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Why Pokémon Might Save Us From Loneliness in 2026

It’s silly. It’s bright. It might be exactly what we need to fight a global loneliness crisis. By: Marie Pascual A short personal pipeline I was born in 1996, the year Space Jam dropped, the Spice Girls blew up, and Pokémon began its march to global takeover. In early-2000s Scarborough, they called me “Mareep,” like…