Forlorn Drifter wrote:On the other hand, I know of a metal band who broke up because they couldn't get their first release to sell 5,000 in two weeks.
Lame.
True metal bands release only about 50 or so copies of their first album. Cassette only.
You must be thinking of nu metal or something.
I honestly don't know what type of metal they were.
@Hobie- the metal band wasn't on a label either. May just be an odd occurrence of expectations.
I also had a great conversation today with a fantastic guy who argued that doom/stoner/sludge fans are really into any form of metal, that Black Sabbath wasn't metal, and that white people should have dreads or mohawks or tattoos because it is cultural appropriation.
Everyone likes to have things, but when it comes to buying things you don't need in ever-greater amounts to please yourself...yes, that's consumerism.
If you're doing it to build a library or archive or something it might be a little different, but I'm sure not making a library of Penguin classic books or Kokoro Connect figures.
noiseredux wrote:Playing on your GBA/PSP you can be watching a movie/TV show/playing another RPG on your TV and then just look at the screen every once in a while
oxymoron wrote:I know this isn't a popular thing to ask but do you think collecting is just a sugarcoated form of consumerism? If not, what's the difference?
