Its funny I didn’t know about labubu until the recent South Park episode, and thought it was a parody of the Pokemon craze until I found out it was real.
And that because I don’t use Tiktok, Twitter, or Instagram I somehow completely missed this craze that had adults being swept up in buying these physical loot boxes because of the effective marketing that had people wanting to be a part of something.
So yeah corporate consumer outreach tools indeed. Pretty scary just how effective it is in appealing emotionally to the masses.
And labubu is like the least harmful thing when it comes to manipulation of the masses, so just puts into perspective the other ways it can be used by those that control and understand the algorithm to get the outcome they want.
You ever suddenly notice that a bunch of your friends or coworkers all steadfastly believe some shit that seems totally counter to what you knew about them, at the same time? It’s fucked.
Yeah, that lababu thing was an epiphany of realizing maybe I’m not even part of society culturally and more a foreigner, since how deep the influence of mainstream social media goes is something I’m not as in tune with as I thought. What I get is just a small trickle that occasionally bleeds through into what I use.
Its like the people I’m around live in a completely different sphere of influence from me, and I didn’t realize the extent of it until now. I’m missing out being part of a hivemind that has taken over most of the world.
Its funny I didn’t know about labubu until the recent South Park episode, and thought it was a parody of the Pokemon craze until I found out it was real.
And that because I don’t use Tiktok, Twitter, or Instagram I somehow completely missed this craze that had adults being swept up in buying these physical loot boxes because of the effective marketing that had people wanting to be a part of something.
So yeah corporate consumer outreach tools indeed. Pretty scary just how effective it is in appealing emotionally to the masses.
And labubu is like the least harmful thing when it comes to manipulation of the masses, so just puts into perspective the other ways it can be used by those that control and understand the algorithm to get the outcome they want.
You ever suddenly notice that a bunch of your friends or coworkers all steadfastly believe some shit that seems totally counter to what you knew about them, at the same time? It’s fucked.
Yeah, that lababu thing was an epiphany of realizing maybe I’m not even part of society culturally and more a foreigner, since how deep the influence of mainstream social media goes is something I’m not as in tune with as I thought. What I get is just a small trickle that occasionally bleeds through into what I use.
Its like the people I’m around live in a completely different sphere of influence from me, and I didn’t realize the extent of it until now. I’m missing out being part of a hivemind that has taken over most of the world.
It is very surreal living in a deep red area right now. And not the good kind of surreal.