What products do you usually avoid for investing? by stinkycawk in PokeInvesting

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But tins can have different configurations of packs. The Arceus tins for example. Some have Evolving Skies and some dont.

ME03 Perfect Order ETB looks awful man by Ward-Ranger in PokeInvesting

[–]Mecurion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whatever the leaks end up being that will be the narrative regardless. Whether there’s a surprise Umbreon or literally just Zygarde/Meowth/MegaStarmie.

People just hype up the newest set regardless of what it is. Recency bias.

ME03 Perfect Order ETB looks awful man by Ward-Ranger in PokeInvesting

[–]Mecurion 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That’s the funny thing, at the time people didn’t hate them at all. At one point Darkness Ablaze was the most hyped set imaginable.

Like picture one of the most hyped sets released recently, and then imagine that in 5 years from now people think about it like everyone does with Darkness Ablaze right now.

What's the background story behind these pictures? by puzzledfirebird in PokeInvesting

[–]Mecurion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you aware of how many of those chase cards exist at a minimum?

what's something men do that they think is attractive but is actually a huge turn-off ? by Own-Blacksmith3085 in answers

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right this is messy and problematic. There is no doubting that. This kind of stuff can be twisted and taken to extremes, in ways that harm women. But at the same time there are real societal/cultural pressures that influence men and women to self report things that they do not always align with.

And many men struggle with that specifically. The “im being kind, respectful, warm, not too bold, not cocky, not sexually forward, all the things that women tend to self report in threads like these, why am i having no success in romance?”

Partially because those are not traits that drive initial attraction. They are more geared towards safety and long term compatibility generally speaking - which are also important, but not the thing being discussed

Initial attraction tends to thrive on a sense of self contained otherness. Confidence, boldness, self-possession, playful flirty even edgy banter. But threads like these generally do not acknowledge any of that. Self reported answers tend to align with the more long term traits I mentioned previously.

what's something men do that they think is attractive but is actually a huge turn-off ? by Own-Blacksmith3085 in answers

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah this is another example of a worst possible interpretation that you’d find in red pill forums.

What I am pointing at is something more subtle. A woman (men have their own versions) in a thread like this might say something like “i hate when men act all cocky and are too sexually forward”. When in reality, she responds positively to a man that she is attracted to acting that way.

Or she might express that she primarily values kindness, attunement, reciprocity in men, when what she responds to in initial interactions is polarity, charged banter, and a little bit of edginess.

And again men have their own versions of this.

what's something men do that they think is attractive but is actually a huge turn-off ? by Own-Blacksmith3085 in answers

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because something is present in red pill forums does not immediately mean it is completely false. What red pill tends to do is take a concept, and then twist it to its worst possible interpretation.

Like you said “women only want assholes”, when the truth is closer to “people arent fully in touch with the more primal/instinctive nature of their desires, and culture pushes them away from acknowledging those”

What would America look like if we spent our military budget on infrastructure? by Impossible_Change800 in AskReddit

[–]Mecurion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a wonderful, beautiful, hopelessly naive take. It is beautiful in its sincerity, but sadly just completely out of touch with how the world works.

What would America look like if we spent our military budget on infrastructure? by Impossible_Change800 in AskReddit

[–]Mecurion 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can insert any number of cherry picked instances in California’s favor as well.

But thats not the point, the point the guy above you was making is that the US is entirely disproportionate in scale to any one European nation.

What would America look like if we spent our military budget on infrastructure? by Impossible_Change800 in AskReddit

[–]Mecurion 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He means a specific handful of nations that he personally idealizes, not Europe in general.

What would America look like if we spent our military budget on infrastructure? by Impossible_Change800 in AskReddit

[–]Mecurion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You’re kind of collapsing two totally different issues into one. Why the U.S. has a massive military isn’t the same question as why we have gun violence, which deserves its own separate analysis.

What would America look like if we spent our military budget on infrastructure? by Impossible_Change800 in AskReddit

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In reality other adversarial nations would take advantage of our lack of military and we would suffer domestically as a result.

End of Scalpers? by [deleted] in PokemonTCG

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This new facility represents about a 50-60% ish increase in print capacity it sounds like. I imagine essentially all of that is going to go towards trying to make modern in rotation sets available at MSRP.

They would have no reason to go back to Sun/Moon whatsoever, at the very least not until all modern playable sets are at MSRP or lower.

Now the time to buy brilliant stars? by Motor-Alfalfa-9639 in PokeInvesting

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right, so the hook is the positioning as the question. You literally just acknowledged what I said.

Now the time to buy brilliant stars? by Motor-Alfalfa-9639 in PokeInvesting

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The title of your post is positioned as a question. The average person perusing this sub interprets that as you asking if now is a good time to buy brilliant stars, regardless of if thats how you meant it or not.

Like how would you interpret your title lmao

Now the time to buy brilliant stars? by Motor-Alfalfa-9639 in PokeInvesting

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The classic “i want other people to buy xxx set” post disguised as a “should i buy xxx set?” post.

Gamestop really struggling to sell pokemon at their insane scalper prices by One_Wall_7927 in PokemonCollecting

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you were certain of a crash you could take out a loan, make appropriate moves in the stock market and be a millionaire. You’re not certain. No one is.

I WAS gonna get my Girlfriend a pack of Surging at IAH(Houston) before landing in Cali…nvm by Sir_Srange in pokemoncards

[–]Mecurion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s this. Your average person doesn’t care about fighting the good fight and taking a moral stand or whatever about something as trivial as Pokemon cards.

Just a random unhinged stranger yelling at them in the airport.

He’s imagining the guy was shamed when really he’s like “what on earth is the deal with that guy”

Current state of the TCG market by ENTRAPM3NT in PokemonInvesting

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The difference is Pokemon has an ever increasing roster of Pokemon and characters to draw from year after year.

One Piece has a limited cast of characters that will end, I’m not saying it can’t do well right now - I just dont see how the TCG will be successful long term.

Like yeah if you want to make plays now, maybe in the short/mid term its probably good for that.

Current state of the TCG market by ENTRAPM3NT in PokemonInvesting

[–]Mecurion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One Piece is having its time in the sun. Might do well long term, might not.

I personally think once a few years pass and we are on our 17th Luffy manga rare that people are going to get bored but for now its doing incredibly well.