>>39551686Pokemania for me barely existed, I was often made fun of at school for expressing interest in Pokemon, there was only a few people who liked it and they never got bullied but I was.
>once had this holo Celebi card I wanted to show off to my friend>stuff it in my sock cuz my pants had no pockets>eventually lost it when I tried to pull it out>we go looking all over the playground for it>one kid claims to have it and doesn't want to give it back>I told on him but nothing came of it>on my walk home, feel depressed about losing Celebi>suddenly feel something in my pant leg>turns out it's the card>I was wearing sweat pants and somehow the card got loose and was safely held by them>still wonder why the fuck that random kid acted and said he had my cardAnd this one was even worse:
>bring all my gen 3 games to a sleepover>friend's older brother's friend stole all my best Pokemon off my games by trading them to his>friend believes he didn't take them when I accused him of stealing, not even parents could do anything cuz he acted innocent and clueless>right before I go home, he eventually steals my game carts>by the time I get home I just noticed and it was too late to get them backI still hold a grudge against him to this day because he fucked me over out of a lot of Pokemon stuff other than those ones. I don't even know why I trusted him at all.
Eventually he got some nasty karma years later in the form of getting tricked by a girl who purposely got pregnant with his kid and divorced him so she could get child support money out of him and fuck someone else.