>>15360675Just the opposite. The term came about from salty, idiotic hipsters that were insecure about liking shit pokemon and wanted to come across as unique and innovative players in the face of the all out Spikes that did whatever to win at the cost of "variety".
I know this because I watched it all happen. The forums, Putin, Ammonium Nitrate, all of those idiots. There was very little about it that was actually benign, it was all done out of spite and snowflake syndrome.