Among recent urban legends that managed to be taken seriously by some<\/a>, one of my favorites is of relatively recent origin. It tells of how some Christians made a bonfire of Pokemon-related items in protest against the game\u2019s persistent mentions of \u201cevolution\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n I am grateful to Marc Goodacre for sharing his own research on the urban legend regarding hell\u2019s exothermic\/endothermic nature. As previously mentioned, my own research of late has turned to precisely the theme he discussed in his 2004 lecture which he shares, namely oral tradition and the circulation of urban legends. Of course, the circulation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-700024255384925071?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")