PokemonGo.

[Sean Renaud]

They said the same thing about hip-hop back in the day, too.

And probably the same for indoor plumbing way way way back.

They (according to legend) believed that television was a fad once upon a time. The reason that televisions (well "old timey" televisions) start with channel 2 instead of channel 1 is because the government reserved that airspace for radio. This movie picture box thing was never gonna last. Now decades later broadcast television was all by killed for phones. In fairness I don't think anybody thought cell phones was a fad, just they didn't expect them to jump from only the super rich had them (and they didn't work) to "the hell do you mean you don't have a phone?" Almost literally overnight.

 

[TheJadge]

You walked into a telephone pole, didn't you.

 

[Killswitch1]

I caught a pokemon at work today on my lunch break.

Gaming plus exercise = Win win.

All I do is win.

lol....

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/4j-3abtSzTTy3SANATZyf4HOq1wqcMAtxwKB-rGe8IWxQ6ueB2U6L9CoPetUeY9wDlqovML1tCLkzFP0-O1wDPJ4K2jeZXnI4ZfjQH2W1Fp4ZYhacGSFvDY=w500-h273-nc

 

[Hard_Rom]

A shit load of stories on the web about injuries, trespassing and now kids lost in a cave. This PokemonGO thing may not end up as good an idea as some thing.

Any lawsuits yet?

 

[Debbie]

This baboon doesn't seem to be a pokemon go fan.


http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/g...-iphone-after-it-was-dropped-in-zoo-enclosure

 

[Sean]

They (according to legend) believed that television was a fad once upon a time. The reason that televisions (well "old timey" televisions) start with channel 2 instead of channel 1 is because the government reserved that airspace for radio. This movie picture box thing was never gonna last. Now decades later broadcast television was all by killed for phones. In fairness I don't think anybody thought cell phones was a fad, just they didn't expect them to jump from only the super rich had them (and they didn't work) to "the hell do you mean you don't have a phone?" Almost literally overnight.

C.P.Scott, legendary editor of The Guardian, once opined that no good could come of television because it was a portmanteau word made from both Latin and Greek, an abominable hybrid.

 

[Sean]

TechnicallyRon ‏@TechnicallyRon 5m
When pokemon go goes down and you don't know how to cope

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnfzZv2WEAAGPlJ.jpg

 

[Hard_Rom]

C.P.Scott, legendary editor of The Guardian, once opined that no good could come of television because it was a portmanteau word made from both Latin and Greek, an abominable hybrid.

He may not have been wrong.

We had 3 channels growing up. A local station, CBC and a public broadcast station (TVO). All you 'need'. The rest is lipstick on a pig.

 

[BabblingBrooke]

what a time to be alive
https://twitter.com/CatchEmAlI/status/754162963494408193

That's awesome!

 

[BabblingBrooke]

TechnicallyRon ‏@TechnicallyRon 5m
When pokemon go goes down and you don't know how to cope

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnfzZv2WEAAGPlJ.jpg

Some inventive gaming going on at my house today while it's been down.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I wonder who would have panic attacks more if the WWW went down for any length of time. The business world or regular folk?

 

[warrior queen]

I wonder who would have panic attacks more if the WWW went down for any length of time. The business world or regular folk?

Recently, Telstra (our largest internet provider) went down for 7 hours Australia-wide.
People were going nuts on social media - and there were hourly updates on the situation on the radio, tv, etc.
It was apparently an apocolypse! There were messages about people having no idea what to do while the net was down!

Everyone who was with a different provider was gloating.

 

[Sean Renaud]

I wonder who would have panic attacks more if the WWW went down for any length of time. The business world or regular folk?

Define "length of time". If it's a few hours mostly the regular folk who are really mostly annoyed. It's like if the entire world had a flat tire at the same time so you're stuck whereever you are. Maybe you're happy cus you're at home with a beautiful woman. Maybe you're pissed because you're stuck at the bowling alley.

If you mean a few days the EVERYBODY. Most of our money is zeroes and ones now so any long term loss of the internet would be devastating.

 

[warrior queen]

http://www.scarymommy.com/teen-pokemon-go-highway-accident/?utm_source=FB

And then there's this.....

 

[Hard_Rom]

A lot of people have a hard time with reality, let alone augmented reality. Teens especially. Their world is their phone. And if the phone says go here, they PokemonGO there. Lost in caves, walking into things including moving cars and other peoples property. Adults perhaps marginally better but as they are supposed to be more mature in dealing with the real world, even less of any sort of excuse.

 

[Hard_Rom]

what a time to be alive
https://twitter.com/CatchEmAlI/status/754162963494408193

All future arguments, fights, disagreements and wars must be resolved by Pokémon combat. If you do not have a smartphone, merc Pokémons will be available.

 

[phrodeau]

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...-pokemon-go-after-he-crashes-into-police-car/

BALTIMORE

According to KABC, three officers were standing next to a patrol car when the SUV rammed into rear of the vehicle.

The driver exited the vehicle and showed his phone to the officers, which appeared to confirm that he was playing “Pokemon Go” when he lost control of his vehicle at around 3:30 a.m. Monday.

“That’s what I get for playing this dumb ass game,” the man said.

No officers were inside the patrol car at the time of the crash, and the driver and his passengers were not injured, KABC reported.

 

[phrodeau]

https://video-yyz1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v...=9bf263ea0c5ec4d86b5ccaba912041c1&oe=578FC3C7

https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2016-07/19/18/asset/buzzfeed-prod-fastlane02/sub-buzz-31086-1468968216-2.png?resize=625:404

 

[Christobal]

If there's something strange in the neighborhood, who you gonna call?


http://ayay.co.uk/backgrounds/nintendo_games/pokemon/pikachu-with-an-axe-in-the-head.jpg

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhhh!

The pokemanity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or is Pookiemanity??

The universe has become a strange place.

 

[Tiamo15]

Servers are back up! I got all dressed to go hunting and got to my destination and couldn't log in for hours. Off I go.

Go Team Red!!!

 

[Noor]

It's everywhere!

Since it was released, I have watched people slowly walk into the tree in front of my house, walk into my car on the main drag and swarm the nearby parks but last night tops it all.

We were planning to go hear music at the Irish Festival but instead we stopped in a downtown park to join hundreds of other Pokemon Go players. It was surreal, esp. since only one of us plays Pokemon Go. On the plus side, it made downtown a lot more lively and walking the few blocks to Candyland much safer.

It was a bit like being at Freaknik minus the fancy clothes and cars, instead of everyone taking everyone else's picture and shooting video, they were all using their cell phones to play.

There seem to be a wedding at the historic main library, and they shot some video from their perspective at the edge of the park. I am not sure what case they can build, people were in a public place. You can see some of the crowd, moving off to some spotting of some super cool Pokemon or something.

 

[Emerson40]

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rdirQBEdWW4/V6hPPojgzfI/AAAAAAAAFEc/d7ZozJr7BrYuuqmPjDmuC5_7db-4oV84gCLcB/s1600/aunt_mabel_1.gif

 

[Noor]

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rdirQBEdWW4/V6hPPojgzfI/AAAAAAAAFEc/d7ZozJr7BrYuuqmPjDmuC5_7db-4oV84gCLcB/s1600/aunt_mabel_1.gif

Nice!