Jul
15th
2016
PSA · 9:38pm Jul 15th, 2016
Just a friendly reminder to all you folks who are caught up in the Pokemon GO craze.
If you see this helpful-looking graphic floating around on the internet:
For the love of all that is good, ignore it.
And no, I'm not trying to add to the "punchline" there, because it isn't funny. It took me a while before I figured out that those are actual gang signs and colors. If you know of anyone who takes it seriously enough to follow its recommendations in public, stop them before they get hurt. (And it goes without saying that the troll who made this is a massive asshat.)
Wouldn't it be great though if GO teams out populate the gangs and all inner city violence becomes settled with digital battles? But yeah, people are already marching into traffic and off cliffs. Adding another potential layer of "woops" like this is really a dick move.
"Dispatch, this is One Adam Twelve, I'm at the site of the reported gang battle, and all I see is a bunch of teenagers with cell phones, please advise."
The Westboro Baptist Church is getting a little bit of this action too, and they don't like it.
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Dangerous, but pretty clever. Being from SoCal I recognize the Blood and the Crips, but no clue what gang that yellow bandanna is.
4093941 - Latin Kings.
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Sureños maybe?
Yeah... that one has me puzzled, too.
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Wait wait wait. The WBC...
DOESN'T LIKE SOMETHING?!
This is too new. I have to sit down.
I mean
The red one, the hand sign clearly spells "Blood"
I'm not sure who'd legitimately fall for this that'd be in genuine risk of being mistaken for a gangsta.
EDIT: Assuaging fears, not saying this isn't still really, really stupid.
This is still really, really stupid.
I don't think anyone with a clue would take that seriously. I mean it just got a dark sort of chuckle out of me.
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Children potentially. I would hope gang members would realize a kid doesn't have any idea what they are doing, but it's not something that should be tested...
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The guys running the gang tend to have some smarts, and probably would even, if they were near enough to the kid, explain it to the kid.
But their low level thugs miiiight not be so helpful
Pokemon is not real. If you go into real places looking for what is not real, you may find some difficulty.
4095078 I don't know what you're talking about. In the past 20 minutes alone I've found a Dratini, a Staryu, two Pidgeys and a Weedle. (Never heard of a Pokemon called Difficulty, tho)
I can't help but feel tempted to make a reverse "go play outside"-joke.
my sides
gotta cap 'em all!