Have you ever talked to someone when they're on the toilet? It's all echoy so you get suspicious and then you hear splashing and go "ewwww", but they keep talking cause they know its making you uncomfortable.
No.
Also, when you battle people you can even the playing ground and scale them all to the same level.
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I'm currently up to the 3rd badge. I've got my monferno on ~lvl28 and a Luxio around lvl 24. There's a water gym coming up soon, I...
Every single one of the above points in which you say don't apply to you, seem to apply to every Christian as a requirement. I guess what I'm trying to say is your opinion on Christians is biased and not required, so fuck off.
Do you have this idea in your head that your input in a thread is required? You seem to fail at the idea that we don't want your input when you have no fucking idea of the threads topic.
I'm not lame.
Also, nice work on chimchar. As a side note, if you plan to use him for the first gym, take him up to lvl14 and let him evolve before you go in, as he gets a fighting move then and fighting is good against rock.