screech Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Just kill me now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36814165/man-in-new-zealand-quits-his-job-to-play-pokemon-go-full-time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 I would kill you but I am too busy dodging traffic while trying to catch monsters in a ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Let's hope Pokemon does go.....away! And never comes back!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 He left a bartender job in a seaside resort for a few months to relax and travel a little (albeit catch Pokemon) and when he's finished looking to set up his own company... not so bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 This pokemon shit just about sums the world up IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNick Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Everyone is playing a free, kind of fun game that actually encourages you to get out the house and walk around - quick, how can we make it sound bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 11 minutes ago, IAmNick said: Everyone is playing a free, kind of fun game that actually encourages you to get out the house and walk around - quick, how can we make it sound bad! Call it Pokémon Go . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screech Posted July 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 55 minutes ago, IAmNick said: Everyone is playing a free, kind of fun game that actually encourages you to get out the house and walk around - quick, how can we make it sound bad! Nothing has changed, everyone is still walking around with a phone jammed to their gaze. I'm sure they would find real life and nature far more interesting if only they looked up once in a while. Quitting your job to do this is nuts, no matter what the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 46 minutes ago, screech said: Nothing has changed, everyone is still walking around with a phone jammed to their gaze. I'm sure they would find real life and nature far more interesting if only they looked up once in a while. Quitting your job to do this is nuts, no matter what the job. This game has to be one of the biggest outdoor social things we have seen, well probably ever. Millions of people are walking, meeting, chatting and trading - they are not people who would be going bird watching if this game did not exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screech Posted July 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 3 hours ago, Fiale said: This game has to be one of the biggest outdoor social things we have seen, well probably ever. Millions of people are walking, meeting, chatting and trading - they are not people who would be going bird watching if this game did not exists. We all do those things on a Saturday night, we call it socialising. it's tragic that people are quitting their jobs to find out that they can explore the world around them and they will walk with their phone in their faces to get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 On 16 July 2016 at 12:50, screech said: Just kill me now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36814165/man-in-new-zealand-quits-his-job-to-play-pokemon-go-full-time No...kill them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 And some idiot rang 999 today to report someone had stolen their pokemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 On 16/07/2016 at 12:50, screech said: Just kill me now. http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36814165/man-in-new-zealand-quits-his-job-to-play-pokemon-go-full-time Been to NZ a few times and there really is nothing else to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 2 hours ago, BigTone said: Been to NZ a few times and there really is nothing else to do Count sheep? ... or for extreme gamers ... find and Poke-ewe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 11 hours ago, BigTone said: Been to NZ a few times and there really is nothing else to do Then you did n't hear of bungee jumping, skydiving , hiking on Franz Josef glacier or Milford sound ,Luging down Queenstown mountain, swimming in the hot springs at Rotorua ...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: Then you did n't hear of bungee jumping, skydiving , hiking on Franz Josef glacier or Milford sound ,Luging down Queenstown mountain, swimming in the hot springs at Rotorua ...? No, but I did get pissed with the Australian & NZ cricket teams in Nelson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 39 minutes ago, BigTone said: No, but I did get pissed with the Australian & NZ cricket teams in Nelson Helluva distance just for a drink . Tone's cultural tours . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 43 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: Helluva distance just for a drink . Tone's cultural tours . I owned a Building Supply business in Brisbane so went to NZ all the time as I imported my timber from there. Lovely country just boring as shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 37 minutes ago, BigTone said: I owned a Building Supply business in Brisbane so went to NZ all the time as I imported my timber from there. Lovely country just boring as shit I thought you were joking Tone . NZ is fantastic for activities , even drinking and partying . You need a good guide book ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 33 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: I thought you were joking Tone . NZ is fantastic for activities , even drinking and partying . You need a good guide book ! I suppose that depends what you enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Our society has become sick. Unsavoury as it sounds, we need a plague to get rid of those people infected with 'moronism'. You may disagree, but God agrees with me. Yes. Uncle TFR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 11 minutes ago, Taxi for Rennie said: Our society has become sick. Unsavoury as it sounds, we need a plague to get rid of those people infected with 'moronism'. You may disagree, but God agrees with me. Yes. Uncle TFR Unk, you really are starting to worry me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 10 hours ago, Major Isewater said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Any adult males participating in this tommyrot need to go a-hunting. Then when they have found their knackers, get 'em reattached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM91 Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 23 hours ago, Major Isewater said: I thought you were joking Tone . NZ is fantastic for activities , even drinking and partying . You need a good guide book ! Quite right. Not to bore with the details but Outdoor & Adventurous activities are great there because the liability lies with the person participating not the company offering the activity were anything to go wrong so insurance costs etc. are kept down significantly and for the most part that is passed on to the customer. I'll accept that might not be seen as a positive by everyone though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 23 hours ago, BigTone said: I suppose that depends what you enjoy Of course but , frankly , NZ has something for everyone ( except you, apparently ! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 6 hours ago, Major Isewater said: Of course but , frankly , NZ has something for everyone ( except you, apparently ! ) Maj, I don't Bungee jump because I like the contents of my stomach to remain in place. Skydiving is pointless because the plane is going to land anyway so why jump out. Hiking on the glacier sounds a bit slippy to me and if I hike on Milford Sound I will probably drown. Luging in Queenstown I'm unsure about as I've never caught one. Is it a sea fish or river fish ? Swimming in Rotorua sounds ok but I generally bought my timber from the south island and not the north so seems a bit of a trip just to do a couple of laps. Apart from that I stand by my original comment that the place (IMO) is as boring as shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handsofclay Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 How do you get an idiot with a phone in his face onto a bus....Pokemon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.