#n wrote:16:21 <~Tsukatu> Hey, you guys know that comic that shows the attitude toward Pokemon through different tiers of the educational system?
16:21 <~Tsukatu> Grade school: Yeah, Pokemon! Awesome!
16:21 <~Tsukatu> High school: Pokemon is for losers.
16:21 <~Tsukatu> College: Yeah, Pokemon! Awesome!
16:21 < fireburnsfree> lol
16:21 < Techno> xD
16:21 < spoon> Ahahaha.
16:21 < Vyacheslav> Ahahahaha!
16:21 < Vyacheslav> So true.
16:21 <~Tsukatu> Yeah, um, just wanted to comment that it's actually bullshit...
16:22 <~Tsukatu> Just bee-tee-dubs.
16:22 < spoon> I >:/
16:22 < Vyacheslav> My friend is obsessed with Pokemon,
16:22 < spoon> Suki bullshit. >:/ \:<
16:22 < Vyacheslav> He's also a freshman in college, yet he can recite the entire pokedex in order... when he's drunk.
16:22 < Vyacheslav> He's got a pokemon walker.
16:22 <~Tsukatu> I haven't played Pokemon since middle school, and I have never run into anyone in my 4 years across multiple universities who would accept Pokemon as, like, anything but childish nonsense.
16:24 <~Tsukatu> Hold on a sec, Vyach: I'm not saying that "no one in college ever talks about Pokemon". I'm saying "no one who is anyone (in college) ever talks about Pokemon".
16:25 < Vyacheslav> Tsukatu, everyone loves my friend.
16:25 < Vyacheslav> Seriously.
16:25 < Vyacheslav> He's the heart and soul of the 4 classes I have with him.
16:25 < TS> Tsukatu, am I allowed to talk about Pokemon if I'm making an xkcd reference?
16:25 < Donfuy> What, is there a rule against Pokémon?
16:28 <~Tsukatu> TS: Yeah, XKCD is big in college.
16:28 < TS> That's good then.
16:28 <~Tsukatu> 16:25:10 < Vyacheslav> Tsukatu, everyone loves my friend.
16:28 <~Tsukatu> I... don't believe you.
16:29 <~Tsukatu> In my experience, there's a "kind" of person who is both in college and talks about Pokemon ethusiastically...
16:29 <~Tsukatu> And that's not a kind of person who's ever social where it actually counts.
16:29 < Vyacheslav> Tsukatu, he has a ton of friends.
16:29 <~Tsukatu> I'm sure your friend has plenty of other people in his... category... who are all happy to have their depressing little Pokemon wankfests.
16:30 < Vyacheslav> No, not really.
16:30 < Vyacheslav> He drew a Jynx in class today.
16:30 < Donfuy> Pokemon wangfests o_O
16:31 <%incluye> that's the first thing I see when I get back?
16:31 < Vyacheslav> Aren't you one lucky bastard.
16:31 < Donfuy> Hey blame Suki.
16:32 <~Tsukatu> It's just... you take a girl of any appreciable caliber and tell her that her boyfriend plays Pokemon, and I can't imagine that relationship lasting.
16:32 < Vyacheslav> Tsukatu, he's bi.
16:32 <~Tsukatu> NOT SURPRISED
16:32 < TS> Hahaha.
16:32 <%incluye> Why is playing Pokemon bad?
16:32 < Vyacheslav> ...
16:32 < Vyacheslav> You're a dick.
16:32 < Donfuy> Hahahahaha.
16:32 <%incluye> Are you not supposed to be able to have fun after a certain age?
16:32 < Vyacheslav> No.
16:32 <%incluye> I've heard stuff like that, but I don't understand it.
16:33 < Vyacheslav> Tsukatu doesn't believe in fun. Don't you guys know that?
16:33 < Donfuy> I am laughing but I actually do not agree with Suki :<
16:33 < TS> People can have fun at any age, s'just meaning of the word kinda changes.
16:33 <~Tsukatu> incluye: There's tremendous amounts of fun to be had at and after 21, and none of it involves Pokemon. ;D
16:33 < Donfuy> ...and now I don't agree with PAvel either!
16:33 <%incluye> Pokemon is somewhat less dangerous.
16:33 < Vyacheslav> Donfuy, I'm obviously purposely said a false statement,
16:33 < Vyacheslav> *saying
16:33 <%incluye> I mean, unless you bring your GBA to a bar or something and some guy decides to beat you up for playing pokemon.
16:33 <%incluye> Which would...probably happen.
16:33 < Vyacheslav> Ahahaha.
16:33 < Donfuy> O_o
16:33 < TS> Nice scenario.
16:34 < Vyacheslav> Going to a bar with a GBC and saying to a babe, "Hey, check out my Level 100 Mewtwo."
16:34 < TS> Suki, what if the girl plays Pokemon too?
16:34 < Donfuy> Yeah like showing your /transparent/ Gameboy Color with those /flashy/ cables to impress a girl.
16:34 <~Tsukatu> TS: I already said "girl of any appreciable caliber."
