chefpyro:

So today I was sitting on a bench, waiting for the bus to come, and two kids ride past on a bicycle, both with their phones out. My suspicions are confirmed when they stop and look at me, sizing me up, and ask “You play pokémon go?”

(note that they didn’t literally say that - we were speaking Dutch - but i’ve taken the liberty of translating)

“Yes”, I respond.

“What team are you?”, the kid on the back asks me.

“Instinct”, I say.

“Vayler rules, though!”, the one on the front shouts, pumping his fist into the air, his pronunciation exactly as terrible as you’d expect from a 12-year-old Dutch boy.

Without another word, they ride away, leaving me to contemplate whether Team “Vayler” really does rule.

Truly, we all live in a pokémon world.