#pallet handling systems

[packaging-automations]

Palletizing systems automate stacking items – like boxes, bags, or drums – onto pallets for secure shipping and storage. Once a manual, labour-heavy task, modern pallet handling systems are fully automated systems that increase safety and precision, reducing the risk of injury and ensuring a smoother workflow.

[headsupb2b]

Enhancing Workplace Safety with Material Handling Equipment

Material handling equipment refers to tools and machinery designed to efficiently move, store, and manage materials and products within various industrial settings. This equipment includes items such as forklifts, conveyor belts, pallet jacks, and cranes, which streamline the movement of goods, reduce manual labor, and enhance productivity. By automating and optimizing processes, material handling equipment helps minimize operational costs and improve safety. These systems are crucial in warehouses, manufacturing plants, and distribution centers, ensuring smooth and effective material flow from one stage to the next. Properly chosen and maintained equipment can significantly impact overall operational efficiency and performance. Discover a wide range of top-quality material handling equipment at https://www.headsupb2b.com/material-handling-equipment . Find the perfect solutions for your business needs today!

[rothepacketech]

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[digitallynumb-syscourse]

Since apparently littlecourse is back, here's something a little of ours made for the occasion a while ago:

"Littles are children and need to be kept safe from adult things. They need to be treated as helpless children because that's what they are."

Sucks to be you. I'm gonna drive a pallet jack at work and you can't stop me just because internally my age is 5. If I wanna drink, no one is gonna stop me cause the body is 22. I'm not a helpless little uwu baby you need to protect i can handle myself. Guess what? I'm actually a pretty big protector in the system. Guess I shouldn't be protecting us since apparently I have to be a helpless child

Not all littles want to be seen as actual children. I can function as an adult. We've had other littles front solo for a job before and handle themselves fine. If your system treats littles like children and that works for you, great! Stop assuming every system feels the same. We aren't commenting on any 18+ topics with littles just because it hasn't really ever been much of a discussion in the system. But like, if a little is present in front it doesn't mean the others are just going to stop doing any mature things they were up to. At most the little will be taken away if they can't handle what everyone is doing

[tinyowlthoughts]

"I can divide by biographies!"

My favorite episode. Donnie is such a patron, and I empathize with the librarian so much. So, a librarians view of the library episode:

-Donnie is so fucking excited to be at the library. Mood. -Inhaling that bibliosmia, which is the proper term for 'old book smell'. -He has opinions on the nonfiction area. ("Geology stinks.") -Is absolutely IN LOVE with the idea of being IN a book. -"Holy Gutenberg." I'm stealing this to use with my coworkers. -Patron is asking for something but doesn't come right out and say it, instead rambling about personal stuff instead of making it easy for both of them. -Doesn't actually ask the librarian for guidance to the information, instead strikes out on his own to find it. (aka Ignoring a resource right at his fingertips, one of the biggest reasons large, high-traffic libraries employ professional, master's degree holding librarians) -Knows what the Dewey Decimal system is and how it works. -Intuitively figured out the mystic library cataloging system, which is hella impressive. -Doesn't write down the call number of the book, thus leaving his brothers in a lurch when he gets blasted into the baby zone.

And can I just say, the book being part of a display was my absolute favorite part. The name of the display, the beautiful display shelf - peak librarianship right there. Making displays is one of my favorite things to do.

Feel so bad for the Bat Librarian (who deserves her own name for the BS she had to put up with!). Like - the wreckage, the destruction, the falling books? Do y'all have any idea how long it would take to collect, organized, catalog, and reshelve those thousands of books?!?! And then the work that would pile up since she has to focus on that? I didn't notice any other librarians in the episode, and it is a well known fact that if you're not a librarian, page, or trained volunteer, we would prefer you put the books on a cart instead of shelving them yourself because there are many nuances to both Dewey and the alphabetical order (St v Saint, etc.). Also it's a mystic library, so maybe there's no need for other librarians because if everything is running smoothly, Ms. Bat can handle it.

I'm fairly certain that if Donnie showed up to apologize, he would be put right to work assisting her in the mundane shelving task. And let's be honest, he would adore it. Raph might be granted the chance to help, since he's such a softy and would likely be genuinely apologetic for the mess now that Mayhem is out of danger. I could see him using his powers to help hold the larger stuff in place for repairs to the shelves, walls, etc., or moving large pallets of books around for Donnie to shelve.

