@SnowyBug09 @emothann Forsure, I couldn't afford it, it's a luxury to get to do cool stuff like that at all. But a 'luxury hobby' is like, sailing or owning horses lol
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@qweblobeblo @emothann It's definitely a luxury, and it's not just travel. It's lodging accommodations, time off from work, food, and registration fees. If you need to make arrangements for pets or kids, that's another hurdle, especially if you live alone.
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If you are trying for an invite you'll be filling your BFL. This is a luxury hobby and money will be required to do this, but isn't a barrier to those able to try which is what the poll was about. People may not be able to try due to money, that's a different conversation.
Mees@ptcgMeesie6x6
People are delusional, money is never gonna be the reason you don’t qualify. You’re just not good enough.
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Another missed Pokemon Center drop even though I was in the queue within minutes, it's hard to enjoy this hobby in 2026 ngl
seeing daily videos of real queues a mile long, fights breaking out, people with way more product than they have any right to, investor bros treating Pokémon like stocks, content creators constantly pumping the market and throwing gasoline on the FOMO. ludicrous prices for singles. Scams, husslers and conmen everywhere. No access for new fans, a whole shift in demographics and motivations in the space.
We shouldn't have to jump through these many hoops just to enjoy this hobby. It used to be so wholesome and fun and all I see know is all my genuine collector friends constantly missing out, burning out and giving up. I'm taking the little wins here and there but man I'm tired, this is exhausting.
Better days ahead friends I'm sure of it, just hope we don't loose too many of us before then ☀️
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@ibrahimibnyusuf check out their organs donated/donations received ratio for more interesting jewish numbers
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With very few and minor exceptions, the only kind of aid Israel gives is that which will get lots of TV coverage, like rescue missions to natural disaster sites.
Other than that, the Jewish state is the most stingy country in the world as regards foreign aid. An ultra-rich country, the state of the Jews gives a paltry 0.07% of its GDP in Official Development Assistance -- nine times less than Turkey.
Decent countries quietly help less fortunate nations all year long, giving them schools, bridges and hospitals. Israel, however, cynically devotes the little foreign aid it gives to coldly calculated actions with high-impact visibility, while hardly ever offering help that won't be immediately noticed by the media.
Don't be deceived by the field hospitals Israel sends to earthquake sites for the one week during which cameras will focus on them. They do it for the optics, not out of solidarity. Numbers don't lie⤵️, Zionists do.
Aviva Klompas@AvivaKlompas
Following the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, Israeli emergency response organizations are preparing to assist local authorities with search-and-rescue efforts. Predictably, some people will deride this as "rubble washing" or some other such nonsense. But here's a fact: when disaster strikes - an earthquake, a tsunami, wild fires - Israel is consistently among the first countries to send doctors, rescue teams, field hospitals, and humanitarian aid. Israel doesn't ask whether the victims share its politics. It asks who needs help. That's what decent countries do.
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@stefumies I think the mass immigration you're referring to would slow without the impetus of us/israel meddling, plus voters would be willing to accept stricter immigration control. And I think the exodus of israelis and israeli capital to america would would make gentile lives much harder
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@bro1_SM @mehdirhasan Hypothetically, if the incidents described in the report were corroborated (by sources you personally found credible), would that change anything about your opinions? Would you be emotionally affected?
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@mehdirhasan So it's everywhere. And not one journalist has done anything to vet it. It is simpy uncritically reported.
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If this was any other country, it would be huge news, and most western governments would be loudly condemning it.
But it’s Israel so…
Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforth
"A breast feeding baby was shot by a quad copter through the head" Yesterday the UN commission of inquiry published a report detailing how Israel deliberately targets & kills Palestinian children
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@ptcgMeesie6x6 @TordReklev All hobbies get expensive at higher levels of competition. At least with pokemon the equipment is super cheap
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Also, there are absolutely people that *buy* their invite by going to low attendance SPE. They also don’t poses the skill to qualify except for money. I’m just saying that if @TordReklev was poor he would still be the best player in the world.
