Pokemon sends hundreds of kids to hospital
Brian C. Bull (Necktie Junction)
In Japan last Tuesday, over 600 children were hospitalized due to nausea
and seizures that occurred during a television run of "Pokemon" (short
for "Pocket Monsters") a popular anime cartoon. It was deemed by
several doctors that due to the excessive vibrancy of the colors, the
fast-paced editing, and overall pace of the show, those children were
reacting due to the overt stimulation and essentially broke down
physically and mentally. The show has been pulled off the air due to
requests by the regional PTAs.
Here in America, another show with glitzy colors and staggering pace has
elicited nausea in adults. It's called "Barney and Friends". :p
-Necktie Junction
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Necktie Junction wrote:
>In Japan last Tuesday, over 600 children were hospitalized due to nausea
>and seizures that occurred during a television run of "Pokemon"
[snip]
Ya know, I was just waiting for someone to comment on this. =)
>Here in America, another show with glitzy colors and staggering pace has
>elicited nausea in adults. It's called "Barney and Friends". :p
Au contraire. While it may be a show with "glitzy colors" it
most certainly does *not* have a staggering pace. More accurately, its
pace can be described as mind-numbing, dumbing-down, catatonic-state
causing, hypnotic, et al.
The important connection here is that the seizure attacks
brought on by the anime unarguably prove that watching television shows
can have a direct effect on the human brain, especially that of small
children.
What's interesting, tho, is that in the articles I've read on
the subject, I've not heard of any adults being taken to the hospital
for seizures as a result of the show. Either they're immune, don't
watch the show, or the press just doesn't report on what happens to
adults as a result of television. ;)
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In message <34991F...@ix.netcom.com> - "Brian C. Bull (Necktie Junction)"
<NOSPAM...@ix.netcom.com> writes:
:>
:>In Japan last Tuesday, over 600 children were hospitalized due to nausea
:>and seizures that occurred during a television run of "Pokemon" (short
:>for "Pocket Monsters") a popular anime cartoon. It was deemed by
:>several doctors that due to the excessive vibrancy of the colors, the
:>fast-paced editing, and overall pace of the show, those children were
:>reacting due to the overt stimulation and essentially broke down
:>physically and mentally. The show has been pulled off the air due to
:>requests by the regional PTAs.
:>Here in America, another show with glitzy colors and staggering pace has
:>elicited nausea in adults. It's called "Barney and Friends". :p
:>-Necktie Junction
I find it quit amazing that the purveyours of these worthless
kid shows/toy advertisements choose to put out this revolting
crap.
Nintendo has had a habit of putting out games that cause
people to suddenly go into seziures. I remember the
coin-op game "The Simpson's" at the arcade in the local
mall. A 12 year old kid was playing that game five years
ago and immideatly freaked when the sprites started flashing.
And we all know that B'harny makes people with FC's puke.
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abe hornberg
Darn, now I want to see it! Pokemon not Hellwyrm.
It has been stated that it would be safe for kids to watch the show if
parents turn the TV's brightness control down, turn up the room
lighting, and make the kids take a break from the TV now and then.
With the Bharnn, the danger is in believing that there is no danger.
abe hornberg
JT
> :>In Japan last Tuesday, over 600 children were hospitalized due to nausea
> :>and seizures that occurred during a television run of "Pokemon" (short
> :>for "Pocket Monsters") a popular anime cartoon. It was deemed by
> :>several doctors that due to the excessive vibrancy of the colors, the
> :>fast-paced editing, and overall pace of the show, those children were
> :>reacting due to the overt stimulation and essentially broke down
> :>physically and mentally. The show has been pulled off the air due to
> :>requests by the regional PTAs.
> :>
> :>Here in America, another show with glitzy colors and staggering pace has
> :>elicited nausea in adults. It's called "Barney and Friends". :p
> :>
> :>-Necktie Junction
>
> I find it quit amazing that the purveyours of these worthless
> kid shows/toy advertisements choose to put out this revolting
> crap.
>
> Nintendo has had a habit of putting out games that cause
> people to suddenly go into seziures.
