Thread: Any of you guys play pokemon?

OK wonderful. Finally a game that gets people off their couches and into traffic. So close to actual social interaction with other human beings. How good is that.

Only in California, right!!!!

We are having a discussion on a forum dedicated to our local town and suburbs. The topic of Pokemon Go came up and the comment below just typifies why California has some of the stupidest laws in the Nation.

"Cindy Anne XXXX from Morgan Valley 1d ago
I believe we need to get a petition going for the City of Temecula to ban this. It's dangerous. People are doing it while driving, riding skateboards, riding bikes, etc. It is only a matter of time before someone gets seriously injured or killed due to moving persons on/in vehicles who are distracted playing this game."

Ban a GAME? Yes you read that right, this twit suggest to ban Pokemon. So I couldn't resist in replying to her.

"Tim B. from Morgan Hill 14h ago
OMG, Only in California....
Aren't there enough stupid laws and restrictions on the books now in California without adding another one to the list?
Guess if we do go there it could be called the "PokeBan Don't Go"..."

I wasn't the only to call her out on her ridiculous idea. The rest of the community followed suite with me and called her out on her ludicrous comment to ban a game. This so typifies the mindset of so many fringe voters in Cali. Soon we will be burnings books again...

Originally Posted by Suticat

Only in California, right!!!!

We are having a discussion on a forum dedicated to our local town and suburbs. The topic of Pokemon Go came up and the comment below just typifies why California has some of the stupidest laws in the Nation.

"Cindy Anne XXXX from Morgan Valley 1d ago
I believe we need to get a petition going for the City of Temecula to ban this. It's dangerous. People are doing it while driving, riding skateboards, riding bikes, etc. It is only a matter of time before someone gets seriously injured or killed due to moving persons on/in vehicles who are distracted playing this game."

Ban a GAME? Yes you read that right, this twit suggest to ban Pokemon. So I couldn't resist in replying to her.

"Tim B. from Morgan Hill 14h ago
OMG, Only in California....
Aren't there enough stupid laws and restrictions on the books now in California without adding another one to the list?
Guess if we do go there it could be called the "PokeBan Don't Go"..."

I wasn't the only to call her out on her ridiculous idea. The rest of the community followed suite with me and called her out on her ludicrous comment to ban a game. This so typifies the mindset of so many fringe voters in Cali. Soon we will be burnings books again...

Well, she does have a point. We should all just sit in our homes. Sidewalks and parks aren't made for pedestrian traffic, y'know.

I think it is overall a good thing. Technological natural selection.

Originally Posted by Thisisclog

Well, she does have a point. We should all just sit in our homes. Sidewalks and parks aren't made for pedestrian traffic, y'know.

I certainly can't speak for her, but I would assume her frame of reference could be to ban everything offensive to both the majority of the population and those that yell the loudest and zero in on unregulated activities that individual persons undertake and enjoy.

ChrisL

I'm not interested in banning it, but today I did have one woman walk right into me while watching pokemon on her phone. I also saw a woman walk right into a tree today and I assume that she too was doing the same thing.

I hate getting into an elevator at work and seeing everyone staring at their d$%n phones, but now already half of them are hunting pokemons on their d@#n phones.

,,,,,,,,,,,,

Originally Posted by Utopian

I'm not interested in banning it, but today I did have one woman walk right into me while watching pokemon on her phone. I also saw a woman walk right into a tree today and I assume that she too was doing the same thing.

I hate getting into an elevator at work and seeing everyone staring at their d$%n phones, but now already half of them are hunting pokemons on their d@#n phones.

This is generally why I dislike most people. I don't even try to contact most of my friends anymore. We'd go out for a beer or 4 and they are all so absorbed in their phones that their beers get warm. I'm a chatty man with the right people and proper socialization is essentially gone.

Originally Posted by Cangooner

If I were a dog, that's what I would look like,,,,