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Another is that I learned that it's impossible to "miss" anything in pop culture. That you can always come in and have a meaningful experience with something, regardless of timing or context. There's no such thing as being born to early or too late. There's just the experience.
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But honestly, neither of these are the big thing I learned.
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The big thing I learned is how much you all love pokemon. And why. Because it's not just some meaningless artifact that was a staple of your childhood. That's not its sole redeeming value. It's good because it's GOOD. And more importantly, it is a force of good.
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It's gentle, and light, and calming, It's also weird beyond belief, full of the kind of bizarre rabbit holes that can make you have endless existential questions about the depicted world (I will never, ever get over Mr. Mime). But that's part of what makes it so great.
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I feel like I've seen thousands of people react to this thread, from all across gender and sexual spectrums, all of whom found tremendous solace with this silly, amazing little phenomenon. You are so lucky that you had this in your lives. And I am so happy for you. <3HULK
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I MISSED MY CHANCE TO GET SNORLAX CAUSE I DIDNT SEE THE STUPID TIMER
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Cant wait for that crippling realization is that different versions have different pokemon. Lemme know if you need anything!
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You still missed the shared social experience of your friend that is ABSOLUTELY SURE you can catch mew, you just have to *convoluted sequence of steps involving the SS Anne, holding your gameboy upside down, and writing a letter to congress*
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Though that's more or less a similar vein as the people that really desperately wanted some way to bring Aeris back to life
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This has been an amazing thread thank you for sharing got a follow from me
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