Pittsburgh area Cartoonist and YouTuber Ed Piskor took his own life on April 1, 2024. He was 41 years old. Ed Piskor was accused of sexual misconduct by 21-year-old comic artist Molly Dwyer. She claimed Piskor contacted her on Instagram four years ago when she was “17 going on 18.” She posted fragments of screenshots...
Read MoreGameStop Pro membership is a rip off
GameStop is a terrible company. A while back, I signed up for GameStop Pro. It costs $25 a year and you get 5% off purchases, plus a $5 monthly reward each month. A couple of days ago, I used March’s reward in the app towards a Pokemon Funko Pop (don’t judge me). I chose the...
Read MoreChecking out the Rattle Pokemon defense fund
Best Vintage Cards, LLC and entrepreneur Sean Bassik are suing Canadian YouTuber Rattle Pokemon (government name Michael Barristo) in Maricopa County, Arizona. The lawsuit (CV2024-000498) is for Defamation, False Light, Tortious Interference, and Civil Rico. I am not a lawyer, nor a legal expert Even though I was an avid watcher of LA Law back...
Read MoreMattel’s Red Line Club Overdrive upgrade is a scam
Mattel has a program for Hot Wheels collectors called the Hot Wheels Red Line Club. The way it works is people pay $9.99 a year for the “opportunity” to periodically buy special Red Line Club exclusive diecast vehicles. Some of these vehicles are limited in number and others are not. The limited diecast vehicles usually...
Read MoreAre Hot Wheels resellers terrorists?
There’s a YouTuber who goes by the name of Ignition Diecast. He published a short video on March 5, 2024 that I thought was interesting. Not because I found it insightful or reasoned, but because I found it ridiculous and absurd. For example, he said people who buy Hot Wheels diecast cars at retail and...
Read MoreRattle Pokemon is making the world safe for dishonest buyers
There’s a person on the Internet who goes by the name of Rattle Pokémon. He’s carved out a niche for himself as the Pokémon fraud investigator. Rattle Pokémon is a cross between Rorschach and Barney Fife, only with a French-Canadian accent. Almost every video he posts on YouTube deals with someone he deems to be...
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