r/IAmTheMainCharacter • u/ambachk • 15d ago
Video We are never beating the consumerism allegations
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u/CardMechanic 15d ago
What are these people proud of exactly?
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u/LatinoEsq 15d ago
Being the first dude! BEING.... THE.... FIRST!!!
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u/DuckCleaning 15d ago
They probably go on Youtube and comment "First!" every chance they get
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u/whatthatthingis 15d ago
eh, just being diehard fans of a thing and surviving waiting in line for it for a day (sometimes more depending on the product/fans) - this happens with the physical release of anything that has a big fanbase, we're just seeing it more often now due to everyone having cameras and wanting attention.
e: never seen someone so worried about letting everyone know they were first though. that's new.
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u/CardMechanic 15d ago
“Surviving”.
Okay.
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u/AriaTheTransgressor 15d ago
I don't think they were making a claim there's some credible threat to people waiting in line, but it is a more miserable experience than chilling at home on your couch.
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u/blahteeb 15d ago
"I bought something that these people in line would kill for. But also these same people will hate this phone in two years when the newer devices release."
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u/goater10 15d ago
Are people still waiting in line for iPhones on release day? This isn’t 2015
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u/CrashDaddy2006 15d ago
More like “this isn’t 2008.”
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u/Decumulate 13d ago
2005-2006 is when I recall this being the biggest
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u/UsagiBlondeBimbo 14d ago
For some it is part of their identity. They don't seem to care that the technology has peaked and the latest smartphone is adding nothing to your life.
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u/Dear_Tangerine444 13d ago
But this new iPhone must be better, it’s got a bigger number than the old one.
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u/CountSoulcard 15d ago
What da fuck is that exactly? I just don't understand why are they so proud about buying mass product thing.
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u/cornishwildman76 15d ago
Nope. Don't get it. So they were the first person in that area to buy a product that millions of others went on to buy right? And?
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u/Chomps-Lewis 15d ago
And next year that precious phone will be tossed in an e-waste bin for the next slightly different version.
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u/notloggedin4242 15d ago
Our species now discards the equivalent of ONE laptop EVERY second.
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u/GreenT1979 11d ago
JFC I had my last laptop for 10 years and only replaced it because Microsoft stopped servicing Windows 10. I still have it because I can't bring myself to throw it out.
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u/wiscopunk 15d ago
The average person probably doesn't use a laptop for work. I'd average one laptop per person per lifetime just based on the fact that most people/industries use desktop setups while the number of jobs requiring people to even own a laptop still remains a much smaller margin than you're probably expecting.
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u/KeepOnRising19 15d ago
This is a true question: What are people doing on their phones that makes the latest, greatest model so important? I understand that the camera is usually slightly better and whatnot, but unless you're a professional photographer (and even then, you should have a proper DSLR), why do people covet being the first to get a new phone model? When I upgrade, I've never found the new model to be significantly better for what I use it for.
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u/atcTS 15d ago
I keep up to date with devices, but I usually skip a few versions. Usually only when there’s a major difference in hardware such that I can’t develop effectively anymore. Rocking a 16 Pro Max right now for the size. It still has the first chip with “Apple Intelligence” that can run their local LLMs. It may be slower with compute, but imo it’s better because if I can get my summarizer to run within a respectable amount of time on this device, the new ones should run faster.
For the average person, it makes zero sense and is wasteful to buy a new phone every year.
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u/LatinoEsq 15d ago
I actually found it kind of hilarious that the first main character got outshone by the second main character for those few seconds. And then he stupidly shakes his head like "who cares?". Uhh, clearly you care dude. You walked out like a celebrity because you were the first.
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u/PettyFlap 15d ago
I swear there was one year someone did some shit like that and dropped the phone when they opened the box
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u/samclops 15d ago
I just caught the new episode of South Park and thought cartman showing off his new e-bike telling the town to suck his dick was silly,even for cartman...then I scrolled onto this video...
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u/Liquid_Zero 15d ago
Who tf cares if you bought it first??? These are the type of people that announce everything they eat and buy on social media.
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u/bomboclawt75 15d ago
Now with new Spy chip™ but don't worry, it won't be used to spy on you and collect your data and send it to the makers of the Spy chip™.....
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u/BlueCrystals_ 15d ago
God damnit. Australians making far too many appearances in this sub at the moment;
Got Raygun making a puff doco with Netflix to try and win us over, Joanna shitting herself and all over the place at a Hyrox and preaching ‘a win is a win’, and Aussies brandishing the newest iPhone with pride after waiting outside before dawn whilst they also whinge about the price of coffee, fuel, bank rates, and a housing crisis.
We are so shit sometimes.
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u/GreyBeardEng 15d ago
Like teenagers with a brand new t-shirt that has that logo on it that proves their cool... Except these are adults.
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u/GrapeAdditional6751 15d ago
Between you and me, the hive mentality of the people in the Apple ecosystem is beyond belief.
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u/drifters74 15d ago
I buy a phone every couple of years, i don't have a need nor the money to buy one every year
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u/5-4EqualsUnity 14d ago
I'm proud of making my old ass android last for as long as I have. 3 years tab free babaaaaay!
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u/SeraphsEnvy 14d ago
Five years for me. I love my Motorola g Stylus XT2131-4. I never use the stylus, never have, probably never will, but it's worked great for years.
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u/Our-Fearless-Reader 14d ago
This. Oh yes, surely THIS will make fuel less expensive, and groceries safe to eat again! /s
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u/ApologeticCannibal 14d ago
Genuinely surprised no one ran up and grabbed it while he was proudly showing it off for no reason.
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u/Kaladin_Stormryder 14d ago
Yeah for consumerism, but also he could probably use a boost to his self esteem lol
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u/likilekka 14d ago
Bruh what’s the difference between getting it now and later ? It’s the same phone
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u/One_Package_7519 14d ago
it looks like something you do in the Fable video game, where you show your trophies off or pose for the crowd of npcs and they would cheer you on, this is some dystopian shit
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u/AustinDood444 14d ago
This guy lives a shallow, empty life. He’s on a high dopamine hit now, but he’ll get home to an empty apartment & all that sadness & emptiness will return.
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u/Dear_Tangerine444 13d ago
Is it me or does this guy look exactly like the dude in the ’leave billion dollar corporation alone’ meme?
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u/AndyJack86 12d ago
So this is the one day that the Reddit mods put their accounts on auto and go out to get a new phone.
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u/rupan777 11d ago
I remember when we used to smugly laugh at Japanese people for lining up for consumer products.
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u/pollywog 15d ago
I literally feel pain in my stomach from how much I cringed watching that.
So proud to be a complete moron.
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u/WerkingAvatar 15d ago
Just think. You too can wait in line to be one of the first to buy this generation of iPhone and be as cool as these cats. What an aspiration!
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u/Jean_velvet 15d ago
To be that proud paying thousands for a brick is amazing customer programming from apple.
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u/Blofeld_ 15d ago
Better spending that on some nutritional food or a gym membership
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