Pokemon Go

[RopeFiend]

Some of the twenty-something Asian gals at work are playing it... as if they needed ANOTHER reason to walk along with their head down, staring at their phone. 

With their eyes downcast, I can't tell one from the other.

[MintJulie]

Tip:  If you're wanted by the police, don't go to the police station to play.

This story took place in SE Michigan.


Man follows Pokemon Go into police custody

Rather than fighting monsters when he arrived at a Pokemon gym Thursday morning, a 26-year-old Milford man instead found himself in handcuffs.

Police said the village resident was riding his bike about 10:30 a.m., looking at his smartphone in order to follow along with a map in the wildly popular new Pokemon Go game, when – perhaps unknowingly – he arrived at the police station on Atlantic Street.

The Milford police station, like many others, is designated by Pokemon Go as gym, where users’ virtual monsters fight against other users’ virtual monsters.

But the game’s maps don’t list street names for gym-seekers, making it difficult for users to know exactly where they’re headed – until they actually arrive.

It didn't take long after he arrived – clad in pajama pants and a T-shirt – for the man to realize the Pokemon gym he'd been seeking was also the Milford Police Station, where he was wanted on a warrant.

“A couple of our officers looked out the window and saw him standing out by the flagpole,” said Police Chief Tom Lindberg, noting after numerous run-ins, police recognized the individual immediately and went out to greet – and arrest – the man.

Lindberg said he wasn’t sure the man even realized where he was headed; the location-based mobile game uses GPS to guide users as they explore real life surroundings in search of virtual images, requiring users to look at their phone while not paying attention to surroundings.

“When I first learned about this game, I was very concerned it was taking young adults into places they shouldn’t necessarily be – and could get hurt, if they’re not paying attention to what’s going on around them,” Lindberg said. “But I never thought someone with a warrant would be so driven by the game that they’d walk right up to the police station.”

The man, he added, was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant for failure to appear in court on a breaking and entering charge. He was arraigned following his arrest and released on personal bond.

[MissBarbara]

One of my friends just returned from a trip to Europe. While there, he visited Auschwitz. He said there were huge signs posted at the front entrance strongly discouraging people from playing Pokemon Go within the camp. And yet, despite the signs, he saw people people walking around with their smartphones out, clearly playing the game.

[TinyDancer]

One of my friends just returned from a trip to Europe. While there, he visited Auschwitz. He said there were huge signs posted at the front entrance strongly discouraging people from playing Pokemon Go within the camp. And yet, despite the signs, he saw people people walking around with their smartphones out, clearly playing the game.

This is so disrespectful.

[MintJulie]

One of my friends just returned from a trip to Europe. While there, he visited Auschwitz. He said there were huge signs posted at the front entrance strongly discouraging people from playing Pokemon Go within the camp. And yet, despite the signs, he saw people people walking around with their smartphones out, clearly playing the game.

This is so disrespectful.

I agree totally.   Very disrespectful.   

I also don't agree with the people going into cemeteries, but the cemetery posted a sign saying they are welcome and requested they be respectful to people visiting the grave site of loved ones and discouraging running.

[KinkyKacey]

It's definitely become a phenomenon...  I'm level 9 currently. Love living in Ferndale.. Just walk a block or 2 and I'm downtown for all the players there as well as ingress'ers.
(I ingress too). All I can say is it sure saved Nintendo's future

[ChirpingGirl]

So this is what all the zombies walking down the street with their faces glued to their phones are doing?

[MintJulie]

zombies walking down the street with their faces glued to their phones

Yep.    Very good description.     

My niece is not allowed to look at her phone until it vibrates which indicates a Pokemon is within reach.   Or, she can glance at it occasionally to navigate to the nearest Pokestop (fuel stop).

[None]

Watch that first step...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-men-fall-off-ocean-210030514.html

[None]

And...... People are asking to be allowed inside the L.A. County Jail.....

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pokemon-go-police-fire-20160715-snap-story.html

[MintJulie]

[ChirpingGirl]

2006 was so naive.

[Piper-Dreams]

2006 was so naive.

 

[insatiable]

[None]

So there is good in this world after all.

[MintJulie]

I almost ran over a rattata on the way to work.  Well, it was either a squirrel or a rattata.  Pretty sure it was a rattata though.    Regardless, I hit the brakes in time to avoid it.

Great post Insatiable!

,
Jules

[ChirpingGirl]

Some idiot was in my yard looking for a FUCKIN' Pokemon! The fuck?

[staci]

Better than in your bathroom.

[None]

There's a Pokemon in my pants.  Open invite to any ladies that would like to add it to their collection. 

[littleamy]