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Councilman Booted For His Farmville Obsession
Bulgarian Dimitar Kerin won't have to decide if he should tend his crops or pay attention to Plovdiv City Council business anymore. The committee voted him off 20-19, saying that he obviously "needs more time for his virtual farm." From the article: "Kerin was not alone in his obsession among council members. Council chairman Ilko Iliev had previously warned several of them that the new wireless network and laptops provided to all 51 council members were not to be used for playing games on social media sites during budget meetings. Kerin was singled out for continuing to manage his farm and milk his cows despite Iliev's warnings. "
Seriously, what is it about this Farmville crap that turns otherwise normal people into ridiculous, obsessed nerdy dweebs? I've played WoW quite a bit, I'm really quite a nerd myself but this game looks boring as shit and it seems to drag "normal" people into it like WoW draws in nerds.
What's the URL for that? Sounds like an interesting game, and they apparently need a new player.
I'd fire anyone who uses a company computer on company time for personal reasons.
Exempting this comment posting, of course.
...Farm owns you!
0 = 1 + e^(Alt something)
If he'd been playing SimCity instead, he could have claimed it was work related!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
On Slashdot, laughing at people who lose their job over farmville and facebook.
At least I can claim I'm keeping up to date with technology by visiting a tech web site.
If you can't put down the zynga long enough to take care of your real-world job, maybe you don't need one. Normally I don't relish social darwinism, but in this case it's hard to not see the appropriateness of it.
The article notes that he was voted off of his committee. It doesn't say whether his actual seat is gone.
Looks like the old saying is true. You reap what you sow.
The real news here is, they voted him out 20-19. What were they thinking? I mean, the other 19.
Mostly harmless.
It would appear that the tammogotchi has a thriving offspring.
And this is why I play games - not work them as a second job.
implications of Farmville see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odBDAcOEKuI
they were thinking "i'm next"
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I've considered throwing a brick through the front glass on city hall to indicate how I feel about my local government's obscene spending policies. Time spent playing online games is time during which they aren't spending ridiculous amounts of money on stupid, wasteful things.
I want them to do at least 80% less than they do, so if they waste a bunch of time on online games, that's okay with me.
It's April 1st in Bulgaria already. They never changed to the Gregorian calendar.
Only three things are certain; death, taxes, and apocryphal quotations - Ben Franklin.
Does anyone else have a sneaking suspicion that all of these new stories are April fool jokes that are a day early? Some of this stuff is really ridiculous.
I'm not going to read anymore Slashdot for 2 days because it's gotten to be so stupid.
damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I just rescued an unemployed council member! Please help me by sending me a were-pig or pork knight to entertain him.
Holy crap! I've been in meetings with 20 people that take forever and are drawn out simply because too many people need to hear their own voice. I don't blame this guy for zoning out. 51 isn't a council, that's a legislature.
From TFA: Dimitar Kerin was voted off a committee assignment by the Plovdiv City Council He was voted off a single committee, whoppee, get back to harvesting those crops Dimitar and help put Bulgaria back on someones map.
I guess the councilman will need more than his crops fertilized or a nail for his barn.
I believe these sort of games provide a sense of accomplishment that many people find addictive, in spite of the fact that in reality they have accomplished nothing. It FEELS like you have accomplished something, and you feel compelled to continue on to accomplish even more.
You could say this is a hallmark of a great game. It compels the player to play more.
A work that expires before its copyright never enters the public domain and thus enjoys eternal copyright protection.
he said "Im just level 40. there are councillors who are level 45. why is noone talking about them"
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There's an AOL News?? AOL is still around???
and now due to they cant find anything to busy their mind while answering shitty customer calls all day, their stress levels are going to slowly build up, and they will start reflecting it on the customers.
well done, you made a great contribution to the company, and the customers using it. i would like to know the name of the company so i can avoid it tho, if you please. with that mindset, its sure to screw up sooner or later.
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put half of your opening sentence in your subject line. God, I hate people who do that.
God invented whiskey so the Irish would not rule the world.
Because they aren't necessarily the same thing, although nerds will disagree with that.
The fact is that the overwhelming majority of people have the intellectual curiosity of a jellyfish. So long as they have a job, a car, a television, some cash, and plenty of alcohol, they are satisfied.
Drooling vapidly in front of some "reality TV" show all evening is as good as they'll ever want to be, and any who are interested in anything other than celebrities and expensive cars is some kind of freak.
The human species succeeds despite humans.
A guy doesn't do his job thus wasting taxpayer dollars by playing Farmville and the vote to kick him out was 20-19??? It should have been 38-1! This means that half the people on the council think that it's ok to waste taxpayer money! Wow, nice message you're sending out there...
Before the pot/kettle arguments come in, I'd like to point out that although I am at the office, I finished work 10 mins ago and am not on the clock.
~Syberz
why is noone talking about them
What does Peter Noone have to do with any of this?
Security is mostly a superstition... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. - Helen Keller
ke this?
What amazes me is that the time people spend on their fake farms they could raise enough food for their entire family and several neighboring families, easily. Farm for Real.
so, I didn't see in the OP, whether the good Councilman needed gas for is virtual tractor, but if he fertilizes my crops, I'll be sure to send him some...
did that too.
The 20 who voted to get rid of him are the ones who play it. "Hey, let's vote him off! Then he'll have more time to fertilize our crops!"
No wonder they needed budget meetings.
r any subject line.