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Cool to Hate Pokemon Go?
Hate Pokemon Go
Chances are if you don’t know what Pokemon Go is by now, you’ve seen the masses of people playing it. Nowadays it’s impossible to step outdoors without bumping into, or avoiding Pokemon Go players. The meteoric rise of the world’s biggest mobile game is carving out a subsection of people who hate Pokemon Go.
From the distracted drivers to people trespassing on property, Pokemon Go is maybe too popular for its own good. Some players are falling off cliffs while playing, and the general consensus seems to have shifted from being amused and tolerant to outright hate and even issuing threats. People who hate Pokemon Go seem to be growing in number, and some have even taken shots at Pokemon players.
Where as people who didn’t play Pokemon Go generally had a bemused opinion of the game, now this opinion is evolving into scorn and abuse. Pokemon Go players are taking to social media to relay stories of being hated on and even taking pictures of people who hate Pokemon Go.
Although there’s something to be said for the congestion and confusion that Pokemon Go players can create, most of this hate is unfounded. Yes having countless people walking around your neighborhood with their gaze transfixed on their phones is a general annoyance, but enough for you to hate Pokemon Go?
