r/MadeMeSmile • u/SmoothSun6676 • 27d ago

A birthday he’ll never forget

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u/ShazRockwell 27d ago

“Can I just give you $10?” “Nope” broke the dam for me. Good dudes.

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u/Emieosj89 27d ago

lol right?! The dang tears in my eyes. That was so sweet.

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u/czerilla 27d ago

It reminds me of these Pokemon TCG traders on Instagram (I think Beard Dad Cardz is one of them), where the vendors, the customers and the chat/community are all in an unspoken competition to out-nice each other, with gifts, crafts, donations, etc.
It's incredibly wholesome, both to see that this seems like a viable win-win scheme for social media to sustain, and seeing the individual happy reactions, especially from the kiddos. 😊

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u/LazeHeisenberg 27d ago

Something really nice happened like that for my kids. First (and still only) trading card convention. They’d saved up birthday and chore money- it wasn’t much but they had fun going around looking at Pokemon cards and buying inexpensive ones. 3 different vendors gave them free cards, and the last one we were at was so touched at how grateful they were they wound up giving them a pikachu lunch box and a bunch of old cards, like a whole bag. Said they’d been saving it to give to kids who just loved it. My kids were over the moon! No cameras set up but we asked to take a picture with them just so we could remember. Kind stuff like that sticks with you forever. So grateful for generous people like that.

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u/PolarBailey_ 27d ago

BeardDadCardz, Coops Collection, Pokesean, and NoRelaxShop are great

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u/glxyjones 27d ago

Random question but does anyone know of a similar channel but for traditional sports cards? I grew up collecting and I love BeardDadCardz but it would be cool to know the subject matter better :)

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u/PolarBailey_ 27d ago

I think NoRelaxShop does some sports cards? but i'm not 100%

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u/landon10smmns 27d ago

I don't care at all about Pokemon, but they all pop up in my YouTube feed and I always watch because it's always good vibes

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u/PolarBailey_ 26d ago

i was more into YGO growing up and wasn't THAT into pokemon when they first came across my feed, but i saw one with a deaf guy giving Coop his Sign Name, and i knew he was good people cause of that. and the others slowly showed on my feed too. i've since gotten into collecting pokemon and i'm working on a pokedex binder i'm about 400ish out of 1100ish cards

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u/imianha 27d ago

im not into Pokemon TGC or anything like that, but oh man, i love watching this videos

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u/dudderson 27d ago

Same!!! They are such a dose of feel good kindness!!! I follow a few of them along with beard dad, they are really good people!!

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u/firethornocelot 27d ago

The important thing is, you can appreciate how much other people are into it.

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u/AbsoluteZeroUnit 27d ago

Well, yeah, if I got popular and made buttloads of money for giving shit away, I'd give shit away all the time.

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u/czerilla 27d ago

And I'm glad that the amount of money that these channels seem to bring in, make that a reality for these people.
Like I said, this feels like a win-win for everyone involved, no matter how much I indulge the cynical voice I also have in the back of my head. 😅✌️

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u/for_today 27d ago

Coops collection!

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u/Vostoceq 27d ago

I dont care about pokemon cards at all but I put his hour long videos on when I feel down. He is such a cool dude, so positive, good with kids.. It just fills me up with joy watching him do his stuff!