The Evils of Pokemon...

[Thrivol]

• You begin as a ten year old kid.
• You capture monsters by beating them into a pulp and then putting them into a tiny ball.
• You force the pokemon you capture to fight other pokemon.
• You force the pokemon to evolve.
• Pokemon you have, beyond the six in your pocket at all times, are stored in a box.

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[Dallas-Dakota]

6 They make little kids watch it all.

[ufo]

I've always thought PokeMon was cruel. You beat animals senseless and capture them against their will and force them to fight. It's against the law in most countries, but PokéMon is shown on television in said countries.

[Magioth]

you train them to beat up other childrens pokemon to steal the childs money.

[Leather_Book_Wizard]

8. There are to many.
9. You "gotta catch 'em all." It advocates greed.
10. You leave home at ten and like never go back.

[Pyro]

11. You give them power stones so they can "bulkup".

[Arang]

You can force feed your Pokemon "stimulants".
You usually have to go into people's houses and take their stuff to progress at least once per game.
The rarer the Pokemon you take out of its natural habitat and force into a life of violence, the more Pokecred you get.

[Ichneumon]

You never knock on doors, you just bump into other people's houses.

You breed pokemon, it gives children a wrong idea of nature that different species can make vertile offspring.

[Vonriel]

You're encouraged to go into a wildlife preserve and hunt rare species.

[Saithis Bladewing]

Surely this belongs in Gaming (Other) or Media Discussions?

You as a trainer are knocked out by your opponent's pokemon if you lose and they take your stuff, but this seems to be a normal everyday thing after all.

You stick your Pokemon into tiny little cramped balls when you're not using them.

[Belteshazzar]

They eat the Pokemon. I mean really have you ever seen a creature that was not a Pokemon? Where do they get meat? It's either Marinated Bulbasaur or Solyent Green?

[Gaelbert]

You use the pokemon as work animals, swim, rock climb, cut, fly.
How exactly can a 100+ lb. person fly on a bird that's weighs less than one pound?

[Fishies]

You use the pokemon as work animals, swim, rock climb, cut, fly.
How exactly can a 100+ lb. person fly on a bird that's weighs less than one pound?

My Smeargle can Fly, Surf, Waterfall, and Defog. It's a frikkin' dog.

[Lykan]

Not sure if this is the right thread, but... Something I never really understood with pokemon... There's an evil team in every one, but as soon as you beat a member, they either dissipear or leave you alone.

For people so involved in plots to take over the world, you think they'd give their members... Err... Weapons of sorts.

Another evil of pokemon is that the television show gives you siezures. >.>

[Eldpollard]

There is a whole league designed to see who can hurt creatures the most. The pokemon are in airtight balls.

[Magioth]

you purposly fight fire against grass to purposely cause more pain to other pokemon

[The_Werebear]

Not sure if this is the right thread, but... Something I never really understood with pokemon... There's an evil team in every one, but as soon as you beat a member, they either dissipear or leave you alone.

For people so involved in plots to take over the world, you think they'd give their members... Err... Weapons of sorts.

Another evil of pokemon is that the television show gives you siezures. >.>

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You expose your pokemon to hazardous radiation to make them mutate rapidly.
You expose your pokemon to mind warping machines to make them produce bizarre elemental effects.

[reorith]

i feel bad about defeating the junior trainers, bug catchers, lasses, school kids and the other little kids with their low level pokemon. it just seemed so "boo yeah! i just beat up your only friend. what now punk? what now?

and it seemed as if the swimmers, the rangers, gym leaders, black belts, teachers, sailors, engineers, hikers and the like should have moved on and stopped battling pokemon after the age of twelve...

[averagejoe]

This and This

Don't forget This. Actually, this point has been brought up several times before on this thread.

[Athanatos]

Don't forget This. Actually, this point has been brought up several times before on this thread.

And of course this.

and it seemed as if the swimmers, the rangers, gym leaders, black belts, teachers, sailors, engineers, hikers and the like should have moved on and stopped battling pokemon after the age of twelve...

Dude. There's a huge difference between playing Pokemon games on your DS and actually owning a Pokemon. If you told me that I could capture a frickin' dragon, keep it in a ball, and have it come out and kick some ass for me whenever I wanted it to, there's no way in hell I'd "move on".

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

With the increase in humanoid pokemon in the games, it also encourages slavery. The various evil teams bring vigilanteism to mind, and the Game Corners, where you must gamble or buy enough coins to BUY certain breeds of pokemon, encourage gambling.

Ditto alone encourages adultery. Well, through the uses I put Ditto to, anyway.

[SurlySeraph]

Ditto alone encourages adultery. Well, through the uses I put Ditto to, anyway.

I - I don't have the slightest idea of what you meant by that, and I absolutely do not want to know.

[Lord Fullbladder, Master of Goblins]

I keep Ditto perpetually suspended in the fertility-field of the Day Care on Pokemon Silver, routinely sticking in new pokemon for the amount of time necessary to produce an egg, then switching to another.

I know what you were thinking, and quite honestly I thought of it as I typed that. It's hilariously sick but, genetically speaking thanks to Ditto's unique powers, completely possible.

[Drider]

I keep Ditto perpetually suspended in the fertility-field

Ditto's "unique" powers.

does it have to impersonate just pokemon its seen, or can it also "become" people?

[SurlySeraph]

Okay. That could have been worse. That definitely could have been worse. My uncooperative, deeply damaged mind is making it worse through no fault of my own. Looks like I won't have to track you down for snapping my fragile little mind like a twig, after all. But then, how would I track you down if my mind had snapped? Does having an internal dialogue like this, much less typing it out for the whole world to see, indicate that my mind has already snapped?




I think I'm going to go have some pie. Pie makes everything better. *whimper*

[reorith]

Dude. There's a huge difference between playing Pokemon games on your DS and actually owning a Pokemon. If you told me that I could capture a frickin' dragon, keep it in a ball, and have it come out and kick some ass for me whenever I wanted it to, there's no way in hell I'd "move on".

i mean they should be working or doing something legitimate instead of accosting ten year old girls.

yeah i always played as a female character from crystal on. so what?

[[Insert Neat Username Here]]

They should be working or doing something legitimate instead of accosting ten year old girls.

That is the most disturbing post in the entire thread.

[Leper_Kahn]

• On top of it all... My friends like the games... *Facepalm*

[Gaelbert]

This and this and this.

[Ranis]

When you beat said fellow trainers, it is customary to take their money and break their soul to the point to where they not only will no longer battle you, but they will only say a one-line phrase over and over again.

Even WoW hasn't gotten that bad.

Yet.