[Fractal Trader]

Baby Drama Jonathan Theriot’s wife was about to give birth in a Texas hospital. But the dad-to-be was busy catching Pidgey. His wife didn’t mind, he told Buzzfeed, as she was waiting to have a C-section. “She just kind of laughed at it,” he said. “It was primarily an eye-roll once she realized what I was doing.”

[BenLurkin]

Pokemon Theme Song as Jazz, feat. Sara Niemietz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STY1LQet3XA

[Bullish]

Youngun’s these days are a ridiculous bunch of loons being led to slaughter. There’s little hope for their future.

[Joe 6-pack]

Just wait til Tesla enables an auto-Pokemon mode for its cars.

[Yaelle]

Aw, stupid people are stupid. I play with my older kids and it is super fun. We don’t do dumb things. Think of all the young people motivated to play at night instead of many worse things they could be doing. Don’t be an old fogie, try it. It’s a fun evening when we go out and do this.

[dhs12345]

If you seen a large crowd of kids wandering around in circles with their faces focused on their smartphones, they are all hunting pokeman.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Just waiting to hear about people sneaking into Area 51 to play this game.

[UCANSEE2]

Pokémon Go is turning into MTV’s JACKASS.

[piytar]

I humbly suggest all FReepers get the Pokeman Go app. Don’t do stupid things like these people do, but if you bump into one, grab it. There is a market for these idiotic things. Free money.

[Lee Enfield]

How about a Muzzie Go where instead of catching Pokemon you kill terrorists?

[kingu]

I’ve watched crime plummet throughout my city due to the vast numbers of families out playing this game. Every day, people do stupid things. By comparison, the only significance to these idiots vs other idiots is that it ties into the storyline that Pokemon Go is dangerous and bad, bringing people out of their homes, finally.

I’ve participated in National Nights Out, watched our local police and fire departments set up elaborate evenings, free BBQ, and maybe bring out a dozen families (most of them their own.)

Last night, I saw over a hundred families tromping up and down my town’s little downtown section, little kids cooing over a character they wanted, the groans from yet another pidgey showing up.

[fruser1]

"Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings requested this week that Pokémon Go developers stop having Pokémon appearing in and around areas affected by the nuclear reactor meltdown in Fukushima — to stop players from entering dangerous areas."

But that's the ONLY place you can get the infamous Fukipika!

[disndat]

It is just a way to help big brother gather intel.

Mind control.

Fools.

[ImaGraftedBranch]

I get up at 3:45, am in our local park to walk and exercise by 4:30 when the lights come on. Last week, a ladie in a nightgown, and a man in evening dress, still out for the night before, we’re trying to catch a rare Pokemon. They thought I was there because I was one of them.

..

God help us. We are doomed.

[MCH]

Blaming a video game for idiots who do stupid things while playing it is no different than blaming guns for the evil things some idiots do with them. It's all about the moron misusing the thing - not the thing itself. Spoons do not make you fat.

This Pokemon-GO-is-evil meme is ridiculous. Morons will be morons. If they weren't being morons with this game, they'd be doing it with something else.

On the positive side, I've recently seen lots of groups of young teens actually walking around outdoors (with their phones), particularly in parks and such where the imaginary GPS creatures are often found, causing no trouble whatsoever. Sure beats sitting around the house in front of the TV or computer, or engaging in general mayhem, vandalism or other traditional obnoxiousness-bred-from-boredom teen behavior instead.