he stayed at. 8/10 looked comfy and hoped he had a good time.

Touch some grass (or watch some fireworks)

 

[Flavius Claudius Julianus]

The cellphone camera dick measuring contest is also pretty stupid. Sure, you can go in on an expensive phone with a super advance camera but to take pictures of what? Most people aren't professional photographers (who would be using professional equipment) and therefore are probably just taking pictures of their fucking lunch or a price tag at Costco. These 5-lens cameras are total overkill for most people's needs.

This last Independence Day, I noticed about a 1/3 of the audience around me filming the fireworks on their phones, and it got me to wondering: does that mean there is going to be 100 YouTube uploads of this same fireworks show? Even if there was a professional cameraman in the best possible position, would anyone want to watch a video of fireworks?

What were all these people hoping to accomplish with their own shitty version of this show? Even if someone else actually wanted to watch a video of it, just by looking around you can tell that the material isn't even a scarcity because so many other people are filming it. So, what motivates this behaviour other than a reflexive need to experience everthing in life through one's cell phone? It's absolutely worthless.

As much as a lolcow spineless faggot he is, Maddox (George Ouzounian) said years back in one of his articles that he was in Paris, the Louvre I think, and was at one point desperately trying to get a picture of the Mona Lisa on his shitty cell phone.

He then realised that thousands of other people had done the same thing, to varying degrees of success, and that even a professional photographer, whose JOB it is to photograph shit, had already taken numerous pictures of this painting. So why was he bothering?

That article, and other realisations, made me realise that taking any kind of photograph outside of personal pictures (featuring people, essentially,) is basically worthless. Anything you can think of, there's probably a high quality, perfectly composed photograph out there already. Like many others, all my holidays and vacations saw me take thousand of pictures over the course of the stay, many of which I'd never look at again. Much better to collect objects, mementos, personal items, etc.

But of course, the majority will continue to upgrade phones and cameras, completely unaware as to why they're actually doing it. Just last week I had a coworker announce he's buying the latest hi-spec iPhone, as it has this, that, and the other feature. I didn't question why he was bothering, but if I did? His brain would break, and he'd struggle to come up with a reason other than 'it's just... better.'