Pokemon - anyone else catching them?
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I thought this was cute
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I'm way more into it than my kids and I've seen more adults out playing it. I couldn't have told you anything about Pokémon before last Saturday. But last night walking around the city and the park and meeting people, it was so much fun. I even ran into an Olympian who will be competing next month. It's not replacing any of my exercise by any means, but it's a great way for me to get in additional steps each day. I'm sure it will be a short-lived fad for the majority of people but it's a fun summertime activity.2
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...4 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...
*shrug* I don't have a horse in this race. People have their faces buried in their phones for MFP so how is this any different?7 -
Nah, I go out walking every day, I don't need a Pokemon app to get me to go out. Once my music's playing and I'm in the zone, I don't want to be stopping & starting all the time looking at my phone tracking Pokemon.0
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...
Or that's just your ignorant opinion.
I just went for a quick mile walk with a group of friends, we were all talking and laughing while catching Pokemon and stopping at the Pokestops. We were talking business the entire walk. Don't inflict your ancient outdated views on everyone else just because you can't hold a conversation while holding a phone.12 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...
*shrug* I don't have a horse in this race. People have their faces buried in their phones for MFP so how is this any different?
I use a computer to access MFP ...so not sure how you made the leap that everyone access MFP through a smart phone...
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...
*shrug* I don't have a horse in this race. People have their faces buried in their phones for MFP so how is this any different?
I use a computer to access MFP ...so not sure how you made the leap that everyone access MFP through a smart phone...
I never said everyone. I said people.1 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...
Or that's just your ignorant opinion.
I just went for a quick mile walk with a group of friends, we were all talking and laughing while catching Pokemon and stopping at the Pokestops. We were talking business the entire walk. Don't inflict your ancient outdated views on everyone else just because you can't hold a conversation while holding a phone.
so you are saying that people don't walk around oblivious to everything else but their smart phones...0 -
grinning_chick wrote: »Why not just geocache? Same thing - a reward at the end - only without the security issues or risk of someone creating lures to mug (or worse) people?
Already happening
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2016/07/10/four-suspects-arrested-string-pokemon-go-related-armed-robberies/86922474/
From the article:
"Traveling across the land, searching far and wide hasn’t exactly worked out for all Pokémon Go users. After luring victims to their location with the new "augmented reality" app, four suspects have been arrested as police in O’Fallon, Mo., responded to a report of an armed robbery early Sunday"
Perhaps one way to thin the herd.1 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...
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I have been waiting for the game ever since it was announced a few months ago. We don't have it yet, but I downloaded it from Aptoide. Can't wait until I'm able to walk again to play!1
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amusedmonkey wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...
disagree ...but hey, that is my .02.3 -
Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...
Or that's just your ignorant opinion.
I just went for a quick mile walk with a group of friends, we were all talking and laughing while catching Pokemon and stopping at the Pokestops. We were talking business the entire walk. Don't inflict your ancient outdated views on everyone else just because you can't hold a conversation while holding a phone.
Well the responses certainly have gotten nasty quickly... What's up with that.0 -
ItsyBitsy246 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »
you are bitter because I am right...
one more reason for people to have their faces buried in smart phones and not interact with other humans...
Or that's just your ignorant opinion.
I just went for a quick mile walk with a group of friends, we were all talking and laughing while catching Pokemon and stopping at the Pokestops. We were talking business the entire walk. Don't inflict your ancient outdated views on everyone else just because you can't hold a conversation while holding a phone.
Well the responses certainly have gotten nasty quickly... What's up with that.
I guess I struck a nerve; aka, too close to home...3 -
Whatever gets you out and moving is okay with me.
I've been going 5+ km every time I went out for pokemon.
Only thing that's sad is that there only seem to be a lot of pokemon in metropolitan areas. I've got this really nice mountain close to my home where hiking through is really nice but there's barely any pokemon there. But at least a single gym up there no one seems to know exists so that's all mine.5 -
stevencloser wrote: »Whatever gets you out and moving is okay with me.
I've been going 5+ km every time I went out for pokemon.
Only thing that's sad is that there only seem to be a lot of pokemon in metropolitan areas. I've got this really nice mountain close to my home where hiking through is really nice but there's barely any pokemon there. But at least a single gym up there no one seems to know exists so that's all mine.
Would not shock me if businesses are paying to have pokemon in or near their location. Not much commerce on a mountain side, lot more at the mall.0 -
My kids just came and asked if they could download this today. Looks like fun. We found a few in our neighborhood. We are going to go to our local park this afternoon and see if we can find more. They have a lot of walking trails so it ought to be fun to see what we can find.
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