What do you think of this strategy 🤔
Japanese electronics giant Bic Camera in Japan is making buyers pass a 15-question Pokemon quiz before they’re allowed to purchase cards. No passing score means no packs.
The goal is to weed out scalpers, and according to reports, it’s working. Resellers are reportedly failing the test while actual fans get the product.
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There's a physicist at Stanford named Safi Bahcall who modeled this exact principle and the math is wild.
He calls it "phase transitions in human networks." When you're stationary, your probability of a lucky event is limited to your existing surface area: the people you already know, the places you already go, the ideas you've already been exposed to. Your opportunity window is fixed.
When you move, your collision rate with new nodes in a network increases nonlinearly. Double your movement (new conversations, new cities, new projects) and your probability of a serendipitous encounter doesn't double. It roughly quadruples. Because each new node connects you to their entire network, not just to them.
Richard Wiseman ran a 10-year study at the University of Hertfordshire tracking self-described "lucky" and "unlucky" people. The single biggest differentiator wasn't IQ, education, or family money. Lucky people scored significantly higher on one trait: openness to experience. They talked to strangers more, varied their routines more, and said yes to invitations at nearly twice the rate.
The "unlucky" group followed the same routes, ate at the same restaurants, and talked to the same 5 people. Their networks were closed loops. No new inputs, no new collisions.
Luck isn't random. Luck is surface area. And surface area is a function of movement.
The lobster emoji is doing more work than most people realize. Lobsters grow by shedding their shell when it gets too tight. The growth requires a period of total vulnerability. No protection, no armor, soft body exposed to the ocean.
That's the cost of movement nobody posts about. You have to be uncomfortable first. The new shell only hardens after you've already moved.
Chet Holmgren reportedly believes that he and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander could cook Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal in a two-on-two matchup, even in a seven-game series against their championship versions.
Holmgren expressed confidence in their modern playstyle, saying their spacing, versatility, and skill set would allow them to compete against one of the most dominant duos in NBA history.
@JettasCodes Found your page after we cashed. It was too easy, number 7 on 7 date numerology and he gets 7 total bases. Glad someone else is seeing this shit. 🔒
@WallStreetMav As a former Reese’s cup nut, yup. It’s not even remotely like it was decades ago when I took my first bite. It used to melt in your mouth & hands. Very disappointing. Same with the Cadbury Egg! Idk wtf that thing is anymore, but it ain’t real 😂
@MrPitbull07 “Sorry man, I didn’t tip on the app, this is all I’ve got.”
So he apologised and gave you all he had which shows he was trying to give you a tip. Which shows he was being kind.
You took to social media to bitch and whine. Which shows you’re a bit of a cunt.