Leo and Mikey? Straight to the kiddie room, if not outright banned from ever entering the mystic library again. (Yes, libraries ban patrons. It happens all the time - when you enter a library, you are agreeing to follow the Code of Conduct. You break it, we ban you, from a month to life.)

Such a good episode. One of my all-time faves from the series.

Honestly, if I made an OC for this world, it would probably be a library manager for a smaller branch of the Mystic Library that is more present in NYC, likely disguised as a 'used book store' that is more public library and less academic library, and more easily accessible for the Yōkai living in the human realm. Instead of hush bats there would be a big, fluffy library cat named LoC who sits on you if you're being too loud.

[emeraldthelynx]

Your Digimon/Battle Network au is really really interesting.

Lay it on me

Okay! I have been waiting for an excuse to do this! This is a whole infodump, so everything is below!

The story starts out a bit like Digimon Adventure because the Battle Network crew fall into the Digital World, literately. At first the Navis don't know how to do anything with their new Digi-forms (especially since they're pretty much just blobs in their In-Training forms) and the PETs are completely inoperable. Eventually the PETs become Digivices, and they establish a connection with the Digi-Navis, letting them understand their new forms and later evolve.

I have so much worldbuilding, a couple of plot beats, but I don't have much of a story as of yet, especially since I want it to be episodic. The Digital World is kinda like if you took Adventure's, Frontier's, and Fusions', threw in a bit of X-Evolutions, and mashed them all together. That just means that there's lots of little villages, odd human-world things here and there, and a healthy chunk of lore. I do know that the Digital World is incredibly ancient in this story, even in human-world terms. I don't know who the bad guy will be, I'm stuck between having a Digimon bad guy or a human bad guy, and since it's set after MMBN2, I "technically" can't use Sean or the Professor. (I might though.)

The Navis are kinda confused about the Digital World because, on one hand, they are still data and can do data things, but on the other hand, they get hungry and sleepy and all that stuff. Megaman cannot handle spicy stuff whatsoever, Roll doesn't mind any food, but she does like sweets, Gutsman will literately eat anything, Glide has a refined pallet, and is kinda a picky eater, and Protoman doesn't care, unless somebody has strawberry pocky. (It was the first thing he ate, and is now kinda obsessed with it.) Megaman is also having a bit of a crisis because he's a human who was turned into a Navi who is now a Digimon, and Digimon exist in the same space as the Operators, but they're still data. He's not quite sure what he is now. I kinda want to have a plot where they meet some Bakemon and Megaman's crisis gets worse.

When they eventually get back to the human world, to stop another crisis, time between the Digital World and the human world become synchronized, and the NetNavis have the Digimon code in their systems now, and can leave the Net in their Digimon forms. I just love the idea of Digimon popping out from the little tiny PET screens. (The PETs also have a hologram function now, since they've been upgraded to Digivices, kinda like Beast and/or Appmon.)

And I also have this whole plotline where Protoman looses his shades, goes berserk and evolves into a really wild form, and when he de-Digivolves back they're still missing and he really doesn't know what to do.

There's so many more things floating around in my head, just kinda playing pinball, so if there's anything more specific that you want to know about, please ask! Thank you so much for the Ask!

[kidspawn]

i remember seeing a post a while ago about you studying environmental science & working with produce/flowers!! and i thought it was really cool so if you'd like pls share more about your study/work :) but no pressure of course!

Oh this is very sweet of you to ask! Thank you!

Stuff I do for work is not nearly as interesting as I make it sound, I promise. The majority of what I do is just handling produce, cleaning it up, making it ready to be sold, quality check and control. There's a huge push in conservation in the sorting, composting, and regulation of what goes out. It just means I know a lot about produce and I am not paid enough for the amount I do lmao. (I am overqualified for my position, that's my opinion.) I do a lot of back of house work, especially with trimming herbs and leafy vegetables with proper produce wash, a lot of unloading pallets and making bales and such. (I am one of three people at my job who knows how to make a bale. The other two are managers. I am not bitter about this. Please help. I need a damn raise.)

MY FLOWERS! I love flowers! This is the more delightful part of my job, because working with flowers is my quiet little happy place. Same thing as with the fruits and veggies and the little guys, but with flowers. Bringing in boxes, trimming them up for display, pruning them and making sure none of the flowers shipped in moldy. The actual delight of working with flowers is getting to make arrangements and wrap bouquets. That's usually just more trimming, pruning leaves, and moving the flowers around until it looks good, wrapping it with paper and ribbon. People love getting bouquets. I love making bouquets. (Go-to arrangements are almost always roses and baby's breathe. I love working with bigger, more colourful flowers. I love roses too. Personally, love sunflowers, ranunculus, and peonies. But I like all flowers.) If I could just work with flowers forever I would.

Actually, what I'm really passionate about is studying! So, my long-term plan is to work in sustainable urban development as, well, an urban planner. Due to the nature of urban activities and the following environmental degradation, urban planning has begun shifting to sustainable focus while improving the quality of urban ecosystems. Ecological planning, specifically, works to maintain a balance of human need with the health of natural ecosystems. And that's more or less what I want to do. Is the short of it. I've gone through two years of college, three majors, (Fine Arts, Psychology, Forensics) and only recently settled back into this major. So, yeah, environmental science with (according to the college I'm moving to) a minors in architecture. Environmental science also grants room for a broader range of careers if urban planning doesn't quite hit the sport. Architecture because I genuinely love architecture but it's not the most lucrative career. But I still want to study it. (If this college works out, despite all the caution thrown to the wind and the risks I'm taking with considering it) So this is mainly understanding various levels and factors that contribute to the current state of the environment, how people impact it, how the government impacts it, how to establish and negotiate policy that best sustains the environment. All to design city infrastructures and systems that work with and for the environment than against it. And getting to be super super annoying in meetings. So I have to study law. Also, I get to study such a broad spectrum of topics (marine biology, economics, sociology, etc) and that scratches my brain just so.

Sorry I went on a whole thing. I don't think any of it is like... especially interesting. But I appreciate you asking. And I had fun writing this out. Great day for this, considering the college crisis I had and pushed through. It's all good, at the end of the day. Environmental fight because the planet makes me cry.

I grew up in Hawaiʻi, and environmental work was integrated in the grade school curriculum. So, I've been doing environmental work since I was like... five. And it lasted until high school. And later college. And now. Regular field trips, summer camps, excursions to other islands, and a trip to New Zealand we scrapped and saved for, even just beach cleanups or making art with trash. (I made a table out of bottlecaps.) So... yeah coming back to environmental science was a huge full-circle, wow this would heal my inner child <3

[souhaillaghchimdev]

Getting Started with Industrial Robotics Programming

Industrial robotics is a field where software engineering meets automation to drive manufacturing, assembly, and inspection processes. With the rise of Industry 4.0, the demand for skilled robotics programmers is rapidly increasing. This post introduces you to the fundamentals of industrial robotics programming and how you can get started in this exciting tech space.

What is Industrial Robotics Programming?

Industrial robotics programming involves creating software instructions for robots to perform tasks such as welding, picking and placing objects, painting, or quality inspection. These robots are typically used in factories and warehouses, and are often programmed using proprietary or standard languages tailored for automation tasks.

Popular Robotics Programming Languages

RAPID – Used for ABB robots.

KRL (KUKA Robot Language) – For KUKA industrial robots.

URScript – Used by Universal Robots.

Fanuc KAREL / Teach Pendant Programming

ROS (Robot Operating System) – Widely used open-source middleware for robotics.

Python and C++ – Common languages for simulation and integration with sensors and AI.

Key Components in Robotics Programming

Motion Control: Programming the path, speed, and precision of robot arms.

Sensor Integration: Use of cameras, force sensors, and proximity detectors for adaptive control.

PLC Communication: Integrating robots with Programmable Logic Controllers for factory automation.

Safety Protocols: Programming emergency stops, limit switches, and safe zones.

Human-Machine Interface (HMI): Designing interfaces for operators to control and monitor robots.

Sample URScript Code (Universal Robots)

# Move to position movej([1.0, -1.57, 1.57, -1.57, -1.57, 0.0], a=1.4, v=1.05) # Gripper control (example function call) set_digital_out(8, True) # Close gripper sleep(1) set_digital_out(8, False) # Open gripper

Software Tools You Can Use

RoboDK – Offline programming and simulation.

ROS + Gazebo – Open-source tools for simulation and robotic control.

ABB RobotStudio

Fanuc ROBOGUIDE

Siemens TIA Portal – For integration with industrial control systems.

Steps to Start Your Journey

Learn the basics of industrial robotics and automation.

Familiarize yourself with at least one brand of industrial robot (ABB, KUKA, UR, Fanuc).

Get comfortable with control systems and communication protocols (EtherCAT, PROFINET).

Practice with simulations before handling real robots.

Study safety standards (ISO 10218, ANSI/RIA R15.06).

Real-World Applications

Automated welding in car manufacturing.

High-speed pick and place in packaging.

Precision assembly of electronics.

Material handling and palletizing in warehouses.

Conclusion

Industrial robotics programming is a specialized yet rewarding field that bridges software with real-world mechanics. Whether you’re interested in working with physical robots or developing smart systems for factories, gaining skills in robotics programming can open up incredible career paths in manufacturing, automation, and AI-driven industries.

[bumblebeeappletree]

Tammy knows what’s up with vertical gardening and shows us how to maximise green space.

Vertical gardens can transform wall or maximise a small space in your garden. They needn’t be massive with complex watering systems or an eye watering cost. If you keep things simple, they're easy to make yourself at home. Tammy’s here to show you how!

Choose a sturdy frame:

Wire mesh is a great option or go with a classic wooden lattice. Whatever you choose, make sure it’s sturdy as watered pot plants get quite heavy. Another option is to create one with timber pallets. The shelves have fabulous planting pockets, but it can be hard to know if the timber has been treated. It's wise to avoid pallets for gardens that include edible foods.

Choose your pots:

Many pre-made vertical systems have tiny pots, which is fine for small plants but can limit your options or stunt their growth. The solution is to try a variety of pot shapes and sizes. A mix of plastic troughs and leftover pots will be lightweight and may make use of what you already have laying around. They’ll need to be reasonably small to keep the focus on the plants. Flat backed wire baskets lined with coconut fibre will also be lightweight and easy to hang.

Choose your plants:

The best vertical gardens are lush with creative combinations of colours, textures and forms. But too much variety can look messy and increase maintenance. To keep things simple, choose a theme: Sunny herb garden? Shady tropical? This might be influenced by where its positioned and the exposure to light, warmth, and wind.

Next, choose 3-5 core plants with different textures and habits that can handle living in small pots. A good combination is one strappy-leaved plant, one trailing plant, and one with bushy leaves. Once you have these in place you can add others to fill the gaps. See the grid below* for examples for a sunny or shady position.

Setting up:

To extend a wooden trellis, you can use garden wire to secure two frames together. Make sure it’s sturdy before setting out your design. Think of your frame as a grid and play around with pot placement before planting. Strategic placement can be the difference between a nice background greenery and an eye-catching feature wall. Try creating straight or diagonal lines of the same plants or grouping them to highlight and contrast blocks of colour or texture. Pots that are directly on top of each other may block sunlight or airflow, so stagger them for best results. Always use premium potting mix that is suited to your plants and remember that they will grow at different rates so don’t expect it to fill out straight away. It’s a good idea to trim back the faster growers to stop them hindering the slower ones. Remember to observe and tweak your creation along the way – the only way is up!

[systemquirks]

Our system (traumagenic) is pretty unique. We're almost completely Introjects and nonhumans.

Our host is a fictive and a persecutor, even.

We have trauma related to source memories.

we frequently split fragments. We have an unknown alter count. We split easily and frequently, mainly during any strong emotion, even happiness, or we don't realize how we feel while our brain is panicking internally.

We have very. Strange. Triggers. And sometimes they trigger us and sometimes they don't. (A word, a color pallete, a color...)

We have a few other disorders.

And finally, we are very easily to fakeclaim yet somehow, we've only been fakeclaimed twice.

Your quirks are very similar to many systems I know!! I have a friend who has almost entirely introjected parts. We personally have trauma related to our source memories (which, for us, is directly related to the real life trauma we’ve faced). We don’t have fragments, ourselves, but I know many systems who split in the same way you’ve described; I’ve even heard one say they’ve split over stubbing their toe, to form a fragment who just handles stubbed toes. Triggers -- yeah, we relate heavily to that. We’ve got a name trigger that’s horribly triggering, and specific colors make specific parts get closer to the front!! We also have other disorders (as do many other systems, especially those who have comorbidities!). And, as for fakeclaiming -- I’m really happy for you, anon!! It’s never nice to be fakeclaimed, so I’m relieved it hasn’t happened much to you :) 

[jodjuya]

Okay, so!

I was watching this Royal Institution lecture about black holes and quantum computing (🤯), and Professor Marika Taylor put up this slide:

And I was immediately like:

"Oh snap! The Pokéball is a quantum computer system which functions by manipulating a miniature black hole to convert all of a target creature's matter and energy into the form of pure information!"

Conclusions:

🔮creatures inside Pokéballs are effectively in stasis, in a stasis bubble. They don't experience time, can't perceive the outside world - can't perceive full-stop, for that matter; their consciousness no longer even exists except as a snapshot of pure information.

🔮 you can store literally anything inside a Pokéball. Human beings, a pallet of dry goods, your bicycle, your car, etc, etc. Whatever you want within reason; anything that the Pokéball's AI would recognise and categorise as "a discreet thing", as long as its physical size isn't infinitesimally small, it isn't so big that it violates the safety margins built in by the system's engineers (and so probably not human beings then, after all), it isn't too amorphous to be quantised as a discreet being (i.e. Gastly in the wild are gaseous beings, and so expand to fill the room they're haunting; but Gastly in a Pokéball is just the capture of a sphere of space of some arbitrary diameter centred on Gastly's centre of mass, and so some of it will usually be left behind), and doesn't contain another Pokéball;

🔮 basically every Pokéball is a single-use Bag Of Holding. And just like those, if you put one singularity inside of another they explode so just don't do that. The PokéGovernment will send a PokéSWAT team to your Pokéhouse if they catch you even thinking about attempting to Pokéhack hack that particular safety lockout mechanism. 😡

🔮 The 'three shakes' before a pokémon is 'captured' aren't the pokémon exerting its willpower to break free of the mechanism like an angry cow kicking down a rickety corral. They're the Pokéball system running its checksums before it can declare a capture as valid and the Pokéball safe to handle:

[steps zero - if these fail the system doesn't even begin the capture process: are you attempting to capture a human being, or another Pokéball (this includes any part of any creature that is currently going into, or coming out of, another Pokéball), or the energy discharge of a pokémon attack in progress?]

1: was the targeting system accurate? Did it successfully capture one creature and nothing but all of one creature? Eg: minimal foreign debris, didn't leave a severed limb behind (or take some other pokémon's severed limb into the Pokéball too), didn't capture two or more pokémon at once (unless it's one of those 'cluster pokémon' where multiple individuals are supposed to be captured together as the individual parts of a greater whole), etc

2: while recording perfect information about the creature's brain, and analysing its brainwaves to thereby read its mind and what it was thinking at the time of capture: was it broken to the pokémon trainer's will? (Using 'broken' here in the sense of "breaking in" an untrained horse or elephant, to get them used to wearing human equipment and following human commands to do human work) i.e. reading the pokémon's mind to predict what will happen when it is released from the Pokéball: will it fight for the trainer or will it immediately turn around to continue attacking the trainer right where it left off?

[it's pretty explicit in the games' text that this is how it works. [Warning: TV Tropes] See: Strength Equals Worthiness, Defeat Means Friendship, and Gang Initiation Fight]

(and so this means that the breaking-in of a pokémon by capturing it happens before being captured in the Pokéball! Not because of being captured in the Pokéball!)

3: final checksum is degree of certainty that the information was recorded without error, and that when the information is released it will perfectly recreate the creature as if being released from a stasis bubble.

🔮 if a Pokéball breaks and its miniature black hole "evaporates in an uncontrolled fashion", whatever was recorded inside of that Pokéball has now been lost forever.

🔮 So what this looks like in practice is that Pokéballs are some of the most robust little gadgets ever devised by mankind but when they do fail they really pop off. Not unlike a LiPo battery bursting into flames. So any broken Pokéballs you come across are either uncompleted & inert factory blanks, DOA duds, or are used balls that failed some safety check or another and self-destructed.

🔮 [and this is one of the reasons why capturing a human in a Pokéball is illegal in all jurisdictions, and that taboo is built into the very device itself]

[technowaveblog]

easyTRACK Warehouse Management System

An intelligent solution to control movement and storage of materials within a Warehouse.

A well-structured Warehouse Management system is important for the smooth and efficient operation of any warehouse, irrespective of the size or volume of material it handles. Most of the small and medium warehouses do not require an expensive WMS with redundant features. easyTRACK WMS is a perfect solution on the enterprise mobility for the warehouse management of small and medium enterprises which helps them manage all the essential warehouse functions. easyTRACK warehouse automation software allows the users in warehouse to manage the following operations at their palm.

Goods receiving

Put away

Picking & Palletizing

Dispatch

Stock count, etc.

easyTRACK WMS Lite Benefits

Solves the challenges faced in the conventional system.

