{"id":298,"date":"2016-08-13T23:33:23","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T22:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pixelated.freeradical.co.za\/?p=298"},"modified":"2016-08-13T23:35:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T22:35:54","slug":"what-my-brain-matter-is-currently-perplexing-thoughts-on-pokemon-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixelated.freeradical.co.za\/?p=298","title":{"rendered":"What my brain matter is currently perplexing (thoughts on): Pok\u00e9mon GO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pixelated.freeradical.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/CpCkwcfWgAANYXG.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-307\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-307\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pixelated.freeradical.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/CpCkwcfWgAANYXG.jpg?resize=640%2C480\" alt=\"CpCkwcfWgAANYXG\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pixelated.freeradical.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/CpCkwcfWgAANYXG.jpg?w=960 960w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pixelated.freeradical.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/CpCkwcfWgAANYXG.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/pixelated.freeradical.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/CpCkwcfWgAANYXG.jpg?resize=768%2C576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>The wordy bit:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; Dem Pok\u00e9mon, imma right?<\/p>\n<p>Okay, so I&#8217;ve never seen an episode of \u00a0Pok\u00e9mon (I mean a full one, a viewing lasting more than half a minute) and have never been a fan so I missed this whole &#8220;epidemic&#8221; (for lack of a better word, Actually lets think of a few!)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plague<\/li>\n<li>Virus<\/li>\n<li>The cause of population decrease because\u00a0people are chasing\u00a0virtual Pok\u00e9mon\/sitting on the side of the road complaining about server issues causing millions of sensible people to flee doomed relationships (P.S if you are currently in a healthy relationship with someone obsessed with Pok\u00e9mon GO you have given me a new sense of faith)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Back onto the subject; I was never allowed to watch\/play\/interact with through the cells bars with the franchise till I was 8 and had a brief spell with one of the DS\u00a0exclusives down at a friends holiday house at the coast. Granted I spent a good 14 hours on that bad boy, and had a ball, though after I went back home the game never entered my mind for 7 years\u00a0until I had a sensation to play it last\u00a0October\u00a0on a, borrowed, DS\u00a0when I found out\u00a0my friend lost the game card and gave me Legend of Zelda: Spirit tracks instead and all motivation to play\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon melted away&#8230; as I spent the next few days walking down Los Angles streets HYA!ing grass who dares to harbour organs. So when the internet dive-bombed into Pok\u00e9mon GO me, and a few other surviv- I mean friends, remained unfazed and continued to go about our daily business. But then people started trying to convince me to play it, even if I had a phone that was capable of playing something other than solitaire, I have a Blackberry Curve, I wouldn&#8217;t play it. Personally, I think Pok\u00e9mon GO is a great way to get people outside and exercise and should continue to reawaken the muscles of all the humans claimed by TV in the last 30 years. But I think its going to die down soon, not because it&#8217;s badly designed because I have no clue\u00a0if it is, but because it&#8217;s a trend. Or at least that&#8217;s what it looks like (god I backtrack a lot and yes it is because I&#8217;m a coward\/missing a vital part of the male human anatomy.)\u00a0So since I haven&#8217;t played it this is an outsiders view, which, is one part of this &#8220;coin&#8221; if you will. It seems to be doing some good so here&#8217;s hoping it stays in a positive light.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>In Total:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please stop telling me how lame I am while you walk into oncoming traffic at 5:30am in sweatpants while hunting for a virtual fish.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share on Twitter<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-298\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/pixelated.freeradical.co.za\/?p=298&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wordy bit: So&#8230; Dem Pok\u00e9mon, imma right? Okay, so I&#8217;ve never seen an episode of \u00a0Pok\u00e9mon (I mean a full one, a viewing lasting more than half a minute) and have never been a fan so I missed this whole &#8220;epidemic&#8221; (for lack of a better word, Actually lets think of a few!) 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