A bootleg kit that's supposedly rare, but scalpers manage to have available everytime someone (a fool willing to part with money) looks for it. Sold usually at a very high markup, around 300%, to sometimes 500% of the initial price point. Sometimes, even more.
Randall NotAFool: How much did you get that Supernova Wing Zero Custom Prelude?
Eugene GotFooled: Got it for $100, and it's the lowest price EVER, since it's more than $200 at ShopPay.
Randall NotAFool: That's too expensive. You've been scalped!
Eugene GotFooled: No. I got it because it's a Reyr Bootleg Gumpra. The seller said so.
Randall NotAFool: That's not rare. That thing is always available whenever a fool like you looks around for it. Scalpers never run out of it.
Eugene GotFooled: Got it for $100, and it's the lowest price EVER, since it's more than $200 at ShopPay.
Randall NotAFool: That's too expensive. You've been scalped!
Eugene GotFooled: No. I got it because it's a Reyr Bootleg Gumpra. The seller said so.
Randall NotAFool: That's not rare. That thing is always available whenever a fool like you looks around for it. Scalpers never run out of it.
by TheLingeringSaint July 6, 2022
Get the REYR Bootleg Gumpra mug.A bootleg kit that's supposedly rare, but scalpers manage to have available everytime someone (a fool willing to part with money) looks for it. Sold usually at a very high markup, around 300%, to sometimes 500% of the initial price point. Sometimes, even more expensive than a P-Bandai kit that's actually rare.
Randall NotAFool: How much did you get that Supernova Wing Zero Custom Prelude?
Eugene GotFooled: Got it for $100, and it's the lowest price EVER, since it's more than $200 at ShopPay.
Randall NotAFool: That's too expensive. You've been scalped!
Eugene GotFooled: No. I got it because it's a Reyr Bootleg Gumpra. The seller said so.
Randall NotAFool: That's not rare. That thing is always available whenever a fool like you looks around for it. Scalpers never run out of it.
Eugene GotFooled: Got it for $100, and it's the lowest price EVER, since it's more than $200 at ShopPay.
Randall NotAFool: That's too expensive. You've been scalped!
Eugene GotFooled: No. I got it because it's a Reyr Bootleg Gumpra. The seller said so.
Randall NotAFool: That's not rare. That thing is always available whenever a fool like you looks around for it. Scalpers never run out of it.
by TheLingeringSaint July 6, 2022
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Never judge a book by it's cover (first appearances) because assumption = bad gumption. You now have two idioms for the price of one.
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Get the assumption = bad gumption mug.A rating scale, out of 10, for rating books. This scale may also be used to rate other forms of media. Each point of this scale represents a different meaning:
10 - Essential read. A life changing book. Should be read by everyone, even if you don't like reading.
9 - Exceptional. Must read regardless of whether you like the genre or not.
8 - Great. Must read if you love the genre.
7 - Good. Recommended if you like the genre.
6 - Okay. Read if you've run out of grease and good books in the genre and crave more.
5 - Whatever. Take it or leave it.
4 - Not for me. Didn't like it, but others might.
3 - Not good. Didn't like it and I don't think others would either.
2 - Bad. Don't read. Waste of time.
1 - horrendous. This book should not exist and everyone who has ever read it is worse off for the experience.
10 - Essential read. A life changing book. Should be read by everyone, even if you don't like reading.
9 - Exceptional. Must read regardless of whether you like the genre or not.
8 - Great. Must read if you love the genre.
7 - Good. Recommended if you like the genre.
6 - Okay. Read if you've run out of grease and good books in the genre and crave more.
5 - Whatever. Take it or leave it.
4 - Not for me. Didn't like it, but others might.
3 - Not good. Didn't like it and I don't think others would either.
2 - Bad. Don't read. Waste of time.
1 - horrendous. This book should not exist and everyone who has ever read it is worse off for the experience.
Hey, how would you rate that book? On the Smith's Scale of Literary Gumption, I would be rating it an 8, as this book was genre defining!
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