16:34 <%incluye> She'd say "You gamesharked that. Try again, asshole"
16:34 < Donfuy> That kinda meks you a pedo.
16:34 <%incluye> Okaay.
16:34 < Vyacheslav> "Wanna trade pokemon with me? I have a cable."
16:34 < TS> You're saying geek girls aren't of appreciable caliber?
16:34 <~Tsukatu> Not at all!
16:34 <%incluye> Not a one.
16:35 < Donfuy> Haha you are weird!
16:35 <~Tsukatu> There are plenty. But none of them play Pokemon.
16:35 <%incluye> What about watching anime?
16:35 < Vyacheslav> Bad stereotype.
16:35 < spoon> Some geek girls are pretty good.
16:35 < TS> So many of them!
16:35 <~Tsukatu> spoon: Geek girls are amazing. I prefer geek girls.
16:35 < spoon> Though... Many of them aren't.
16:35 < spoon> I'm talking loks, btw.
16:35 < TS> Geek girls totally own airheads.
16:35 < spoon> Geeky chicks almost always win in personality.
16:35 < Donfuy> Animes? There are a /lot/ of high caliber girls
16:35 <~Tsukatu> But -- holy shit, contrary to popular opinion -- being obsessed with video games marketed to 9-year olds is NOT what makes you a geek.
16:36 < TS> Aye.
16:36 <~Tsukatu> Intelligence is what makes you a geek, not reading manga and playing video games.
16:36 < spoon> Aye aye.
16:36 < spoon> This is true.
16:36 < spoon> Suki, stop being right all the damned time. It's creeping me out.
16:36 <~Tsukatu> spoon: Never! If I can help it, anyway. :p
16:36 < TS> Lol, I suppose I picked the wrong type of geek.
16:37 <~Tsukatu> TS: Yeah, if she's a gamer / otaku, but isn't actually brainy, I'm afraid what you've got there is a loser, not a geek.
16:37 <~Tsukatu> Sorry, pal.
16:37 < TS> But could be both?
16:37 < spoon> Don't forget the almsot obligatory black nailpolish and/or hair dye.
16:38 <~Tsukatu> Anyway, look, all I'm saying is... I'm a very social person whose involved in very diverse social circles.
16:38 <~Tsukatu> Being hot and a nerd helps with that.
16:38 < spoon> Ahaha.
16:38 < TS> Hahah.
16:38 <~Tsukatu> I've hooked up with cheerleader stereotypes as well as played DBZ-based video games with the nerdiest of nerds for hours.
16:39 <~Tsukatu> And it's extremely rare that I run into a social group where mentioning Pokemon in casual conversation isn't a recipe for ostracism.
16:40 < Vyacheslav> The ideal geek woman:
http://img1.tvloop.com/img/showpics/d8/ ... 1_5579.jpg
16:40 < Vyacheslav>
http://img1.tvloop.com/img/showpics/d8/ ... 1_5579.jpg
16:40 < TS> Hm.
16:40 <~Tsukatu> I haven't clicked on those yet, but if all they feature is a girl playing video games, shame on you.
16:40 < Pinto> O_O
16:40 < Pinto> WOOOAAAAH
16:40 <~Tsukatu> Oh. Meh, she's alright.
16:40 < Vyacheslav> Pinto obviously never watched Mythbusters.
16:41 < TS>
http://xkcd.com/178/
16:41 < Vyacheslav> Dude, Kari Byron is a Goddess.
16:41 < Pinto> Nope I didn't.
16:41 * Tsukatu rolls his eyes.
16:41 <~Tsukatu> You probably think Zooey is anything but grating on the nerves, too, don't you?
16:41 < TS> She does look a bit like her.
16:41 < TS> Wait, that actually is her?
16:42 <~Tsukatu> All it takes is a pretty enough face and a tolerance for social outcasts, and they're called goddesses. It's amazing.
16:42 <~Tsukatu> PROTIP: Social intelligence is a kind of intelligence.
16:42 <~Tsukatu> PROTIP: You don't have to be attractive, or anything close to it, to get attractive, intelligent women. It just helps. A lot.
16:44 < TS> Do you think the people in here understand what social intelligence is? :P
16:44 <~Tsukatu> Haha, yeah, I suppose not. :p
16:45 <~Tsukatu> Cuz look, I've had some insanely dork moments. I've had very involved conversations that I'd prefer no woman anywhere would hear me have.
16:45 <~Tsukatu> And I'm interested in many extremely unsociable things.
16:45 <~Tsukatu> Like, really, really interested.
16:45 <~Tsukatu> But I know when to bring it up and when to keep it to my fucking self.
16:45 <~Tsukatu> I know what to say in the company I keep.
16:46 < TS> Haha, good skill.
16:46 < Pinto> That's why you can love Pokemon and be socially successful.
16:46 <~Tsukatu> Of course!
16:46 <~Tsukatu> You can love erotic autoasphyxiation and be socially successful, too!
16:46 <~Tsukatu> Just don't ever bring it up in company you expect to ever hear from again!
16:46 < TS> Hah. Hahahah.
16:47 < TS> Although technically you couldn't bring it up if you had it.
