That's an intended consequence of feminism. They don't want you trusting anyone except approved "influencers" and talking heads. It's hard not to notice how differently the right and left are structured. The right is very decentralized and people gain trust and influence by people deciding they like what they have to say and making a free choice to listen to them. The left is very hierarchical, and their identity pecking order determines who gets trust and influence. That's why you can question a right wing personality and the worst that will happen is you'll get called a retard if your criticism is particularly stupid. Meanwhile you'll get canceled and ostracized as a Nazi bigot if you so much express doubt about the loony shit a black tranny spews.
90% of the replies that actually have some personal experience with the game are like "I have done one trillion raids and have never had any problem, BUT WHAT IF I DID HAVE A PROBLEM WHAT THEN OMFG STAY SAFE XOXO".
They're pathologically paranoid for no reason at all. I could understand if even a single one of them had been raped trying to catch a Zapdos or whatever, but literally not one of them has a story like that. It's all purely hypothetical. Yet they're absolutely sure that one of these days those evil, evil men are going to kill them for no reason, because that's how Twitter told them the world works.
Niantic only uses landmarks and public buildings, highly public places, as gyms and whatever other raid locations they have. I played Ingress a little in college and you never had to go anywhere sketch. If you go somewhere isolated and creepy in the dead of night for a pokemon that's on you.
feminist brainwashing tells girls that men are inherently predators, like every time they see a man, it's like seeing a mountain lion or bear out in the wild when hiking.
"I don't want to be sexist - I hate both genders" says the dumb thot who spent the whole post complaining like she will get raped because she might have to get within 100 yards of "older and male" video game players IRL.
Then I recommend solitaire, it's a great game, easy to play, you don't need people or even electricity to play or even money so it's perfect for you to play as you sit in an apartment by yourself wondering why your 'friends' ghost you...
"As a female in a first world country - one of the least-victimized groups in the history of humanity - I do not feel comfortable talking to strangers for reasons I don't even really understand"
Says she's concerned with safety but then says she doesn't want to interact with strangers "especially in large groups." Large groups are safer. Sounds like she's an antisocial goon using safety as an excuse.
When women say they don't feel safe around men, what they really mean is ethnic men. Being around a group of white men is one of the safest places in the world for a woman. See FBI crime stats, etc.
For once, it really isn't a race specific issue. Being absurdly paranoid about rape, including the narcissism to think they are worth raping, is pretty common among young college girls.
Mix this with every girl apparently being riddled with "social anxiety" these days, and you end up with them ignoring literally all logic to be emotionally terrified.
That is where you are wrong bucko. Women are extremely paranoid of men. There are some men that they are more paranoid of but the default of most modern women is that men are evil monsters
On one hand, Pokemon Go is one of those subreddits that banned anyone who was insufficiently neurotic regarding COVID, so anyone who still has posting rights is going to be more highstrung than most.
On the other hand, she does have a point. Even if you're not a young woman, a game that encourages you to tell others where you'll be wandering off the beaten path while distracted by your smartphone might as well be titled How To Be Mugged in some places.
On one hand, Pokemon Go is one of those subreddits that banned anyone who was insufficiently neurotic regarding COVID, so anyone who still has posting rights is going to be more highstrung than most.
I remember being downvoted to hell for saying that I CCW when I was out playing on that sub. I eventually unsubbed sometime in 2020. It was a combination of COVID retardation and the mods support for George Floyd/the riots. Not a loss given that /r/TheSilphRoad is by any metric wholly superior to /r/PokemonGo.
Aren't most big targets in PGO large landmarks where random people constantly hang out anyway? So unless you show up at 3am alone there are other people around. And then you can decide for yourself if you want to join a group of other PGO players if you head to another landmark.
And of course Niantic is pushing social features. If you are part of the local group of players you will form light friendships which will keep you playing for longer compared when you only play alone. That's the entire business model of the game.
News flash, people who claim to be excluded want to exclude others. Also, water is wet.
For real though, female in-group preference is a real thing and much higher than male in-group preference. Men actually build open and welcoming groups while women want private girls clubs.
Our ancestors had it right: polite chit chat at the dinner table, then women go finish chores while men head to the drawing room for brandy, cigars, and serious talk.
Can you block niggers, other shitskins, kids under 40, and assholes? No, not that I'm aware. So I only play single player, or block connections on games like GTA.
Having friends to play with would require them to wait a week or a month before I come back to that game, so not really viable.
My buddy met his wife in a local PGO group like a couple of fucking nerds. One in which she came onto him. The group itself was even 2:1 male to female, so it wasn't even mostly male, though nearly every girl was a middle aged mom.
Ignoring that one group, when I spent time playing it during the initial craze the majority of girls playing were in it to meet guys, with the rare girl who wasn't being that awkward furry we all know and don't talk about. They were always forming parties and groups to play with (where the ratio of men was always in their favor), wherein most guys just wandered around solo or with his friends.
On the flipside, even back then Niantic was infamous for forcing "their vision" of the game onto people against everything their audience wanted. Removing the tracking after like two weeks was the first part, and good to see they haven't changed.
As an older (male) pokemon go player, I play pokemon go without interacting, mostly because I don't want to deal with vapid younger players.... so there you go, don't play those features.
