A man wants you to play 'Pokémon Go' on his lawn for a beautiful reason

"Enjoy life."
 By 
Sophie Hirsh
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The internet lets everyone share their opinions pretty easily, but some people prefer to go the old-fashioned route first.

When royjdoug tweeted a note aimed at Pokémon Go users that he actually typed up, printed out and hung in his yard, Scottish stand-up comedian Joe Heenan posted a poetic, handwritten rebuttal.

Here's Heenan's full note, which is formatted similarly to the one it's in response to:


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This is a private garden. But if you see a Pokémon in here, come and get it.

ENJOY LIFE.

This whole Pokémon hunt is by far one of the best things I have ever seen.

Don't let:

Bitter killjoys

People with no imagination

Folk that hate fun

Members of the conservative party

Angry dads

Donald Trump

Tell you otherwise.

This is awesome!

Now go and catch as many fucking Pokémon as you can.

In an email to Mashable, Heenan said that he has never played Pokémon Go, as it doesn't interest him. But that's not to say he doesn't have good reason for writing the passionate notice.

"The reason I wrote that reply was the level of negativity that's being directed towards a thing that millions upon millions of people are enjoying," he told Mashable. "The world is pretty messed up at the moment and it seems to me that people would rather try and be cool and dismissive than embrace something and be positive."

Heenan's tweet currently has more than 6,000 likes and 4,000 retweets.

"Judging by the response my post received, I'd say a hell of a lot of people feel the same as me," he said to Mashable.

Hopefully Heenan's lawn is a PokéStop.

[H/T: Buzzfeed]

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Sophie was a Viral Content Intern for the Watercooler channel. More writing and other stuff by Sophie can be found at www.sophiehirsh.com.

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