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If you get to greentext a real story then I do too sorry other anons
>be me
>38 and playing pokemon since picking up yellow and a gameboy pocket
>sitting at mall food court playing let's go handheld mode since I'm not fat and have facial hair
>some family sits next to me as I just start my rematch battle against bruno
>oh no.jpg
>try to rush through the easiest elite 4 member while I can sense one of the kids keeps looking over and just entering sleep mode isn't an option
>"isn't that pokemon? you like pokemon right? you should ask to see his game."
>oh no no no.bmp
>kid reluctantly walks over after a moment
>"is that pokemon?"
>hate kids and try to avoid them
>kid is obviously embarrassed that the thing they didn't want to do isn't working out
>looks at mom and she says try again
>"um"
>all these distractions and awkwardness make me sperg out and have charizard use wing attack instead of earthquake against onix who then uses rock slide on my damaged charizard to kill it
>unaggressively but firmly set switch down
>"alright kid what the hell do you want"
>kid is now about to cry and their mom is shocked
>"wait I'm sorry don't cry my charizard just died"
>they half-cry while running to hug their mom
>everyone is looking at me
>my mom comes back from getting taco bell nearby and has no idea what's going on
>"you've done a terrible job raising your son"
>my mom looks at me and assumes I made the kid cry
>go back home with mom and head to my room to finish elite 4 rematches in let's go
>can't go back to the mall since everyone will know who I am and it will be awkward shopping there
>can't enjoy kanto because it made some kid cry
I've been thinking about selling my switch since this happened. My mom seems to be over it but I can feel something's off whenever I bring up pokemon now. How do I bring myself to go back to the mall and enjoy Gen 1 again?