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[Lord Shonus]

In the very first games, one of Team Rocket's evil plans was selling Slowpoke tails. Nobody objected to this until the player discovered exactly how TR was getting the tails.
IIRC, anyway. Been a long time.

[Rolan7]

Yeah I almost mentioned that!!  I think it was a thing in Gold/Silver/Crystal (gen 2).  I ought to be sure because my mainline journey started and ended with GBC Silver, but I've played so much Crystal Clear that I don't remember the original gen 2 story stuff so well.

I'm not even sure what the problem was, since I thought even Rocket was harvesting the tails sustainably...
But they seemed more like a delicacy than a staple.  IDK.

Whenever this topic comes up I feel like I'm revealing that I barely watched any of the anime.  SURELY it answers all these questions.  maybe not consistently, but it has to make more sense than the fantastical BS in the pokedex

[BlackFlyme]

Going by Bulbapedia, Team Rocket's operation in Slowpoke Well cut off the water supply for the town in the manga, and the bit about Slowpoke tails growing back wasn't introduced until Sun and Moon.

Slowpoke tails are also referenced as a meal in a restaurant in X and Y, and a meal ingredient in Sword and Shield.


I had a blood test yesterday. Waiting for results won't be fun.

[TamerVirus]

You know Farfetch'd, that duck Pokemon with the leek?
Turns out duck and leek make a good meal together both in real life and in the Pokemon world.

[King Zultan]

I always assumed they eat the pokemon but never mentioned it because it's a kids game.

[Mech#4]

Some of the Pokedex entries in generation 1, possibly 2 as well, mentioned people eating pokemon. I think in the anime they were eating Magikarp one time.

Most of the time I think I usually assumed there was normal animals as well as Pokemon but we only ever saw Pokemon because that's the focus of the games.

[TD1]

https://www.quora.com/Are-there-regular-animals-in-the-Pokemon-world-I-definitely-just-saw-Pidgeotto-eat-a-regular-worm-in-episode-3-or-4


So apparently, it's current canon that there are no animals and that pokemon are a distinct class.

However, in older versions there were dogs/elephants/insects shown or mentioned.

[Mech#4]

Yeah. I think some of the pokedex entries for Generation 1 mentioned other animals.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Animals_in_the_Pok%C3%A9mon_world

[EuchreJack]

Chocolate can kill you

I had to check to make sure this wasn't affecting ME.
Thankfully, only the really cheap dark chocolate will kill you.
I mostly eat milk chocolate, so I should be mostly fine.

[King Zultan]

Well damn I guess death by chocolate isn't just a dumb joke statement like I thought it was.

[Lord Shonus]

I've been having a heavy metal panel done with every physical for years because I play with guns. It really isn't a bad idea to do it in general.


That said, the research used to back that is based on the extremely tough California laws. All are well within the EU standards, even after said standards were tightened a few years ago.

[martinuzz]

Pointing your gun the right way prevents most cases of accute lead poisoning

[Lord Shonus]

This is true.


Seriously, though, if your range isn't ventilated well enough, fumes from the primers can be hazardous, and you have to be very careful to wash up after handling guns or ammo. I feel better having my blood checked just in case.

[scriver]

The EU standards on such things aren't exactly a high standard. They're very allowing, as with all things that benefit businesses over people.

[Akura]

Spoiler: Warning: contains details of... intestinal health. Not for those easily squicked. (click to show/hide)

For the past several days, I've had significant difficulty having a bowel movement. I could feel the need to, and feel like I was going, but nothing came out. I tried several times a day, but nothing. I'd started to worry that I might have had a blockage. I was also starting to feel minor pain below my waist, and bloating above. I did pass a very small amount of stool yesterday, which from what I can tell rules out a blockage, meaning it's merely constipation. Still, I was getting pretty worried. Figured that if I couldn't go this morning, I'd go to the urgent care clinic and see if they could help.

Last night before bed, I took a dose of milk of magnesia with water, got up an hour later to try and still nothing. Got up this morning, tried again after breakfast, still nothing. Then I sat down at my computer, and a few minutes later, felt a lot of sudden pain and bloating. Ran right back to the bathroom. What felt like a small bowel movement turned out to be one of the biggest shits of my life. And I don't feel any residual pain or bloating anymore. Still a little worried since I don't know what caused the problem.