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Pikachu Visits Apple Park, Meets Tim Cook and John Ternus

Well, if he is in good mood, why not?

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hawwkk55 said:
Lot of old man yelling at the cloud energy in this thread
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People who complain about things like this tend to have high negative emotionality/neuroticism + low agreeableness. There's considerable overlap between that set of personality traits and endorsing more anger emotions (in general)[1]. In other words, having that combination of traits is associated with feeling more anger and helplessness over many life events. It's likely they are dissatisfied or stressed about something (maybe not even Apple-related) and are taking it out on Pikachu/Cook (although some appear to be maybe conveniently ignoring that Ternus was there too...).
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Aside: these are terms from psychology / personality research; there's nothing inherently wrong with that mixture and everyone will have aspects of those traits. However, that specific combination creates a personality profile more likely to experience and express high stress reactivity, irritability, and interpersonal conflict. This combination of personality traits (high negative emotionality/neuroticism + low agreeableness) is seen in maybe 10-15% of the population; this combination in turn factors in them being substantially more prone to negatively evaluate and publicly complain about minor events.​

There are also people who find complaining and the upvotes they receive as rewarding. While not specific to social media, Kowalski [2] proposed a theoretical model to cover this type of behavior. Some people just feel better after shouting at the clouds (or, in this case, shouting on "the cloud"), especially if there is some sort of 'make it rain' response (pun definitely intended).

References

1. Marengo, Davide, et al. "A meta-analysis on individual differences in primary emotional systems and Big Five personality traits." Scientific reports 11.1 (2021): 7453.

2. Kowalski RM. Complaints and complaining: functions, antecedents, and consequences. Psychol Bull. 1996;119(2):179-196. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.119.2.179
 
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joeblow7777 said:
Shockingly, some folks online take everything way too seriously.
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I think people are just tired of price increases, lower quality products, worse service and a general lack of stability. Additionally people are being paid less with cost of living increases and a lack of raises. We're expected to work harder and sacrifice ourselves but can't get the same in return from our employers in terms of compensation, benefits, career growth and just respect.

Meanwhile, we have corporate hypocrisy around being stewards of the environment (while making non upgradable computers, glued in batteries and endless planned obsolesce). Businesses talking about social issues and being open minded and tolerant while constantly rejecting perfectly qualified candidates due to vibes and other silly non-work related qualifications (cultural fit).

Worse of all the people on the top, don't understand that this will harm them too. That society and our economy is an engine and what they are doing is destroying the engine for short term gains. Its like constantly eating unhealthy for the dopamine and in the long term destroying ones body. Rather than us coming together to solve problems, to build a truly sustainable society, to get everyone invested in improving things for everyone, we get silly bread and circus demonstrations such as this.

Alternatively, they might not just like Pokemon. 🤷‍♂️
 
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“Two out of three were accomplished”
Considering there’s no footage of Pikachu splashing around I’m guessing the one that failed was talking about gaming
 
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ricketysquire said:
I think people are just tired of price increases, lower quality products, worse service and a general lack of stability. Additionally people are being paid less with cost of living increases and a lack of raises. We're expected to work harder and sacrifice ourselves but can't get the same in return from our employers in terms of compensation, benefits, career growth and just respect.

Meanwhile, we have corporate hypocrisy around being stewards of the environment (while making non upgradable computers, glued in batteries and endless planned obsolesce). Businesses talking about social issues and being open minded and tolerant while constantly rejecting perfectly qualified candidates due to vibes and other silly non-work related qualifications (cultural fit).

Worse of all the people on the top, don't understand that this will harm them too. That society and our economy is an engine and what they are doing is destroying the engine for short term gains. Its like constantly eating unhealthy for the dopamine and in the long term destroying ones body. Rather than us coming together to solve problems, to build a truly sustainable society, to get everyone invested in improving things for everyone, we get silly bread and circus demonstrations such as this.

Alternatively, they might not just like Pokemon. 🤷‍♂️
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I wanted to mostly make light-hearted comments on this story but...

While all of that is true, I don't think it justifies the overly irritated and rant-filled comments over what is a fairly harmless event. And I don't think complaining on an online forum about said event is all that productive in actually solving these issues.

Can you really say that someone is solving any of these problems getting angry over someone else in a Pikachu costume?

As far as someone not liking Pokemon, they've had about 30 years to make peace with the series's existence, that's kinda sad if they're that upset over a Pikachu that they take this seriously.
 
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PandaPunch said:
I wanted to mostly make light-hearted comments on this story but...

While all of that is true, I don't think it justifies the overly irritated and rant-filled comments over what is a fairly harmless event. And I don't think complaining on an online forum about said event is all that productive in actually solving these issues.

Can you really say that someone is solving any of these problems getting angry over someone else in a Pikachu costume?

As far as someone not liking Pokemon, they've had about 30 years to make peace with the series's existence, that's kinda sad if they're that upset over a Pikachu that they take this seriously.
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Sometimes it's the smallest things that trigger people and remind them of their current state. It could be a Pikachu costume, it could be a bowl of French fries, it could be a T-Shirt at Target.
 
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