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Also, kids get scammed daily on YouTube on Pokemon card pulls with "loaded" packs and otherwise fake pulls for views.

by tty456 3mo ago

jmcgough 3mo ago
The live scammers targeting kids are pretty vile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTPI57GLac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTPI57GLac Seems like it's just a game of whack-a-mole, nothing is really being done to stop scammers from making new accounts and continuing their scams.
- tty456 3mo ago
  A lot of it is straight up sponsored by card makers too
  - atakan_gurkan 3mo ago
    Can you back this claim up? I don't think they need to do this. After all, WotC was doing pretty well way before these videos became widespread.
- andrepd 3mo ago
  There are really only two businesses in the modern economy, fraud and gambling. Some are both.
  - abrookewood 3mo ago
    Porn?
    - pjc50 3mo ago
      gambling (intermittent dopamine hit)
  - globular-toast 3mo ago
    Don't forget addiction.
- intended 3mo ago
  This is the other side of the coin when it comes to the push for ID verification.
  - vintermann 3mo ago
    Another way is to simply disallow certain ways to make money. It doesn't have to be complicated and it shouldn't be controversial.
- walthamstow 3mo ago
  The only defense is parenting. And no, I'm not one of those childless people who tells parents to parent better.
  - DanielBryars 3mo ago
    Its not the only defence, important and necessary, but also I think educating children about these risks in school is important (my kids' school does okay at this), and government regulation and criminalising such activity is useful too.
  - streetfighter64 3mo ago
    "Parenting" is a nebulous concept and at least to me, it also includes pushing for better laws for children. Nobody would think it's reasonable to allow stores to sell cigarettes to children and tell parents "if you don't like it, just don't let your kids smoke".
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    - walthamstow 3mo ago
      Nicotine is probably the worst example possible to argue that laws prevent children from using and becoming addicted to something.
      - paulryanrogers 3mo ago
        There's also heroine and fentanyl, both are regulated by the law.
        walthamstow 3mo ago
        Heroin is illegal for people of all ages, and those laws don't work either.
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asdff 3mo ago
It is disturbing what has happened to pokemon cards in recent years. I remember as a kid no one wanted those packs because it as basically acknowledged by everyone the shit odds of getting something cool like a charizard vs a bunch of stupid cards. If you wanted a charizard, you'd just go to a card show with a dealer who has dozens of charizards and pay them like $20. You would never pull countless packs in effort to get one, everyone thought that was extremely stupid.

Also, kids get scammed daily on YouTube on Pokemon card pulls with "loaded" packs and otherwise fake pulls for views.

by tty456 3mo ago

Also, kids get scammed daily on YouTube on Pokemon card pulls with "loaded" packs and otherwise fake pulls for views.

The live scammers targeting kids are pretty vile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTPI57GLac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTPI57GLac Seems like it's just a game of whack-a-mole, nothing is really being done to stop scammers from making new accounts and continuing their scams.

tty456 3mo ago
A lot of it is straight up sponsored by card makers too
- atakan_gurkan 3mo ago
  Can you back this claim up? I don't think they need to do this. After all, WotC was doing pretty well way before these videos became widespread.
andrepd 3mo ago
There are really only two businesses in the modern economy, fraud and gambling. Some are both.
- abrookewood 3mo ago
  Porn?
  - pjc50 3mo ago
    gambling (intermittent dopamine hit)
- globular-toast 3mo ago
  Don't forget addiction.
intended 3mo ago
This is the other side of the coin when it comes to the push for ID verification.
- vintermann 3mo ago
  Another way is to simply disallow certain ways to make money. It doesn't have to be complicated and it shouldn't be controversial.
walthamstow 3mo ago
The only defense is parenting. And no, I'm not one of those childless people who tells parents to parent better.
- DanielBryars 3mo ago
  Its not the only defence, important and necessary, but also I think educating children about these risks in school is important (my kids' school does okay at this), and government regulation and criminalising such activity is useful too.
- streetfighter64 3mo ago
  "Parenting" is a nebulous concept and at least to me, it also includes pushing for better laws for children. Nobody would think it's reasonable to allow stores to sell cigarettes to children and tell parents "if you don't like it, just don't let your kids smoke".
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  - walthamstow 3mo ago
    Nicotine is probably the worst example possible to argue that laws prevent children from using and becoming addicted to something.
    - paulryanrogers 3mo ago
      There's also heroine and fentanyl, both are regulated by the law.
      - walthamstow 3mo ago
        Heroin is illegal for people of all ages, and those laws don't work either.
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asdff 3mo ago

It is disturbing what has happened to pokemon cards in recent years. I remember as a kid no one wanted those packs because it as basically acknowledged by everyone the shit odds of getting something cool like a charizard vs a bunch of stupid cards. If you wanted a charizard, you'd just go to a card show with a dealer who has dozens of charizards and pay them like $20. You would never pull countless packs in effort to get one, everyone thought that was extremely stupid.