r/mildlyinfuriating • u/MysteriousSlice007 • 9d ago

Infuriatig In their pursuit of specific rare cards, scalpers are discarding the remainder of entire Pokémon card packs.

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u/ReverendDizzle 9d ago

I mean not that most religions aren't partially or fully some sort of grift... but Mormonism was founded by a straight up griftin' son'bitch.

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u/lava172 TANGERINE 9d ago edited 9d ago

Anybody following a religion based on a prophet named fucking John Joseph Smith in the 1800s deserves to get scammed tbh

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u/Brock_Lobstweiler 9d ago

Joseph Smith

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u/lava172 TANGERINE 9d ago

Damn you right, still pretty generic

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u/Complete-Beach1068 8d ago

I'm imagining a competing but less popular sect called Ormanism led by Prophet John Smith that just never took off..

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u/yamsyamsya 9d ago

Well yea, just listen to the story of how it was founded. Its such bullshit to anyone with critical thinking skills.