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Napain @lemmy.ml

1y ago

Pokemon - US Edition

author https://www.instagram.com/sephko/

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If it was in the US, it would quickly turn into palworld.
- I haven't played Palworld but I'm told that you can capture people and force them to work for you. So technically the US is already ahead of this.
  
  I think he meant pocket monsters with guns
  
  But with guns!
  
  That is correct, you can capture mercenaries for combat, and townsfolk can be relocated to your base (although risky)
  
  The only thing I know from palworld Is a screenshot of a bunch of pals sitting in front of a conveyer belt and another screenshot of a pal with a gun

There would be no rioting in the US. Just corporations scamming you with „insurance”
- The U.S. has been trained to see protesting as a bad thing, so now we all just take the hits and blame neighbors whose political values don't line up with ours.
  
  It's amazing how many people I meet who think so highly of the American revolution, but are completely aghast at the idea of fighting against the government now.

Did some digging and I think the original author is https://www.instagram.com/sephko/
- thanks i will add that

Someone should make a ROM hack where Pokémon centres charge a game-world fee equivalent to what a person would pay for healthcare for serious injuries in the US, with insurance and loan sharks.
- Do the rom hack right.
  Toll roads everywhere. Paid each time you enter.
  Pokemart is a monopoly and gouges you.
  Arceusism is the state religion and others are barely tolerated.
  Gyms are privatized and cost per attempt.
  Pokemon sweatshops.
  PC access is a freemiun model where you get the first 5 for free, but beyond that you have to pay for Pokestorage+ and pay monthly. Also pokes come out hating you so pretty sure they getting abused. And occasionally pokes get lost.
  
  Cost per attempt? Gyms require an annual membership fee, and good luck ever canceling
  
  Pokémon Sweatshops
  I think that was literally a plot point in one of the earlier games or anime? That one will be easy to adapt, just make Team Rocket the heroes for being shrewd businesspeople and you the villain for daring to question the will of the free market.
  
  Some of your items no longer function as the company that makes them went out of business
  
  Dont forget its a defacto state religion not dejure ... just to make it more infurating
  
  Wait That last one is just Pokemon home lmao
  
  Make it so that you can appeal the results of battles
- I read the end part there as Bender "with blackjack and hookers"

Why would they pokemon be on the side of the government during riots? Are pokemon stupid?
- I mean, why would pokemon be on the side of team rocket or whatever other villainous (often apocalyptic) group the games have? They just follow whoever catches them no matter what.
  
  Exactly. In game, Pokemon follow people of a certain strength.
- There’s a documentary that may help explain this, iirc it’s called Paw Patrol
- Have you never heard of police dogs?
- Why wouldn't they? Team Rocket/MagmAqua/Galactic/Plasma/Flare all have pokemon fighting with them. They listen to the trainer, not the moral obligation of the society.
  
  Yeah but they get less healthcare then, because now it costs money.
- Why are suffering lower/middle class people opposed to protests for better social security and medical systems? Are they stupid?
  But fr tho sometimes people are just blind. If you have been a slave (pokemon) for life then its hard to break your chains.
- Yo, the last major outbreak of violence against the government was when the far right lost an election. This is pretty damn on the ball.
- A price on healing means my trainer won't be so inclined to make me fight!
- Pokemon in all versions of Pokemon are literal slaves. They have no free will if they are in a Poke Bowl. And depending on the movie - that free will can be overwritten again by a Psychic Type Pokemon.
- Tell me what the "pokemon" should do.
  
  Join in the revolution against the capitalist government.

Fun fact: This happens in Pokemon Sun and Moon, when Team Skull takes over one of the towns. They charge a whopping 10 Pokedollars.

I upvoted, but maybe !comics@lemmy.ml or !webcomics@lemmy.ml

Charizard used Eat the Rich. It's super effective!

PokeRiot would totally turned into an all out civil war. I wonder if they have a signal jammer but for pokeball? 🤔

Omg, I love this

Underrated

If course Blastoise would be a cop.
Not like anarchist queen Charizard or vegan king Venusaur.
- I'll give you Venusaur but Charizard is a dyed in the wool fascist.

The guy that made Trailer Park Alien did a short about this. https://youtu.be/DJWooGhvSl8?si=U4mePYgRrJ7H_RVg
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Choosing squirtle makes you a cop, I will take no further questions

Fall of the Soviet Union (1991, colorized)

Why there is no debate on Pokemon in this community I thought it is related to Pokemon Infinite fusion.

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