The United States will be saved from a race war by...

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In the real world, racial tensions are rising, but luckily, soon enough no one will be living there. Our savior?

Pokémon Go. And its successors.


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  1. Samson Corwell2:19 AM

    Just shoot me now. Am I going to have to deal with people in the streets who walk around "looking" for pokémon in the "real world"?

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    1. gcallah7:47 PM

      Yup. My son went out to the nearby park and met a dozen other people there hunting for Pokémons. People have already had car accidents and tumbled off of cliffs while out hunting.

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    2. Samson Corwell4:24 PM

      "…tumbled off of cliffs while out hunting."

      Am I horrible if I find this one mildly amusing.

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