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

[NoReturn]

you may not be able to afford a $20k dress or a $150k supercar, but you can buy a Ferrari snapback cap, a Chanel keychain, and a Vuitton cappuccino.

It hurts my brain so bad that people buy the match of things for which they don't also own the "thing". Why would you wear a Ferrari hat if you don't own a Ferrari?

Foodieism could be it's own thread, there is a lot of woo and pretention there and unfortunately I have some of those habits myself.

Is happily join you there if someone starts a thread. Having those same tendencies just means we can call out the word shit because we recognize what we're talking about.

 

[biiguy]

I guess I'm not counted in that.
I don't buy B&J ice cream ( I stick with local brands), never went to Starbucks, and don't buy Brand Names... certainly not clothing.
My big extravagance is forays to second-hand book stores.

 

[biiguy]

Expensive food is literallt the biggest waste. What youre really paying for is the knowledge that comes with the food. If you know local butchers/markets and can cook restaurants are such a waste.

Alfredo sauce costs like 3 dollars to make but throw some of that on some pasta and a 6 oz chicken cutlet and you've got a 25$ dish

Alfredo sauce is OK on pasta, but I'd NEVER have it with chicken.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

So, basically... They exist to fill a IG Influencers timeline these days. "Middle class losers who want to feel upper middle class twice a month and tip like shit" is practically peak Influencer. Makes me think about:
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https://nypost.com/2021/06/03/influencer-mocked-for-pretending-to-fly-business-class/

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A French Instagram influencer has reportedly been exposed as a business class fraudster on an Emirates flight.

“Next Stop – Monaco. Je fly toute la night” — or “I fly all night” — Oceane El Himer wrote her roughly 847,000 followers last week.

The 27-year-old model from Bordeaux posted a photo of herself striking a pose while wearing a light green top and purple sweats – midriff exposed – in business class, according to Newsweek.

The image received almost 103,000 likes as of Thursday afternoon.

But another photo, shared on Twitter, appears to show the brunette crammed into an economy seat along with the huddled masses, wearing the same outfit.

“Dubai model exposed by co-passengers after she posed in business class cabin & posted photos online then returned to her seat in economy before takeoff,” the caption reads, according to the mag.

Her Instagram account lists her as living in the United Arab Emirates city.

Oceane’s post received a sea of comments about influencer culture.

“Been saying social media an illness. Got people lying for attention and others wanting to make a career out of it,” Twitter user @ Thisguyhere88 wrote.


“If you’ve ever been out this way, this sums up the culture,” @lLexxLugger wrote. “A bunch of people pretending to either be rich, a model, or an entrepreneur. 90% of the people in that city pretending.”

And @teria224 added: “Crazy how ppl go to hell and back to impress people they don’t know people who apply nothing to their life.”

–– ADVERTISEMENT ––

Himer defended her post on Snapchat, where she said there’s “no shame in traveling in eco class,” Newsweek reported.

“I took several flights to arrive in the south, including one in eco class,” she wrote. “Took a picture and I accepted. I fully assume the fact of traveling in eco class, I’m not the type of girl who likes to show her money… Yes I traveled in eco and in business. And so?”

She added that “much more serious things are happening in life.”

Many insta-thots and wannabe entrepeneur dudes go fo "lyfestyle rentals". you rent a ferrari for a day and maybe one of those mansions they use for porn shoots or a yatch and pretend to be jetset on instagram . Is all such bullshit, everything about social media is a gay ops.

https://centurionlifestyle.com/

 

[Xerxes IX]

I would have actually bought a BTS meal if it came with a photocard. I'm not really that interested in it by its own, but an adult Happy Meal? OK.

It's better than people selling the wrappers and bags from it on eBay.

Photocards would actually make it BTS themed, at least, then stans wouldn't have to obsess over paper bags.

