What the hell is Pokeman?

[Kingofalldems]

I have no idea.

[baldguy]

1. It's a Japanese portmanteau of "pocket monster"

Which sounds a lot dirtier than it is.

[MADem]

2. Years ago, I asked a bunch of offspring in our large

extended family this very question.

I got a half dozen earnest answers from these young lads, who were eagerly waving cards with cartoons on them and telling me what these characters could do.

Now those very same kids are out of college, and wandering around the cities of the globe looking at their cellphones for those characters that were on the cards!! And I STILL don't get it!!

The one bright spot is that it gets them off their asses--there was one old guy (and by old, I mean he was old enough to be closer to AARP than Bachelor of Arts-but a whippersnapper compared to me!!) on television yesterday who was boasting that he'd lost ten pounds since getting involved in the game! Whatever 'it' is!!!!

[TexasTowelie]

3. Wait until they get their phone bills.

Some people that don't have unlimited plans are receiving a surprise in the mail or when they check online.

[qnr]

7. T-Mobile doesn't charge for time spent

playing Pokemon Go.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. It's fun. It's an iPhone app; you walk around with your phone

looking for Pokemons (cartoon monsters) which will appear superimposed on whatever your phone's camera shows. You try to catch them by throwing a "ball" at them. It sounds stupid and it probably is but I get a kick out of it. You don't have to be a kid, either. I'm collecting Social Security.

[MADem]

8. As my late, marvellous grand mama used to say,

"At least they're not out stealing hub caps!"

If you like it, and it's not hurting anyone, more power!

[Wolf Frankula]

5. It's a 1990's Jamaican Gay Porn Movie

Poke-Mon it was called.

Wolf

[sakabatou]

6. Pokemon, originally, is a Japanese game by Satoshi Tajiri and Nintendo

based around catching, training and fighting monsters. The idea came to Tajiri thinking about his fondness of catching insects as a collection.

This may help: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/Pokemon?from=Videogame.Pokemon
http://serebii.net/

[MowCowWhoHow III]

9. A surprisingly good workout tune

[Baitball Blogger]

10. There is a whole world out there that us old folks know nothing about.

[Kingofalldems]

11. You got that right.

[panader0]

12. And don't want to. My brain is full. May I be excused?

[Skittles]

17. it's hard to miss the Pokeman crowd

if you thought idiots with their handhelds were assholes, now you can see entire GROUPS of them

Seems that many of them didn't realize you could actually GO FOR A WALK prior to Pokeman Go

[hunter]

13. My twenty-something children, nephews, and nieces know.

We live on the edge of a public park and a trail many high school kids use to and from school.

My youngest kid, visiting from the city, say's thar be Pokemon nearby
.

[JCMach1]

14. I play with my 6 year old... gets us active, out, and about

[Jamaal510]

15. My #1 stress-reliever

and the biggest part of my childhood.

[JonLP24]

16. The old game boy version is probably more fun

There is a map and general area certain pokemon are located. Goal was to try to locate them in the wild. The pokemon "evolve" like Pikachu into Riachu and become better fighters you can use to catch more Pokemon. There were 151 monsters with some of them extremely rare such as Mewtew.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokémon_Red_and_Blue
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mewtwo

[pinboy3niner]

18. Far be it from me to slam you for ignorance. You may not know Pokemon, but I'm sure you know Jack.

And trolls. You have a nose for trolls.

[Kingofalldems]

19. Thank you.