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Now that Pokémon Go has peaked, we can dig into the trough:
The Norwegian prime minister has been caught playing Pokémon Go during a debate in Norway's parliament. Erna Solberg was pictured playing the game during a debate in the Storting on Tuesday. It's no secret Solberg is a big fan of Pokémon Go. During an official trip in Slovakia, she took some time out to play the game, telling reporters she was keen to hatch some of her 10km eggs.
This isn't even the first time a Norwegian politician has been caught playing the game while in parliament.
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TOO BAD YOU CAN'T BUY a voodoo globe so that you could make the earth spin
real fast and freak everybody out.
-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday October 08 2016, @11:31PM
When I was a kid, it was acceptable -- compulsory, in fact -- to have given up action figures by the age of 10. This is the age when young men were learning the more adult social skills. Going to dances, learning to talk to women, starting to play football.
Now Grown-ass men are playing POKEMON into adulthood, and worse, playing it during the course of their professional duties. Pathetic.
That scumbag should have his ass beaten by a horde of American handegg-players. And we have some pretty large, strong, and savage niggers playing our handegg.
Well, it won't matter soon anyway - Norway will be a Middle-Eastern country under Sharia law in 5 years, and that will sort itself out.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by frojack on Sunday October 09 2016, @12:01AM
Well He's a She, so.....
But look, its Norway. They don't really have any problems except surviving winter. What a great country that is, where the Chief Executive has nothing pressing to meddle in. Its a far cry from Sweden.
Can you honestly say we might not be better if every congresscritter was forced to play Pokémon Go for two hours every day?
No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
Judge Gideon J. Tucker
Limiting the time available for gutting our liberties and raiding our wallet might be a boon to the country. If the two hour required play period could be allocated randomly to each congressman we could contrive it such that no work at all could be done for lack of a quorum.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @02:09AM
They are raising a wall in the border near Kirkenes (north), with CCTV. And Russia is not paying but themselves, while laughing. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37577547 [bbc.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @10:41AM
(Score: 1) by gmrath on Sunday October 09 2016, @02:52AM
Well, if you look at state, county, and city legislatures as well as Congress, it seems clear that they are already spending much time playing at something. Here in Madiganistan it seems pretty clear what legislators are playing with under their desks. And in the back rooms. And with each others' too. I wish adult supervision would step in and make them stop.
(Score: 2) by tathra on Sunday October 09 2016, @04:52PM
i dont see the problem here. hell, i carried my ds/3ds with me in uniform so i could play games during my downtime when i was deployed overseas. its important to have a way to chill and relax, and video games are quite good for that.
ok now that actually is a problem, if they were playing it when they should have been working instead of during their downtime.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 09 2016, @05:06PM
Can you explain how playing football (or any other sport) is more adult than playing a computer game?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 11 2016, @03:25PM
When I was a kid, it was acceptable -- compulsory, in fact -- to have given up action figures by the age of 10.
Yep. That pretty much explains you. And I'm so sorry.