random . . . randomness

Has the world changed or have I changed?
Julian, wrote:
Someone just explained this Pokemon Go thing to me


What is Pokemon Go?

Q: What is the object of Pokémon Go?
A: To collect as much personal data for Nintendo as possible

Q: Where can you play Pokémon Go?
A: In any society in which the problems of day-to-day survival have been adequately solved to allow the concept of unfocused activity, or ?leisure,? to develop

Q: Should I worry about the amount of information that I will expose about myself by using the app?
A: It?s never stopped you before

Q: Is some part of this game?s popularity among adults deeply, indescribably sad?
A: Yes
bob72 wrote:
My IG feed has been blowing up with Pokemon selfies for the last two days.


Word.

Pokemon Go is something a bunch of Ingress users built up and is now making tons of money for all those involved…  Or how to monitize achievements
kosmo wrote:
Pokemon Go is something a bunch of Ingress users built up and is now making tons of money for all those involved…  Or how to monitize achievements


And spun out by Google (Ninantic Labs).  I have to wonder what their take is - they've been very mum on the whole thing.
vansmack wrote:

What is Pokemon Go?

Q: Should I worry about the amount of information that I will expose about myself by using the app?
A: It?s never stopped you before


POTW (thanks onion)
Space wrote:
Give me a drink of whatever he had.

http://gawker.com/what-exactly-was-going-on-with-george-w-bush-at-the-me-1783551893
The best is that totally non-verbal "Barack, will you look at this fool" hand-squeeze Michelle gives the President at one point (edit: at around the 26 second mark in the gawker video).
so is there a need for a pokemon go thread??
Pokémon Go Update: Pikachu Spotted in Man?s Colon




UPDATE 7:05 PM ET:
News is spreading of the colonic Pikachu and hardcore Pokémon fans are demanding colonoscopies in record numbers.  Stay tuned for more updates.

UPDATE 7:29 PM ET:
With the explosive new demand for augmented-reality colonoscopies to rule-out Pokémon, Nintendo and Braintree Laboratories are teaming up to create a special edition bowel prep called Pokémon GoLYTELY.
Lmao^^^
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Lmao^^^

with a heavy emphasis on the A
DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
Lmao^^^
Laughing my ass open?
Taylor Swift's lady bits, are supposedly a ham sandwich.  News, at eleven.
with this post I am rocketing past Kosmo…….into sixth place!!!!!


woot!
I have my sights on Azaghal who has been posting very little.. I expect to be in fifth place by the end of the year….

At this point denying me induction into the 930 Forum Boardie Hall of Fame seems impossible…
It's this sort of blatant lobbying that has the committee on the fence.
le wrote:
I have my sights on Azaghal who has been posting very little.. I expect to be in fifth place by the end of the year….
Both Walkie and myself are ahead of you, we just used multiple accounts. No one will ever touch Rhett'a combined account total.
Julian, wrote:
le wrote:
I have my sights on Azaghal who has been posting very little.. I expect to be in fifth place by the end of the year….
Both Walkie and myself are ahead of you, we just used multiple accounts. No one will ever touch Rhett'a combined account total.

it's over 30k right?