The cost of growing up

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  1. Mundane_Oil_2810

    Play more Pokemon… quiz yourself three times a day like the rest of us… sit in traffic listening to the poke rap on Spotify. It’s like you’re not seven trying to remember them!

  2. pain2277

    30 here, I just play the games like I grew up doing. They only add a decent amount of new pokemon to new games. But not much I feel.

  3. Lots of new ways to play Pokemon in the modern age, my man. You can even have it on your phone.

  4. FrostyMagazine9918

    I stopped playing any new gens after 7, but this still applies to me as well because I am starting to forgot some names of the gen 7 pokes.

  5. Economy_Balance_711

    Wait they aren’t all named Pokemons???
    shit…. I’ve grown.

  6. JerbearCuddles

    It’s more that we’re pushing 1000 Pokemon. I still remember most of the first 4 gens, but after a while they just blend together. A lot are nothing Pokemon.

  7. Have kids, introduce them. Play Pokemon with your kids, remember the names again.

  8. This_User_Said

    Don’t worry. This is like my rule about homework.

    Homework works better if you can associate it with something you do in everyday life than just answering questions. It’s the common use that allows it to stay in your head.

    You’re not really life or death quizzing yourself on them and if it’s not pertinent to remember, then why bother?

    I kind of see it like a hard drive. Files not accessed anymore just take space for no purpose. Let the space be filled with more present memories.

    Or just panic like Psyduck like the rest of us. Haha

  9. FunDaddy0690

    Just means it’s time to binge .. 🤷‍♂️ gotta remember them all … pokemon

  10. NotACommunistWeeb

    Wait there’s other names? Not only Pikachu!?

  11. I gave up when I saw that damn ice horse and felt nothing. Pokemon finally gave up with the designs.

  12. FrontDeskForeigner

    I could name all 1,025 😭😭😭

  13. Golden-Owl

    There’s over 1000 of the damn things. In fact, they went and made #1000 into a living gold trophy

    No surprise some get forgotten. That’s way too many to actively remember

  14. Superb_Recover_6116

    I’m not forgetting at all. I just dont know the new ones. My dream to best the best there never was ended in Unova.

  15. I get my fix from Pokemon Go. I have a switch in my house but I think my kids use it for something else now.

  16. ExposingMyActions

    What kind of Pokémon are you? How do you do the things you doooo

  17. Snappy5454

    I’ve come full circle to being so old that my kids are now learning all the Pokemon and I’m unlocking deep knowledge.

  18. Various-Ant-7637

    As far as I’m concerned there are only the OG 151 and yes I can still name every single one 😎

  19. LCDIgnited

    ngl i don’t even know most of the gen 9 pokemon since the anime’s doesn’t that many

  20. Character-Note-5288

    Sounds like the onset of Alzheimer’s to me.

  21. WetAndLoose

    I’ll always remember anything pre-Gen 5 but Gen 6 and 7 specifically are like completely lost to me

  22. wemustkungfufight

    I will never forget the poke-rap as long as I live.

  23. Dreaming_Dreams

    i used to know every type weakness like the back of my hand

  24. Blue_Osiris1

    Don’t feel bad I don’t know any of the names from the last 10+ years.

  25. Apathetic_Zealot

    You don’t have to remember all of them, just the ones you like.

  26. It freaking takes me almost a minute to remember the more modern STARTERS.

  27. Weak.
    I could tell you anything but the new stuff as I’ve not played the new games.

  28. yoyotomtom

    Hah. Not millennials. We have those first 151 etched eternally into our memory units.

  29. Animegx43

    Not your fault. There’s like a thousand of them now.

  30. GriffinFlash

    Just sing along then

    ♫ Electrode, Diglett, Nidoran, Mankey….

  31. Domeriko648

    I still remember all of the first generation at least.

  32. Old_Skud

    There’s like 1000 at this point, it’s okay

  33. ChalkCoatedDonut

    Poor soul, who can forget Pikachu, onion Pikachu, flame Pikachu, shell Pikachu, bird Pikachu and Harden?

  34. Sean_Dewhirst

    This is a natural response to the Pokemon company refusing to make a pokemon game for adults. Eventually you will only remember your favorites, and Pikachu.

  35. McQuibbly

    I just kept to remembering the names of gen 3 and below, mostly gen 2

    Ill be damned if these damn kids try convincing me there is anything past that

  36. theludeguy

    I checked out after Gen 5, and ignorance has been bliss

  37. BlueLonk

    There’s like 25 different little dog Pokemon that all look nearly identical and man I just don’t have the time to learn this shit anymore

  38. penguinina_666

    So did I. Then I got two kids. I am back to chanting the team rocket motto. My kids have 7 year gap. My oldest is weaning off of Pokemon while my toddler has just mastered “Pika Pi!” I am never going to be able to get rid of these pokemon cards for another 7 years. Help me.

  39. BaggyHairyNips

    There are a lot of Pokemon YouTube channels that are good for mildly paying attention to. Then you learn them by osmosis.

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