16:47 < Destiny> ahahah
16:47 < Vyacheslav> Tsukatu, do you like Pokemon?
16:48 <~Tsukatu> Obviously there are crowds you can bring up your retarded sexual fantasies to, to boot. And there are crowds you can bring up your obsession with, if I may repeat myself for emphasis, games marketed to 9-year olds.
16:48 <~Tsukatu> But that's not *most* crowds.
16:48 <~Tsukatu> By any stretch of the imagination.
16:48 < Destiny> like here, we can talk about pokemon
16:48 <~Tsukatu> Vyacheslav: I enjoyed the gaming experience in Red and Blue when I was in middle school, but both bore me now.
16:48 < Destiny> but at college, i- I guess i can talk about pokemon there, too...
16:48 < Pinto> dude, they're marketed to 9 year olds. That doesn't mean they're /only and specifically/ for 9 year olds.
16:49 < Pinto> They're just the more likely to buy the games.
16:49 < Destiny> but anime!
16:49 < Destiny> people wouldnt like me talking about anime in college
16:49 <~Tsukatu> Pinto: Excuse me while I laugh hysterically at that excuse.
16:49 < Destiny> none of my friends watch anime
16:49 < Destiny> man, i'm totally talking to myself here ;_;
16:49 < Pinto> What excuse? I don't even play pokemon regularly!
16:49 <~Tsukatu> "Just because something is *intended* for 5th graders doesn't mean I can't buy it and enjoy it!"
16:49 <~Tsukatu> Like, I mean, sure, but... I mean...
16:50 <~Tsukatu> You must see how silly that is.
16:50 <~Tsukatu> Like, you have money, you're old enough to make your own decisions... you can choose to wear Pull-Ups if you *really want to*...
16:50 <~Tsukatu> But...
16:50 < Pinto> Hey, we're talking about Pokemon. There are a lot of older dudes who like pokemon. It's not just another game like Petz.
16:50 <%incluye> Pull-ups are really uncomfortable.
16:50 <~Tsukatu> What the fuck is Petz?
16:50 <~Tsukatu> Actually, nevermind, don't answer that.
16:50 <+Torex> There were 16-year olds there that said the exact same thing to cashiers when they bought Bionicles at the toy store.
16:50 < TS> I... don't know anyone who likes Pokemon.
16:51 <~Tsukatu> Just because Pull-Ups are marketed to toddlers doesn't mean you can't buy them and enjoy wearing them.
16:51 < Destiny> apart from getting them to fit, of course
16:51 <~Tsukatu> And you can probably lead a successful social life *while* wearing Pull-Ups.
16:51 <~Tsukatu> Just don't ever, ever bring it up in conversation.
...
17:21 <~Tsukatu> Wow. I can tell it's been frickin' AGES since I've cleaned out my music collection, because I've got some N*Sync songs here that I've had since middle school.
17:21 <~Tsukatu> "Hey hey! Bye bye bye!"
17:22 < Sunset> wow.
17:22 < Sunset> you're oldschool
17:22 < Pryvat_Cyan> hey man he wants it that way
17:22 <%incluye> That song!
17:22 <%incluye> That song is catchy.
17:22 <~Tsukatu> "You may hate me, but it ain't no lie! I wanna see you out that door, baby, bye-bye-bye!"
17:23 < Pinto> O_o
17:23 < remaniac> BYe BYE
17:23 <~Tsukatu> I am SO keeping this.
17:23 < Pinto> How could you like those songs in middle school.
17:23 <~Tsukatu> It is too old to embarrass me now.
17:23 < remaniac> haha
17:23 < Sunset> :P
17:23 < spoon> Ahahaha.
17:23 <~Tsukatu> It's to the point that people will safely assume that it's ironic.
17:23 <~Tsukatu> Like wearing a Pokemon shirt.
17:23 <~Tsukatu> Everyone knows that no one in their right mind would do that, so I *must* be joking.
17:24 < Pryvat_Cyan> dude their is this girl in my college that wears a gengar shirt
17:24 <~Tsukatu> Punch her.
17:24 <~Tsukatu> In the uterus.
17:24 < spoon> Fuck her.
17:24 < spoon> In the uterus.
17:24 <~Tsukatu> She must not be allowed to reproduce.
17:24 < Techno> That won't affect her
17:24 < Techno> Ghost types are impervious ot normal type
17:24 < Techno> to*
17:24 <~Tsukatu> AAAAUUUGHH
17:24 < Sunset> wow
17:24 <~Tsukatu> So use psychic WHY DO I KNOW THAT
17:25 < Techno> BECAUSE DEEP DOWN INSIDE
17:25 < Techno> YOU LIKE THE POKEMANS
...
17:39 <&Yanni> Tsukatu: Did you find the Pokemon comic you were talking about?
17:39 <~Tsukatu> Yanni: Not yet, gimme a bit.
17:39 <&Yanni>
http://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic1-032910.php
17:39 <&Yanni> That's the one, I believe, Tsukatu.
17:40 <~Tsukatu> Yanni: Yeah, that's the very one. Thanks.
