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Also every small card business owner absolutely has the same mindset. Just because your local card shop has a table they let you play at doesn't mean they are "the good guys". They're absolutely seething at you for not groveling at their feet thanking them for their benevolence.

i've seen people say its meant to be parody or ragebait but like. i've seen enough NFT guys post like this to know that sometimes the cognitive dissonance gap really can be just that large for this Type Of Guy

a capitalist is entitled to his return on investment. it is like water to him. if he does not get it, he ceases to be a capitalist. it’s not greed, not entirely. it’s an existential fear.

when i read capital i thought this stuff was some of the more under appreciated part of it, the way that marx digs into the psychology of it, what living under this system does to you and how it really, truly, isn’t a choice. once you’ve accepted the need for profit, the rest is already justified

It is someone who can't handle the pressure and anxiety of gambling putting a $1000 down on a poker hand that isn't going to finish for weeks and agonizing over it the entire time. And when they lose, they are unable to deal with the reality that everyone who gambles loses.

I think I've put at least 3 people on the path to radicialisation by moaning about TCG scalpers with them at locals and then subtly inviting them to mentally swap out "Charizard" for "your house" lol

I've been playing magic for 20 years and the secondary market definitely left me disallusioned lol

It is very funny but yeah you can find all of that and more terrible stuff on like. MTG Finance. If anything I think the novelty is that this is like the first exposure for Pokemon people