Switch cartridges are coated in Bitrex, a non-toxic chemical that also happens to be the most bitter substance known to man. The idea was that since the cartridges are so small, they’d be a choking hazard for young children. In theory, the Bitrex is supposed to dissuade kids from keeping the cartridge in their mouth long enough to choke. But then some internet wise guy put a Switch cartridge in his mouth, posted about how nasty it tastes, and now everyone else is trying it to see just how bad it is.

oh! i’m sorry! apology accepted.

tbh of all the times for me to misinterpret someone’s intentions, that was probably a good moment. i was feeling too apathetic to really be upset upset. so no harm done, really.

i get the feeling you’re being sarcastic, in which case i think it’s pretty sad that you feel the need to go out of your way to send someone a passive-aggressive message because they made a joke you didn’t find funny

Pretty good! Nothing spectacular happened, except I traded for a shiny Magnemite. I think it’s cloned, but that’s no big deal to me.

Thank you! You’re very kind. 🙂

It was okay, mostly. I got into a fight with my mom a little while ago and had some Fun Dissociation Times, but I’m alright now.

(B) What sense do you most like to stim with (tactile, visual, proprioceptive, etc.)?

Tactile.

Already answered E.

(E) Give me four fun facts about your current special interest!

ahahaha which one

• So in Sun and Moon, we get Apricorn balls again, which is awesome. We only get one of each per save file, which is not awesome. The Heavy Ball has a very interesting catch rate modifier, in that it will decrease the catch rate if used on a Pokémon that weighs less than 451.5 lbs (204.8 kg). There’s a Pokémon called Beldum that weighs around 210 lbs and has a base catch rate of 3, which is the lowest a Pokémon can possibly have. Because it’s so relatively light, using a Heavy Ball on it takes the catch rate even lower than that. There isn’t a simplified catch rate calculator for Sun/Moon yet, so I can’t give an exact chance of success, but people have made hundreds, even thousands of attempts without catching a Heavy Ball Beldum. Breeders are making absolutely absurd offers for one, with the caveat that the trader needs to provide photographic evidence that the Beldum was caught legitimately. Heavy Ball Beldum is serious fucking business.
• Damn, how do I top that? I don’t think I can.
• The Sun/Moon artbook confirms that the games take place 2 years after XY/B2W2.
• The protagonists of Sun/Moon don’t have official names, but datamining suggests that at some point, the male was going to be Kai and the female was going to be Lana.
• Marshadow, like many other Alola Pokémon, is based on Hawaiian mythology.

Officially released stuff is fine! But if it’s anything that someone wouldn’t know unless they played the game or looked at datamine stuff, then I want that tagged.