The Pokemon Revival

Today I was walking down the halls and then next thing I knew I was on the floor.  I got up and looked around, and saw a boy walking down the hall with a green gameboy in his hand.  Apparently this guy was playing his pokemon game, and didn't realize he had just ran into me and pushed me onto the floor. 

I then looked to my left and saw another guy, this time with a clear/purple gameboy in his hand.  He was also playing pokemon.  I then glanced above me, and I saw another person hanging from the ceiling, playing pokemon.

I then glanced to my right and saw a couple making out. 

It seems like every spring/winter, around this time of year, pokemon comes back.  Maybe people are bored of the winter snow and need entertainment.  Maybe people are just getting sick of school and don't feel like paying attention when they can battle the Elite Four once again.  Or maybe they just play pokemon because it is awesome and fun.

The pouches in their cheeks discharge electricity at their opponents. The Pikachu are believed to be highly intelligent.

Pokemon is one of the better ways to pass the time.  It teaches lifelong friendship, companionship, and camaraderie.  It also promotes strong feelings of fellowship and bonding.  Overall, pokemon is a very influential game, in a highly positive way.

Without pokemon, our society would have no morals.  In pokemon, you have to battle the evil Team Rocket that try to take over pokemon and use them in a bad way.  You are the "good" guy, and you defeat the evil organization in every game.  This shows a basic understanding of good vs. evil, and promotes morals.  It also inflicts prejudice and racism towards Arabs and blacks (one of the negatives).

Pokemon also has a strong tendency to favor happiness.  Everyone knows that a happy pokemon is a strong pokemon, so we learn to keep pokemon happy.  The influence of this can be seen in various businesses throughout our nation: you will occasionally see a company that tries to keep thier employees happy, much like a pokemon trainer keeps his/her pokemon happy.

The same effect can be seen in the food industry. When you eat good food, you generally get happy.  The food industry knows this, and does it on purpose.  When pokemon trainers feed pokemon berries to increase health points, the pokemon generally get happier.  This correlates strongly with the food industry trying to feed us "good" food and make us happy. 

Pokemon also promotes money management among teens and younglings. In Gold and Silver version, you have the chance to have your "mom" save your "money."  Everytime you beat a trainer you get money, and part of it is sent to mom.  This has had a significant impact on the financial world, shown in the emergence of Roth IRAs.  Roth IRAs model themselves after the pokemon system of saving money.  Each month (battle) you put a certain amount of money into the bank (mom's house). 

In fact, the US Government was so heavily impacted by pokemon, it started the great depression.  In pokemon, when you "save" money with your mom, your mom has the option of taking it out and buying random things with it.  She sometimes buys pokedolls, potions, and pokemail.  The US Banks have been imitating this by loaning out your money to other banks, and spending it on other things.  Back in the Great Depression era, the banks (mom) spent all the money, so you had none to take out when you needed it. 

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