A viral video of people fighting in Costco over Pokémon cards sparks hilarious reactions: ‘Just limit the buy per person!’

Costco recently doubled as a ring of violence for customers upon dropping the Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG). The incident took place at the Atwater location, and in videos circulating online, customers can be seen battling it out in a full-on brawl for the game.

In one video in particular, a customer can be seen snatching the game from another patron's hands, with the latter reportedly just trying to buy them for his son's birthday. Watch the video below:

The massive altercation has since drawn hilarious reactions online, with many users chiming in to either hand out advice or poke fun at the situation. Keep on reading to have a good chuckle at some of these hilarious reactions!

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The internet has not taken kindly to the situation. Here's what one user jokingly suggested, for example:

"Just limit the buy per person."

The comments didn't end there, as scores online were up to the brim with opinions and quippy little comments:

This one user said he'd rather live in a world where people fight for Pokémon than for drugs:

Another suggested they battle it out in the game instead... well, at least the ones who actually know how to play the game:

One user had a very strong opinion against a certain type of hoodie-wearers:

No words to say. Just this Pokemon meme to acknowledge how far we've come:

One user could not help but point out that such incidents only ever seem to take place in America:

For those looking for some advice on how to pick yourself up when you're feeling down, here's what this one user does:

One user on X was visibly appalled to learn of the box's contents, questioning just why the people were fighting for it:

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The social media space was visibly teeming with opinions, most of which were calling out Costco for not limiting the buy per person in the first place. Others pointed out that the whole thing could be staged to drive up the value, as they didn't experience this at the Costcos near them. A small chunk of users did call all of the people in the video "losers" for fighting over a game, though.