QotD: I’m awkward, you’re awkward, but when we meet I know an easy Pokemon conversation to break the ice will be about…

Welcome to the next Question of the Day!

The Question of the Day is a way to facilitate community discussion to help members ponder the unanswered questions of the world that are somehow relating to the hobby. Questionsj are many times open ended and up to interpretation. Feel free to post your thoughts in as much or as little detail as you’d like.

Helpful Considerations may or may not help some people focus their answer, these are blurred to not bother those who have their own ideas.

QotD Archive
Suggest future things here

Today’s Question:
QotD: I’m awkward, you’re awkward, but when we meet I know an easy Pokemon conversation to break the ice will be about…

Helpful Considerations: Your pokemon flair? Did you see that last SMPratte video? The latest r/PokemonTCG drama? Hows your card portfolio doing this year? Pokemon designs have gotten lazier? Did you know that in terms of…?

3 Likes

So I heard you like Mudkips
(sorry, I still hold dearly onto my memes from 20 years ago)

My top three conversation starters these days are:

  1. Pokemon coins are underrated
  2. Any cool pulls recently?
  3. Talk about actually playing the card game and not just collecting / opening packs
11 Likes

Kadabra error card

16 Likes

Generation 5 and its consequences

5 Likes

YARN | bitch, don't you wanna start making some real fucking money? | South Park (1997) - S13E09 Comedy | Video clips by quotes | 4e68cbe9 | 紗

17 Likes

I start with “Wanna see my favourite card?”

I show them the following card. I do not speak. I stare into their eyes for an uncomfortable amount of time. I leave without saying anything else.

18 Likes

I open with:

You are a member of the Elite Fourum. Every day you visit the top site in the world for Pokémon card collectors. This is where the creme of the crop congregate.

Like all members of e4

8 Likes

“Topps/Action Flipz?”

“No.”

“Oh.”
200w

8 Likes

Is your collection tracker up to date

4 Likes


No sense in wasting a meme

5 Likes

it will be about how awkward we are

5 Likes

“Oh you collect Pokéman’s too?” Ha! Just kidding My favorite Pokémon is…"

3 Likes

The butterfly effect if Ash’s starter wasn’t Pikachu, but instead Clefairy.

3 Likes

Have you heard the rumors of a Mew under a truck?

3 Likes

ex cards suck

2 Likes

2 Likes

Then in this parallel universe created by that butterfly effect, my Clefairy Illustrator from that timeline is still sitting here ignored—written off like some unrecognized, unofficial third-party uncut test print. Even across universes, I can’t catch a break. :laughing:

Pokemon is Digimon now.

1 Like

Whenever younglings asks about vintage….

1 Like

Me: “What’s your favorite Pokemon?”

Them: “Charizard”

Me: “Oh…”

image

7 Likes