[mFixman]

Did we have different childhoods, or do you not really forget yours?

Children used to steal trading cards and have violent fights over them. Only a few dedicated nerds played the game; the rest just collected the cards and showed them as a proxy of self-worth.

This is perfectly normal child behaviour, and I'm sure it was much worse than whatever's happening right now with lootboxes. The main difference between them isn't the lack car rides to the store; it's the moral panic mostly distributed by social media about how $fun_thing is killing children.

[BrS96bVxXBLzf5B]

We had different childhoods, I never saw violent fights. Totally didn't mean to present my memory as a universal truth which is why I led with the first sentence. Definitely whole weavings of intertwined complexities to unravel!

[InvertedRhodium]

Where on earth did you grow up?

[krageon]

> Children used to steal trading cards and have violent fights over them.

This is messed up - is this real or overstated?

> This is perfectly normal child behaviour

Stealing and fighting? Where would this be the case?

[mFixman]

Maybe "violent fights" wasn't the right phrase here. I was talking about the usual boy light violent play.

[Xorakios]

That is not even remotely normal child behavior.