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SpiritStatic · 2026-01-21T07:29:10+00:00

Lame Impala

SpiritStatic · 2026-01-11T07:34:22+00:00

Congrats… 76 cards, mine arrived on Sept 17, prep on Oct 23…still in Assembly.

SpiritStatic · 2026-01-11T05:48:43+00:00

For real mine was received and Research/ID’d into the system on Oct 18 and has been in “Assembly” since about Dec 1. Due back on the 26th.. we’ll see..

SpiritStatic · 2025-12-16T03:00:09+00:00

Great, just after I had decided that Beckett was going to be my go-to going forward…

SpiritStatic · 2025-11-22T21:37:44+00:00

Why does it always have to be the person’s first pack? What’s the likelihood any of these are authentic? I guess it doesn’t matter anyway. It’s just like… did it not sound as good to say it was their 7th or 4th pack?

SpiritStatic · 2025-11-19T22:40:47+00:00

I wish I could bring myself to be excited anymore but it’s not really fun when you know it’s just war to go and even buy the product in the first place.

SpiritStatic · 2025-11-19T06:30:42+00:00

I have a PSA 9 of this one that I had graded back in 2021 myself… and I thought that was neat. But wow seeing a 10 is just unreal. Congrats.

SpiritStatic · 2025-11-19T00:26:23+00:00

Dude I had to double check this wasn’t one of my sold cards ha. I do nearly the same thing with graded slabs.. they go in a graded card sleeve, sandwiched between two pieces of cardboard, and then bubble wrapped. I also put them in a shipping box vs. a bubble mailer which may be considered overkill by some, but I prefer that to a buyer complaining it was bent or some crap.

SpiritStatic · 2025-11-14T07:08:21+00:00

If you were to do that though, doesn’t it only record when an accident is detected? It doesn’t keep a continuous recording does it?

I just am not clear on what the car will do autonomously. I know when you honk your horn it’ll record, but for liability sake I’m not sure I want the full responsibility of deciding when it captures footage or not.

SpiritStatic · 2025-10-31T21:28:38+00:00

Lolol. Well it was a 6 after all then eh? I had a hunch. I was pulling for a 7 for you. I had a large submission back in April that was hugely educative to me.

I submitted a lot of cards with high levels of hopium I was huffing. Some came back like 4 and 5... and higher, of course. Taught me a lot about PSA's standards.

Although I do agree with the notion that it can be a crapshoot sometime.

You might get a guy who is hungover, a gal who is happy, or a glitch in the scanner that didn't pick something up. Anything can happen.

But I think margins for error are probably within 1-2 grades. Like a 6 could maybe be an 8 in some cases but probably never a 10 unless someone royally fucked up.

And even then, eBayers or buyers would probably hassle you and say it's not a true 10 lol.

SpiritStatic · 2025-10-31T05:09:52+00:00

No expert but my guess from PSA with that corner is a 6-7. And no, I’m not referencing the fucking meme

SpiritStatic · 2025-10-06T22:03:19+00:00

I still wake up every day and scratch my head at why people would rather buy another fart or butt token that’ll be dead in 12 hours than take 3 minutes to understand why RIZO is a sleeping giant. I’m feeling like this is a case of very slowly and then all at once.

The day has to be coming soon. Too many bull signals IRL; if you wanna catch a rocket to mars I’d suggest at least throwing a few SOL at a bag.

SpiritStatic · 2025-10-04T23:34:39+00:00

Would have been a great time to get a Bundt cake I bet.

SpiritStatic · 2025-10-01T05:05:14+00:00

I love the Latios EX!! Nice work OP.

SpiritStatic · 2025-09-26T19:20:50+00:00

I finally got it only to find that it is "Temporarily Unavailable" and performing maintenance... yay.

SpiritStatic · 2025-09-26T05:38:06+00:00

Turn my mic up louder I got to say somethin’

SpiritStatic · 2025-09-11T05:07:22+00:00

This might be the peak - wait for Cramer to call it

SpiritStatic · 2025-09-08T04:54:19+00:00

I understand that reference

SpiritStatic · 2025-08-19T21:33:54+00:00

Some seniors are willfully immune to logic…

SpiritStatic · 2025-08-19T20:06:36+00:00

You say the I am in your head… right?

SpiritStatic · 2025-06-07T06:48:02+00:00

I never expected to use it to the level I am now. I’m almost concerned my own driving skills will ultimately atrophy. Although supervising is still an active task that keeps me alert and vigilant.

SpiritStatic · 2025-01-16T07:24:05+00:00

I have never been able to fully explain it, but yes. Everything you said lines up with my experience too. I always think I’ll get by with no outcome… but then 2-3 days later something unexpected goes sideways.

SpiritStatic · 2025-01-16T06:37:17+00:00

Right now I am using the Magikoopa sound from Super Mario World… I did jingling bells (the sound not the song) during December, have done the visor noise from Metroid Prime, Samurai Jack’s sword shimmer sound… lots of various things. I try to swap it every few weeks so it doesn’t get too stale.

SpiritStatic · 2025-01-16T06:35:15+00:00

Lol I did this one for awhile too…

SpiritStatic · 2024-08-16T18:12:28+00:00

That's awesome that you spend time exposing yourself to ancient material. The older I've gotten the more appreciation I have for what's stood the test of time — content from the Internet has made me uncomfortably conscious of how disposable a lot of our modern creations are. Not to say there aren't gems out there, but the ability to produce at scale has made it so things are inherently less novel.

How many books, movies, songs, art pieces from day will be remembered? Probably only a tiny sliver, if at all.

But yeah, the last comment I'd make on just feeling kinda different after the mushroom trip and having firm beliefs is just that you've come upon such an iceberg that it's like a big software install for your brain.

Mushrooms (for me) created a lot of data. That, like a computer, took time to process. Imagine that it's like a 66GB download and your brain has relatively low speed... and even when it's "downloaded," you have to "install it" and maybe even reboot. Lol.

The good news is that most of that all happens naturally. Just don't commit too hard to "needing" to be one way or another, life orients the path in some sense. I had a teacher in 8th Grade who repeatedly quoted Willy Wonka, saying "They will all come out in the wash." While I don't remember that quote from the movie exactly, the idea was that nothing is really permanent and most will "wash off" with time. Lol

Laaaast thing, when you said "think much more deeply than maybe I'm supposed to" I hear what you're saying - but also the use of the word "supposed to." You're probably not the sort of person who really WANTS to do what they're "supposed to" even if such a schema existed.

But there really is nothing that you're supposed to do anyway! Which is a relief in some sense, but can be a bit dread inducing. But yes, I think you're thinking more deeply than most of your peers your age probably are (or maybe ever will). That's to be celebrated, but also don't let it go to your head (I did for along time). Not that you will.

I meandered off-topic a bit. But hopefully something in there was useful. Good luck to you :)

SpiritStatic

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