On Pokemon Go, and yucking someone’s yum

[lisefrac]

Originally published at Lise Fracalossi. You can comment here or there.

There are two phrases that have stuck in my mind recently in regards to people’s excitement about Pokémon Go - and the backlash I’ve seen against that excitement:

Don’t yuck someone’s yum.

Don’t harsh someone’s mellow.

First of all, I don’t play Pokémon Go. I’ve just never been

Comments

[nevacaruso]

Well said! And I also do not play Pokemon Go and probably never will.

[breakinglight11]

*applauds wildly*

[laurion]

"Well, Game Boy Color, because Black Lives Matter" *spit take*

Mad props for him for saying this. I never got into Pokemon before, but I'll probably give Go a go. The tech is vaguely interesting, the gamification of walking around and seeing points of interest in your neighborhoods seems cool.