i dont have enough money to upgrade my phone to something that pokemon go will even attempt to run on so in the meantime im living vicariously through everyones stories which have been anywhere between adorable, hilarious, and terrifying
so far ive heard of
a guy discovering the town hes lived in for 10 years and getting enthralled by local history he keeps learning about on park plaques
finding magikarp in your shower
someone got arrested for walking around a graveyard at 3 am looking??? for??? pokemon??? hol y shit? or something like that???
the police station memo in australia politely and cutely asking “budding pokemon trainers” not to actually come in to the police station for the sandshrew sneaking around in there, and that they can catch it by being close to the building, and to “look both ways before crossing the street”
speaking of which, some person who had pokego for only 15 minutes and successfully crossed a 4 lane intersection for a pokemon
someone went out to catch pokemon and found an actual baby bird and is now attempting to take care of it and research the proper ways of caring and aiding a small bird in recovery
It just suddenly hit me but to all the black nerds out there, PLEASE be careful playing Pokemon Go, especially at night. The fact I have to say this is pitiful but…
I’ve only been to public spaces(park, community center, fire station) in broad daylight, wearing bright clothes. I had my headphones on but realized that was a bad idea. I won’t be playing the game at night or near businesses.
I was thinking about this the other night. I’m a white girl so I have less to worry about, but I’m still not going to go wandering around in the dark by myself. Plus I live in Texas so I really don’t want to get shot for being outside somebodies house.
So Pokemon Go came out and I legit walked around for three hours in the dark, met like five of my neighbors also looking for Pokemon, and saw a grown ass man trudge into a pond. What a time to be alive.
nintendo’s plan to make everyone get out the house is working spectacularly if a bit odd.
“Working spectacularly, if a bit odd” is Nintendo’s entire goddamn business model.
