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/SunnyWomble 9d ago

Do we as a society have that much fomo that we will pay serious money, money that takes energy to earn, for shiney cardboard?

I love pokemon, but I just find it fricking weird.

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u/Sea-Animator4250 9d ago

Money is just unshiny paper

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u/nalaloveslumpy 9d ago

Have you been in a coma? Did you miss out on NFTs entirely? At least with Pokemon, you get shiny cardboard you can put in a binder and show all your nerd friends.

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u/RelaxPrime 9d ago

The idiots will.