Response to “Why Unboxing Videos Soothe Our Materialistic Brains”

Like many others, I too like to watch unboxing videos. Especially unboxing videos of things I want, for example, a new pair of shoes. I’ve watched multiple videos of shoe unboxing and I can never get enough. I agree with many points made in the video, but I agree most with how the video says unboxing videos shows how materialistic people really are. I believe this increase in materialism comes from the judgement of other people. For example, they’ll judge you on your clothing, what kind of car you have, etc. Being a human being you want to impress others not looked down upon. Another reason is that society is making products people have no use for. A few years ago, Supreme dropped a product where it was just a brick with there branding on it for like $50 dollars and people went crazy for it. They bought this product just because of the Supreme logo. If that same brick didn’t have the logo no one would pay much mind to it.  Also I believe these materialistic views are due to trends, like how everyone has an iPhone. Everyone wants to fit in and not be the odd one out, which is why we buy things we don’t really need.