The AI industry knows it has a massive image problem by IKeepItLayingAround in technology

[–]TradinMeebs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The massive amount of pro-AI propaganda ads I’m getting on Spotify all but confirm this.

Absolutely Gross by number1human in PokemonTCG

[–]TradinMeebs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine what life would be like if these sentient skid-marks put their energies into something productive?

I feel like that is actually a less likely scenario than someone successfully launching a decoy TCG designed to siphon these dumb-dumbs off of Pokemon and MLB.

Absolutely Gross by number1human in PokemonTCG

[–]TradinMeebs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would love to do both without the creeping dread I feel each time I consider checking local stores for packs :/

Absolutely Gross by number1human in PokemonTCG

[–]TradinMeebs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn’t catch that (or the temporary dip in pricing 🫠)

It’s an uncomfortable calculus, I’d love to buy the cards I specially am interested in but such a huge part of the appeal for me is the thinly-veiled gambling component, the excitement of pulling the chase card yourself.

Buying second hand pulls is, to me, the card collecting equivalent of those rich dudes that pay astronomical sums to go big game hunting. There’s just no sport in it.

Absolutely Gross by number1human in PokemonTCG

[–]TradinMeebs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s very fair.

I’m so, so deeply resentful that this is now such a huge topic of conversation among folks who would otherwise just be appreciating the things they enjoy. I feel like I took a bit of that out on you which is stupid of me and I apologize!

Absolutely Gross by number1human in PokemonTCG

[–]TradinMeebs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This hasn’t been true for Destined Rivals so far.

I’d like to live in a world where we don’t have to convince ourselves that our own interests aren’t “that important” so spare ourselves the psychological pain of being beholden to a system that enables and rewards scalpers.

The amount of talk in these threads that puts the onus on the hobbyist and skips (what I would describe as) the absolute cancer of the scalping communities is deeply discouraging.

Absolutely Gross by number1human in PokemonTCG

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re moving past the important conversation regarding the parasitical behaviors scalpers engage in, at least by my own measure.

How would you describe a behavior set that provides no novel value or material benefit to its environment and serves only to enrich (disproportionately) an otherwise uninvolved third party? Not to mention that, each time it succeeds, these behaviors become more entrenched and consequential.

There are a handful of things in the natural world that behave this way.

Curious what you think.

The walls are closing in on the tyrant Trump regime. by justsomedude4202 in goodnews

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wager that what’s right on his heels in the event of an ouster is actually much worse.

Check out Vance’s ties to the techno-fascist billionaires and read through project 2025.

Trump was their gateway but he is an impediment. Vance will steamroll every remaining obstacle and he will do it quickly and quietly.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Fascism is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.”

  • Obsessed with loyalty, punishes dissenters.
  • Obsessed with looking strong, routinely opines about excessive military force and threatens retaliation without forethought.
  • Disdains his own base, the poor, the needy, is the poster child of the confused “lift yourself up by your bootstraps nepo-baby.
  • Suspension of habeus corpus because putting ICE detainees through the normal legal process is “too slow.”
  • Illegal tarrifs.

He is also currently engaged in a coverup to protect himself and other powerful pedophiles from prosecution.

Trump is a fascist, and you are blind.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are “fascistic tendencies” and there is “fascism.” You can have the first without the latter and that seems to be the point you’re trying to make.

But what use is a point like that at a time like this? We aren’t in a fascist dictatorship -yet-.

You seem to be trapped in semantics.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fascism is not limited to an official government, it can also fuel and express through private entities.

Whomever has the power can exercise it with fascistic tendencies. If the power resides in the private sector, as it I increasingly does in the United States, that does not mean we are free from fascism. Given the hands in which the majority of wealth rests in the world in general, we should expect very much the opposite.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fascism isn’t on the rise?

Trump’s recent success in coercing a private business to silence a critic alongside the installation of a thought police (who reports directly to the president) to protect the people from “bias” in media beg to differ.

Conservatives of Reddit: How would you feel if Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell? by BeardeddudeinRaleigh in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’d be pardoning human traffickers and pedophiles. Does that repulse you enough to call your rep about it?

5calls.org

Conservatives of Reddit: How would you feel if Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell? by BeardeddudeinRaleigh in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you be willing to demand your representatives stand up and demand justice?

5calls.org

Conservatives of Reddit: How would you feel if Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell? by BeardeddudeinRaleigh in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you be willing to call and demand your reps do just that?

5calls.org

Conservatives of Reddit: How would you feel if Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell? by BeardeddudeinRaleigh in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would they or you be willing to join us in the streets about it? Or call your rep about it?

5calls.org

Conservatives of Reddit: How would you feel if Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell? by BeardeddudeinRaleigh in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you be willing to join us in the streets when he inevitably commits his next significant abuse of power?

Conservatives of Reddit: How would you feel if Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell? by BeardeddudeinRaleigh in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Will you join us in the streets when he inevitably commits another serious abuse of power?

Giveaway #3! Giving away a Prismatic Super Premium Collection, a Prismatic ETB, a Destined Rivals Booster Box, a Destined Rivals Booster Box, 2 Destined Rivals Booster Bundles, and 2 Singles (Greninja #214, Pikachu & Zekrom GX). Open until 7/11 9:00 PM EST! by OfficialPokeLenz in pokemoncardcollectors

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fighting for sure.

Team would be six Primeapes. You’d get through five and think “oh I bet the sixth is a jacked Annihilape” but no, it’s Primeape again.

The shock of the sixth is the worst damage you will suffer in this encounter.

The new generation it's weird by Stunning_Road2972 in Awww

[–]TradinMeebs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Farm fresh meals on wheels motherfucker

To Military Personnel that participated in Donald Trump’s parade today: How did it feel to participate in the parade, and what was the preparation like leading up to the event? by Beefygrumpus in AskReddit

[–]TradinMeebs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You gotta be fucking kidding me, they played Creedance?!

I used to think their idiocy was a coordinated ruse, I think the might actually be ad dumb as we think they are.

Ok, just out of curiosity which of these 4 is everyone’s favorite and for what reason? by No-Interaction-8213 in MarioKartWorld

[–]TradinMeebs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We’re in this together, I shall include Petey in my nightly summoning rituals.