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Ask your Dad about that timeshare he got suckered in in the 80’s, for a comeback.
Don’t worry, that stupid decision will be his responsibility to pay for when his dad dies, and there’s nothing he can do about that.
Ah, how quickly they forget how Boomers went feral over Beanie Babies.
Not really the same, I mean, Beanie Babies actually physically exist and require work to be produced. You could compare it to Labubus, Warhammer figures or collectibles of any kind but NFTs are just peak worthless stupidity with no prior equivalent
Just because beanie babies exist in the real world doesn’t make them valuable. The NFT bubble was similar to the beanie babies bubble.
And timeshares. And pyramid schemes.
I remember my parents doing one of those weird chain letter things where you’d copy the letter to a few other people, send a few quid to the people on the list, and within weeks you’d be sent thousands of pounds, if only the scheme didn’t require more people than there were in the whole country.
And the stock market, and the housing market. Boomers did actually ride a huge wave of capital appreciation.
They’re talking about scams, so the things the dumb boomers dumped their cash on tonot get a 3x return on investment for the low low cost of being the luckiest and worst generation in history.
Lmao apparently people still think they’re worth money. My 18 yo stepson said the other day how his mom could sell her beanie babies for “a lot of money!” We both just laughed. He thinks his mas produced Funko pops are gonna be worth a fortune one day too
Theoretically, it is possible that 70 years down the line it might actually be worth something, assuming it is still new in box, undamaged, and it is of something that is still culturally relevant.
But the chances are so slim as to make it a worse gamble than the stock market.
Rarity is a huge factor for stuff like that. If everyone keeps theirs pristine because they know it’ll be worth something it won’t be rare and it’ll be worthless. Collectibles that are worth the most are things that people didn’t value as much at first and used them normally. They got worn and broken and discarded so it’s very rare to find one in good condition.
People keep Beanie Babies and Funko pops in boxes so they’ll never be worth anything because there are so many good quality ones.
To an extent I agree with you. The “problem” comes when people slowly start to realize that and open them or throw them out. At which point the items actually can become worth something. Though again, unlikely.
Part of the problem with most collectibles “meant” to be “worth something eventually”, are packaged in such a way that they are “enjoyable” in the packaging. You can put a sealed Funko or Beanie Baby on a shelf and you’re looking at the item itself. There’s no reason to open them.
If you truly want a “collectible”, purchase something like a game console and keep it in its box for fifty years.
I don’t know if this applies to funkos, but I recently learned that anime figurines will get sticky if boxed for too long, something plasticizer evaporating and having nowhere to escape to it sticks to the figurine and makes it kinda gooey and shiny, so I don’t know if you could have it “undamaged” in its box after so long.
Deserved
Proceeds to collect Labubu dolls
I can’t fathom sharing this about myself on the internet
I personally think it’s great to share your mistakes if you want to be open about them. I don’t necessarily share too much socially online but I do overshare in the office at times. I honestly don’t care what people think of me, I know who I am and what I stand for.
Y’know what, i agree
Conversation very obviously staged for Internet points, but actually they spent all their money on the receipt for an Internet money picture.
He’s not wrong…
All my apes… Gone…
R/faketexts
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Not nearly enough AI, bro. Gotta add more AI, bro. C’mon bro, you know you want to… maybe just a little, as a treat?
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We can issue a special Power Rangers edition, and make it look like their robot helper.
Then we can sell an “Alpha 5 AI AI AI AI AI!”
I can help with this plan. I’ll vibe-code the Ai to generate the Ai Ai pictures… This would be the Ai Ai Ai Ai
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You don’t have that founder energy… Otherwise you would try to duplicate me into an Ai to make an Ai Ai Ai Ai Ai… If we follow the chain we end up with a Japanese porn soundtrack
His Dad is ruthless AND RIGHT
I mean, they all had kids. They’re in no position to judge people for doing ‘dumb’ things.
