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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Pokemon cards are still out there selling for obscene amounts of money. Beanie babies, not so much.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

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E) also, underrated subtle detail is the ex-husband representing himself vs the ex-wife who hired a lawyer for the "divvying up the stuffies" civil case

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is one of the funniest things this site has shown me

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I been keeping this one in my back pocket for years :smuglord:

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

If I were that judge I would quit on the spot. It would send me into an existential crisis about what this society is and how many years of education and training were undertaken for this moment.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

In contrast: I imagine the lawyer was having a great time billing for this.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Joke's on him, he got paid in beanie babies

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

well you are certainly not judge gerald hardcastle

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/hardcastle-says-hell-quit-bench/

He drew controversy in recent years for his handling of the Brittney Bergeron case. He refused to grant Brittney's request to terminate the parental rights of her mother, Tamara Schmidt.

Authorities said the girls were stabbed in January 2003 by two Utah teenagers in revenge for a bogus methamphetamine deal orchestrated by the Schmidts, who were girlfriend and boyfriend at the time.

Brittney, then 10, was paralyzed from the waist down, and her 3-year-old sister, Kristyanna Cowan, was killed.

Hardcastle's decision was on appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court in February when Tamara Schmidt, still a prisoner, formally relinquished her parental rights and signed an open adoption agreement with the foster parents who have shared their home with Brittney for five years.

"This job is pretty hard on people, especially in Family Court," Kathy Hardcastle said Wednesday.

She said Gerald Hardcastle builds model ships for relaxation, and she still has one on display in her office.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/1999/nov/05/judge-plays-solomon-with-beanie-babies/

"This isn't about toys. It's about control," Family Court Judge Gerald Hardcastle told the couple. "Because you folks can't solve it, it takes the services of a District Court judge, a bailiff and a court reporter."

There was snickering among the five or six people in the gallery.

"I don't agree with the judge's decision to do this. It's ridiculous and embarrassing," said Frances Mountain, moments before squatting on the courtroom floor alongside her ex-husband to choose first from a pile of dozens of stuffed toys.

The courtroom was silent for about three minutes while the two took turns picking babies.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

There was snickering among the five or six people in the gallery.

lmaooooooooooo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lol yea, the beanie baby craze is really funny i first learn about it from a hobbydrama post, there was some stories that they lead theft and even a murder

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Lol, I remember when that happened. smoothskin

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Good detail, like the audience too.