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"While kids in most parts of Japan are obsessed with Pokémon cards — or perhaps the franchise’s latest smartphone game, Pokémon TCG Pocket — the children of Kawara are clutching to something a little closer to home.

They are playing a trading card game (TCG) where the stars aren’t fantasy creatures, anime heroes or even famous baseball players, but ojisan (middle-aged or older men) from the local community of Saidosho."

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Tokyo Weekender · Middle-Aged Man Trading Cards Go Viral in Rural Japan TownA trading card game consisting of real-life ojisan (middle-aged men) are going viral with kids in the city of Kawara in Fukuoka Prefecture.

In the 1989-90 season, the Denver Children's Hospital released a set of Nuggets trading cards. On the front, each had the standard photo of a player. The backs were different, adorned with safety tips such as Bill Hanzlik's "Never put poison in your mouth. And if you see someone put poison in their mouth, you should get help right away." The set is one of many that were made during the 1970s, '80s and '90s, with messages about stranger danger, drugs, gangs and jaywalking. Defector's Dan McQuade took a closer look at some of the best examples, and talked to Hanzlik about his wise words. "I was a master of the obvious," Hanzlik says. "But it is good advice!"

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flip.it · “Don’t Put Poison In Your Mouth,” And Other Great Tips From ’80s And ’90s Trading Cards | DefectorA player can look good on the front of his card, but it’s what’s on the back that matters. That’s where the player’s stats and accomplishments appear, and where the bigger story of their career really rounds into shape: what they’ve done and where they’ve done it, how well and for how long. The photo […]

I listened to Jon Stewart interview Michael Lewis about his new book the other day.

youtube.com/watch?v=79_n1FKZwH

In the book, it extolls the amazing government workers who are currently demonized by the right wing media. It's yet another reason to be angry about DOGE and the cuts.

Then I saw this story about how they made these trading cards in Japan.

tokyoweekender.com/entertainme

... and it occurred to me that someone should make a trading card game for all the government workers in the US. The "faceless bureaucrats" who do the thankless hard work and never get any real recognition. It might help humanize government workers to a public which apparently has no idea what government does.

I, for one, would love a Arthur A. Allen trading card.

servicetoamericamedals.org/hon

I'm a bit fuzzy on what a good game mechanic would be in order to highlight things like engineering acumen or systems design. Guess I'll leave that to a game designer.

🔄 Back Fact 🏈

Alex Mash spent two seasons (1994-95) with the Shreveport Pirates, recording 47 tackles.

M*A*S*H was an American comedy-drama TV series that aired on CBS for 11 seasons, from 1972-83. No pirates appeared.

📷: 1995 R.E.L. CFL Trading Card #120