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[–] 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, hockey and baseball cards used to be fine, then they became speculative assets.

Now, you have YouTube videos of kids opening packs and talking about how much they're worth.

It's fucking gambling. I did some work for that industry, 80% of sales were from addicts. I'm talking about people spending thousands a week on baseball/basketball/football cards. People openly talked about it in the industry as gambling. I've personally seen the numbers.

It's fucking gambling.

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