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Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub?
#23433425 - 07/11/16 09:54 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I never got the whole Pokemon thing; my only experience of it is with the parody episode they did on South Park:
I get how it would appeal to children, but WTF is the fascination on a forum full of grown drug users?
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433436 - 07/11/16 09:57 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've been seeing it so much the past week. its annoying. just like the whole whittie killing black man shit. I saw a sign outside a local restaurant that read, "come in and enjoy lunch while on your pokemon adventure." or something to that effect. FUCK POKEMON!
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433444 - 07/11/16 09:58 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Young milleneals who don't play sports,online activity defines their lifes,pathetic
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433449 - 07/11/16 10:00 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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A lot of members were probably children when it came out in the US, things stick. Nostalgia is great.
Plus pokemon is just awesome.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Bigfeely123]
#23433451 - 07/11/16 10:00 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I used to love pokemon Ash Brock and Misty FTW haha
I mean I know it's just an old show but it has a lot of nostalgic value to me
So do certain video games.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: 1234go]
#23433455 - 07/11/16 10:01 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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1234go said: Plus pokemon is just awesome.
Can you elaborate for me please man? Just seemed like a fucking wicked marketing campaign from what I can gather...
-------------------- Let it be seen that you are nothing. And in knowing that you are nothing... there is nothing to lose, there is nothing to gain. What can happen to you? Something can happen to the body, but it will either heal or it won't. What's the big deal? Let life knock you to bits. Let life take you apart. Let life destroy you. It will only destroy what you are not. --Jac O'keeffe
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: 5150]
#23433457 - 07/11/16 10:01 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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5150 said: Young milleneals who don't play sports,online activity defines their lifes,pathetic
My thumbs are in peak condition, bro
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433463 - 07/11/16 10:02 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard said:
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1234go said: Plus pokemon is just awesome.
Can you elaborate for me please man? Just seemed like a fucking wicked marketing campaign from what I can gather...
It's just the nostalgia. People in their 20s grew up with Pokemon. I feel like you'd have to be a socially awkward hermit to gain an interest in it as an adult.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: 5150]
#23433464 - 07/11/16 10:03 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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5150 said: Young milleneals who don't play sports,online activity defines their lifes,pathetic
 
I'm fit as fuck and I enjoy a good video game session while high with my friends.
Edited by impatientguy (07/11/16 10:04 PM)
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433466 - 07/11/16 10:03 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Pokémon came out about 20 years ago, so a lot of the people who played it in their youth are probably roughly in a shroomy age now. Pokémon GO being released on smart phones has made it more social acceptable for people to nostalgia trip on it (not that Pokémon ever went out of style).
Personally do not even have a cell phone though, so am missing the bus on the Pokémon GO trend.
Do know that there are also adults raising children and sharing Pokémon with them together, so that seems nice.

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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Tantrika]
#23433474 - 07/11/16 10:06 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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as much as i used to love pokemon when i was lil i have zero interest in this pokemon GO bulltrash
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Sheekle]
#23433478 - 07/11/16 10:06 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sheekle said: as much as i used to love pokemon when i was lil i have zero interest in this pokemon GO bulltrash
Did you collect them all?
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433481 - 07/11/16 10:07 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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dont remember, dont give a krap
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Tantrika]
#23433483 - 07/11/16 10:08 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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What is it just a bunch of gps coordinates they send ppl to?gonna be lawsuits for sure,probably ppl getting arrested for tresspassing as well,didn't one person allready find a body?
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Eminence]
#23433485 - 07/11/16 10:08 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm in my early 20s and pretty much everyone my age I know grew up playing pokemon games and watching the anime. So like everyone has said, nostalgia's a big part of it. Idk whether or not you're aware, but a new Pokemon game just came out where you basically walk around in real life catching different Pokemon in different areas. It's a mobile phone app. It's fucking huge in my town, I see so many people walking around playing it these days. Blew up quick.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Sheekle]
#23433487 - 07/11/16 10:08 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Well, you obviously didn't love them then. You got me all excited there, I thought I was gonna get some insight into the mind of a Pokemon lover...
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433492 - 07/11/16 10:09 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I don't even know how to reply to that right now, it's simple really..
Different people like different things, just about everything is a marketing campaign.
It's a generational thing..
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard] 2
#23433496 - 07/11/16 10:11 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard said: You got me all excited there, I thought I was gonna get some insight into the mind of a Pokemon lover...
Someone needs some excitement in their life.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: 1234go]
#23433503 - 07/11/16 10:12 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Are people Pokemon?
Can people be caught by pokeballs?
When people eat meat in the Pokemon world, are they eating a Pokemon?
Doesn't Pokemon just encourage kids to start underground dog/cock fighting rings?
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: California]
#23433505 - 07/11/16 10:13 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Oh I got plenty 'o that. But when you're stuck behind a desk at work at 5am with 3 hours left to go one can find excitement in the little things...
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Supachopped719]
#23433509 - 07/11/16 10:14 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Who cares, but bulbasaur and squirtle are the two cutest pokemon ever.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: 1234go]
#23433524 - 07/11/16 10:17 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: 1234go]
#23433527 - 07/11/16 10:18 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I liked charzard
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433529 - 07/11/16 10:18 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Sounds like the dumbest hobby ever,society is so fucked
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: 5150]
#23433530 - 07/11/16 10:18 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah, someone found a body. I just downloaded it and I've never played pokemon. I'm going to give it a try when I feel like walking somewhere. Hopefully I find something cool
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: impatientguy]
#23433535 - 07/11/16 10:21 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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If I had named three, charizard would've been the third.
Those three were my favorite, even though I was a little old to be watching it at about 12 or 13 I think.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: 1234go]
#23433544 - 07/11/16 10:23 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Haha
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: 1234go]
#23433547 - 07/11/16 10:24 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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1234go said: A lot of members were probably children when it came out in the US, things stick. Nostalgia is great.
Plus pokemon is just awesome.
This
Pokemon was a huge part of my childhood
-------------------- Something there is mysteriously formed, Existing before Heaven and Earth, Silent, still, standing alone, unchanging, All-pervading, unfailing, I do not know its name; I call it tao. If forced to give it a name, I call it Great (ta). Being great, it flows out; Flowing out means far-reaching; Being far-reaching, it is said to return. It's just a shot away..
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433548 - 07/11/16 10:24 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub?
So you made another?
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23433563 - 07/11/16 10:27 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Pokémon GO is bigger than Tinder and chasing down Twitter 
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According to data from SimilarWeb, Pokemon Go has already been installed on about 5 percent of Android smartphones, compared to Tinder on about 2 percent. Clearly, Pokemon fulfills a basic human need.
Tinder isn’t the only stalwart app that Pokemon is blowing out of the water. Pokemon Go is coming for Twitter too, and its 3 percent of daily active users on Android (as of Friday) is set to overtake the 3.5 percent of daily active users on Twitter, if it hasn’t already. Let’s not forget that Twitter has been around for a decade, while most of the world was completely unaware of Pokemon Go two weeks ago.
http://gizmodo.com/pokemon-go-is-already-bigger-than-tinder-1783436897
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: I_was_the_walrus]
#23433567 - 07/11/16 10:28 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yes, but only to question the phenomenon. Plus, I'm stuck at work with nowhere to go.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Tantrika]
#23433573 - 07/11/16 10:30 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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SweetLeafSamadhi said: Pokémon GO is bigger than Tinder and chasing down Twitter 
Quote:
According to data from SimilarWeb, Pokemon Go has already been installed on about 5 percent of Android smartphones, compared to Tinder on about 2 percent. Clearly, Pokemon fulfills a basic human need.
Tinder isn’t the only stalwart app that Pokemon is blowing out of the water. Pokemon Go is coming for Twitter too, and its 3 percent of daily active users on Android (as of Friday) is set to overtake the 3.5 percent of daily active users on Twitter, if it hasn’t already. Let’s not forget that Twitter has been around for a decade, while most of the world was completely unaware of Pokemon Go two weeks ago.
http://gizmodo.com/pokemon-go-is-already-bigger-than-tinder-1783436897

