Gamer uses Pokemon to quit smoking

57 Comments by Ross Miller Apr 17th 2008 4:30PM
Filed under: Culture, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Wii

Some people quit smoking with a patch, some with therapy, and some still with hypnosis or acupuncture. DS Fanboy reader Dan had an alternate method: he replaced his nicotine addiction with an addiction to Pokemon. So far he's only 40 days into the trial, but he's reporting success. (What is not reported, however, is how many pokemon he's caught. This is a vital detail, folks!)

So what happens when Dan needs to break his Pokemon addiction?

Tags: pokemon, pokemon-pearl, smoking, smoking cessation, SmokingCessation

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el serpiente: Apr 17th 2008; 4:34PM

Pokemon also helps you quit getting laid.

Saria the Cat: Apr 18th 2008; 1:32PM

But my pokemon brings all the boys to the yard...and they're like, you wanna trade cards? Damn right, I wanna trade cards...I can beat you...I've got Charizard.

...*dignity terminated*

Zertoss: Apr 17th 2008; 4:36PM

Did that Pokemon shit out pieces of a cigarette?

religiousjedi: Apr 17th 2008; 4:44PM

:O

Someone else sees that Rampardos's pose emits the thoughts of crapping!

mr mobius: Apr 17th 2008; 4:37PM

When you want to quit pokemon here is a little tip: never use the masterball to get Mewtwo until you every other pokemon to the max level and all others caught. If you ever achieve this level you'll be beyond help anyway, otherwise if you wish to quit at any time before that, go kill Mewtow and catch a lvl 3 pokemon using the masterball, then save.

Lets face it, if you can then keep playing knowing you'll never have every pokemon, that addiction deserves to continue.

Sora267: Apr 17th 2008; 5:55PM

He could go out, buy another copy of Pokemon, catch Mewtwo, and trade it over to his other copy. Or trade with a buddy.

3cubed minus 3squared plus1: Apr 17th 2008; 6:09PM

Or use the GTS to get Mewtwo.

mr mobius: Apr 17th 2008; 4:39PM

It could be a new poison pokemon.

tmacairjordan87: Apr 17th 2008; 4:41PM

Protip of the day: Moving from one addiction to another is useless and definitely NOT a good thing.

My suggestion is play WoW if you need to be addicted to something.

Shmil: Apr 17th 2008; 6:16PM

...isn't that a bit hypocritical?

Geist: Apr 17th 2008; 6:19PM

He can take Pokemon with him outside. And he doesn't have to pay every month for it. He's doing fine, I'm sure.

Donald: Apr 17th 2008; 9:35PM

He did try WoW. It made him stress out and smoke.

Microswirl: Apr 17th 2008; 4:44PM

Has his Koffing evolved into a Weezing yet? *ZING!*

Andrew Yoon: Apr 17th 2008; 4:46PM

+1 for Microswirl. Great job!

Saria the Cat: Apr 18th 2008; 1:24PM

I am seriously way more impressed than is healthy at a Pokemon pun.

vgxtremist: Apr 17th 2008; 4:48PM

That cigarette being put out on the DS screen is horrifying...

samfish: Apr 17th 2008; 4:52PM

I tried to use Pokemon to quite masturbating, but I ended up chronically jerking off to Piplup and Gardevoir.

Oh well!

Zertoss: Apr 17th 2008; 4:55PM

Yiff in hell!

ZapDash: Apr 17th 2008; 4:56PM

So I heard you like Piplups?

ZapDash: Apr 17th 2008; 5:00PM

Why is telling furries to yiff in hell a good thing? If anything I'd think it would make the problem worse as there would be a massive amount of furries in a single "furpile" ultimately leading to the most yiffing ever perpetrated.

Zertoss: Apr 17th 2008; 5:08PM

Well, what do you think is going to happen when a bunch of Spartans having their dinner are interrupted by a yiff orgy?

Mr.ESC: Apr 17th 2008; 5:40PM

Dammit Zertoss I was drinking my coffee when I read your comment Hahahaha I'm glad it was an Ice coffee.

