I think the main point is it helps you get candies for rare mons. For example, there are no wild water Pokemon where I live, so getting a gyarados or leveling up the one lapras I managed to hatch is next to impossible. But if I make them my buddy, then I can actually get candies.

An easier way to get specific candy is 100x more useful than any tracking.

After 2 months of playing I have come to the realization that without really going out of my way, I will never catch any more types of Pokemon.
I have 90/150 right now. And I can probably get that to ~110-120 if I can just evolve what I have now.
Getting more candies/other rewards for my existing Pokemon is 100x…

Don’t date the Bukowski guys.

Who the fuck has a favorite book? That’s like having a favorite color. Frankly, if you have a favorite book then you don’t read enough.

Hey, I enjoy Gladwell!

I read Blood Meridian. The whole time I was like, “Oh my god there’s something beautiful in here but it’s so difficult and I just want to grind this out and then forget I ever read it. Please just end.”

You must live in fake america, out here in real america 7 of the 10 guys will say the bible and the other 3 will punch you in the face.

I’m really looking forward to the eight months of Deadspin readers trying to understand HamNo. I like this description though.

If anything, he’s handling this well. He started the conversation, and even involved someone who made a recognizable impact in response to his action. He then met with that person, determined what would be the best course of action to still make his protest in a way that wouldn’t get buried under the lava flow from…

That just slayed me thanks for that

Obviously R2-D2 is a “nameplate edition” R2 unit in commemorative Naboo Blue. He’s number 2 of the D run. Very rare actually, they only produced those for fleet sales to designer-navies on wealthy planets.

Always go full Star Wars. It’s better than going halfway and giving us the Holiday Special.

More A4s.

The next pirate droid name revealed: Argh2-D2.

This shit is still easier to figure out than BMW’s lineup.

Batman played the Anthem

If you read the packaging, only the powder mix still has the original formula. The bottled ones have lots of extra sugars. That bad taste is the salts, designed to replenish ones you lost and to literally make you more thirsty so you keep hydrating.

On the one hand: This sounds weirdly cool.

Hey, now. Some of us never left IRC. Lemme slap you around with a large trout.