8ball
As seen on TikTok
It has several forms:
i) Pretending to be a BBC journalist
ii) Pretending to be Bear Grylls
iii) Pretending to be the Viet Cong
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Experiential Consumerism
- Thread starter chilango
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It has several forms:
i) Pretending to be a BBC journalist
ii) Pretending to be Bear Grylls
iii) Pretending to be the Viet Cong
...
8ball
As seen on TikTok
I thought this was about people buying for themselves rather than each other.
edit: though I guess you could count when some friends bought me a day's banger racing as a birthday present
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
There was a great article debunking the frankly ridiculous premise that as Refugees had smart phones they were well off and not “real refugees”
Likewise the owning a 42 inch tv = fake poverty shit
I assumed that initially (or within a family) but the op later clarified the actual context.
not-bono-ever
meh
No more binge drinking and fighting in taxi queue late on a Friday but getting involved in an immersive alcohol experience
8ball
As seen on TikTok
bellaozzydog
rolling turds in glitter
8ball
As seen on TikTok
Oh sure - navigation, communication, messaging, news, weather, finding facilities etc. (that's without even looking at the links so prob missed a load of things)
I meant about the 42 inch tellies (among my mates, size of telly seems to map to income reasonably).
Cid
Proper break this time
Oh sure - navigation, communication, messaging, news, weather, finding facilities etc. (that's without even looking at the links so prob missed a load of things)
I meant about the 42 inch tellies (among my mates, size of telly seems to map to income reasonably).
Well it would seem you can pick one up for about £50 on ebay.
It’s that whole “why are we giving people benefits if they have a PlayStation/42”telly/smoke” spiel. It’s a well trodden trope.
8ball
As seen on TikTok
Anyway, my earlier point about smart phones was to do with the insinuation from the op that these people are somehow post-materialistic. It’s complete Bollocks, they’ve just got that base covered and so are now projecting where they want other disposable income to be spent whilst painting themselves in some ethical bohemian light.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
chilango
Ha! Ha! Armageddon
No, they think they're post-materialistic. I don't.
Yes, sorry, should have made that clearer.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
commodification vs gentrification?
(making it available for money vs making it available for a lot of money?)
i'm buying "an experience" when i pay for my groceries to be delivered as part of a recipe service. the specific experience i'm paying for is "home cooking", to which i have to contribute otherwise it doesn't work.
it's a totally modern invention (to have someone else meal plan for you) as far as i can tell - but does its existence represent commodification or gentrification or both/neither?
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
fwp
NoXion
his soul is marching on
Do we really *need* to judge "authenticity" in the first place? What would be the point? Why not take things for what they are, "authentic" or otherwise? I can happily enjoy my anglicised Italian foods like pizza and pasta without giving a single solitary shit whether it's the sort of thing that people living in Italy might ever actually eat.
As for people being authentic, I don't think it matters whether one presents their "real" personality online or whether they present some kind of carefully cultivated character. Aside from the fact that a lot of people have secrets, we all ultimately decide our own words and actions, and if someone's words and actions include choosing to be a cunt online, then that someone is exactly who they present themselves to the world to be; a cunt.
I find that most people who seem to be chasing "authenticity" tend to be utter wankers.
I've had a few 'immersive alcohol experiences' over the years but I've generally had to pay for them myself alas.
That was more or less my point tbh. Authenticity is an illusion, something made up to allow people to imagine their pastime is somehow better than someone else's.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Definitely transformative. Beforehand you could walk straight, afterwards you trip over in a gutter and maybe lie there for a bit because it's comfy.
mojo pixy
head down
The marketing of stuff like Transformative as worth paying a premium for depends on some strange and extremely inauthentic notions. Negative experiences are IMO far, far more truly transformative than fun ones. Having a car or bike accident or losing something important like a job or a spouse or a home or a child are sure as fuck transformative. I'm not sure doing a skydive strapped to someone's belly or white-water rafting somewhere pretty are really as transformative as say a drug overdose or a really good bout of food poisoning or losing a fight.
wayward bob
i ate all your bees
good luck selling those
Treacle Toes
Time
The whole survivalist adventure/industry is already cashing in on this.good luck selling those
mojo pixy
head down
There was a TV prog years ago whose premise was three pairs of people got dropped somewhere extremely remote with almost no money and the first pair to get home were the winners.
I have wondered if anyone offers that kind of thing as An Experience you can buy. I reckon there would be a market for it, but the costs of putting it on safely, and of making sure the participants had no idea where they were when they started, would be massive.
I have wondered if anyone offers that kind of thing as An Experience you can buy. I reckon there would be a market for it, but the costs of putting it on safely, and of making sure the participants had no idea where they were when they started, would be massive.
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