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[+] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works -23 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Are your people so poor you've turned video game accounts into savings?

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[–] Patrikvo@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

It's not about money. It's about keeping something that was important for a person from being lost after they die.

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[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works -2 points 4 months ago

Sure it isn't.

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[+] Abyssian@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

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[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works -4 points 4 months ago

Calm down we both know you like the smell.

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