Why This Blogger’s Fresh Rant On Pokemon Go Went Viral [Video]
If you’re an old, it’s probably not that unusual to see a bunch of young kids wandering around hopelessly glued to their phones. Young or old, you’ve probably noticed a few more of those whippersnappers running around than usual. The reason is Pokemon Go.
In case you’ve been living under a rock, Pokemon Go is a free mobile game based on the Nintendo series Pokemon that turns our world into a giant playground full of cute creatures to capture, train and use in battles against other users. It has quickly become the most popular mobile game of all time and has caused some minor controversy as a potential public health concern.
Pokemon Go was launched just a few weeks ago. Plenty of time for 27-year-old Kristen Tuff Scott of Piggott, Arkansas, to reflect on the philosophical implications the game has on her life and the lives of those in her generation.
“Everyone is playing the Pokemon game,” she begins in the viral video posted below. “They keep coming into my work to catch the Pokemons, okay?”
Since Pokemon Go turns the entire world into a “level” where players can explore and catch the Pokemon creatures, users will roam the streets and even stop into local businesses or buildings if they see a creature nearby. Imagine you’re at work and a random wanders over to your cubicle to catch one on their mobile device — this is exactly what Scott is experiencing, and what leaves her so distraught.
Still, the best way to defeat your enemy is to understand your enemy. Scott understands this and took the only measure she felt she had available to her — download the free Pokemon Go app and try it out herself.
As an added bonus, if she could round up all of the Pokemon in her office building, no one would come in to bother her anymore.
“So I thought, because I don’t understand how it works, if I downloaded the game, I could catch all the Pokemons at my work, and people would quit coming to catch ’em.”
Sadly, this strategy failed to pay off.
“Well, that’s not how it works,” she fumes in the video. “So now I have a bunch of Pokemons, and there’s still people coming in to get the Pokemons.”
Worse, playing the game has taken its toll on Scott, who says she feels “like a nerd” and laments that rounding up Pokemon on her lunch break “is not where she saw herself at 27 years old.”
“Go back there, make a left, Zubat’s over there,” she says, talking about her daily schedule now that Pokemon Go has entered her life. “Squirtle’s in lawn and garden, by the way. But lawn and garden’s not my area so I can’t go get him,” she groans.
She hasn’t escaped the addictiveness of the game, either. “I just drove across the parking lot to get a rat-looking sum-b*tch, okay?”
Scott, a blogger and reality star who featured on CMT’s Redneck Island, says the whole Pokemon Go fad, has left her feeling pretty “stupid.” Still, her video has been viewed well over one million times since being published a week ago.
You can watch Kristen Tuff Scott’s Pokemon Go takedown here:
