Modern problems require modern solutions
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Original Japanese tweet text: まーもん @yama40114121: Pokemon GOがでたら人々が外に出るようになって Pokemon Sleepがでたら人々が眠るようになって、ポケモンは現代人の社会課題を解決してきてる つまり、少子化を解決するには....ハッ Google Translate translation: When Pokemon GO came out, people began to go out. When Pokemon Sleep comes out, people start to sleep, and Pokemon is solving the social problems of modern people. In other words, to solve the declining birthrate....
Overview
This is a screenshot of a viral joke tweet, reposted to 9Gag. The tweet makes a humorous logical argument: after Pokémon GO launched, people started going outside more, solving the modern problem of sedentary indoor lifestyles. After Pokémon Sleep launched, people started sleeping better, solving the modern problem of poor sleep habits. It then leads to the punchline setup: if Pokémon keeps solving modern social problems, to solve the declining birthrate (low fertility rate), the logical next step is a new Pokémon game that would encourage people to have more sex and children. The English Google Translate version of the joke is highlighted with a red circle for English-speaking audiences. The unspoken implication that the new game would be a sexually themed Pokémon title is the core of the joke.
Origin notes
The original joke is a tweet posted by Japanese Twitter/X user @yama40114121 shortly after the release of Pokémon Sleep in 2023. This screenshot of the tweet with the translated section highlighted was later reposted to 9Gag with the title 'Modern problems require modern solutions', and has circulated as a viral meme across social media.
