It’s weird. Above a certain age, in all probability the only mention that will be made of Pokemon Go! is of people walking into the holocaust museum playing it, people getting injured playing it, people falling off a cliff playing it. Even people that are seeing the benefits of it do so through gritted teeth.
I went to the Doctor today and was talking about how healthy I felt after playing Pokemon Go for a couple of weeks straight. I was told that the doctor didn’t care what a person did as long as it got them active. It’s the weirdest thing.
You should have been there. It was as if the very idea of Pokemon Go pissed him off, but he was having to admit that it has some few benefits. I honestly don’t get it.
Do people hate texting because some people pay attention to their texts instead of the road and got hit by a car crossing the street? Do people hate gum because some people stop paying attention while putting in a stick and trip over their own feet? Do you hate baseball caps because someone disrespectfully wears a baseball cap in church or at a funeral?
The answer to all these questions is no. You may be unhappy with people’s behaviour, but you don’t dislike the vehicle of the person’s bad behavior.
So what is it that people hate about Pokemon Go? Maybe it’s the connected to those old trashy MTV dating shows. Do you remember those shows? There were these shows where a person would be set up to go on a blind date with a person, and at any point in the date, they could end it and bring in another person, rejecting the first date. Invariably the person who got rejected would change their attitude upon being rejected. They would invariably turn to the camera and say that they never even wanted to go out with that jerk.
Maybe this is the problem people have with Pokemon Go. They see a thing that other people are enjoying and they can’t enjoy it, so in order to convince themselves that this is the right case, they decide instead to think of this thing that clearly looks fun as something to be hated. This makes them feel better about not understanding the really cool new thing that everyone loves.
What do you think? Is this why a lot of older people hate Pokemon Go? Let’s talk about it in the comments.
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-JS
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