Goods Receiving-

Priority Issue ­­­ Multiple Shipments received at a time

Delayed Data entry ­­­ Stock may be available but not available for Sale Dead /Damage/Short supply on arrival not instantly notified.

SOLUTION: GRN on PDT “goods receiving made easy with GRN on PDT”

Welcome to Technowave Group, your trusted provider of advanced technology solutions in Dubai. Our RFID Warehouse Inventory Management Systems can help businesses improve their inventory management and provide complete visibility into their warehouse operations.

What is RFID Warehouse Inventory Management System?

RFID Warehouse Inventory Management System uses RFID technology to automate the process of inventory tracking and management. It involves tagging inventory items with that contain unique identification numbers. The RFID tags are read by RFID readers, which transmit the data to a computer system that stores the information and provides real-time updates on the inventory’s location, movement, and status.

Key Features of our RFID Warehouse Inventory Management System

Our RFID Warehouse Inventory Management System comes with the following key features:

Real-time inventory tracking: 

Our RFID system provides accurate and up-to-date information on inventory levels, locations, and movements in real-time. This means that businesses can quickly identify any discrepancies, such as missing or misplaced items, and take corrective action before they become bigger problems.

Inventory management: 

Our RFID system automates the inventory management process, including item counting, reordering, and tracking. This means that businesses can easily monitor inventory levels and reorder products when they are running low. This helps prevent stockouts and ensures that products are always available for customers.

Asset tracking: 

It can track and manage assets, including equipment, tools, and vehicles, helping businesses keep track of their assets’ location, status, and maintenance schedules. This allows businesses to optimize asset utilization and minimize downtime, which can result in significant cost savings.

Reporting and analytics: 

The RFID system generates detailed reports on inventory and asset tracking, providing businesses with valuable insights into their warehouse operations. Businesses can use this information to identify areas for improvement and make informed decisions about inventory levels, order fulfillment, and asset management.

Improved accuracy and efficiency: 

Our RFID system eliminates the need for manual inventory tracking, reducing the risk of errors and improving accuracy. This saves time and resources by automating inventory management and asset tracking, allowing businesses to focus on other critical tasks.

Improved visibility and control: 

It provides real-time updates on inventory and asset movement, giving businesses complete visibility into their warehouse operations. This helps businesses make informed decisions and take corrective action quickly, leading to increased efficiency and productivity.

Improved customer satisfaction: 

Our RFID system helps businesses improve their order fulfillment process, reducing stockouts and improving delivery times. This leads to increased customer satisfaction and repeat business, which can be a significant competitive advantage in today’s market.

Compliance with regulations: 

Last but not least, our RFID system helps businesses comply with regulations related to inventory tracking and management. For example, our system can provide traceability requirements for food and pharmaceutical products, ensuring that businesses meet regulatory requirements and avoid costly penalties.

Overall, our RFID Warehouse Inventory Management System offers businesses a range of benefits, from increased efficiency and productivity to improved customer satisfaction and regulatory compliance.

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Whether you are a small business or a large enterprise, we can help you leverage technology to improve your warehouse operations and achieve your goals. Contact us today to learn more about our RFID Warehouse Inventory Management System and other technology solutions.

[kroondal]

"Strange memories on this Tumblr post. Twenty-five years later? Thirty? It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era—the kind of peak that never comes again. Pokémon in the 90s and early 2000s was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. . . .

Pokémon are hard to know, because of all nine generations, but even without being sure of their types, it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time—and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.

My central memory of that time seems to hang on two or three or maybe five years—sunny afternoons—when I left school and, after going home and watching the series, aimed the bike towards the playground at a hundred miles an hour wearing comfy shorts and a red and white cap . . . booming through the Rock Tunnel without the lights of HM Flash, not quite sure which turn-off to take when I got to the other end (always stalling at the wild Zubat, too twisted to use Repel while I fumbled for my Pikachu) . . . but being absolutely certain that no matter which way I went I would come to a place where people were just as battle ready and beat up as I was: No doubt at all about that. . . .

There were battles in any direction, at any hour. If not over Link Club, then up Route 11 or down Route 41 to Swirl Island or Cianwood City. . . . You could walk into tall grass anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . .

And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory by type effectiveness. Not to denounce the evils of Truth and Love; we didn’t need that. Our HP would simply prevail. There was no point in not fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . .

So now, less than thirty years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Johto and look up the Triple Battle system, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the Mega evolutions—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.”

- Ash S. Ketchum, Fear and Loathing in Pallet Town

Gotta catch ‘em all..! 🎵🎶