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how i think about rules

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i think of rules as jewels, treasure, or trading cards. Pharaoh's Treasure  when i was a little girl there was a tiny little seven eleven near my home, on the way to my grandpa's house. they had packs of duel masters cards on the counter, in a clear plastic display. the packs were so shiny and had monsters on them and i wanted them. i do not think i ever got any of those base set packs. they had a manticore, and an angel, and an elephant man on them. i don't recall seeing the blue demon thing. from an ebay listing i've loved yu-gi-oh, duel masters, any kind of trading cards - since i could cogitate. the foiling on the packs and cards, the mystery of not really ever knowing what cards existed or how they worked or if i would ever have any.  when i was five a neighbor gave me a purple plastic box of yu-gi-oh cards. thank you jonathan. years after that gift in middle school, i bought a small collection from a older kid named vincent. i paid him twenty dollars and then he b...