(04-01-2017, 02:31 AM)APeacefulWarrior Wrote: thought the greatest thing they could do is complete a Pokedex... yet twenty years later would be hard pressed to recognize Nidoran in a lineup
Speak for yourself, a******.
But, seriously, my whole problem with this concept is that, if as an adult, your goal is to complete a Pokedex, and that really is the most important thing to you in life, you should be able to go for that without people trying to derail you.
One of the biggest reasons I hate this world is that it's run by people who basically just want to keep everything running efficiently for them, and they want to decide for you what is "mature" or "appropriate" or "grown-up" or whatever. There's no room in their way of doing things for variation or mutation or play.
A perfect example: somebody posted on fringechan a few months back about their desire to become a Super Saiyan on the astral plane.
Another person replied that, while it's possible in theory, it could never happen in reality, because "that's ridiculous" and "such an immature person would never be allowed access the the necessary feats".
Whoever's running things with that sort of mentality needs to be murdered, and I advocate a full-scale violent rebellion against the celestial planes until whatever's up there takes some midol and its menstrual cramps stop getting in the way of everything that's fun about existence.