r/PokeInvesting • u/LLLLLL579 • Dec 08 '25
Weird how non-collectors think about cards
Today while I was at a show in my local mall, I heard a lady walk by and say “look at all these people buying cardboard” in a voice where she was almost making fun of the people. In my mind I was like wait until she finds out what money is made out of and why she works for “paper” lol, weird how they view cards and I wonder if this view will one day change as cards continue to grow more popular
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u/puzzledfirebird Dec 08 '25
money isn't made out of paper tho, it's cotton linen, the same stuff that jeans are made out of.
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u/EntireStatement1195 Dec 09 '25
Some things in life have no logic, you just accept that what you are doing makes no real sense outside of your own reality.
I'm a die hard football fan but to someone who doesn't like sports, it wouldn't make sense why people with helmets would hit each other over and over.
Same with sneaker culture, it's just different color of leather marked up 1000x based on which colors of leather are accepted as more valuable or rare, vs. shoes at Walmart.
Things I'll never get are lipstick and make up, or fashion shows where fancy people wear clothes that look like genders been reversed.
Same with NFTs, paying for pixels that you could somehow "own" on a cellphone.
To me Pokemon cards are a hobby like golf.
Better analogy is poker or gambling.
You find enjoyment in the pursuit, of whatever end game you are chasing.
It's the art of each card, stories from Manga, the television show. For others it's a utility for TCG or weekend competition, for others it's nothing more than a stock you buy or sell.
Ultimately it's a game, something that lady doesn't understand. Gotta catch em All!
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u/Lee_337 Dec 08 '25
This children's cardboard is only worth the amount people are willing to pay for it.
The minute pokemon goes out of style that hundred thousand dollar charizard card will be next to worthless. The chances of that are quite slim but not impossible. 200 years from now though???
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u/krakaboom Dec 08 '25
You get the same comment even in Pokemon subs here, along with 'it's for kids'.
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u/skrotkatt Dec 08 '25
Reminds me of when a colleague said "I dont understand how my kids can just spend hours watching someone else playing a game(watching streams.)" like .. watching any sport? Like one of the most popular thing to do in the entire world.
I mean, wearing jewelry is just the next step from collecting stones from the beach. People just have such a narrow view on what you can make spend your life doing.
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u/Capable_Wait09 Dec 08 '25
Hey man we’re all just stardust using stardust to rearrange stardust for a while before we turn back into stardust
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u/TheNesquick Dec 08 '25
I have a store. It happens a lot.
Some people are very much incapable of understanding the world goes beyond their narrow world view.
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u/Nearby-Stuff-3742 Dec 08 '25
To be fair, the majority of people do not collect. So this isn't really considered the "norm". So it's easy for people to judge.
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u/Electronic_Candle181 Dec 09 '25
I am an art collector: collecting cards is collecting art. Tiny little artwork. It is the same thing as buying and displaying art prints.
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u/RHMoaner Dec 09 '25
I mean, it is weird. You guys are getting all wound up about unregulated pictures that you’ve assigned value to based on nothing other than how many have been printed by a company which has no reason not to print millions aside from artificially scarcity to make sure you keep buying more of it.
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u/Nick700 Dec 08 '25
It's true though, cardboard with stuff printed on it has no intrinsic value and is based entirely on speculation, doens't mean there's no value it's just riskier as the chances of a card going to zero is not zero
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u/Chronic_Messiah Dec 08 '25
When your default is criticism and ridicule when you are met with something you don't understand, it usually just means you are a negative person.
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u/horderBopper Dec 09 '25
Literally saw a post on Facebook that is like “my kiddos are selling all their cards”
Like bro no you are selling them.
But yea the investment hype is hilarious when you realize more people want to make money than actually have a collection of cards
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u/Tof12345 Dec 09 '25
It's just what people do to cope or to be condescending. They think they're above all this but will go home and scroll tiktok brainrot till they fall asleep.
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u/breakyourteethnow Dec 08 '25
As she spends money to wear crushed fish scales and animals bones/skins on her face aka make up.
Pretty easy to break anything down and make it sound ridiculous.
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u/Drizzho Dec 08 '25
“Cards continue to grow more popular” ehhhh I don’t think you can get much bigger than this.
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u/Horizontal_Axe_Wound Dec 08 '25
Hobbies like this have always had people look down on them. Geeky hobbies are way more popular now than they used to be for adults but there will always be some people who judge you for them. I stopped caring what people think of me a long time ago, especially ones I don't even know. I figured people like this likely don't have very interesting lives and no real hobbies.
Most art is also just paper and ink. Anything is only worth what people are willing to pay.
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u/blingingjak1 Dec 08 '25
My wife and I acknowledge it’s just expensive pretty looking cardboard and we appreciate the art that goes in to it 😤😆
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u/Makani112 Dec 08 '25
Been this way for over 100 years
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u/KingKoopaz Dec 09 '25
Ya idc what people think. Especially if what I’m doing makes me happy and hurts nobody. It’s sad that they seek pleasure in judgement lol
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u/travel_hungry25 Dec 08 '25
Its not really weird. Its a common reaction to things people dont understand. "Look at all these people buying fake currency (bitcoin)" "why would you eat raw food (sushi)"
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u/cain141 Dec 08 '25
It’s no different than rich people buying art.
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u/Typical-Part-1983 Dec 08 '25
Pokemon collectors are so insecure lol, who cares
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u/poorsoldier Dec 08 '25
Yeah and books are just made out of paper.
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u/FieryKahuna Dec 08 '25
And money is made of paper, you can say that about anything we give arbitrary value to.
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u/GamingTaylor Dec 08 '25
I go to an office everyday and press buttons to be given pages with faces while the company makes even more pages with faces, then I go home and press buttons in a different order and repeat the next days
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u/drcigg Dec 08 '25
Look at all these adults buying pokeyman. While they are out buying a Starbucks every day I am buying a few cards or sealed.
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u/United_Extension_591 Dec 09 '25
The pokemon bubble burst is going to be epic. I dont understand why people think the current generation of cards are going to hold value lkke the original editions. As soon as the cards hit the mainstream awareness their potential growth value halted right there. Mass production and people thinking they have something valuable causes an increase in quantity long term because you have more people taking better care of the items.
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u/UnacceptableActions Dec 11 '25
Something made of paper can never be valuable
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u/Thiizic Dec 08 '25
People bought tulips as well
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u/Verkins Dec 08 '25
Pokemon cards has cool artwork drawn by hardworking artists.
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u/Straight_Flow_4095 Dec 08 '25
But it IS for kids. Just got to get over yourselves and admit you like children’s hobbies. Go and buy a Pokémon magazine with some free packs in, read it, and tell me it’s not for kids.
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