Why Unboxing Videos Soothe Our Materialistic Brains Internetting Season 2
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Date: 2020-08-15
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sydandtaytum
i've maybe watched a 5 unboxing videos in my years on youtube. they are ususally of specific products i want to buy or am thinking of buying. i usually get bored by the unimaginative way the youtuber describes the product (using non-descriptive words like 'cool' or 'fun' or 'cute') so i'll click off the video before it ends. i agree that it does reflect the negative aspects of luxury worshipping and obsession with owning moremoremore. for me, when i see a woman talk about the expensive purse/shoe she has bought, i am able to reflect on how i am over-consuming. when i see these girls, i never want to be like them. i am almost always cringing at their self-importance over how much they spent on an item or how proud they are to own an item. in that respect, maybe these videos have been helpful to me? i dont know. i'm not sure. i never thought about how popular these videos are. i guess it makes sense though- for a lot of people, this is the closest way they can get to some of these luxury items.
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i've maybe watched a 5 unboxing videos in my years on youtube. they are ususally of specific products i want to buy or am thinking of buying. i usually get bored by the unimaginative way the youtuber describes the product (using non-descriptive words like 'cool' or 'fun' or 'cute') so i'll click off the video before it ends. i agree that it does reflect the negative aspects of luxury worshipping and obsession with owning moremoremore. for me, when i see a woman talk about the expensive purse/shoe she has bought, i am able to reflect on how i am over-consuming. when i see these girls, i never want to be like them. i am almost always cringing at their self-importance over how much they spent on an item or how proud they are to own an item. in that respect, maybe these videos have been helpful to me? i dont know. i'm not sure. i never thought about how popular these videos are. i guess it makes sense though- for a lot of people, this is the closest way they can get to some of these luxury items.
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Dark
Don't really know. I actually watch videos about things I want to buy, in order to make no mistake. what I hate most is to have something useless, it turns me mad. still, I buy quantities of things I need. not to store them, but not to go shopping every time.
Sometimes, I use a thing more than 10 times, knowing that it's been made only for 3 or 4. but it avoids me shopping.
Well. I'm more in minimalism. not strict one. good things that last, with 2 or 3 of the same type, but that I need
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Don't really know. I actually watch videos about things I want to buy, in order to make no mistake. what I hate most is to have something useless, it turns me mad. still, I buy quantities of things I need. not to store them, but not to go shopping every time.
Sometimes, I use a thing more than 10 times, knowing that it's been made only for 3 or 4. but it avoids me shopping.
Well. I'm more in minimalism. not strict one. good things that last, with 2 or 3 of the same type, but that I need
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Frank-Gavin
I've never watched an unboxing
video, now I know why! They're
absolutely ridiculous, idiotic and
evidence of everything wrong with
the world! I want less stuff, not more!
So for me watching videos of people
buying endless crap that only proliferates
more garbage in the world isn't anything
I desire to waste time on!
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I've never watched an unboxing
video, now I know why! They're
absolutely ridiculous, idiotic and
evidence of everything wrong with
the world! I want less stuff, not more!
So for me watching videos of people
buying endless crap that only proliferates
more garbage in the world isn't anything
I desire to waste time on!
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Urbin_
I only watch unboxing videos when I am researching an item I plan on purchasing. I do have one qualifier, the video must contain a first impressions review. Video has to show me how the item works and how its going to be used. If I sense the video is click bait, I stop watching. I also avoid you tubers that do frequent (weekly or more) unboxings.
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I only watch unboxing videos when I am researching an item I plan on purchasing. I do have one qualifier, the video must contain a first impressions review. Video has to show me how the item works and how its going to be used. If I sense the video is click bait, I stop watching. I also avoid you tubers that do frequent (weekly or more) unboxings.
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Mac
Brilliant edits and writing. I cant believe how every second there was an entertaining and completely relevant pop culture clip. The narration was spot on too. You sound interesting and pacing was impeccable. Not too fast where I couldnt take it in, but not too slow where I got bored.
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Brilliant edits and writing. I cant believe how every second there was an entertaining and completely relevant pop culture clip. The narration was spot on too. You sound interesting and pacing was impeccable. Not too fast where I couldnt take it in, but not too slow where I got bored.
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Colin
Good video. I'm not sure which one it is, but on one hand the materialism represented here makes me sick, but I also see how this could be an outlet for future/current materialists to scratch the itch w/o having to waste anything other than time.
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Good video. I'm not sure which one it is, but on one hand the materialism represented here makes me sick, but I also see how this could be an outlet for future/current materialists to scratch the itch w/o having to waste anything other than time.
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66
all the 'lifters' here feel so triggered without realising that they are actually products of the larger culture that this video tries to decode. granted, it's not a perfect analysis but it's a good discussion-starter nonetheless.
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all the 'lifters' here feel so triggered without realising that they are actually products of the larger culture that this video tries to decode. granted, it's not a perfect analysis but it's a good discussion-starter nonetheless.
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jagmo
I really liked your analysis, particularly regarding the
percieved drop in value experienced once an item is removed from its packaging [3: 13].
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I really liked your analysis, particularly regarding the
percieved drop in value experienced once an item is removed from its packaging [3: 13].
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Sean
And we as a species are weaker for putting up with these intellectual tourists.
One day a rain will come and wash away the scum.
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And we as a species are weaker for putting up with these intellectual tourists.
One day a rain will come and wash away the scum.
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Spiros
Supreme managed to sell bricks. Bricks. Actual bricks. Bricks with the Supreme logo on them. Google that if you dont believe me
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Supreme managed to sell bricks. Bricks. Actual bricks. Bricks with the Supreme logo on them. Google that if you dont believe me
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