This is one of the cruelest forms of punishments I’ve ever heard of. A kid’s Pokémon cards are one of, if not the, most important things in their life. I still get upset when I think about the weekend when the whole neighborhood turned against me because I was falsely accused of throwing my neighbor’s Charizard card between the cracks of his patio. I don’t know how it got down there, it’s very likely that someone got jealous and decided that if they couldn’t have it then no one could, but that person was not me. Years from not this kid may have a great relationship with his mom but there will definitely be moments when he remembers her burning his favorite cards right in front of is face and he will skip the Sunday phone call with her that week, that’s a guarantee.
Bonus card story: Yu-Gi-Oh cards were of course the natural progression after Pokémon cards growing up and my neighbor had a card that I wanted BADLY, I believe it was the Armored Lizard. Not the most popular of cards but I thought I was really cool and my neighbor either agreed or saw that he good get a good trade out of me. After hours of negotiations, we finally agreed to a trade and I was the proud owner of the Armored Lizard! That same day, we were mixing various sodas and and mud and whatever else we could get our hands on into a plant pot in the front yard, as kids do. Well out of jealously my brother, who also wanted the Armored Lizard, grabbed in from me and mashed it into our concoction, completely ruining the card. All my hard work, hours of negotiation, and the cards I sacrificed to get it flushed down the toilet for absolutely nothing. Heart breaking stuff.
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