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Since the premiere of Detective Pikachu's trailer there are many questions about how pokemon would exist in the real world If Pokemon existed in the real world, would they have inalienable universal rights or be exploited by a capitalist system? Examples: Machokes are used for manual labor, such as Furniture moving services but did they consent to this? Is this indentured servitude? When Hillary Clinton told people to Pokemon Go to the Polls, did she not know that pokemon are not a monolith?? Their political alignments should not be appropriated by a single major party imo
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team plasma and the underground pokemon railroad
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Nov 13, 2018 01:21
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Nov 13, 2018 01:29
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*blows on bubble pipe* the dichotomy of pokemon red and pokemon blue clearly reflect the political alignment of the United States pokemon yellow is clearly a result of the bipartisan marketplace of ideas
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Nov 13, 2018 01:32
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michael vick woulda never gone to jail
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Nov 13, 2018 01:33
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koffing has been banned since that tokyo subway attack
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Nov 13, 2018 01:35
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https://twitter.com/cheppoly/status/1062046964869746693
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Nov 13, 2018 01:45
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pikachu is the most popular and well-known pokemon in our reality because it's the mascot of the pokemon franchise but in a world with actual real live pokemon the most popular pokes would probably be really boring but accessible species like skitty or lilipup pikachus would probably be considered a difficult to handle exotic or perhaps even a public nuisance/pest due to its rodent nature
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Nov 13, 2018 01:48
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Wall Street bankers exploitative use of Meowth to hoover up any funds they can find
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Nov 13, 2018 01:49
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SpaceGoku posted:pikachu is the most popular and well-known pokemon in our reality because it's the mascot of the pokemon franchise but in a world with actual real live pokemon the most popular pokes would probably be really boring but accessible species like skitty or lilipup they'll be bred in farms and fitted with electrodes in 3x3 cages for life to provide cheap electricity
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Nov 13, 2018 01:51
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https://twitter.com/electrolemon/status/1062058238324092929
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Nov 13, 2018 01:58
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Brian Gilbert breaks this down like a dirty capitalist but with Mega Man robots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zum81Rwa2fw
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Nov 13, 2018 02:02
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Wars would be fought with Pokemon and the Catholic church would tell us all they don't have souls. 
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Nov 13, 2018 02:05
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can pokemon vote
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Nov 13, 2018 02:07
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They'd all be banished to some sort of outre pornography. Like an entire subset of porn that's nothing but pokemon being sucked up into pokeballs.
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Nov 13, 2018 02:08
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it never made sense to me why team rocket wanted pikachu so much when they have literally the only talking human language pokemon in the entire world which is worth prob 100000x than pikachu I mean just imagine if you had a talking dog irl he'd get his own talk show and poo poo instead of wondering around the wilderness stalking a 10 yr old boy
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Nov 13, 2018 02:09
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This is a joke, right? Why is everyone talking like this isn't a joke and is a thing that's seriously happening? Everyone's look is like this is a real thing...
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Nov 13, 2018 02:23
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because it's real 
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Nov 13, 2018 02:28
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https://twitter.com/siewann140/status/1058975313378476032
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Nov 13, 2018 02:45
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Lastgirl posted:When Hillary Clinton told people to Pokemon Go to the Polls, did she not know that pokemon are not a monolith?? Their political alignments should not be appropriated by a single major party imo mormonpartyboat posted:can pokemon vote Pokemon can't vote, Hillary saying "Pokemon go to the polls" was urging people to commit voter fraud.
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Nov 13, 2018 02:48
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the world would end within a week of pokemon becoming real because of poo poo like Gyarados pokemon that know Water Gun would be used as non-lethal police weapons. occasionally a Blastoise will blow someone's head clean off
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Nov 13, 2018 02:49
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Everyone with a Voltorb or Electrobe is on a watchlist
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Nov 13, 2018 02:59
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wait wait wait wait wait before we get too deep into this are we talking about a world where pokemon suddenly appear or are talking about a world where humans civilization developed with pokemon this is very important as it'll determine where i anchor the crux of my speculations
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Nov 13, 2018 03:02
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ShriekingMarxist posted:wait wait wait wait wait pretend i posted that really convoluted fan theory about all of pokemon taking place in a post-apocalyptic world where the pokemon are mutated aliens
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Nov 13, 2018 03:04
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how do you deal with spirituality and religion in a world where ghosts are 100% confirmed real, and the souls of many human beings canonically become ghost pokemon  personally i can't wait to be a gengar. fat, purple, sassy, whats not to like
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Nov 13, 2018 03:10
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missing child reports go up 5000% because of Drifloons killing kids that grab on to them
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Nov 13, 2018 03:11
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if pokemon really existed i'd be constantly discriminated against. it's not my fault that i am completely indistinguishable from a trubbish.
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Nov 13, 2018 03:12
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ShriekingMarxist posted:wait wait wait wait wait pokemon already mirrors the real world in the games, the technological levels are similar and it functions as a capitalist democracy (or does it?), there are goods and services exchanges for money, infrastructure such as trains and modern housing etc. so there's no need to trend it as human civilization developing with pokemon, otherwise it would have looked very different
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Nov 13, 2018 03:13
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kevin durant becomes flummoxed about the pokemon that share his last name
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Nov 13, 2018 03:13
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how would you deal with pollution when you have pokemon like muk or grimer, as the pokedex entry states "Its purple sludge body contains a variety of pungent bacteria, which are so potent that it renders soil barren and incapable of supporting plant life" would they be disposed of as an environmental hazard?
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Nov 13, 2018 03:16
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Feranon posted:how do you deal with spirituality and religion in a world where ghosts are 100% confirmed real, and the souls of many human beings canonically become ghost pokemon You never see any people ghosts in the world of Pokemon. Perhaps humans are merely soulless tormentors of the Pokemon, and this is their hell
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Nov 13, 2018 03:19
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pokemon is socialist though if it's capitalist then how come pokemon trainers gets to eat for free and ashe never has any money but gets to backpack/travel and stay in comfortable lodgings all the time?
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Nov 13, 2018 03:20
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a slowbro is the president
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Nov 13, 2018 03:22
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oh my god a driftloon has hit the Pokemon Tower
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Nov 13, 2018 03:25
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#metoo only it's every officer Jenny and nurse joy Vs Brock
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Nov 13, 2018 03:32
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Psyducks must register or be exterminated to control the destabilizing risk of their psychic power Someday that egg thing Minty carries around will wiggle its arms, and Florida falls into the sea Team Rocket attempt to become youtube stars, fail miserably, and are thrown a frankly implausible distance into the sky
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Nov 13, 2018 03:39
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The Pokemon world is a robust social democracy, presumably based on the super exploitation of Pokemon. Trainers have their needs met and Pokemon revived for free, but the commodity form still exists, as we see in the market for Pokeballs, Potions, etc. The existence of large corporations such as Silph Co. and Devon Corporation seems to indicate that capitalism is also present and advanced.
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Nov 13, 2018 03:40
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Lastgirl posted:
Nah that's the libertarian one
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Nov 13, 2018 03:42
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https://twitter.com/jamieloftusHELP/status/1062195844642877441
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Canonically, Mr. Mime is loving Ash's mom, but it's not clear that Pokemon can give any kind of meaningful consent
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