Pokemon Go added $7.5 billion to Nintendo's market value in two days. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nintendo-stocks-idUSKCN0ZR027
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: California]
#23433599 - 07/11/16 10:36 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Pokemon go is going to fade FAST
Just watch
-------------------- Something there is mysteriously formed, Existing before Heaven and Earth, Silent, still, standing alone, unchanging, All-pervading, unfailing, I do not know its name; I call it tao. If forced to give it a name, I call it Great (ta). Being great, it flows out; Flowing out means far-reaching; Being far-reaching, it is said to return. It's just a shot away..
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: California]
#23433601 - 07/11/16 10:37 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Privacy conspiracy theorists are throwing a fit about its privacy policy and permissions granted, and how many people have agreed to them
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Bill_Oreilly]
#23433606 - 07/11/16 10:38 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah. Not much attention span amongst the entirety of its user base age demographic.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: DustBunny]
#23433628 - 07/11/16 10:47 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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DustBunny said: Privacy conspiracy theorists are throwing a fit about its privacy policy and permissions granted, and how many people have agreed to them
Fuck the conspiracy theorists. If morons want to freely give up personal information to play a stupid game, let them.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: California]
#23433666 - 07/11/16 10:59 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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When has the US gov done anything right or efficiently? You guys are giving them way too much credit. Its nothing more serious than using google maps
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Jokeshopbeard] 2
#23433676 - 07/11/16 11:01 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm in my mid thirties, and was a bit old for Pokemon when it got popular in the late 90s, but a bunch of my friends are into this Pokemon GO thing. I doubt most of them play much Pokemon stuff aside from that, but I know quite a few people who are playing it with their own children, so I think that's great. Playing a video game with your kid while getting them outside, being active, bonding. I've seen several friends talking about how this app got them out walking an additional 5, 6 miles a day since installing it. People talking about meeting new friends while playing. Etc.
Pokemon is kinda retarded, but it's a positive kind of retardation. It seems better than some of the other crap going on in the world last week.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: I_was_the_walrus]
#23433679 - 07/11/16 11:01 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm not giving anyone credit.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: I_was_the_walrus]
#23433689 - 07/11/16 11:06 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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As far as I read, it was about what the TOA stated the data collected could be used for, and that it had full Google account, camera, and most-all other data permission.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: Burke Dennings]
#23433692 - 07/11/16 11:08 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Burke Dennings said: People talking about meeting new friends while playing.
You must be referencing the chick that found a dead body in a river in Wyoming whilst playing Pokemon Go.
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Re: Why are there 4 current Pokemon threads in the Pub? [Re: California]
#23433699 - 07/11/16 11:11 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah, that's fantastic. Maybe the family of the deceased was wondering where he got off to, and some girl looking for Squirtle found him. I only hope that before alerting the authorities, she rounded up 3 of her closest friends and asked them, "do you guys want to see a dead body"?
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