Kristen Joy Hoadley

But the poor keep on getting poorer, and it's really getting tough for people out here, like me, who have three kids.

And, you know, everything costs 70% more than it did 10 years ago.

It's just literally insane.

I was at the Kroger the other day, and I followed this account.

The Casino Kroger.

That's right.

And just on brand for the Casino Kroger.

I followed this account called, like –

Pokemon streets, pokey streets or something like that.

And I follow it because it is the it is a guy that's trading in videos about all of the con artists and grifters that are attached to the Pokemon business.

And they have these Pokemon vending machines throughout Walmarts and Kroger's and all this other stuff throughout the world.

And these Pokemon vending machines have become a hotbed for scammers and scalpers and all these people to jury-rig the machines to give them the box of cards that everybody else wants, essentially.

Okay, so I'm not going to get into all the details, but here's one thing.

I go up to the self-checkout, and it's hard to miss the big Pokemon machine sitting in the front of the fucking Kroger.

There's a Pokemon machine there, and there's a guy that's standing there.

He keeps putting his card in.

He keeps clicking the box, keeps putting his card in, clicking the box, putting his card in, clicking the box.

Meanwhile, there's two guys standing behind him.

And the guys behind him start getting a little itchy, right?

They're like, hey, man, come on, you know, whatever.