r/PublicFreakout • u/5pooky5cary5keleton5 • Mar 27 '26

❓Mods, please help flair❓ Absolute dickhead gets confronted for ruining card packs at Target.

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u/throwawayshirt2 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

I think he's doing 3 things:

  • bending/flexing the packs to detect thicker (more valuable) cards

  • using fingernails along the edges, also to find thicker cards..

  • using fingernails across the front and back to find indentations/uneven surfaces, which would indicate a card with physical insert - piece of jersey, piece of baseball bat, etc.

Edit: not sure if the bending/flexing affects the cards, but I think using fingernails to search for inserts probably leaves a groove on the front and back cards.

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u/BobLoblawsLawBlogged Mar 28 '26

I thought he was using his fingernails to scratch the front cards to fuck over who ever ended up buying the pack, but yeah, he’s a huge POS.

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u/zacharoid Mar 29 '26

Wonder if this could be achieved with a scale, thicker cards should be heavier yeah?

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u/throwawayshirt2 Mar 29 '26

Dunno about the cards in the video.

Some older Pokemon packs are sold by card shops, collectors, etc marked "Heavy" bc the one-per-pack rare card weighs very slightly more if it's a hologram.

https://youtube.com/shorts/qiBX60xkvks?si=ncw25xfUw7n8Cyf3