Two Men Fall Down Cliff While Playing 'Pokemon Go'

[snooper2]

I'm really starting to believe that "survival of the fittest" even applies to the modern World and evolving technology around humans.



Two men fell off a cliff Wednesday in San Diego's North County while playing "Pokemon Go," the Encinitas Fire Department confirmed.

San Diego Lifeguards reported that someone had fallen off a cliff at E Street around 1:12 p.m. When the Encinitas Fire Department arrived, they found a man around 80 to 90 feet down the cliff, on the beach.

Crews found a second man who was unconscious about 50 feet down the cliff.


Source: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Two-Men-Fall-Down-Cliff-While-Playing-Pokemon-Go-386743551.html#ixzz4EVF8tgwv
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[giftedgirl77]

1. Good god, my friends are driving me insane with that shit.

[Warpy]

4. It's making me glad I'm old

but honestly, if one more asshole stops suddenly in front of me to play with his phone, I'm likely to lose it.

[giftedgirl77]

12. I think I only missed the Pokemon craze by a few years.

But the crap on Facebook is out of control.

[MattP]

2. Two?

[PJMcK]

3. Darwin Awards for these fellas (n/t)

[Hoppy]

9. No. They are still alive. They only get honorable mention for trying.

[PJMcK]

15. No trophies, then! (wink,n/t)

[Hoppy]

16. Nope. Ya gotta earn it.

Its not like Little League Lite T-ball, where you get a trophy for showing up, a swing and a miss. "Great miss, kid."

That's what's wrong with the young'uns today. They want everything handed to them.

Why, when Ol' Hoppy was a 'ute, he never won trophies for nothing. They didn't just give 'em out.

[kimbutgar]

5. A guy walked into me the other day playing this game.

He slammed right into me not watching where he was going. Just said sorry and kept going. I think someone will also get hit by a car crossing the street.

[redstatebluegirl]

6. Campus is full of this crap.

I don't know how much work is getting done, but a ton of staff and graduate students are busy playing this silly game on campus.

[LanternWaste]

7. Sounds almost as bad as the three kids who fell into a crevasse and died while playing Hide-n-Seek..

Sounds almost as bad as the three kids who fell into a crevasse and died while playing Hide-n-Seek in the 1940's.

Damned evolving technology.

[Mariana]

10. My husband fell into a deep ditch once years ago

because he was walking while tuning his transistor radio. Still has a scar on his face.

Shhh. Let's pretend no one ever got hurt or killed because they were walking around oblivious before this game came out.

[snooper2]

13. just like everything else it is all about percentages

[Mariana]

14. Yes, that's true.

The percentage of players of this silly game who have got hurt is very, very small.

[hlthe2b]

8. The bike trail near me has become insane with both walkers AND BIKERS doing this

and it isn't just kids! An older woman and her middle aged daughter nearly tumbled down a steep slope down onto the railroad track that borders the trail and the kids on the bikes?

Don't get me started.

[alarimer]

11. This game is (irrationally) pissing me off

I mean, the Arlington National Cemetery and the Holocaust Museum have had to ask people not to play the game there. People have also reported their homes being used as Pokemon gyms or whatever you call it. People hanging around at all hours, dropping by for a minute or two (not suspicious at all).

There needs to be a way for the company to remove these areas from the list, but also, players need to have some common fucking decency. I mean, what is wrong with these idiots who think it's okay to go onto private property or some solemn location and play this stupid game?

Not to mention the sheer idiocy of not paying attention to where you are going. That could get dangerous in a hurry.

[redstatebluegirl]

17. We live near campus, the other night two kids were climbing over the neighbors fence at

1 in the morning, phones in hand. Dave went out the backdoor and told them he was calling the cops and they said "it's ok it is just pokemon". No it isn't alright, in fact in this state it is pretty dangerous, Dave could have had a gun and shot first in "self defense". Lord knows there are a lot of armed crazy people here.

[PasadenaTrudy]

18. I agree

I did see somewhere on Reddit that there is a list you can get on to remove your home or business.