I saw Smant shitting on a guy just because he thought Hoothoot was a lazy name. He told him to “take off his nostalgia goggles” and then just started going through all the stock Gen 1 insults
>Seele is just a seal (even though Spheal is just a spherical seal, but no one hates it for that)
>Muk and Arbok are just their animal names backwards (even though Rotom is just Motor backwards, but no one hates it for that)
>Voltorb is just a Pokeball (even though it’s a mimic, so it’s supposed to look like an overworld item, which is a Pokeball; meanwhile, mimics in DQ or Souls games don’t get this kind of hate)
>Magnemite is just a magnet (even though it’s not; it’s a magnetic floating robot, and the Klingklang line is objectively lazier than Magnezone line and I WILL die on that hill)
But, this all started from a guy hating on a Gen 2 mon. Gen TWO. As far as I’m aware, people treat Gen 1 and 2 as one in the same. Genwunners tend to like Gen 2 Pokemon, since the design philosophies of Gens 1 and 2 are fairly similar, and yet even Gen fucking 2 isn’t old enough to escape the genwunner accusation if you’re critical of its mons. Why? Why do people have this irrational hatred for Gen 1, with such blatant double-standards against it compared to other gens, to where it seems like they’re JUMPING at the opportunity to shit on it and anyone that likes it if anyone dares to hate on a Gen 2-9 Pokemon?