1up anyway.

ApolloIV: Apr 17th 2008; 6:19PM

Does it look like friday to you?

Burnt Meatloaf: Apr 18th 2008; 6:11AM

That's quit enough of that, young man!

GearSecond! (a.k.a AwesomeStuff): Apr 18th 2008; 12:49PM

@Zertoss
"Yiff in hell!"

I died laughing XD

Derek Rudolph: Apr 17th 2008; 5:00PM

masturbation got me off of pokemon... I haven't really gotten out that... lmao

Shmil: Apr 17th 2008; 5:01PM

Replacing one addiction with another is really not a healthy way to quit something. But I guess it could be worse.

PojoMofo: Apr 17th 2008; 5:01PM

No Smokemon pic yet???

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b326/pojomofo/smokemon67a1a9rm0.jpg

Levi: Apr 18th 2008; 12:50PM

No Jokamel yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU3aRYQswlY

Superstar90: Apr 17th 2008; 5:03PM

Geez, you guys are acting like he replaced a cigarette addiction with something equally bad. HE IS PLAYING POKEMON INSTEAD OF DYING! That's a good thing.

Hardcore: Apr 17th 2008; 5:11PM

Faced with that choice....I'd stick with the cigarettes.

Saria the Cat: Apr 18th 2008; 1:35PM

Agreed. I am all for replacing life-threatening and lung-deteriorating habits with non-life-threatening and non-lung-deteriorating habits. We're all addicted to something, and it'd be better if that something didn't have the potential to, you know, kill us.

Mr Khan: Apr 17th 2008; 5:05PM

Obviously you use Bejeweled to get off your Pokemon addiction

David Hinkle: Apr 17th 2008; 5:10PM

I thought you had to ween yourself off Pokemon. Like, you downgrade to Digimon or one of those other kinds of franchises, then you downgrade to The Sims, then you play Animal Crossing, then you're cured.

sergotron: Apr 17th 2008; 5:10PM

As a smoker I know when he does take the break from smoking, he would have gotten over the hump. The tricky part is not to let yourself fall into that habit. If possible avoid alcohol as much as you can, that is one instance that you really do crave a cigarette. Especially if there are others around you smoking.

As for the sex thing, you know what I have never craved one in that situation.

David Hinkle: Apr 17th 2008; 5:12PM

I have to attest to this too. As a filthy smoker, alcohol only makes me feel like Iu NEED a smoke. One beer and I'm usually cool, but more than that and I really start jonesing for one.

/2 cents

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force): Apr 17th 2008; 5:10PM

Anyone remembers that lady who said that she didn't need to play a videogame to judge it, because it's like doing drugs or teen pregnancy?

Zertoss: Apr 17th 2008; 5:16PM

Who could forget an article that led to a comment about fetus licking?

cristian: Apr 17th 2008; 5:11PM

He starts smoking again!!

robert: Apr 17th 2008; 5:26PM

coach always told me "winners never quit!"

Ethan: Apr 17th 2008; 5:28PM

From one addiction to another!

Ethan: Apr 17th 2008; 5:29PM

And smokers can at least function before they die.

Fish: Apr 17th 2008; 5:40PM

Let's not forget smoking makes you cool. Pokemon.. not so much.

Ethan: Apr 17th 2008; 5:59PM

My avatar makes me cool.

Itsajoke: Apr 17th 2008; 5:43PM

This was a triumph!
I'm making a note here... Huge Success!

Sora267: Apr 17th 2008; 5:59PM

That's not fitting unless he uses Portal to break his Pokemon addiction.

Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio: Apr 17th 2008; 6:00PM

Shut up.

Shmil: Apr 17th 2008; 6:15PM

looks like someone made a new account just to use one of the fastest aging jokes on the web.

Ghaleon: Apr 17th 2008; 6:05PM

So he plays Pokemon when he and co-workers are on smoke break? gah. whatever works though, quitting smoking period is great.

Ken Shammy: Apr 17th 2008; 6:19PM

Wow. That image hurt my soul.

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