Logan Paul is getting ripped apart by Pokémon fans who think he's a poser

ChatGPT, write me a short essay on why Gengar is the best Pokémon, please! Dude bro influencer Logan Paul has spent the last few years trying to convince the internet he really loves Pokémon. The YouTuber routinely posts about his Pokémon trading card collection, once even calling the $150,000 purchase of a first-edition Charizard card a "nostalgic childhood dream come true." This week, the boisterous blonde tried polishing his fandom credentials by posting something that seemed completely innocuous: a defense of Gengar, the mischievous ghost-type monster who debuted in the original Pokémon games. On Monday, X user @tiaradraws posed a question to the internet: "why is every man’s favorite pokemon gengar?" The post, which was punctuated with a crying laughing emoji, blew up. Gengar fans came out in full force to the tune of 2.5 million clicks. Passionate fans explained that the original Pokémon games only had a single line of ghost-type monsters, of which Gengar is a part. The monster, who can only evolve after trading a Haunter to another player, was also much more difficult to get in the days before online connectivity. And with the Pokémon community's fervent love for the first g

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