• @dogsoahC@lemm.ee
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    888 months ago

    More importantly, actual evolution doesn’t change the individual. The “evolution” in Pokémon and Digimon should be called “development”.

    • AggressivelyPassive
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      208 months ago

      That’s actually what it’s called in German. Never thought about the implications of the “X evolved to Y” screens.

    • @mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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      118 months ago

      And would have avoided so much pearl-clutching from right-wing fundamentalist busybodies.

      God damn were the 90s stupid.

      • @dogsoahC@lemm.ee
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        138 months ago

        Unlike the following two and a half decades, which were filled to the brim with meaningful conservative talking points.

        • @mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
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          68 months ago

          At least we call bullshit now! Until the debacle of the W administration, the very premise of religious objections was nigh unquestionable. They had to move on to high-test crazy because nobody was buying the old brand.

      • @orphiebaby@lemm.ee
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        18 months ago

        Japanese media is stupid too, Pokémon especially. South Park even commented on that when it was new. So it was stupid against stupid.