Nostalgic Blindness

 

Do you ever go back to something you loved as a kid? You’re getting hit with nostalgia. But at the same time, things are kind of weird because you’re an adult now and there’s a bunch of things you just kind of shrugged and went with, but now are kind of concerning.

 

“Get to the point.”

 

Right. Anyway, playing Pokemon again. Silver. Fun game, would recommend. Like in all Pokemon games, you play as a child. But this one has a phone and it’s fun because other kids ask for your number and call you at times. It was unique at the time because this game came out in 2000 where having a cell phone was real neato, prior to the time when these devices were common. So you were definitely a cool kid for having one and you get to keep in touch with other cool kids by exchanging numbers. Cool. But adults also want to keep in touch. Naturally your mom and Professor What’s-His-Name. But random adults you come across also insist on getting your number. There’s also this other adult that tends to be in towns you visit and wants to take a photograph of you. That’s just weird. Both the numbers but especially the photos. As a kid you’re just thinking “Neat! Adult friends.” But now I’m thinking “Ok, this is weird and borderline not-okay”. Granted, maybe everything is just super chill in Pokemon because when you exist in a world with giant creatures that can breathe fire and expel electricity, you learn to let things slide. It would certainly explain how Team Rocket, a criminal organization, exists and the local police just shrug and say “Wow, that sucks. Anyway…”. Thankfully, the criminals seem as incompetent as regular adults because kid you ends up dismantling them. I guess it all evens itself out. No one really “grows up” in Pokemon, they just age into adults but keep that child-like mentality.