Slaking & Vigoroth: Ancient Empires and Childhood Development? | Gnoggin - Pokemon Theory

sometimes you remember a fun fact about a Pokemon and you think it's neat happens to me all the time like fun fact slacking is the most powerful non legendary Pokemon it has the highest stats of any and upon remembering this I figured a video on the line would be pretty neat the whole line is actually pretty interesting but like always let's ask questions along the way why and how does slakoth sleep so much how does Vigoroth possibly symbolize an entire medieval empire and why's it so hyperactive and why is slacking so lazy again hello real fast before we get into the video crazy nice announcement noggin net it's a website now where you can get these amazing things right below me shirt shirt keychains iron-on patches when was the last time you even conceived of an iron-on patch this is such weird merchandise hopefully it does well and only you can help prevent Amiga from going bankrupt iron-on patches slack off sleeps a lot like a lot a lot of 20 hours a day according to the Pokedex so assuming of course that the Polka world has 24 hour days like our world then that's a really long time that only leaves four hours a day for it to go and explore the world though at least that's not as bad as Kamala which sleeps 24 hours a day here's a video all about that but I guess considering slack offs origins that make sense it's a slough or a sluice as a certain Attenborough would say and some sluice do sleep 20 hours a day but most tend to sleep 15 to 17 hours a day either way though it sleeps a lot and it's also super cute it's a weirdo baby suave looks woof a swath of swathes and you know what else sleeps more than its awake human babies especially young babies the ones they're always laying down because they aren't strong enough to support their own heads because they're stupid it's kind of like how most of slakoth Sartre shows it laying down because it's stupid human babies also sleep about 16 or 17 hours a day which is over 70% of their day and this isn't the only way in which slakoth is similar to human babies look at this cute sleeping baby it looks so comfy and cozy and relaxed doesn't looking at it make you wanna take a nap of your own slack off spoke a deque centuries in several different generations all say that looking at it while it's sleeping makes those around it sleepy too just like an adorable sleeping baby there's actually a hormone response that can happen it's crazy though granted most of the time you get really tired when your baby is sleeping because you finally have a moment of peace mMmmm it's pokedex entry slack offs pokedex entry not the baby's also mentions how even when it's awake it doesn't move around a lot young babies don't really move around much either because they do not have the developed musculature needed to roll from their back to their tummy let alone crawl around after about four months though they can start to do that and then at six to ten months they start crawling but until like four or five months babies are very fluffy this is why we're all born sinners I swear you kids it better get that joke anyway at level 18 it evolves into Vigoroth which is supposedly a sloth but it looks more like a weird baboon thing I mean oh my god Becky look at its butt plus baboons are wild and crazy like Vigoroth but besides the butt the rest of Vigoroth does point to sloths Phil and based on its name and design you can tell right away that it's now a lot more active and awake than its first evolution so continuing on with the human comparison this is very reminiscent of children compared to babies once they start toddling around they never ever stop dawdling around until it's bedtime and even then sometimes not just like Vigoroth who's pokedex injury says that it is always itching and agitated to go on a wild rampage it simply can't tolerate sitting still for even a minute this Pokemon stress level rises if it can't be moving constantly this is a lot like kids my wife is a preschool teacher and she can attest to this being exactly like most children children are constantly moving around and doing stuff because playing and moving around is how they develop their fine and gross motor skills necessary to survive especially since exercise releases serotonin and studies have shown that not producing enough serotonin in childhood can and does negatively affect serotonin production levels as an adult in other words forcing a kid to sit still and calm down constantly can lead and usually does lead to depression as a teen and adult this is why recess and Pt exist this is also a theoretical reason as to why depression is becoming more and more common among our youth because as little kids they're being kept inside because it's safe and they're playing video games instead of playing tag of course there's nothing wrong with playing video games - just remember moderation health is super important another pokedex entry Vigoroth is simply incapable of remaining still even when it tries to sleep the blood was in its veins grows agitated compelling this pokemon to run wild through the jungle before it can settle down have you ever put a kid down for a nap and they're just way too Jiri to even sleep and then you chase them around to the house a little bit and then they're so exhausted that they're practically asleep before you can finish tucking them in that's probably what being the trainer of a Vigoroth is like it's heart beats at a tenfold tempo so it cannot sit still for even a moment notably children actually have higher heart rates than adults adult hearts beat between 60 and 100 beats per minute and children between the ages of one and ten have heart rates of 100 to 160 it is always hungry because it won't stop rampaging children especially when they are going through growth spurts eat a ridiculous amount of food for their size especially if they're active or rampaging which most kids usually are even while it is eating it can't keep still kids often bounce around even while they're eating and younger kids if left with minimal supervision tends to wander away from the table when they are eating even if they still have food in their mouth you almost get exhausted yourself just watching how much kids move around and this youthful vigor remains for years though for Minnie it does mellow out throughout TEENhood now then there is a lot more to figure out sponsible origins hence the thumbnail but we'll get to that after we cover its next evolution starting at level 36 it evolves into slacking which I guess is also supposed to be some sort of sloth most notably it's possibly the ground which went extinct during the Ice Age when standing this sloth was 6 meters tall which is crazy and I can see the inspiration for sure those lacking looks a lot more like a big balding Bigfoot with creepy bedroom eyes so then if slakoth is infant hood poco fide and Vigoroth his childhood personified then slacking is adulthood personified its pokedex entry tells us that slacking spends all day lying around and lolling about ha like you hey compared to children most adults are pretty lazy and laid-back children exercise and run around for fun and just use up all the energy that they have way too much of most adults have to force themselves to do so and many won't even do that for more than an hour or so at a time we also aren't nearly as limber or excitable as children which again is just like slacking lazy and chill it's even in the traditional Japanese dad watching TV with beer after he gets home from work oh and yes that's a real thing that's pretty common in anime wherever slacking lives rings over a yard in diameter appear in grassy fields they are made by the Pokemon as it eats all of the grass within reach while lying prone on the ground that reminds me of my grandma's old dog peaches she would literally lay in the same spot for hours and hours with her food and water bowls within reach so that all she had to do was raise her head and it was hilarious and kind of sad she laid there for a full day one time when I was being babysat by grandma for two days she didn't move nothing was wrong with her except that she was ancient I guess this is just the way things go anyway this is a decently energy-efficient way of getting food especially if you're conserving your energy like slackens do to attack notably we adults are pretty efficient at getting food and conserving our energy too it's actually much easier to get fat as an adult than it is to get fat as a kid it's actually pretty difficult and very sad it takes twice sometimes three times the effort to get obese as a child and yet there still will be children it's kind of sad I was a fat kid somewhat so I can say that you hush skinny privilege but I mean it makes sense really kids are growing and usually run around like torchic's with their heads cut off the Pokedex goes on to describe slacking as the world's most slothful pokemon that reminds me of someone however it can exert horrifying power by releasing pent-up energy all at once adults are way stronger than children and know how to use our momentum and weight in our favor even if we don't do it very often any fully functioning adult could beat the heck out of a pack of rabid children who don't know how to properly even use their bodies yet it eats grass growing within its reach if it eats all of the grass it can reach this pokemon reluctantly moves to another spot kind of like how most adults will just eat whatever's in the house almost until there's nothing left before going shopping for food again especially as Millennials so why is slacking so powerful then well that's partially because it's based on a Bigfoot monster at a ground sloth both ridiculously powerful beasts though also it's to balance out its ability make it a fair pokemon someone would actually use slackens ability is that it only does anything every other of its turns that sounds terrible right well to balance it out it does have the highest stats of any non legendary in the game it's basic game design it sucks because of its ability it makes up for it because it's ridiculous so now are you ready for some crazy deep theorization about some further design origins of Vigoroth that's right it's time for a theory a Pokemon theory is Vigoroth actually a Visigoth ha ha oh dear viewers you might think this is stupid and that's because it is but I mean they may just sound similar but get this the Visigoths were a thing from around 378 to around 7 1818 that's the level slakoth evolves into Vigoroth also notably most empires stay in one spot but strap those brains back into your skull loyal viewers it's the only way to prevent this mind blow the Visigoths were a group of nomadic tribes that's right and you know what that means because your are smart subscribers that means they never stopped moving around despite being an empire much like how vigorous doesn't stop moving around despite being a sloth Vigoroth visit uh I think I've made my point clear and hey that's just an assumption a game assumption for you to take his facts from now on thanks for watching you never stop using your noggin [Music]

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Length: 12min 29sec (749 seconds)

Published: Mon Jan 21 2019