Me (clearly a bit old for Reddit) every time I inadvertently stumble into a Pokemon-related thread.

andrewsmith1986 · 7 months

I've never played Pokemon.

You aren't alone.

OverAnalyzesPost · 7 months

The age bracket for which first generation Pokemon was ravingly popular is itself quite small, but those within it are at this time mostly either upperclassmen in college or just entering the workforce. While this is probably reddit's most active demographic, it by no means holds a majority of members. Thus it's no surprise that many don't bother with Pokemon posts but they remain popular and receive ample upvotes.

If I had to provide a very narrow range of birth-years most associated with the (good) Pokemon craze, I'd guess 1988-1992.

tastethepain · 7 months

I'm 46 and love pokemon! Of course, it's most likely because my kids were at the right age for it (18-12 now) and i had a great time bonding with them over it.

HomebrewHero · 7 months

I'm 33, and this is EXACTLY how I react.

mrfishdance · 7 months

Is there a subreddit for older redditors?

HateAndIntolerance · 7 months

Not just pokemon, but recently My Little Fucking Pony. It boggles my mind how many people watch tv shows made for children, especially if they refer to themselves as "bronies".

NumberOneTheLarch · 7 months

Blarghablargh I'm old and things young people like offend me.

BeardKing · 7 months

Finally! Someone else that was too old to understand what Pokemon is!

danielcole · 7 months

I'm not all that old, and react the same way.

[deleted] · 7 months

What? We gonna have a problem?

Blandis · 7 months

Yeah, I'm not that into Ubuntu, either.

Arcantium · 7 months

Ohhh damn. Its gonna suck when THEY start making Ben10 inside jokes.

Battlesheep · 7 months

do you also want me to stay off your lawn?

GeorgeWalkerKush · 7 months

How I feel accidentally clicking Starcraft links

thomasdarko · 7 months

I'm 35, so... till this day i still don't have a clue what Pokemon is, and honestly I don't care.

bultra · 7 months

That's how I feel when people talk about sports.

katertots · 7 months

Pokemon and the my little pony shit- do not understand

Tofinochris · 7 months

I'm 40 and when I go into a Pokemon-related thread, I go YAY! POKEMON THREAD!

Yeah, I've played every game :p. Red/Blue came out when I was in university working nights and weekends in one of the old "computer rooms" with all mainframes and racks of backup tapes and usually 3 hours of real work in a 12 hour shift. Lots of Game Boy was played.

Planetariophage · 7 months

For people who don't know what pokemon is

sadwer · 7 months

"Oh gee, it's another Dragonball Z reference. How interesting." grumble

agehaya · 7 months

Having been into Japanese anime and manga, I feel like I should know something about it, but when my nephews (ages 8 and 5) go on and on about it, it's like they're speaking an entirely different language*. It makes me feel incredibly old.

*No Japanese jokes here as I actually speak the language.

rattlemebones · 7 months

Thought I was the only one who did this. 33 years.

ArCaDe4tw · 7 months

Same thing for me, but I actually work for Nintendo and my Credits are on the games lol! :D

mariod505 · 7 months

...and what's with all the My Little Pony shit? I mean, that was a cartoon I hated as a kid in the 80's because my sister would change the channel from GI Joe to that fucking crap.

caserock · 7 months

I'm just about 29, and I feel the same way. I also feel like I missed out on something great :/

I was just too old when it came out.

2gig · 7 months

Maybe you should be a little open minded instead of dismissing it as something you're "too old for".

omni_presents · 7 months

I feel the same about the atheism posts

wecome0utatnight · 7 months

I'm not that old either. I don't get it. I still remember when there were 150 and when they added 1, it was a big fucking deal. I was in elementary school. I had no idea it would stay relevant.

travisgray · 7 months

THANK YOU. I don't know where all these pokemon people come from! I'm 23, and pokemon was it's most popular when i was around 11. but really? still, people???

kaythetall · 7 months

Nothing makes me feel old faster than adults talking with straight faces about Pokemon.

sleepahol · 7 months

This is now a pokemon thread.

GoldenstateWarrior · 7 months

This is how I feel with most of the people on here obsessed with pop culture. Making shitty hats and statues out of their favorite characters. The way people worship the original star wars has made me start to hate it.

nzenger · 7 months

Upvote! Thanks for summing up that experience so succinctly.

dementiaxiii · 7 months

I'm 20 and that's how I react...

DaBoffinIsMyUsername · 7 months

Kill The Heretic.

calicoan · 7 months

I know ALL about Pokeman, also Dragon Ball Z, because I had a boy in 1989 - Yeah, we definitely got a lot of different people on here, definitely.

gjbrown27 · 7 months

Same with me and every r/circlejerk post. I don't get it.

nevereven · 7 months

I'm grasping for a generational equivalent. I had some nice Star Wars action figures (before Empire came out), but I can't think of any toy with a TV show I've ever had. The use of 30 minute long toy commercials as a staple of child entertainment hadn't really developed yet. It wan't until later that tie ins between video games, TV shows, and toys developed. I don't think that any "characters" on my Intellivision could be bought as toys or watched as a cartoon. If you had an Atari, there might have been a pac man cartoon at some point. Smurfs and ColecoVision excepted perhaps.

