Interview · moment 6 of 14
Snapchat Filters, User Numbers, and NSA Conspiracy
from Pokemon and Percocet · #2
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
3 minGuest
Discussion of Pokemon Go's explosive user base compared to Snapchat and Twitter, Snapchat filters making people look good, and Tim's conspiracy-minded friends theorizing the game is a government distraction.
- 17:49Guest explains he started filming Pokemon Go interviews on his iPhone after hearing people say funny things while playing the game.
- 18:19Tim confuses Kotaku with a sushi restaurant and makes a low-hanging fruit race joke, then defends the need for easy material alongside serious comedy.
- 18:56Tim refuses to be talked down to, listing his credentials including appearances on Sesame Street, Broadway in Annie Get Your Gun, and inventing professional children's school.
- 19:34Guest considers making his next documentary either about defeating ISIS or Pokemon.
- 19:53Tim reacts to learning that couples have been formed because of Pokemon Go, then expresses shock that someone assumed a child was already coming into the world from it.
- 20:12Tim jokes that pedophiles must feel like Pokemon Go lured people into their area without anyone catching on to them.
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