Does playing Pokemon make us better people?

[chipmunk2510]

You know what?
Sure.
Absolutely.

Why wouldn't it?
It just follows that killing virtual people makes us worse human beings, right?
I hate everyone and everything.

Why are people coming into what should be a light hearted thread and getting all pissy?

No, that's my bad.
I've been drinking and I'm exhausted.
Both of which, by themselves, cause me to be snippy.
Together, they clearly result in a greater blah blah you know the rest dear jesus marshmallow christ I'm exhausted.

Anyway, how do you know he wasn't serious?

I usually funnel Pokemon related things into "lighthearted" so that was just an assumption on my part.

And I didn't mean to single you out. It was just a general observation about the thread. Your post just happened to be in my field of view.

I think this thread needs some smileys.
Smileys for everyone in this thread.

 

[Zephirius]

I'd like ta think so! Ha-ha-ha!

...Ahem.

I think it does. Despite all these gloomy folk crying about enslavement and forced combat and crap the whole atmosphere of the game has revolved around winning competitions with your magical pets in a happy world where ten-year-olds can travel the world and not starve, and where normally fatal injuries leave nothing but a couple scratchmarks. The Pokémon world is only as evil as you make it out to be.

 

[LockeXIII]

3. Pokemon possibly makes us aware that animals are special and that we should treat them better. At least I've never seen any Trainers eating Pokemon, so they're probably vegetarians.

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I don't think I've ever seen a real animal in Pokemon. Ever.

The numbers of different animal species in our world number in the millions if not billions, I don't think 400+ pokemon can fill all the ecological niches needed to keep the planet going. And a lot of pokemon are referenced as being like RL animals. They say pikachu is an electric mouse, they could only say that by knowing what a normal mouse was in the first place.Just to answer, yes, there's been some real world animals in the show: a worm, There's a cat in one chapter, several fish... plus they ate fried turkey in the 2nd movie. . I remember in one episode they were eating hamburgers for lunch, and in another episode Brock was making beef stew. So in conclusion, consider your self beaten

I didn't know about "real animals" in pokemon at all, so thanks for the information. But even if you distinguish between animals and pokes you could say that they are sort of pets with extended abilities and the strong urge to compete which makes them battle.