Oh for those halcyon days in Mayberry!

jayhulk · 7 months

Does anyone have the link to the longer version of this gif? Where he starts to walk out? Was trying to find it a while ago and could not..Please and thank you!

duchovny · 7 months

That's me with most submissions.

jesuispasunepipe · 7 months

Is this wrong?

kuyanatan · 7 months

A wild POKEMON THREAD appeared! CASEYCROWE ran away.

MagnificentBasterd · 7 months

My family wasn't rich enough for Pokemon, so I had Pog.

ManInARedWoolenShirt · 7 months

You'd have to be a fucking retard to like Pokemon. So don't feel bad, you're not a retard! Yay!

JayDawgKL · 7 months

What is this pokie-man thing everybody's yappin about all the time?

Tralan · 7 months

I'm at that age where Pokemon was getting popular in the US roughly when I started high school. That was also the point where I started becoming picky with the anime i watched. I learned that not everything from Japan was awesome and cool... some of it, but definitely not all.

170lbsApe · 7 months

I have a 15 year old, I never understood it when he was 7 and I sure as fuck can't understand it now.

Annihilationzh · 7 months

I will never understand why teenage guys like my little pony.

But pokemon is a complex strategy game. So that, I can understand adults liking.

shitterplug · 7 months

I'm 24 and I do that. I mean, yeah, pokemon was cool when I was 14... but come on people, let the shit go. You act like that creepy fat guy I would see in comic book stores.

Same shit with the my little pony guys. All you are doing is gearing up for a mid life crisis.

LurkForever · 7 months

I love that gif.

[deleted] · 7 months

I have a similar reaction to the my little pony stuff.

captain_spaulding512 · 7 months

same here dude.

carlosammarin · 7 months

You're never too old for Pokemon.

gone-postal · 7 months

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE MISSING

rderekp · 7 months

Go to bed, old man!

flinxsl · 7 months

A wild old guy appears!

BenoitWaffle · 7 months

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS ME!

Samsy · 7 months

I only know what any of this Pokemon stuff means because of reddit

thatsNACHOcheese · 7 months

YOU'RE JERRY SEINFELD?

EpistemicFaithCrisis · 7 months

Dude, I'm 31 and I have nfc what those people are talking about.

Jman5 · 7 months

You don't have to have watched pokemon to get 90% of the references. As a fellow outsider looking in, I'll show you the ropes.

People use these "slave balls" to capture various creatures with horrifying magical powers.
After supressing their will to resist by locking them in cramped cages, they are forced into vicious, no hold bar fights. Electrocution, water boarding, physical assault, and fire are commonly used.

Think dog fighting or bear baiting, but somehow OK.

After intense period of social isolation, they become victims of Stockholm Syndrome. They no longer see their oppressive masters as the brutal pimps they really are. With all thoughts of escape purged from their mind, they become more powerful and evolve into the perfect slave race.
The main Protagonist in all this is a 47 year old man named Ash who's physical condition prevents him from aging past 11. His goal is to enslave every pokemon and bend them to his nefarious will.

Congratulations, you now know everything about Pokemon!

aRealSomebody · 7 months

No need to fret sir, with technology improving at such a rapid and increasing pace, you'll live to be over 100 no problem, and look like you're 60.

Why did I say this? Because behind the Pokemon, what plagues us all is getting old and dying. Sleep well.

playd3ux · 7 months

I feel the same about Legend of Zelda posts

MechaJesus · 7 months

Too old for pokemon and too old to express yourself without overused .gifs.

neir · 7 months

I'm 25 and I feel the same way. Come to think of it, that's how I felt 15 years ago when all my friends were into that crap... And power rangers. What a load of shit.

dreamendDischarger · 7 months

This entire thread is a circlejerk of "Stop liking what I don't like" and "You have to stop enjoying things once you're an adult! Stop having fun!"

Really... if you're 'a bit old' then you'd be mature enough to accept that not everyone has the same interests and some of us happen to like things that are typically thought of as 'child' activities.

Mitz510 · 7 months

TRUE STORY:

Today they changed 2 of my classes and I had to retake Geometry and I open the door to my new class and the very first word I hear is Pokemon and it came from a little Asian girl's mouth. I felt like doing that and walking out because I knew that the class was gonna be full of freshman/sophomores. I used to watch and play Pokemon but I'm too old for that shit now.

AskMeAboutUnicorns · 7 months

What, are you 18?

theblackestbrotha · 7 months

I think I was either a senior in highschool or had just graduated before I knew what the fuck a pokemanz was. This was '98-99 and I made fun of all my friends who played it.

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