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| James, Jessie, and Meowth. Image source. |
My son watches a lot of pokemon- the old cartoon from when I was growing up- and I have a hot take about it. I have mentioned this many times to my husband and son but they don't seem as worked up about it as I am, so let me post it on the blog. I need to get this out.
Okay here it is: Team Rocket should get real jobs.
Every single episode, Jessie and James are following Ash around, trying to make trouble, and they always fail. Don't they have anything better they could be doing with their time? They have a lot of skills- you see this in every single episode- surely they could get real jobs?
What's going on here? Is the economy of pokemon world in such bad shape that they really can't find any other job besides following a preteen around, like the world's most pathetic groupies? Have they been blacklisted by all normal employers for trying to start a union? Whyyyy don't they get real jobs?
You only have one life to live. Don't you want to spend it on something worthwhile, rather than following around some pokemon trainer all the time, and continually failing to kidnap pikachu? I'm just really concerned about them. They could do so much better.
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