10 Signs That You’re A Pokémon GO Addict (Even If You Deny)

Unless you live in a cave, you’ll have seen the effects of Pokémon GO: from people nearly losing their job to people risking their lives for these virtual creatures. And if you’ve played the game, and interacted with some players, you’ll also realize that some people are so addicted and obsessed with the game, they’ll do anything just to gain one more XP or catch one more Pokémon.

You can’t tell whether you are a Pokémon addict with your words: most people will just say, “Oh, I’m a casual player,” but you’ve spent all your waking hours catching Pokémons. So, instead, infer from your actions. Infer from this list.

Every conversation involves the words “Pokémon GO”
When you see a friend in a coffeeshop, you’ll go, “Bro, how come you’re here? Catching Pokémon?” When your friend talks about his vacation in Bali, you’ll go, “There got how many Pokémons?” Your life is all about Pokémons and nothing else.

You took MC last Monday
Pokémon GO was launched last Saturday, and Tuesday is a public holiday. It’ll be too late to apply for annual leave, so you took MC instead, only to see your colleague in the clinic catching Pokémons as well.

You presume everyone who is using their phone to be playing Pokémon GO
They’re not Facebooking, Instagramming or WhatsApping—you’re 101% certain that they’re Poké-hunting. You then smile and wonder they’re so obsessed with the game.

When you hear the word “gym”, you think of a Pokémon atop some steps
No wonder California Fitness closed down, eh?

You joined Facebook groups like Pokemon Go North East Singapore to find out whether there’re any rare Pokémons or new Pokestops in your area
But after you’ve joined, all you see are updates about people’s catch and warnings about the risk of the game. You continue to search for relevant groups in your quest to catch ‘em all.

You took three hours to buy a loaf of bread
All you wanted was to buy a loaf of bread for tomorrow’s breakfast, but you saw a few Pokémons, a Pokestop was nearby and three hours later, you came back home with hundreds of Pokeballs and tens of Pokémons but no bread.

You aspire to be a gym leader
Or maybe you already are. It’s so prestigious to you, you let everyone except your boss knows about your achievement.

The first thing you check in the morning is Pokémon GO
Facebook can wait. WhatsApp can wait. Everything else can wait, but not Pokémon GO, because what if a Snorlax decides to spawn at that moment? Snorlax can’t wait!

You’ve spent real money on Pokecoins
…and you hope that you can spend real money to buy Pokémons.

You’re reading this
Because you want to deny that you’re a Pokémon GO addict…when you are one.

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