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Friggin' Clefairy....

July 17, 2016 by Matt Bates

“You just want to walk the dogs because there are fucking PokeMAN out there!” - Jamie

Hate (or love) away. I have done it. I have joined the Pokemon Go community. 

Earlier last week I downloaded the app, after much coaxing from my peers, friends, and randoms, and was immediately hooked. I found myself wandering the downtown streets of Nashville flicking Pokeballs are imaginary creatures along my route; more than likely looking like a friggin’ moron to any passerby. Scratch that, I know I looked like a friggin’ moron. I didn’t care. For whatever reason, I needed to ‘catch em all’ and become a Poke-master. 

Over the next few days, all routines became consumed with opening my phone and finding Pokemon. See pics below. The market? Caught em. Gas station? Caught em. My neighborhood? Caught em. Random places I am driving or walking too? Caught em. I am that guy staring in bewilderment looking at my phone and walking into things. Help. 

To be clear, I have no history with Pokemon. I did not watch it and only bought one pack of cards as a kid with my friends. I didn’t understand what the hell they were and lost interest immediately. But now, since it is on my phone and I check my phone 1,000 times a day, why not play.

Having played for over a week now, it is losing its luster, and I found myself walking our dogs this morning without bringing my phone to enjoy the simple act of walking. I would consider myself a beginner or hobbyist to the game at best. I saw people out this morning in fights after checking in at different Poke-stops over an unfair trade. I don’t know if I want to get that deep into it and become the Walter White of an imaginary game.

She walked right past it...

She walked right past it...

Friggin' Zubat...

Friggin' Zubat...

She's yellin' at this Nidoran....what am I even doing?

She's yellin' at this Nidoran....what am I even doing?

Piss off Clefairy....

Piss off Clefairy....


Still, GO TEAM INSTINCT!

 

-YourFriendMatt

July 17, 2016 /Matt Bates
pokemon, pokemon go, apps, apple, iphone, millennial, team instinct, nashville
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Hate waking up to discontinued apps...

Hate waking up to discontinued apps...

Not Downloading Messenger...

July 03, 2016 by Matt Bates

I am not downloading Messenger.

This week Facebook discontinued my Facebook work-around. In 2014, the Facebook team took away the ability to message your friends from within the Facebook app, forcing them to download the newly introduced Facebook Messenger. Me, being a stubborn prick, decided to delete the Facebook app from the phone because I thought it was stupid. Why should I have to download two apps to use the same Facebook?

At the same time, Facebook introduced Paper, which was a Flipboard-Type news app competitor. After doing some research, I found out it had all the benefits of the Facebook app, including the messaging aspect of it…and now I can get news updates for subjects that interested me. Perfect. Another happy Facebook user!

Well, they just discontinued Paper this week. Shit. 

It looks like I am going back to the original idea…deleting it. I am not downloading two Apps to use all the benefits of Facebook. 

C'mon, Mark. 

Dick.

-YourFriendMatt

July 03, 2016 /Matt Bates
apps, facebook, tech, technology, silicon valley, iphone, android, messenger
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