Rapper El-P really likes Pokémon, no matter what anyone says about him
After a few days, Pokémon Go is still sweeping the nation and helping young people uncover dead bodies, but rapper El-P (half of Run The Jewels) simply doesn’t get it. As you probably know, the game involves using your phone’s camera and GPS to walk around the real world and catch virtual pocket monsters, meaning it involves a lot of walking while looking down at a screen. Based on that concept, El-P tweeted a series of jokes this weekend about how it’s just a matter of time before someone playing Pokémon Go gets hit by a car:
then again i dont actually care. but i will laugh the second one of you gets hit by a car. or softly chuckle to myself. sadly. soft but sad.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 9, 2016
real shit someone is going to get accidentally maimed or killed off this pokemon shit.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 9, 2016
El-P then received so much backlash from Pokémon fans that he was actually taken aback, which suggests that this is the first time he’s ever encountered Nintendo fans on Twitter:
ive gotten more negative feedback from the pokemon community than i have from trump supporters. im actually impressed.
— el-p (@therealelp) July 9, 2016
He then tried to patch things up, but his position seemed to be mildly tongue-in-cheek for some reason: