Pokemon Go has reached a whole new level of madness and obsession worldwide. The insanely popular gaming app has added billions to Nintendo’s market value as its daily active users surpass that of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.
However, the augmented reality game that forces players outside to catch virtual monsters has also evoked a lot of criticism with captivate players quitting job, crashing into cars, illegally crossing country border, getting stuck in under-ground caves, falling off a cliff and landing themselves in all sorts of bizzare situations.
Apprehended by the pokemon obsession causing all sorts of weird incidents, the Mumbai-police resorted to a very artistic approach of warning people against the hazards of chasing pokemons on roads.
Life is not a game. Especially not one to be played on the roads! #RoadSafety pic.twitter.com/qQghrHDNWr
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) July 24, 2016
In another tweet, they brought in the ‘Game of Thrones’ reference to urge people to be attentive because “winter is coming”.
“What we don’t know is usually what gets us killed!” Roads have never been the best place to play games! #RoadSafety pic.twitter.com/k5xanoifIA
— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) July 23, 2016
The innovative method of educating people however did not apparently have the desired impact and was generously trolled by twitter users. Here are a few responses to the tweet that will leave you in splits.
@MumbaiPolice So only @BeingSalmanKhan can play on the roads? Don’t catch em all, at least catch one?
— Nikhil (@Trollacharya) July 24, 2016
While we’re at it, @espnjohnsy, let’s also ban walking, cycling, driving & riding. They cause accidents too, yes? @arungooner5 @MumbaiPolice
— Akshay Rao (@AkshayRao27) July 24, 2016
@MumbaiPolice LOL, for a city which can’t even stop bikers from riding on the footpath, this looks really lame and uncalled for. 😂😂😂
— Anthony Mendes (@AnthonyMendes7) July 25, 2016
@MumbaiPolice agreed plz catch criminals😂 we are safe
— Dhwani❤ (@DhwaniPrincess) July 24, 2016
@MumbaiPolice @RidlrMUM mumbai police hoping thay they too have some sort of poke balls to catch criminals efficiently
— ♆Red Devil♆ (@AnngadC) July 25, 2016
@MumbaiPolice wish you could catch criminals like how I catch Pokemons
— Pranay Shah (@SN_Pranay) July 24, 2016
@MumbaiPolice mumbai winters are non-existent tbh
— ? (@GunnerND) July 23, 2016
@MumbaiPolice @MumRail Mumbai streets are worst in Rain. What’s reason to talk about winter? सहज सरळ मराठीत ज्ञान द्या मराठी रयतेस
— Marathi (@mul_mumbaikar) July 23, 2016
(Feature Image Source: Twitter/@mumbaipolice)