Tumblr Users Deconstruct The Conspiracy Behind Poké Balls

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Aug 4, 2021 1:00 PM EDT

We're big fans of Pokémon lore here. In this case, we have a comprehensive rundown that covers the deep societal impact of Poké Balls, and how the availability and pricing of different kinds of Poké Balls ended up generating rifts between different classes in the Pokémon universe. Of course Tumblr had to go there. There was no other way. If this Tumblr thread got you going, then check out this Tumblr thread about how Pokémon's Ash Ketchum is a jacked beast, or you could get lost in an entertaining Twitter thread about how Rattata could theoretically beat Goku.

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    World - direhuman Follow me explaining to the other trainers that apricorns are unknown outside of Johto because of deliberate suppression by the Silph and Devon corporations to present artificial pokeballs as the only means of capturing pokemon and establish regional monopolies after they eliminate renewable sources PETE th
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    Font - justisdevan Follow Ok, but it is a shame that artisanal balls are basically off the market now. Like, you have to ride the monorail and hike through a half dozen routes just to find someone willing to sell you a Fast Ball. Believe me, when your boss at the power plant needs five Electrodes by Tuesday you are not going to want to make the trip to Alola; you're going to head on down to the Mart and get some Ultra Balls, which will do the trick but aren't well tailored to the job. I'm with y
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    Font - cetaceanhandiwork Follow look y'all are missing the point. mass production of silph balls crowding out traditional apricorn craftsmanship is, if anything, more a side effect of the real problem: that capture artifacts are too easy to get your hands on these days. $2 basic balls are a problem. before modern ball tech you had to go to an artisan, yes, but part of their job was to care about who had the power to recruit pokémon from the wild, as a backstop against another Knight of Veilstone
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    Font - eternalfarnham Follow Oh that is rank historical revisionism - what, do you think artisans' definitions of "respect" were constructed in a vacuum? We already had rhetoric as far back as the warring states period in Ransei about how only the soldierly classes, overwhelmingly descendants of nobility and taught from birth, had the intangible qualities necessary to "bond" with Pokémon. And when we start seeing apricorn balls develop in Johto, which borders Kanto - Kanto, where we know there's
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    Font - sindri42 Follow Artisanal balls and anyone who supports them are tools of the aristocracy to suppress the common folk. In the days when a ball could only be made by hand by an expert, only the wealthiest could afford pokemon, and as a result anyone not born into the "elites" was forced to be subservient to their “betters" for protection. The release of the $2 pokeball meant that the balance of power shifted to the common citizens. If any child can wield the power of a god, the military an
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