Posted on 07/14/2016 2:04:08 PM PDT by Wolfie
Two men fall off cliff near San Diego while playing Pokémon Go
ENCINITAS, Calif. — Two men apparently fell from a cliff above a beach near San Diego on Wednesday while they were playing Pokémon Go, according to KSWB.
The men were playing the game in Encinitas when they fell more than 75 feet to the beach below. According to officers, the men got distracted while trying to catch Pokémon.
Crews at the scene used a rope to rescue one of the men. Neither man was seriously injured.
It was released on July 7 and has been downloaded over 10 million times to Android and Apple devices.
Players capture the virtual creatures and can amass a collection and train them to battle Pokémon held by other players.
The game is currently only available as an app for smartphone holders in Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Germany and the U.K.
Since the launch of the game, several stories concerning safety have emerged. Police near St. Louis warned fans this week of Pokémon Go after multiple armed robbers apparently used the app to target victims.
In early July, officials say a 19-year-old girl in Wyoming found a body floating in a river while she was trying to catch a miniature monster in the mobile game Pokemon Go.
The game has been a nuisance for several parks and museums. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington a ‘PokeStop’ in the game where players can get free in-game items. However, museum officials asked gamers to not visit the site while playing.
The game seems disrespectful, especially in more solemn parts of the complex like the Hall of Remembrance, museum communications director Andrew Hollinger told The Post.
Absolute Darwin.
Darwin said nature has its own way of dealing with the stupid.
Dumb Ways to Die.
I’m not sure what is sadder.
Two men falling off a cliff,
or two men playing Pokemon Go.
Gotta catch ‘em all.
Darwin Awards are given only if there’s a death.
These two idiots survived without serious injury.
How long before the makers of the game are sued?
One of my friends, just ordained a priest in June, says there’s a bunch of new traffic in the parking lot at his first parish. He’s evangelizing.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. It’s indicative of the tone deaf nature of this generation (I’d bet money the developers are millennials) that nobody considered that increasing the number of idiots going through life, completely distracted by their cell phones, might not be a good idea.
I’ll go with “Virtual Darwin.”
They must have downloaded the Darwin Cheat file.
Men?
Millenials.
Hopefully the San Diego County Sheriffs Department sends them an invoice for the cost of the rescue.
Hillary lost two votes in California. Won’t make a difference.
Just imagine if instead of Pokemon, people went out and captured JOB APPLICATIONS..nah, no one would go grab those LOL
Went to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk this weekend and all these idiots were walking haphazardly all over duh place...
Saw one fool actually walk right into a pole.
Woke him out of his stupid...
That will buff right out.
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