Pokemon Go - a lost opportunity for me

[coffeejo]

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What's the punchline?

 

[cyberknight]

What's the punchline?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

http://www.news.com.au/finance/real...t/news-story/0bb9a5b3754c3a6f18c032969e2c3a80

 

[PhilDawson8270]

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So what is a socially acceptable hobby for adults? Also, why are certain hobbies acceptable for female adults, but not male?

 

[jefmcg]

Is Eastwood still respected? He lost me when he lectured that empty chair at the RNC

 

[cyberknight]

So what is a socially acceptable hobby for adults? Also, why are certain hobbies acceptable for female adults, but not male?

Maybe i should have put a smiley in the post ............

I dont get it personally, my hobby is cycling , the rest of the time is spent either working , spending time with kids , or doing jobs around the house ..

Righto off to play at mending inner tubes , in a manly way of course ....................

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

[QUOTE 4369227, member: 259"]My kids are out catching them right now. And the dog's getting a walk as well. [/QUOTE]
Are you placing the "finds" further and further away?

 

[Crackle]

I saw my first Pokemon hunters. I wouldn't have know if I hadn't read this thread.

Cyclechat: Keeping me relevant.

 

[ufkacbln]

Wouldn't catch a "real man" involved with computer games would you?

 

[coffeejo]

My landlord has inexplicably allowed some kids to race their stupid mini quad bike thingy up and down the track by my house. My Sunday afternoon would be significantly more peaceful if they were enjoying the sunshine with their phones instead of wasting petrol.

 

[John the Monkey]

So what is a socially acceptable hobby for adults? Also, why are certain hobbies acceptable for female adults, but not male?

Liking association football is pretty much the only acceptable obsession, in the uk at least.

I'm happy to report that The Ship Inn in Tresaith is a Pokéstop, and keeps a decent pint of Brains SA too.

 

[jefmcg]

(maybe I will stop defending the game )

 

[summerdays]

(maybe I will stop defending the game )

Mr Summerdays has given me his phone when driving but I've found that unless it's crawling in slow traffic it doesn't seem to pick up very much stuff, they just need to change the algorithm that controls when they appear to an even slower speed than it is now and then that would cut out some of the car cruising ones.

 

[dodgy]

I'm still quite a keen Ingress player, now all the well known Ingress hotspots (we call them farms, don't judge me) are full of kids standing around.

I doubt Pokemon has as many benefits for travelling as Ingress does, one pokemon stop is pretty much like another. Whereas in Ingress it's a matter of necessity to visit other distant 'portals' to link them up, very satisfying by bike over long distances, as the longer you have to travel, the more likely that another player ruins your chances of completing your field while you're riding there.

Pokemon seems lacking in depth, I've been surprised to see so many adults playing it.

 

[summerdays]

What is Ingress then...?