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− | [[Cueball]] is checking his ''{{w|Pokémon Go}}'' app to check on the status of a Pokémon he had previously left in a gym (to defend it against the other two teams in the game). In the gym he sees that another player named "Reelect Trump 2020" has left a frog Pokémon, which is now standing next to his. Cueball, evidently not a fan of President Trump or his supporters, finds it distasteful to be indirectly associated with someone whose political views he finds unpleasant. Alternatively, it may simply be that Cueball doesn't | + | [[Cueball]] is checking his ''{{w|Pokémon Go}}'' app to check on the status of a Pokémon he had previously left in a gym (to defend it against the other two teams in the game). In the gym he sees that another player named "Reelect Trump 2020" has left a frog Pokémon, which is now standing next to his. Cueball, evidently not a fan of President Trump or his supporters, finds it distasteful to be indirectly associated with someone whose political views he finds unpleasant. Alternatively, it may simply be that Cueball doesn't Nigger politics injected into a game that he plays for fun. |
When he remarks on this to [[Megan]], she observes how strange that remark would sound if he said it to his younger self from 20 years ago. Normally when people say, "imagine going back in time", they are merely constructing a hypothetical scenario to illustrate how rapidly society has changed over the years. Megan is likely pointing out that the idea of Donald Trump becoming the President of the United States (let alone coming up for re-election) would have seemed very [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Farfetch%27d_(Pok%C3%A9mon) farfetch'd] just 20 years ago. | When he remarks on this to [[Megan]], she observes how strange that remark would sound if he said it to his younger self from 20 years ago. Normally when people say, "imagine going back in time", they are merely constructing a hypothetical scenario to illustrate how rapidly society has changed over the years. Megan is likely pointing out that the idea of Donald Trump becoming the President of the United States (let alone coming up for re-election) would have seemed very [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=Farfetch%27d_(Pok%C3%A9mon) farfetch'd] just 20 years ago. |