That's an intended consequence of feminism. They don't want you trusting anyone except approved "influencers" and talking heads. It's hard not to notice how differently the right and left are structured. The right is very decentralized and people gain trust and influence by people deciding they like what they have to say and making a free choice to listen to them. The left is very hierarchical, and their identity pecking order determines who gets trust and influence. That's why you can question a right wing personality and the worst that will happen is you'll get called a retard if your criticism is particularly stupid. Meanwhile you'll get canceled and ostracized as a Nazi bigot if you so much express doubt about the loony shit a black tranny spews.
They are fine with people trusting soyboys though. You know the guys with track records of raping their feminists pals. Ironic really
90% of the replies that actually have some personal experience with the game are like "I have done one trillion raids and have never had any problem, BUT WHAT IF I DID HAVE A PROBLEM WHAT THEN OMFG STAY SAFE XOXO".
They're pathologically paranoid for no reason at all. I could understand if even a single one of them had been raped trying to catch a Zapdos or whatever, but literally not one of them has a story like that. It's all purely hypothetical. Yet they're absolutely sure that one of these days those evil, evil men are going to kill them for no reason, because that's how Twitter told them the world works.
Niantic only uses landmarks and public buildings, highly public places, as gyms and whatever other raid locations they have. I played Ingress a little in college and you never had to go anywhere sketch. If you go somewhere isolated and creepy in the dead of night for a pokemon that's on you.
Well, pokestops DO exist in New York and other liberal-controlled cities with lots of "male feminists", so the risk of sexual assault DOES follow...
Meh, most of those people probably live in cities and think being completely miserable and alone is healthy.
feminist brainwashing tells girls that men are inherently predators, like every time they see a man, it's like seeing a mountain lion or bear out in the wild when hiking.
Abolish the one thing that helped people improve their social skills.
"I don't want to be sexist - I hate both genders" says the dumb thot who spent the whole post complaining like she will get raped because she might have to get within 100 yards of "older and male" video game players IRL.
Then I recommend solitaire, it's a great game, easy to play, you don't need people or even electricity to play or even money so it's perfect for you to play as you sit in an apartment by yourself wondering why your 'friends' ghost you...
"As a female in a first world country - one of the least-victimized groups in the history of humanity - I do not feel comfortable talking to strangers for reasons I don't even really understand"
REDDIT MOMENT
Says she's concerned with safety but then says she doesn't want to interact with strangers "especially in large groups." Large groups are safer. Sounds like she's an antisocial goon using safety as an excuse.
Clearly monsters are using Pokemon Go to fulfill their roving band of gangrapist desires.
I would say yes and no here. They're safer if a potential victim makes a scene. There is a real danger for children or vulnerable (or drugged) adults.
Sharia when?
When women say they don't feel safe around men, what they really mean is ethnic men. Being around a group of white men is one of the safest places in the world for a woman. See FBI crime stats, etc.
For once, it really isn't a race specific issue. Being absurdly paranoid about rape, including the narcissism to think they are worth raping, is pretty common among young college girls.
Mix this with every girl apparently being riddled with "social anxiety" these days, and you end up with them ignoring literally all logic to be emotionally terrified.
That is where you are wrong bucko. Women are extremely paranoid of men. There are some men that they are more paranoid of but the default of most modern women is that men are evil monsters
On one hand, Pokemon Go is one of those subreddits that banned anyone who was insufficiently neurotic regarding COVID, so anyone who still has posting rights is going to be more highstrung than most.
On the other hand, she does have a point. Even if you're not a young woman, a game that encourages you to tell others where you'll be wandering off the beaten path while distracted by your smartphone might as well be titled How To Be Mugged in some places.
I remember being downvoted to hell for saying that I CCW when I was out playing on that sub. I eventually unsubbed sometime in 2020. It was a combination of COVID retardation and the mods support for George Floyd/the riots. Not a loss given that /r/TheSilphRoad is by any metric wholly superior to /r/PokemonGo.
Aren't most big targets in PGO large landmarks where random people constantly hang out anyway? So unless you show up at 3am alone there are other people around. And then you can decide for yourself if you want to join a group of other PGO players if you head to another landmark.
And of course Niantic is pushing social features. If you are part of the local group of players you will form light friendships which will keep you playing for longer compared when you only play alone. That's the entire business model of the game.
News flash, people who claim to be excluded want to exclude others. Also, water is wet.
For real though, female in-group preference is a real thing and much higher than male in-group preference. Men actually build open and welcoming groups while women want private girls clubs.
Our ancestors had it right: polite chit chat at the dinner table, then women go finish chores while men head to the drawing room for brandy, cigars, and serious talk.
Can you block niggers, other shitskins, kids under 40, and assholes? No, not that I'm aware. So I only play single player, or block connections on games like GTA.
Having friends to play with would require them to wait a week or a month before I come back to that game, so not really viable.
My buddy met his wife in a local PGO group like a couple of fucking nerds. One in which she came onto him. The group itself was even 2:1 male to female, so it wasn't even mostly male, though nearly every girl was a middle aged mom.
Ignoring that one group, when I spent time playing it during the initial craze the majority of girls playing were in it to meet guys, with the rare girl who wasn't being that awkward furry we all know and don't talk about. They were always forming parties and groups to play with (where the ratio of men was always in their favor), wherein most guys just wandered around solo or with his friends.
On the flipside, even back then Niantic was infamous for forcing "their vision" of the game onto people against everything their audience wanted. Removing the tracking after like two weeks was the first part, and good to see they haven't changed.
As an older (male) pokemon go player, I play pokemon go without interacting, mostly because I don't want to deal with vapid younger players.... so there you go, don't play those features.