And then he'll look at pokemon card prices in 20 years, regret giving them away for a second, and then remember that he made another kid happy. Such is the cycle of pokemon cards.
Same, lost a shiny charizard, blastoise and venosaur along with many others and sadly the holo mew they gave us when we went to see the first pokè movie in theaters. I tried to explain to my mom what she had done at the time but only now does she understand what she actually tossed out 🥹
Fuck. I had vintage computers from the 70s. Got them for free, but they were worth thousands. My dad sold them for about £100 (including the van he made me put them into) for scrap metal.
I did this myself but instead deeply regret it. Gave away all my OG cards and a FAT stack of rares to my younger cousins as a nice gesture. Years later, I found one of them bent to shit in the couch cushions and asked if they still had any others. Surprise, they didn't, and didn't give two shits about them lmao.
I've done this. It was the latios latias in a heart shape. There was a 12ish yr old girl that wanted it soo bad because it was cute. We traded it to her and today I think that card is worth about a grand. But she loves it so I don't regret it.
The frequency with which I tell people, "nah, just pay it forward when the time comes", in real life and in the MMOs I play...is a lot. I like to believe they do, and that those things have done full laps and come back to me the times I've needed it so bad and someone has done that "shit, you didn't have to do that for me" thing.
Fuck man, I'm crying now thinking about those moments where the ✨humanity✨ in us has smiled upon me. 😭💞✨🤌🏻
I made a friend like that, he was hacked and I grinded all the gear he had and gave it to him later that day, it was the beginning of a wonderful friendship, for my birthday a couple weeks ago he surprised me by gifting me a game I wanted on Steam, I don't usually get gifts so it was a pretty touching moment for me
not much better feeling than having end game 1337 gears and carrying a newbie through something for nothing in return
honestly my fav part of multiplayer RPGs, i dont play em anymore because work but I do miss the altruism, giving a few hundo to charity here and there is about as close as I get now but the spirit is the same
Aww dude me too. Everything ::waves hands ambiguously:: has been so much lately. ((hug)) Hang in there internet stranger friend, sometimes we just need to have a good cry.
Today was my day to have the opportunity to pay it forward. Back in sept I had a baby and went to the store after leaving the hospital and when I was checking out they told me cash only and I only had my phone and no card so I told the lady to just put it all back when the lady behind me grabbed a 20 from her wallet and paid for my postpartum necessities. Then today I was at the same store when the person in front of me had some eggs, milk, baby formula and some cereal and the lady gave him the price and I overheard him say that he needed to put the cereal back so I told the cashier to go ahead and add it and gave him a 20. The man tried to tell me no but I told him that he was taking my moment away from me. Lol. Then he laughed and accepted. Lol
Shit feels bleak sometimes, especially recently, but seeing all these stories of humans being awesome renews so much hope in the future our children will face. We just gotta keep being awesome to each other...
It sticks with you. I got free chocolate from a guy one day. I was feeling sick, not a great day out, but on vacation, so I HAD to be out. This dude comes and says "Hey, it's a great day outside, smile, have a great day" and handed me some chocolate. I immediately felt better and did enjoy my day. I don't even like chocolate that much. The way he said it and the timing is what did it for me.
Since then I've done a few things to help others, just cause, and always think back to that. And it was simple chocolate. Can't imagine what a full binder of cards would do.
They're probably his kids cards and he's tired of wasting money on them so he took them and gave them away. Or like the kid didn't clean his room or something. So this is his punishment
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u/Space4Time Feb 10 '25
He’ll return the favor some day. I’ve got a theory this is some pay it forward shit from the dawn or time.