Eh? What in the name of John Wayne's ass are you smoking? You say this like
Nintendo KNOWS what causes seizures, then went about blatantly putting these
things into their games, knowing they would cause seizures. I think not. And I
know your Simpsons comment is after this reply, but it wasn't even developed by
nintendo. Nintendo didn't have many arcade games back then. I believe the
developer may have been Konami. And as for the cartoon causing the seizures...It
had nothing to do with the pace of the show. One of the character's eyes flashed
between two colors (red and yellow, were they?) for a full 5 seconds. That's
enough to give anyone with epilepsy a seizure if they stare at the TV long
enough. And isn't epilepsy more prominent in kids than adults? That would explain
the lack of adults who had seizures.
> I remember the
> coin-op game "The Simpson's" at the arcade in the local
> mall. A 12 year old kid was playing that game five years
> ago and immideatly freaked when the sprites started flashing.
> And we all know that B'harny makes people with FC's puke.
JT
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(Flotsam and Jetsam)
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JT (ikaz...@frontiernet.net) wrote:
It's not exactly topic, but...
: Eh? What in the name of John Wayne's ass are you smoking?
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Ok, this is a quote of the week. Anyone want to second it? >:)=
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DeadLock the Feral wrote:
> JT (ikaz...@frontiernet.net) wrote:
>
> It's not exactly topic, but...
>
> : Eh? What in the name of John Wayne's ass are you smoking?
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Ok, this is a quote of the week. Anyone want to second it?
> >:)=
>
Second! =)
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> DeadLock the Feral wrote:
>
> > JT (ikaz...@frontiernet.net) wrote:
> >
> > It's not exactly topic, but...
> >
> > : Eh? What in the name of John Wayne's ass are you smoking?
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Ok, this is a quote of the week. Anyone want to second it?
> > >:)=
> >
>
> Second! =)
I third.
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> In Japan last Tuesday, over 600 children were hospitalized due to nausea
> and seizures that occurred during a television run of "Pokemon" (short
> for "Pocket Monsters") a popular anime cartoon. It was deemed by
> several doctors that due to the excessive vibrancy of the colors, the
> fast-paced editing, and overall pace of the show, those children were
> reacting due to the overt stimulation and essentially broke down
> physically and mentally. The show has been pulled off the air due to
> requests by the regional PTAs.
>
> Here in America, another show with glitzy colors and staggering pace has
> elicited nausea in adults. It's called "Barney and Friends". :p
>
> -Necktie Junction
>
>
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> Necktie Junction, HellWurm Research Division, Verthandic Rangers
> (http://vrdet.sandwich.org/)
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> In Japan last Tuesday, over 600 children were hospitalized due to nausea
> and seizures that occurred during a television run of "Pokemon" (short
> for "Pocket Monsters") a popular anime cartoon. It was deemed by
> several doctors that due to the excessive vibrancy of the colors, the
> fast-paced editing, and overall pace of the show, those children were
> reacting due to the overt stimulation and essentially broke down
> physically and mentally. The show has been pulled off the air due to
> requests by the regional PTAs.
>
> Here in America, another show with glitzy colors and staggering pace has
> elicited nausea in adults. It's called "Barney and Friends". :p
>
> -Necktie Junction
>
>
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> Necktie Junction, HellWurm Research Division, Verthandic Rangers
> (http://vrdet.sandwich.org/)
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> On Thursday, December 18, 1997 at 12:00:00 AM UTC-8, Brian C. Bull (Necktie Junction) wrote:
> > In Japan last Tuesday, over 600 children were hospitalized due to nausea
> > and seizures that occurred during a television run of "Pokemon" (short
> > for "Pocket Monsters") a popular anime cartoon. It was deemed by
> > several doctors that due to the excessive vibrancy of the colors, the
> > fast-paced editing, and overall pace of the show, those children were
> > reacting due to the overt stimulation and essentially broke down
> > physically and mentally. The show has been pulled off the air due to
> > requests by the regional PTAs.
> >
> > Here in America, another show with glitzy colors and staggering pace has
> > elicited nausea in adults. It's called "Barney and Friends". :p
> >
> > -Necktie Junction
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Learn the EVIL that is Barney! (http://www.wavefront.com/~bull/dotb.htm)
> > Necktie Junction, HellWurm Research Division, Verthandic Rangers
> > (http://vrdet.sandwich.org/)