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Originally Posted by Snapolit1
Is collecting little cardboard pictures and photographs of dead guys some kind of charade that is designed to dilute the idea of death? Like we keep these guys alive somehow and maybe someday someone will keep us alive forever? As long as someone is collecting your card and talking about how great you were in the prime of your life you never really die right?
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No, not really. To me it's a direct connection to my younger days when I was either collecting or coveting those same cards/items. Those items are to me a mental snapshot from my formative years. Cards such as these provide me with nearly the same delight as they did when I was a kid:
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Last edited by Balticfox; 04-13-2025 at 10:16 AM.
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