Subjects/subject
Pokemon Go
Tim’s take
His baseline story is mistaking a Pokemon Go stampede in Central Park for a terrorist attack, which he retells more than once as proof the game signaled something broken rather than fun 3:19 40:36. He presses guest Alex on the claim that the game unites people across race and generation, and flatly doesn't buy it, calling the documentary's premise a failure once he checks back in on it later 45:24 24:10. He frames the whole augmented-reality trend as people merging with technology in an unhealthy way, timed ominously against real-world tension with North Korea 40:36 46:24.
Later mentions turn the game into a punchline about institutional decay rather than culture: LAPD officers fired for chasing a Snorlax instead of a robbery, and Niantic's player data quietly training delivery-robot and surveillance AI 7:00 34:58. In both cases his point is the same one he started with — something presented as harmless fun turned out to have real consequences nobody was watching for 7:00 34:58.
Every Reference (14)
"terrorism and it was Pokemon. So I don't know anything about Pokemon Go."
"Here's the point. One of these kids had a great documentary about Pokemon Go, which I still don't know what it is. And he did it. He's gonna"
Introducing Alex Steinberg and the Pokemon Go Documentary — Pokemon and Percocet+30s into the segment"liked, you know, and when they would kind of come back. But the Pokemon Go game, it's like an augmented reality game. Yeah, so it uses"
"people were saying the funniest things to me about just playing Pokemon Go. So I just got my iPhone and started doing interviews and I"
"the house? Not the message we're trying to spread here with Pokemon go what's the hostility towards people like myself who are questioning"
"different gender than they are but they they meet them playing Pokemon go and then maybe I don't know maybe they're racist and then they"
Snorlax Racism Debate and Pokemon Go Bringing Races Together — Pokemon and Percocet+57s into the segment"phone, you couldn't like. So no phone means no Pokemon Go. No Pokemon Go, you just go out and you'd have a really fun time, you know"
Growing Up Without Cell Phones and Hector and Sonia's Drug Days — Pokemon and Percocet+15s into the segment"is hell. It's a really fun podcast. You should watch Pokemon. Pokemon Go, unite NYC. You can find a link on my Twitter. It is pinned"
"episode's great. Dan St. Germain's, my friend Alex, we talk about Pokemon Go, remember that? What's crazy about that episode is it was such"
Plugs: Austin, Scotland, Long Island Shows, and Ray Camp Donovan — Ray Kump Donovan+215s into the segment"been on the show before he came on he made a documentary about Pokemon go how it was gonna unite the world that fucking failed miserably"
Introducing Alex: Pokemon Go Documentary Failure and Tufts Free Speech Shutdown — Second Life (with Alex Steinberg)+24s into the segment"you look at these avatars and these people that are going on, Pokemon Go terrified me. I saw people running through Central Park chasing"
Revolution, Manifesting Reality, and Pokemon Go Terror — The Morman and the Meth Head with Jessa Reed and Aaron Woodall+210s into the segment"want to fucking do anything that isn't. Yeah. I think that the Pokemon go. I never played it. But I think this augmented reality stuff,"
Objective Truth vs. Manifested Reality: The Gender Debate — The Morman and the Meth Head with Jessa Reed and Aaron Woodall+50s into the segment"force this is also part of the problem the police are playing Pokemon go a game that hasn't been hot for three years okay wait till they"
LAPD Cops Fired for Chasing a Snorlax — #284 - Prozac Play-Doh | The Tim Dillon Show+65s into the segment"Pokémon Go players unknowingly trained a 30 billion image AI map, which is now powering Coca food delivery robots. Now,"
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