Miscellaneous: Today, while waiting in line at Gamestop, another customer and...

By Anonymous - 25/09/2011 19:18 - United States

Today, while waiting in line at Gamestop, another customer and the cashier started chatting about how Pokémon is for kids, and anyone over 10 who's into it is weird. Embarrassed, I put the new Pokémon game back on the shelf and snuck out of the store. FML

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By Pokemon problems - 23/10/2012 22:00 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I babysat a 10-year-old and we played Pokémon. It was my first time playing, so he showed me. I ended up winning and the kid started crying and told his parents he hated me. They decided not to pay me for the night, and now I'm out of a job. FML

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By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - Canada - Montreal

Today, at work, my buddy pulled up in his car. I handed him $40, and he handed me a bag. It must have looked like a drug deal, but he was actually just smuggling in the new Pokémon game for me. I'm 22, and a drug deal would probably have been less embarrassing to explain. FML

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Chill out, man!

By Marcowalker95 - 07/08/2012 04:16 - United States - Panorama City

Today, I was at a gas station when the cash register made a sound effect similar to one from Sonic the Hedgehog, and I pointed this out. The cashier then saw fit to go on a rant about how I need to stop focusing on video games, and get a life and a girlfriend. FML

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By Anonymous - 08/07/2012 21:03 - United States - Marinette

Today, my mom and I somehow got into a serious argument over the ethics of capturing and training Pokémon. FML

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By MDoremis - 24/02/2015 04:58 - United States - Honolulu

Today, I bought How To Train Your Dragon and the cashier started complaining how her kids keep demanding dragon stuff and that mine will start after they see the movie. I don't have any kids, and I didn't have the courage to tell her I was buying it for myself. FML

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By Garchomp - 09/07/2013 02:08 - United States - Dodge City

Today, working my job, I had to explain to a kid that Pokemon is owned by Nintendo and they don't make it for the Xbox. Upset by this, he took hold of my leg and started biting. I'm also suspended, because his mother complained when I kicked him off me. FML

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By Noname - 18/01/2009 10:24 - United States

Today, I tried buying a video game that was rated "M - for mature". The Cashier told me "you have to be 17 to buy this game". I didn't have any ID on me. I'm 25. FML

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By pissed off mother - 05/05/2016 17:55 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, I was out shopping with my son and unbeknownst to me, he had secretly added a bunch of expensive games he wanted to the trolley. I was too embarrassed at the till to make a fuss as there was a huge line behind me. I watched as my normal £50 shopping bill climbed to over £400. FML

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You tried

By well okay then - 10/09/2012 04:39 - United States

Today, while shopping, I saw a little girl and her mom. The girl was pouting so I tried to cheer her up by asking her if she was a princess, because she was so pretty. She smiled but her mom looked at me with disgust and told me to, "Get lost, pedo." I'm a 17-year-old girl. FML

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By snorlax - 20/01/2010 00:03 - United States

Today, as I walked into my class, someone shouted at me, "Wild Snorlax Appeared! Use Your Ultra Balls!", since I am overweight and everyone in class laughed at me. I got made fun of by Pokémon nerds. FML

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Sl1mShad3y 10

Monday 26 September 2011 0:40

I wouldve walked right up and said how much is this game?

Brock2607 3

Monday 26 September 2011 0:40

Pokemon rocks!

Comments

Pauline96_fml 20

Thursday 11 December 2014 5:56

My entire family still plays pokémon and my parents are in their 40s now

LyricaSilvan 29

Monday 23 February 2015 1:17

You're never too old for what you love.

brittaaany_93 38

Wednesday 11 March 2015 9:07

Why would you be embarrassed? If you like a game, the opinions of others shouldn't stop you from playing it.

kunjac0945 21

Thursday 19 March 2015 14:21

Buy it online, where only google may judge you.

alitairi 18

Monday 30 March 2015 18:07

I would have marched straight up there, shrugged, said "guess being weird means enjoying myself with awesome games," and bought my pokemon. except I already would have had the game because midnight release, bruh

jgboy 10

Saturday 23 May 2015 19:14

I had finally just completed the dex for the new omega ruby game! First Pokemon game I ever actually beat!

LostDreams000 12

Thursday 10 December 2015 21:01

Grow some poke balls mate

Kurliez408 32

Friday 29 January 2016 14:45

GOTTA CATCH 'EM AAAALLLL! I'm 24 and really don't care. I love Pokemon!

spectrumc 3

Thursday 21 April 2016 19:12

i would've said something like "excuse me i'd like to buy this copy of hitler's grand slam adventure", pay for it and run away

Filia_Palladis 8

Thursday 9 June 2016 19:06

Sorry you had that experience, OP. Social anxiety sucks. :/ FWIW, adults who like the Pokémon games are hardly a minority, especially now that the kids who grew up with the first-gen Pokémon games are now adults. I'm 22 and I'm not heavily into Pokémon anymore, but I still play some of my childhood games like Crash Bandicoot and even watch some cartoons I was into as a kid, like Avatar. The way I see it, I'm a grown-ass adult who works and takes care of themselves in every way, and if indulging in a little fictional escapism makes life a little better for me, I'm going to do it and it's no one's damn business if I do.