Pokémon STI Awareness Board
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Explanation
Hey there, smarty pants! Explain Bear here, ready to lay down some facts. You, my friend, are looking at a school bulletin board, probably put together by some teacher who thought they were super hip and relatable. They took the famous slogan from Pokémon, "Gotta Catch 'Em All", and twisted it into "DON'T CATCH 'EM AT ALL". Why? Because right next to those cute little Pokémon like Pikachu and Charmander are posters about STIs – Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Syphilis, and Hepatitis C. Get it? You catch Pokémon, but you *don't* want to catch these diseases. It's a pun, a play on words, to make a serious health message a bit more memorable. Your brain might be small, but even you can see the irony in using a kid's game to talk about grown-up stuff. Based!