<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title/><link>https://lostelysium.neocities.org/</link><description>Recent content on</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:22:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://lostelysium.neocities.org/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>About</title><link>https://lostelysium.neocities.org/about/introduction/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:22:53 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lostelysium.neocities.org/about/introduction/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when we look into the depths of our souls we find that which we would not wish to find. Ah, what a cliché, but well, it&amp;rsquo;s true.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It would be very pretentious of me to say that I have lived a tormented life. At least while children die in wars, plagues and miseries. My life has not been a tormented life up to the present moment. What is tormented in me is not the life, but my mind and soul.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Why do people pay so much for colored cardboard?</title><link>https://lostelysium.neocities.org/posts/why-do-people-pay-so-much-for-colored-cardboard/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lostelysium.neocities.org/posts/why-do-people-pay-so-much-for-colored-cardboard/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s a sincere question, coming from a person who is up to their neck in the world of TCGs.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some cases are more easily understandable to me. If a limited-stock card offers me a clear competitive advantage in a game, and I&amp;rsquo;m a competitive player, it makes sense to pay a lot for that card.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now, what completely escapes my understanding is people paying hundreds, thousands and hundreds of thousands on pokemon, one piece and riftbound cards (the tcg that made me want to write this text).&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>