Those "high end" Disney World restaurants are always a laugh because Disney World food had a reputation for being horrendous overpriced crap. Can't imagine it's gotten any better with all the fad chasing like for "plant based" stuff and pretty looking Instagrammable food. Any good food there probably does cost way too much though. Also, before Be Our Guest was a thing the huge high demand money sink restaurant was Cinderella's Royal Table, where the main draw was that it was on the second floor of the hub castle and there are princesses. BOG got its $62 prix fixe model from that restaurant since it was basically designed to be a second Royal Table. Disney knows what it's selling to people there and that's the experience and it works great on the Parks megafans, both the boomer consoomers with kids and the childless millennial Disney stans love these restaurants.

It's just annoying how much stuff you have to do to go to a "good" place at Disney that's maybe not even good. I don't plan going to Disney a year ahead or have any of their magic signature 5 star platinum VIP exclusive pass bullshit. I would pay more if they had some good place that you didn't have to plan way ahead for but instead you have to do both? But I'm obviously not their market I guess.

Disney World is built around having everything planned out and reserved ahead of time since you can make your reservations up to 180 days in advance. I've been there before with family and we all agreed it wasn't worth it because you had to have everything reserved months ahead of time if you want to do anything like eat at a table service restaurant.

 

[Thiletonomics]

It hurts my brain so bad that people buy the match of things for which they don't also own the "thing". Why would you wear a Ferrari hat if you don't own a Ferrari?

Not to mention that some of the things that people buy when they can't afford the actual thing, i.e. the said Ferrari hat, have nothing to do with the actual thing at hand. Sure, I can understand maybe buying a poster of a Ferrari, or a model version of a Ferrari, but a hat?

 

[Bugl]

Good places might give you some thing the chef came up with that you've never seen or thought of, that may have unusual ingredients.

Being rich sounds exhausting. I'd much rather go to a middle-class fake fancy place than pay to smell the chef's farts.

 

[YoungHustle]

It depends, I'm not rich either so I could just be full of it, but it's at least places I've been with rich people or know they go to. I like them, but I wouldn't go to a place just because it's expensive, but if it looks interesting and has good reviews. The most expensive place I went didn't have better food than other expensive places, it just had crazier service, which isn't worth it to me. But some of the best food I've ever had was from expensive/"fancy" places, and it's things that you would never think of or would really struggle to make well yourself. I like them and keep going so I guess it's worth it to me, but I can see why other people wouldn't think it's worth it. Also I don't drink, drinking really runs up the bill at those places, so that helps.

Foodieism could be it's own thread, there is a lot of woo and pretention there and unfortunately I have some of those habits myself.


This is also true.


It's just annoying how much stuff you have to do to go to a "good" place at Disney that's maybe not even good. I don't plan going to Disney a year ahead or have any of their magic signature 5 star platinum VIP exclusive pass bullshit. I would pay more if they had some good place that you didn't have to plan way ahead for but instead you have to do both? But I'm obviously not their market I guess.

I have to say the Japanese restaurant in Epcot was worth the money. We don’t drink a lot, but didn’t hold back on ordering good food and it wasn’t more than $60 each, including apps. But the service was wild. Super quiet and calm, one waitress writes while the other just listens to you and asks questions, hot towels for face cleaning... it was a bit uncomfortable but I could get used to it.

 

[Dr. Troon Lagoon]

Interesting these Burger insights on Disney Theme Park Restaurants.

My experience in the US has been a widely varying gambit. A memorable one used to be Burn’s Steakhouse in Tampa, if you like steak and having a tour through their massive wine collection.

As for over here, my experiences with the Michelin Guide have been satisfactory, with the only discrepancies explainable by personal preference: if you like a modern looking place, the culinary great but otherwise stuffy looking Chateau restaurant ain’t going to do it for you.

Otherwise let locals lead you, especially in Italy where it is sort of custom that restaurants dish up a more authentic and cheaper experience if you have a local with you at the table.

