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The downside of the toothfairy




My just-turned-9 year old son and I had a very earnest conversation about how to guarantee that you get the best cards from Pokémon booster packs.

But first, a little background. Before there was Pokémon Go, there was just the Pokémon cards. You can buy individual cards, packs, or sets in tins. You can play the card game or trade. The tins usually have sealed packs with about 10 cards in each packet.

My little one has recently had a renewed interest in Pokémon and as a parent, I celebrate any non-digital engagement. Over the summer, with too much time on his hands and too little supervision, (clearly), the little one started watching Pokémon-related YouTube videos and one genre of these videos are videos fans have made of themselves opening these booster packs and tins.

 But back to our conversation. My little one is looking up at me with his big brown eyes and explaining to me how he can guarantee he gets the most awesome cards ("pulls") in a booster pack by following these steps:
  1. Rub the unopened booster pack between the hands (to warm the pack up)
  2. Next, trim the tips of all 4 corners  but be careful that you don't cut the cards nor open the pack
  3. Once that's done, slap ham against the booster pack. Yes, slap the pack with ham. Any kind.
  4. Put a little bit of sugar on the pack (to "sweeten the pull")
  5. Paste some ketchup on the card pack
  6. Wipe off the ketchup, because you don't want to get ketchup on the cards and
  7. Finally, open it up, put 3 cards at the bottom without looking at them (these will be the best 3 of the pack)
And that dear friends is the kind of thing your child learns on YouTube.
And why wouldn't he believe that? He is so innocent for a 9-year-old. I am thinking that that trait may be a liability, this being a case in point. And after all, the Tooth Fairy brings him money for every tooth he loses, so why wouldn't these steps guarantee the best pulls?


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p.s. If you've got 4 minutes to spare, you can look at the video here. Clearly it was done as a joke, but not for my 9-year-old. 

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