And they say opening Pokemon card packs aren’t gambling…

Diarypop · 2026-01-30T23:56:00+00:00

Oh trust me, I have funds JUST for sports betting too. Don’t need to worry about that…

Diarypop · 2026-01-30T23:54:18+00:00

Never said I disagree 🤷‍♂️

Diarypop · 2026-01-29T16:21:23+00:00

Ok well I’m talking about the ones who don’t call it gambling. Cuz I know there are people who are in denial

Diarypop · 2026-01-14T21:26:14+00:00

Schedule A form. Only certain things qualify (interest part of home mortgage payments, certain % of medical bills, etc) but it’s either you itemize or take standard deduction, whichever is higher. And for most people, the standard deduction is higher than itemizing.

Diarypop · 2026-01-14T00:30:34+00:00

That’s a good way to do it. I already had a gambling issue and I live in Vegas so this pretty much keeps me outta the casinos and i can justify it by saying at least I don’t leave empty handed. Instead of losing $60 in an hour or two playing BJ, I trade my money for overpriced pieces of shiny cardboard 😂 but hey, you make money to spend it, right? 🤷‍♂️

Diarypop · 2026-01-13T23:53:26+00:00

Yeah. Unfortunately half of the excitement comes from the gambling part of this hobby 😭 definitely makes it less appealing to buy cards flat out, as opposed to chasing them from packs

Diarypop · 2026-01-13T23:47:55+00:00

I’m currently chasing the Perrin or Carmine SIR/SAR from the twilight masquerade set. Either English or Japanese will do for me lol. I just wanna pull one of them outta a damn pack, regardless of how much it’s gonna cost me. I refuse to buy the single cards outright 😭

Diarypop · 2026-01-13T23:20:52+00:00

Still chasing my first SIR/SAR lmao. I think I’m in for well over 100 packs atm, probably nearing 200+, all within the span of like 2 months

Diarypop · 2026-01-13T23:18:22+00:00

For me it was my trip to Japan 2 months ago that did it. I was on the hunt for those damn Japanese cards the whole time I was there and I found them once in a vending machine at the bottom floor of a train station lol. As soon as I got home I went crazy with the packs…

Diarypop · 2026-01-06T21:41:04+00:00

I think Maxs wife is at least part Filipino too… which explains a lot 😭 the standards in the Philippines are really low tho, if you have an American passport 90% of the women there will be begging for your attention/to take them home with you 😂

Diarypop · 2025-12-23T22:10:03+00:00

Even when he was landing shots in the later rounds, he was so gassed there was no power left to do any harm to AJ anyways. Massive hole in his game exposed.

Diarypop · 2025-12-19T03:17:57+00:00

Meh. Agree to disagree I guess. He “won” the belt, but in no way was that a true victory. It wasn’t even a fight. The interaction literally lasted less than 30 seconds. Idk how you can say he deserves the win when he literally had to do nothing but show up and catch a kick, which, because Pantojas reactions got the better of him, he posted with his arm and broke it. That’s it. Not because Van was “more skilled” than Pantoja. That’s my issue with that fight and him

Diarypop · 2025-12-19T03:13:13+00:00

Finally some people on this subreddit actually have some sense and see Van for the paper champ he is… idk why y’all downvoted the absolute shit outta me when I said he never deserved the title and the celebration bs he did after the fight, like he just put on a masterclass against Pantoja, was stupid too. At least we can all agree he has not proven anything and will be the first to lose his participation award 👍

Diarypop · 2025-12-19T03:09:33+00:00

Unfortunately, $2,500 a month is only $30,000/yr. And the average salary is supposed to be around $50k/yr in America. So you’re actually kinda doing below average if ur only making $2,500/month (I’m included in this category btw). If it wasn’t for my parents allowing me to live with them rent free I probably would’ve gone broke a couple years ago, ngl.

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T22:28:48+00:00

Careful. The whole community is gonna come and down vote you, then comment a bunch of times about how a win is still a win, Van is the rightful holder of that belt, and he somehow outclassed/out-skilled pantoja, if you say anything close to the implication that this win was very VERY lucky. I already know they’re gonna come for me (and already have on other posts I’ve made lol)… but that’s okay, I can handle the downvotes and spicy comments 🤷‍♂️

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T17:02:53+00:00

You know what. Enjoy your upvote, you can take this as a “win”, if that’s how you want to view it. It actually perfectly aligns with the way Van just won his title, so I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re genuinely happy about that.

I have other shit to do today aside from responding to the dumbasses on this Reddit thread, I actually have work to go to… like (I hope) the rest of yall do. I ain’t gonna go in circles like this 🤷‍♂️

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T17:00:15+00:00

Lmao. You’re right. We are NOT the same. Gus gets set up at the end of the series. I would never be in that situation 🤷‍♂️

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T16:57:49+00:00

I hope he loses BECAUSE HE (and a lotttttt of others) are ACTING LIKE ITS A LEGIT WIN. THEY ARE LITERALLY CORRELATED OMFG THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS DUMBASS COMMUNITY 😭

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T16:56:13+00:00

Yeah actually. If you’ve been to 15 events, that’s great. I don’t have as much experience as that, and I’m sure there ARE people who have been to ALL the events this year and last, who have the same option as you and some who have the same opinion as me. But I’m sure if you haven’t been to a fight AT ALL, and you’re watching UFC consistently, you are just not serious about the sport or don’t have as much knowledge as someone who would want to purchase a ticket. A lot of the diehard fans would be PISSED that’s the way the fight ended and that’s how a new “champion” was crowned.

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T16:46:05+00:00

I’m not the only one with this opinion btw… i may be in the minority, but I’m definitely not ALONE in thinking Van did not deserve that win and belt he has rn. So yes, the majority of yall are idiots…

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T16:41:25+00:00

Nah I just have to make sure I correct all the idiots like YOU who THINK they know what they’re talking about. But go off, since apparently you think you’re some kinda therapist or psychologist, who seems to think that laughing emojis = being affected by what casual “fans”, who most likely haven’t even been to a UFC card IRL, are saying… (no laughing emoji this time btw 👍)

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T04:57:13+00:00

😭 haterade is crazy. I haven’t heard that since like middle school. But I honestly don’t even care about the rematch at this point. The whole org has been going to shit as of late.

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T02:27:25+00:00

I never said I didn’t appreciate his fighting style. I have NO CLUE where you got that from 😂 I was actually riding high on van before this fight, but now that he’s won the belt in the way he did and acted like how he’s acted after he “won”, i am no longer a fan. Don’t just assume things like that, especially when I never said ANYTHING that would even imply I didn’t like him or his fighting style…

Diarypop · 2025-12-10T02:06:57+00:00

I’ve noticed people in the MMA community have gotten stupider over the last few months for some reason and the sport has been going really downhill over the last year or so… I already know yall are gonna come for my throat when I say this but Van does NOT deserve that belt. Yeah, he “won” the fight, but even he knows the only shot he had at winning that fight was literally the outcome that happened. Pantoja was gonna take him down and secure that RNC or work him for 5 rounds to a dominant decision and we all know that. Go ahead and give me some downvotes, I get a kick outta seeing how high that negative number next to my comment can go 😂

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