Pokemon Go and Talking to Strangers
As established, I have my fair share of anxiety issues. I cannot express what the promise of a Legendary Pokémon does to a woman to make standing with 9 other people she's never met before and thinks, "this is fine," while the whole group yells, "FUCK ... SHIT ... OH FUCKSHITSTICKBASTARDTWATTERFACEDCUMDUMPSTERFIRE!!!" Now, I'll quantify that by stating that I only go to these kinds of things with my girlfriend, so I'm not completely alone, and I wouldn't likely go on my own. But we stand in a circle and for a moment forget that we don't know each other and that maybe we wouldn't like each other if we did.
We were standing there during part of the outing, kind of silent, and I took stock of our crew. There was a white male who was prematurely balding, feeling super into his exclusive stash of ultra rare Pokémon that no one cared about, an Asian husband and wife with their child [the wife was absolutely delightful, I wish her and I were real friends], a black male with dreads and a hat too small to completely cover them, and another Asian male who seemed to know the Asian family. Then there was my girlfriend and I, the Lesbians. So much diversity and no one talked about it. And I thought to myself what a shit biscuit I was for noticing it, but in a world with people just rabidly fighting each other over their political stances, here is a group of people from all kinds of places going, "GOD DAMN IT, I JUST WANT A REGICE!!!!"
People still make fun of me for playing this game, and I was reticent to play it in the first place because I don't like people, or going outside, or sunshine. I prefer my nature from the safety of a window. But the promise of a cute computerized version of a fluffy proved strong enough to make me overcome all my social issues for a few minutes at a time and share some awkward triumphs and tribulations with strangers.
I did catch that Regice, and it was GLORIOUS AS FUCK.
We were standing there during part of the outing, kind of silent, and I took stock of our crew. There was a white male who was prematurely balding, feeling super into his exclusive stash of ultra rare Pokémon that no one cared about, an Asian husband and wife with their child [the wife was absolutely delightful, I wish her and I were real friends], a black male with dreads and a hat too small to completely cover them, and another Asian male who seemed to know the Asian family. Then there was my girlfriend and I, the Lesbians. So much diversity and no one talked about it. And I thought to myself what a shit biscuit I was for noticing it, but in a world with people just rabidly fighting each other over their political stances, here is a group of people from all kinds of places going, "GOD DAMN IT, I JUST WANT A REGICE!!!!"
People still make fun of me for playing this game, and I was reticent to play it in the first place because I don't like people, or going outside, or sunshine. I prefer my nature from the safety of a window. But the promise of a cute computerized version of a fluffy proved strong enough to make me overcome all my social issues for a few minutes at a time and share some awkward triumphs and tribulations with strangers.
I did catch that Regice, and it was GLORIOUS AS FUCK.
Admittedly I don't get the whole Pokemon Go thing but if it does you some good then more power to you. Glad you got your fluffy.
ReplyDeleteYeah I know it's kinda weird but it forces me out of my comfortzone, which is good since it's gotten a lot smaller in the last 10 years or so lol!! :)
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