What's up with 'consumers' who don't 'consume' things?

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[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Collectors. You should see my brother's steam library. He just wants to own the game, by his own estimation he hasn't touched 70% of it. I think he owns every modern console too, but doesn't play them.

He has kids who play some of it.

[–]Gaydolf_Titler 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

I have about 20TB worth of cracked games, movies and TV series that I've never played or watched, stored on external drives that I've hoarded for after TSHTF, when the internet goes down and I'm living in a cabin out in bumfuck west nowhere. Didn't actually pay for any of them, but at least I'll have a mildly entertaining dystopia.

[–]bobbobbybob 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

make sure you've got a decent solar system stored with them, because there will not be power

[–]Gaydolf_Titler 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ye, that's the strategy.

[–]Pomegranate 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Shopaholics? Addicted to the act of shopping or spending money. They're often hoarders too.

[–]Chipit 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It is the joy of buying things. You get to shop, to make the purchase, to wait for the package to arrive, to unwrap it like a Christmas present to yourself.

That's what they're buying. This experience.

The actual product is secondary. Use it or no, don't really care. On to the next purchase!

It's a desire for novelty above all else. And all it costs is money? Sure! The satisfying brain chemicals released by this process are quite real. So it's no wonder some people fall for it hard.

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    [–]Chipit 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    It's all about the release of pleasing brain chemicals. Once you understand that, you understand so much of why humans do seemingly inexplicable things.

    [–]rubberbiscuit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Ee-gad, this is my wife. She is constantly buying things and uses it once and eventually I give it away. It's so annoying. Like go to a thrift shop at least your purchase will be low cost.

    [–]EVERYBODYPANIC 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    It's residual from the hunter-gatherer instinct of yore. The men were hunters, the women and children were gatherers, that being berry-pickers, vegetation harvesters and root diggers. Today, our society does not always turn boys (gatherers) into men (hunters). Some boys remain boys.

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Pizza never lasts that long. Invest in your locally owned pizza shop!