A banned episode of pokemon...
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Electirc soldier Porygon
About 20 minutes into the episode, there was a scene in which Pikachu stops some rockets with his lightning attack, resulting in a huge explosion that flashed red and blue lights. Although there were similar parts in the episode with red and blue flashes, this scene was extremely intense, with blinks at a rate of about 12 Hz for approximately 4 seconds in almost full screen, and then for 2 seconds outright fullscreen. At this point, viewers started to complain of blurred vision, headaches, dizziness and nausea; in a sense, this might be considered a striking occurance in actual reality of the literary trope known as the motif of harmful sensation. A few people even had seizures, blindness, convulsions and lost consciousness. Japan's Fire Defense Agency reported that a total of 685 children (310 boys, 375 girls) were taken to hospitals by ambulances. Although many children recovered during the ambulance trip, more than 150 of them were admitted to hospitals. Only two people stayed in the hospital for over 2 weeks.
Scientists believe that the flashing lights triggered "photosensitive seizures" in which visual stimuli such as flashing lights can cause altered consciousness. Although scientists know that approximately 1 in 4000 people (0.5 - 0.8% of children between 4-14 years old) are susceptible to these types of seizures, the number of people affected by this Pokémon episode was unprecedented.
Wanna try it out...
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Ugh... really work sia... I watch too close and now got slight headache...
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no. nothing also..
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Try watching full screen, in dark room and watch closely... If still not affected then congratulation you're immune...Originally posted by mhcampboy:no. nothing also.. -
guess im immune. already 19inch screen and its 1am now. so room is dark.Originally posted by MohamedF:Try watching full screen, in dark room and watch closely... If still not affected then congratulation you're immune... -
COOL....
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i dun feel a thing either. guess i've stared too much into tv/computer screens in my life le.
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i don't feel anything...am i too old for it??haha
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Pokemon is not my generation. I'm old. Mine was Doraemon.
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wa abit dizzy.
i watched the other parts as well... -
This is old news. At least 5 years old.
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bo leh im ok
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me ish ok
but note
the ones who got sent to hospitals are kids
not adults
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lol, pokemon somemore lar. BAN THEM IN SINGAPORE PLEASE!
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nothing happen
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wah pikachu and porygon so strong?!?!
tomorrow go buy their dolls....... haha jkjk -
i'm felt ok after watching, but i didn't watch it fullscreen though.
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( Watched the youtube, ow my eyes, even on a small screen, ow.
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I nearly watched that episode when I was holidaying in Japan.
That time I had no idea what the heck was pokemon, and was more interested in playing arcade machines. The next day it was all over the Japan news, and I kinda loled.
Virtual Fighter saved me from the red blue flashy thing.
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lol...go buy and post here let us see...Originally posted by ItchyArmpit:wah pikachu and porygon so strong?!?!
tomorrow go buy their dolls....... haha jkjk -
any 15yr old affected?
becos i'm not affected