The Finance Bro Takeover of Pokémon TCG is Dangerous (www.youtube.com)

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Cecilily discusses the financialisation of Pokemon cards as an investment vehicle.

It's one thing that makes me pause in teaching my niece how to play, I don't want her to get caught up in the abstraction of the cards as anything other than pieces of cardboard with funny pictures of animals

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[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 25 points 3 days ago

You could show your niece how cool proxying is

[-] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 17 points 3 days ago

Good suggestion catgirl-salute

this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026

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