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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.
My question is: Should a poster with the moniker of 'RightSaidFred99' be allowed to criticize anything at all?
I'd fire anyone who uses a company computer on company time for personal reasons.
Exempting this comment posting, of course.
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.
>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.
*draws deep breath*
NNNNNEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRDDDDDDDDD
Looks like the old saying is true. You reap what you sow.
My question is: where there really 98 other people signed up with "RightSaidFred" related monikers? Frankly, I'm surprised "RightSaidFred" itself was already taken!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
implications of Farmville see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odBDAcOEKuI
Nevermind the popularity of Locke.
Are you too sexy for his criticism?
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
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The other 19 were thinking: "With Dimitar gone, who will fertilize my crops"?
Right. No, your other right. No, the other other right.
I've considered throwing a brick through the front glass on city hall ... < snip >... spending ridiculous amounts of money on stupid, wasteful things.
Like new windows? Maybe you'd be better off just leaving a playstation on their doorstep.
More to the point, how many 11 year olds know who Right Said Fred is?
he said "Im just level 40. there are councillors who are level 45. why is noone talking about them"
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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.
ke this?
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!"