Depending on where you are they do “scam” tourists with relatively shittier dishes or higher prices, but if you do not know any better as a tourist…

This way I have encountered places that provide amazing culinary experiences, yet do not have a Michelin star purely based on a technicality that is of no concern to most patrons, unless you are a food critic.
E.g. no reservations, but a large speak easy foyer to have a nice whiskey/gin/wine until somebodies whisks you away when a table is ready. The most amusing one to me was a place that explicitly prohibited “No ties/diner apparel” for a more homely experience.

But yeah they usually turn to shit the second they consider “expanding”, because the “easiest” logistics demand conformity. Or it falls when good personnel leaves.

Food places in South Africa generally have been great, gotta love the “corking fee” that then allows you to bring your own wine. They only have the odd habit of snatching your plates and glasses away the second you are done with them: not great when with company that hates being observed.
Then again in the US everyone cuts their food, then start a one handed assault on their food with just the fork and the leftovers go into a “doggybag” while at a high brow place. Funny those quirks.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

Otherwise let locals lead you

This is good advice anywhere you go honestly.

 

[behindyourightnow]

It hurts my brain so bad that people buy the match of things for which they don't also own the "thing". Why would you wear a Ferrari hat if you don't own a Ferrari?

You are not a member of the social class that Ferrari hats are marketed towards.

I guess I'm not counted in that.
I don't buy B&J ice cream ( I stick with local brands), never went to Starbucks, and don't buy Brand Names... certainly not clothing.
My big extravagance is forays to second-hand book stores.

You are also not a member of the social class that these heavily branded products are marketed towards.

Being rich sounds exhausting. I'd much rather go to a middle-class fake fancy place than pay to smell the chef's farts.

You have not been raised in a cultural environment that encourages deference towards culinary expertise and creativity.

 

[Education Lottery]

Photocards would actually make it BTS themed, at least, then stans wouldn't have to obsess over paper bags.

Those "high end" Disney World restaurants are always a laugh because Disney World food had a reputation for being horrendous overpriced crap. Can't imagine it's gotten any better with all the fad chasing like for "plant based" stuff and pretty looking Instagrammable food. Any good food there probably does cost way too much though. Also, before Be Our Guest was a thing the huge high demand money sink restaurant was Cinderella's Royal Table, where the main draw was that it was on the second floor of the hub castle and there are princesses. BOG got its $62 prix fixe model from that restaurant since it was basically designed to be a second Royal Table. Disney knows what it's selling to people there and that's the experience and it works great on the Parks megafans, both the boomer consoomers with kids and the childless millennial Disney stans love these restaurants.


Disney World is built around having everything planned out and reserved ahead of time since you can make your reservations up to 180 days in advance. I've been there before with family and we all agreed it wasn't worth it because you had to have everything reserved months ahead of time if you want to do anything like eat at a table service restaurant.

I had a friend who worked at BOG pre-pandemic and told me stories about dads losing their shit because they needed to be seated by the magic rose. It's a nice spot, but it's also apparently the worst seats in the house?

I have to say the Japanese restaurant in Epcot was worth the money. We don’t drink a lot, but didn’t hold back on ordering good food and it wasn’t more than $60 each, including apps. But the service was wild. Super quiet and calm, one waitress writes while the other just listens to you and asks questions, hot towels for face cleaning... it was a bit uncomfortable but I could get used to it.

Epcot in general had the best food. Probably because you had people from their home countries handling things instead of a pure Disneyana experience.

 

[Xerxes IX]

Epcot in general had the best food. Probably because you had people from their home countries handling things instead of a pure Disneyana experience.

Sadly last I heard all those people lost their jobs when the pandemic shutdown happened. I have no idea if they were ever brought back, or if more people from their home countries were hired.

 

[eternal dog mongler]

Epcot in general had the best food. Probably because you had people from their home countries handling things instead of a pure Disneyana experience.

It's kinda hit and miss. I have no idea what's going on with Nine Dragons in China. It's like they got trapped trying to make kinda-authentic Chinese food that Americans would still be willing to eat.

