Dear self: lrn2read plz.

Long story short: on Neopets, I just pissed away four 100 Dubloon coins, six bottled faeries, and a Christmas paintbrush (not Petpet) on a trade in which I wanted a Darigan or fire paintbrush, because I am an idiot and did not notice the word “Petpet” in between “Darigan” and “paintbrush.” And, as it turns out, of course I have no Petpets that can be painted Darigan.

And I know both of those full-blown pet brushes are worth hell of bank, and Christmas paint brushes are not all that hot a commodity, and nobody who didn’t just happen to have one of those brushes lying around gathering dust and really needed the Dubloons for whatever would have taken it, and this was still not a horrid deal. It’s my own fault, I should have double-checked, and I get the impression that this was an honest mistake and the dude was not actively trying to deceive me, and he gave me phat NP as well.  And it’s just pixels, and I can make it back, but still: duh, hurr, orz.

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