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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 335096"><p>I was gonna stick a cork in it 'cause I come off as an abrasive jerk often enough as it is. But I think it would be cool if people would drive a stake through the heart of the "serious collector" meme. </p><p></p><p>It's a merchant's buzzword for people with rapacious desires, deep pockets, and a desire to walk around wearing a description they think distinguishes them from their less well-heeled/obsessive peers.</p><p></p><p>Granted, it is descriptive of a human reality that would still be there even without a term for it. So maybe the beef isn't so much for the term as for the aura people surround it with -- mostly, by suggestion (one of the many "pass-it-along" attitudes that any fancy accumulates as it goes). </p><p></p><p>There's enough consumerism & conspicuous consumption fueled by advertising as it is without us furthering it.</p><p></p><p>PS : This is NOT a rip at the guy who posted the question that started this. He was using the normal term. For, IMO, an abnormal condition.</p><p></p><p>:face:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 335096"] I was gonna stick a cork in it 'cause I come off as an abrasive jerk often enough as it is. But I think it would be cool if people would drive a stake through the heart of the "serious collector" meme. It's a merchant's buzzword for people with rapacious desires, deep pockets, and a desire to walk around wearing a description they think distinguishes them from their less well-heeled/obsessive peers. Granted, it is descriptive of a human reality that would still be there even without a term for it. So maybe the beef isn't so much for the term as for the aura people surround it with -- mostly, by suggestion (one of the many "pass-it-along" attitudes that any fancy accumulates as it goes). There's enough consumerism & conspicuous consumption fueled by advertising as it is without us furthering it. PS : This is NOT a rip at the guy who posted the question that started this. He was using the normal term. For, IMO, an abnormal condition. :face: [/QUOTE]
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