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[Exotoro]

Us young liberals are just so damn distracted by pokemon and thats why we didn't vote, totally

 

[bionic77]

In the past, I would have said "You are crazy, OP" but seeing all of the Russian meddling makes me believe that anything is possible.

Yeah a year ago this would be considered crazy but the whole fucking country and most of the world have gone crazy so who knows.

This would not even be the craziest thing involving our government this week.

 

[Marcel]

 

[The Last One]

Couldn't just the kids check the leaks through their phones anyway?

 

[Hippopuncher12]

 

[pje122]

This is the level of discourse I would expect when a video game forum tries to talk politics.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Yall cut OP some slack or actually read up on this stuff. Its real news

 

[kiguel182]

Okay, NeoGAF seriously needs some kind of self help group.

This shit is contagious or something.

Did you read the thread about aliens? That was a trip.

 

[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

lolwut even is this.

 

[BTA]

This thread is a Russian psy-op made to distract us from the spouse murder fetish thread.

 

[tiebreaker]

This is why I go to GAF.

 

[Courage]

it all makes sense

 

[inner-G]

Well, the Russians did use Pokémon Go for stirring up drama so it may not be far off: http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/12/media/dont-shoot-us-russia-pokemon-go/index.html

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1446971

The donotshoot.us website in turn links to a Tumblr account. In July 2016, this Tumblr account announced a contest encouraging readers to play Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game in which users go out into the real world and use their phones to find and "train" Pokémon characters.

Specifically, the Don't Shoot Us contest directed readers to go to find and train Pokémon near locations where alleged incidents of police brutality had taken place. Users were instructed to give their Pokémon names corresponding with those of the victims. A post promoting the contest showed a Pokémon named "Eric Garner," for the African-American man who died after being put in a chokehold by a New York Police Department officer.

Winners of the contest would receive Amazon gift cards, the announcement said.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

I realized this thread was made after this but


Holy shit OP


http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1446971


edit: ^^^poster above and OP are meddling with my head

 

[SinCityAssassin]

At some point we have to find it within ourselves to ask:

"Should I REALLY spend so much time at this after reading up an article."

 

[Blackquill]

I am so fucking in tears, can't fucking breath stooooooooop

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

I started this thread by posting a link where CNN explains how Russia made a fake Black Lives Matter group in Pokemon Go to influence the election.

I mean it's easy to laugh this off and go "you're crazy", but I don't see the downside in looking into this. It's not like I'm expressing a dangerous idea that could get people hurt like the Pizza Gate folks, it's something that could easily be investigated and I think at this point why not?

 

[DonF]

 

[cyba89]

 

[Lights and Waves]

She TOLD our asses to Pokemon Go to the goddamn polls. Now look at the mess you all got us in.

Legend Hill warned us. UGH.

 

[FullMetaltech]

what

i think the kill the spouse was better

LOL. That was actually disturbing too. But I'm trying to get an idea how an AR app with creatures can influence an election? I'm baffled.

 

[JershJopstin]

Couldn't just the kids check the leaks through their phones anyway?

Am "kid", have phone. Can confirm this is possible.

I'm not sure those too glued to pokemon leaks coming from 4chan to go vote but who otherwise would've is a very large demographic, though. Speaking from my ass, I'd put it at <100 nationwide, seriously.

 

[Zombine]

 

[RRockman]

Yall cut OP some slack or actually read up on this stuff. Its real news

But I mean if its true the the US deserves everything they get. Why would you skip out on indirectly deciding the fate of the world for freaking pokemans?

I cannot accept this

 

[TheMoon]

Did you read the thread about aliens? That was a trip.

Sounds like Off-Topic. I don't go there lol.

 

[TheUntamedLegend]

This thread is a Russian hoax made to discredit Russian meddling critics.

 

[Zyae]

 

[Tain]

"everything is russian dezinformatsiya" is maybe the funniest way that the election broke everyone's brain

 

[Dj Convoy]

I mean, I knew my time would be wasted by clicking on this. I just didn't know how big of a waste it would be.

 

[King Tubby]

bruh

 

[Tyraniboah]

Some of y'all so woke that you need to take a nap

 

[Quadraphonic]

It sounds dumb, but it's not far fetched.

Even PINTEREST, yes, PINTEREST admitted today that Russia was influencing on their site, too.

http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecu...ussians-used-site-as-repository-for-political

Up until they confirmed it, you probably would have had the exact same reaction about that, too, wouldn't you?

 

[Shaanyboi]

Today sure is a weird day for dumb ass threads...

 

[Killyoh]

 

[Skittzo0413]

I mean, I guess this is possible? But seriously, with absolute numbers, how many people in the US were actually that interested in finding out the S/M leaks? So interested that they were basically glued to their computers?

I can't possibly imagine it was that many. I'm thinking in the hundreds at most.

 

[kiguel182]

Nobody saying they did it and millions of people didnt vote. But they could be just thinking every little bit counts. Its kinda how somebody say, "well my vote aint going to count anyway."

Nothing of the stuff described in the OP makes any sense.

How many people do you think are that might not vote because of a Pokemon leak that justifies the effort to do this? It’s an insignificant amount for a not so insignificant effort.

 

[Rellik]

I'm worried about some GAF members. Some of you aren't normal and need to leave your gaming bubble. Yes you OP.

 

[Currygan]

This is one of those examples where a joke thread is too elaborated/long for its own good

 

[AppleSautts]

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

But I mean if its true the the US deserves everything they get. Why would you skip out on indirectly deciding the fate of the world for freaking pokemans?

I cannot accept this

I mean sure we do but come on its fuckin donald trump. You know how many people had this mindset of he gonna lose anyway?

 

[SuperEpicMan]

Unlikely? Yes
Possible? Yes

Tbh I wouldn’t put anything past Russia. They likely spent millions to influence the election, and they will have tried numerous different approaches to achieve what they want. That said, it is probably just a coincidence.

 

[DerekOfTheDykes]

Take some medication and stay off the internet for a while. Christ.

 

[Dangansona]

 

[Menitta]

What

 

[brau]

I'll need to see the receipts OP.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

Also here was the thread on GAF made when the game leaked...

It got up to 112 pages.

I don't think I'm that off saying it was a fairly big deal and something I could easily see people spending most of their day looking at if they didn't have anything better to do...and for many "going to vote" sadly wasn't a better use of their time.

 

[Mameshiba]

Just look at the many paid russian trolls trying to discredit your theory, I think you are on to something big...

 

[jesu]

Well, the Russians did use Pokémon Go for stirring up drama so it may not be far off: http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/12/media/dont-shoot-us-russia-pokemon-go/index.html

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1446971

I realized this thread was made after this but


Holy shit OP


http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1446971


edit: ^^^poster above and OP are meddling with my head

Read the opening post people, it's already mentioned.

 

[The Shadow Knight]

Sounds a little Farfetch'd.

 

[Tagyhag]

Am "kid", have phone. Can confirm this is possible.

I'm not sure those too glued to pokemon leaks coming from 4chan to go vote but who otherwise would've is a very large demographic, though. Speaking from my ass, I'd put it at <100 nationwide, seriously.

You're right, but something doesn't have to be effective to be true.

It could have just been just a Trump supporter not affiliated with Russia, but crazier things have happened to influence us during this election.