 

[KokoroKoroki]

I still think Apple consoomerism is some of the worst out there mainly because any reasonable person can tell that Apple are artificially inflating their prices to make their products seem better than they actually are yet hordes of people wait days, sometimes weeks outside of a store just to buy the latest $1000 device that's only slightly better than the last iteration.

How anyone is supposed to justify selling a fucking monitor stand for $1000 is completely insane to me, it's just brand loyalty bullshit for rich kids, not much else to it.

 

[eternal dog mongler]

I still think Apple consoomerism is some of the worst out there mainly because any reasonable person can tell that Apple are artificially inflating their prices to make their products seem better than they actually are yet hordes of people wait days, sometimes weeks outside of a store just to buy the latest $1000 device that's only slightly better than the last iteration.

How anyone is supposed to justify selling a fucking monitor stand for $1000 is completely insane to me, it's just brand loyalty bullshit for rich kids, not much else to it.

I think they're just running on conspicuous consumption at this point.

We used to use iPhones at work since they were the only thing that could be locked down enough. Now we're using Samsung phones. Our IT staff switched en masse from MacBooks to Thinkpads running Fedora. They appear to be losing the techbro market, at least.

 

[LooneyTroons]

The only group of people I wouldn't have a problem genociding are people who collect Funko Pops

 

[Quixotic Man]

Going to share my experience with Disney food from a few decades. I have eaten at a lot of place in Disney, including Victoria and Alberts a few times. Good place, pretty standard fine price fixe dining. They don't allow kids to eat there so its even nicer. Not gimmicky compared to fine dining I have been to in other places at all.

Disney's overall counter service dining has gotten better over the years. Growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, most places served the same mediocre burgers or terrible individual pizzas. Eventually that started changing and places started serving passable more diverse options. As for sit down, Disney does have a lot of good places in park. Epcot is the best at it, but Animal Kingdom has Tiffins which is pretty great and has a great attached bar/lounge. However there are two indicators that a Disney restaurant is going to suck: character dining and "instagrammable" dishes.

Character dining is the older of the two. It has always been around and used to be limited to a few places around the property. But at some point in the 2000s it exploded. More and more restaurants became character experiences, which meant prices went up and the food quality went down. Cinderella's Royal Table in the castle used to be really good, and it always did have a photo op with the Princess in the waiting area, but once the characters started walking around everything else went downhill. The big problem with the Magic Kingdom is a lot of the sit down restaurants were already mediocre, and a lot of them became character dining. Its the only park on property where I would say the counter service places are better than the sit down.

The other problem is Instagram. Disney has put more and more effort in to making certain items look a certain way so people can take photos of them. Themed to a movie or character. The problem is they are all awful. These often sacrifice actually tasting good to get a certain look and are often stale, old, and chemically tasting since they sit there for long periods and need to look just right. Sure you can take an Ubi cake and decorate it with food grade glitter so it will look like Thanos' testicles, but whats the point if it tastes horrible? And there is the ever present problem of Disney continuously trying to chase the success of Butterbeer at Universal. Nothing like some dairy free weird tropical Blue Milk at Star Wars land so you can take a photo of it once and then throw the rest of it out!

 

[eternal dog mongler]

The other problem is Instagram. Disney has put more and more effort in to making certain items look a certain way so people can take photos of them. Themed to a movie or character. The problem is they are all awful. These often sacrifice actually tasting good to get a certain look and are often stale, old, and chemically tasting since they sit there for long periods and need to look just right. Sure you can take an Ubi cake and decorate it with food grade glitter so it will look like Thanos' testicles, but whats the point if it tastes horrible? And there is the ever present problem of Disney continuously trying to chase the success of Butterbeer at Universal. Nothing like some dairy free weird tropical Blue Milk at Star Wars land so you can take a photo of it once and then throw the rest of it out!

I swear LeFou's Brew was just some Disney exec wondering just how disgusting they could make a drink and still have people buy it.

"You know what would go really well with apple juice? Fake toasted marshmallow flavoring"

 

[ForgedBlades]