Mees@ptcgMeesie6x6
People are delusional, money is never gonna be the reason you don’t qualify. You’re just not good enough.
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@ptcgMeesie6x6 Do you think Pokemon skill is like a transcendental metaphysical characteristic that is unaffected by the material world. Like that God was in heaven meticulously assigning pokemon skill at comparative levels to every person.
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It's honestly only that way because of market demand and the brand recognition. PSA has been doing this for year and has better overall recognition with collectors.
I would agree and say a Gem Mint PSA is better than a Gem Mint CGC in most cases. However, CGC offers something higher: The Pristine 10, which is much better than a Gem Mint 10 PSA.
If your goal is ROI shorter term, you probably want to go with PSA. If your goal is long term, brands like CGC and Tag are gaining rapid popularity at an alarming rate so in the future they could be worth substantially more. Even moreso if you get a Pristine 10.
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Animosity 📸@ContainedAni
Finally got them!
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@GeorgeLevantine @washingtonpost the idea that media outlets are "bought" and secretly controlled is a centuries old anti-gentile trope, harkening back to the middle ages
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@washingtonpost ?? An “independent” UN commission ???? Really?
“Independent” & “UN” are oxymorons…
Many people think that Islamists bought the UN long before they bought the NYT, the WP, and Tucker et al.
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An independent U.N. commission said that the Israeli military had deliberately targeted children in Gaza, amounting to genocide.
The commission said it found a pattern of behavior that reflected a strategy to destroy the future of Palestinians. wapo.st/4xOF8zN
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@exarkunaguero @greensborohill @richard_normal nothing in particular they'd just leave the voting to us. they can still have the day off
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@WmLCollins @Reuters @muhammadshehad2 The Rhadanite jews were transporting and clandestinely castrating pagan child slaves in Europe in those times. I have a theory that "blood libel" stems from gentiles witnessing this, with the more fanciful racist elements (kids baked into matzah etc.) being later embellishments
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@Reuters @muhammadshehad2 Jews calling what we see them do every single fucking day "libelous" makes me *believe* every accusation they've ever call a blood libel to be the unvarnished truth
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Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent UN inquiry said reut.rs/4eD9CfA
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Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent UN inquiry said reut.rs/4eD9CfA
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@qweblobeblo @richard_normal What if
And this is fucking crazy
What if
Don’t laugh
What if each adult had their own autonomous vote?
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@qweblobeblo @richard_normal doesn't a family w underaged kids already have 2 votes per family?
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@Scheman5e @PitaTheGreat2 @Reuters You're right. I've read about everything evil and atrocious thing in this world and the slave ships are the worst suffering any humans have endured, even going far back into ancient times. It's truly unfathomable what they went thru
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@PitaTheGreat2 @Reuters The Transatlantic Slave Trade is the darkest chapter in human history. But leave it to white people to make themselves feel good about their own atrocious behaviors. No matter what time of the earth we're in, white people would always take the trophy of being the most violent!
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@sequesterador @tortured_man damn.. never could fully articulate this but that's been the root of a lot of hurt in my life. hard not to feel bitter sometimes.
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@tortured_man 85% of the problem growing up nd is u don’t absorb social skills/convention by osmosis like everyone else, you instead absorb the polite fictions and empty platitudes … when all u want and need is literal, direct instruction
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I think many “high functioning autistics” just have parents who sort of let them down. You don’t have to do much as a parent to a boy but I do think you have the obligation to tell your son when he looks like shit or he’s being a pussy
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@DrEggPricing @the_transit_guy Exactly bro a true patriot would do ANYTHING to get this bill passed, no matter how gay
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ITS THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL HOUSING BILL IN 36 YEARS AND IT WAS PASSED OVERWHELMINGLY IN BOTH CHAMBERS!!!
Kaitlan Collins@kaitlancollins
Trump says he’s canceling the signing of the housing bill.
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@ilbannay @davidfrum this gif is so powerful lol i know they hate to see this one
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DSA settler-colonialists seem to be successfully imposing their alien rule upon the indigenous inhabitants of Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
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